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Star Wars

Next Era of Star Wars Projects Will Reportedly Debut Via Video Game

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With Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker wrapping up the four-decade long story arc begun with A New Hope, Disney is reportedly aiming to make its next Star Wars project look more like the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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According to ziro.hu (via VG24/7), citing an unnamed source “with an insight into Disney’s work,” this transmedia project will officially begin in 2021 via a video game.

Specific details about that game, such as its developer are not forthcoming at the current time, though EA has reportedly already greenlit a new Star Wars project from Jedi: Fallen Order developer Respawn Entertainment.

The broader undertaking will explore a time period some 300-400 years before the Skywalker Saga, as the Jedi set out to explore the galaxy. Among the main enemies will be the ancient evils, which ziro.hu refers to as “Sith gods of some sort.”

Ziro.hu suggests that this transmedia project is Project Luminous, which was unveiled at New York Comic-Con in October last year. However, the only official media referring to Project Luminous (below) cites the involvement of Disney Lucasfilm Press, IDW Publishing, and Del Ray — comic and book publishers rather than film of game studios — which raises questions about the veracity of the report.

The next movie in the Star Wars franchise is currently slated to release in 2022.


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Editor and Contributor of The Escapist: Damien Lawardorn has been writing about video games since 2010, including a 1.5 year period as Editor-in-Chief of Only Single Player. He’s also an emerging fiction writer, with a Bachelor of Arts with Media & Writing and English majors. His coverage ranges from news to feature interviews to analysis of video games, literature, and sometimes wider industry trends and other media. His particular interest lies in narrative, so it should come as little surprise that his favorite genres include adventures and RPGs, though he’ll readily dabble in anything that sounds interesting.