A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far, far away, there were two games that came to define Star Wars for a whole generation of gamers: Knights Of The Old Republic and KOTOR II: The Sith Lords. Now, a cancelled KOTOR III, a couple of status unknown planned remasters, and over two decades later, OG KOTOR game director — and Mass Effect mastermind — Casey Hudson is preparing to make the jump to lightspeed with Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic. Described by its creators as 'a spiritual successor to Knights Of The Old Republic', Hudson and his new Arcanaut Studios' game — revealed at last night's Game Awards — is in active development, and we even have a fancy first-look cinematic teaser to whet our appetites. Check it out below;
Well it looks like Star Wars, it sounds like Star Wars, and we're pretty darn sure that's a lightsaber's glow illuminating Fate Of The Old Republic's mysterious protagonist at the end of this first trailer. So far, so good then! Billed as a "single-player narrative-driven action RPG", Fate Of The Old Republic — or FOTOR, as it's surely soon to be called — is, perhaps unsurprisingly, set at the end of the Old Republic era (roughly 500 years before the High Republic era if you're tracking Star Wars timelines.) In terms of the game's story however, that much is being kept under wraps for now. FOTOR's blurb teases that "players step into the role of a Force user in a galaxy on the edge of rebirth," with the player once again guiding their character's journey towards the light — or indeed dark — side of the Force, but that's about all we know for now.
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While the canonical status of Fate Of The Republic isn't officially confirmed as of yet, Hudson did tell starwars.com that he's been working closely with Lucasfilm and its gaming division on this KOTOR follow-up. And so, while we wait for more on Arcanaut's jaunt to that galaxy far, far away (there's no concrete release date as of yet, so don't hold your breath on getting to play this one anytime soon), we can but hope that this new game will finally officially bring some more Old Republic lore into canon, just in time for James Mangold's as-yet-not-cancelled Dawn Of The Jedi. Who's up for Darth Revan: A Star Wars Story? Us! We are! Sign. Us. Up!