He basically has three options:
1. Tell the Extended Universe to fuck off, and do whatever he wants.
2. Adapt part of the Extended Universe somehow.
3. Go either way back into the past, or far into the future of the Star Wars universe.
You know, Grall, you could have actually used the / instead of spelling out the wordWhere once they were brave and daring, they're now grown old and stodgy, instead of pushing the envelope they play it safe and go with the perception of what the marketing department thinks the general public wants, slash, what will sell the most crap in the form of lunch boxes and happy meal toys.
Never got into the extended universe books or anything, but my favorite Star Wars game definitely has to be Knights of the Old Republic (the first, not the second....the second game starts fantastically, but falls apart about halfway through...that game needed another 6-9 months of development).*Disclaimer* I'm not a big Star Wars fan. I like the OT a fair bit, but feel ANH is massively overrated, and that AOTC is underrated(It's still not a very good film, but it's not utter trash either. The action scenes "save" it). ESB is a quite decent film, it's been too many years since I've seen ROTJ to rate it, and ROTS is half shit half good, with each half being intertwined with the other half. I dislike the Extended Universe intensely, with the exception of The Force Unleashed(It's a simplistic game, true, but sometimes simplicity is fun).
*Disclaimer* I'm not a big Star Wars fan.
not a big star wars fan
and then in the next sentence we have
OT, ANH, AOTC ,ESB, ROTJ , ROTS
all GREEK to me
not a big star wars fan
and then in the next sentence we have
OT, ANH, AOTC ,ESB, ROTJ , ROTS
all GREEK to me
Never got into the extended universe books or anything, but my favorite Star Wars game definitely has to be Knights of the Old Republic (the first, not the second....the second game starts fantastically, but falls apart about halfway through...that game needed another 6-9 months of development).
4. Darth Vader goes into the past to try to establish the Empire before everyone was born. Luke follows him and lands on a planet of cute and cuddly aliens that are easily marketed to children. Hilarity ensues.
5. Star Wars episode 4 reboot (like the latest Star Trek movie). Recast everyone. Redo everyone's personalities. Say fuck it to everything established. Make plot that makes no sense full of plot holes and middle fingers to established fans of the series. Profit.
Regards,
SB
Although I thought they did a really good job with NWN2.That comment about the game needing 6-9 months more of development time seems to be a reoccurring theme with Obsidian's games. Pretty much every one of their games I've heard of has had that complaint commonly said.
That or they just don't have the diplomacy/business skills to make actually reasonable deals with their publishers.How is it that a company can continuously make rushed games like this? Several in a row, making up their entire output. It can't be coincidence. I'm guessing their CEO makes promises he can't keep.
the only two I recognize areI'm certainly not a huge fan (I've actually not even seen the 5th and 6th films in their entirety), but I know the names of the films. I had to think about OT for a minute.