# EA to produce Star Wars games for Disney **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 8, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857 "2013-05-08T23:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/1 "2013-05-08T23:57:09Z")
Link [here](http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/05/ea_has_the_star_wars_video_game_rights_now.php). Specifically mentions new games which implies any unfinished projects really are dead. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/2 "2013-05-09T02:07:37Z")
DICE and Visceral do good work. Sounds more positive for the franchise than its previous license holders. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/3 "2013-05-09T02:11:35Z")
“Entirely original” sounds… risky. If it were me, I’d start with a proven commodity to get the ball rolling with some momentum. Actually I just want my Battlefront 3, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/4 "2013-05-09T02:28:28Z")
I would pay good money for Battlefield: Star Wars, Mass Effect: Star Wars and Dead Space: Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/5 "2013-05-09T02:30:39Z")
DICE is already developing a Star Wars game using Battlefield’s Frostbite 2.0 engine. They won’t call it Battlefront 'cause that name has stigma, but it’ll probably be the same gist. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/6 "2013-05-09T02:53:59Z")
> [@Palooka](#): > > DICE is already developing a Star Wars game using Battlefield’s Frostbite 2.0 engine. They won’t call it Battlefront 'cause that name has stigma, but it’ll probably be the same gist. Stigma? I thought the Battlefront games were both awesome. My friends and I played the shit out of them back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/7 "2013-05-09T08:47:35Z")
On the plus side, this means that Bioware could now potentially develop more Star Wars RPGs. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/8 "2013-05-09T12:29:45Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > “Entirely original” sounds… risky. > > If it were me, I’d start with a proven commodity to get the ball rolling with some momentum. > > Actually I just want my Battlefront 3, dammit! [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15809378&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15809378&postcount=1) I don’t know if they revive canceled projects but Battlefront 3 was near completion. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/9 "2013-05-09T13:46:39Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15809378&postcount=1](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15809378&postcount=1) > > I don’t know if they revive canceled projects but Battlefront 3 was near completion. There’s no way it was “near completion” when it was canceled. Big “AAA” games like that are announced at least six months before they’re released to build up anticipation. Most are announced over a year ahead of time. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/10 "2013-05-09T15:28:01Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I would pay good money for Battlefield: Star Wars, Mass Effect: Star Wars and Dead Space: Star Wars. What little I have seen of Star Wars 1313 (which was apparently killed) it seemed to be Mass Effect: Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/11 "2013-05-09T17:06:43Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > What little I have seen of Star Wars 1313 (which was apparently killed) it seemed to be Mass Effect: Star Wars. I’d say it was closer to Uncharted: Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/12 "2013-05-09T18:30:39Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > There’s no way it was “near completion” when it was canceled. Big “AAA” games like that are announced at least six months before they’re released to build up anticipation. Most are announced over a year ahead of time. [This](http://www.gamespot.com/news/battlefront-3-was-99-percent-done-when-canceled-6400833) is the article I read. The link to NowGamer gives more info. Related articles reveal that Lucasfilm requested a trademark extension for Battlefront. A New Hope!! ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/13 "2013-05-09T20:11:06Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > [This](http://www.gamespot.com/news/battlefront-3-was-99-percent-done-when-canceled-6400833) is the article I read. Of course the _Lead Developer_ of the project would say it was almost complete and highly ambitious, etc, etc, etc. It’s in his best interests to say so. But that scenario flies in the face of how the game industry (and especially LucasArts, they announced stuff early all the time) operates. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/14 "2013-05-10T17:12:49Z")
Didn’t EA already do SW games? The Old Republic was them IIRC. Me, I’m hoping for KOTOR 3. Eff that MMO stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ea-to-produce-star-wars-games-for-disney/657857/15 "2013-05-11T05:13:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Didn’t EA already do SW games? The Old Republic was them IIRC. Me, I’m hoping for KOTOR 3. Eff that MMO stuff. They did do SWTOR. Ironically one of the things the article specifically mentions Disney is keeping is MMOs so I guess the next one wont be by them.