Chris Avellone Shares Obsidian's Plan for KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC 3 That Never Happened
My two favorite video games of all time are Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords. I am still waiting for a proper KOTOR 3. Now that I know what Obsidian was wanting to do in their version of KOTOR 3, I really want it to happen even though I know that it never will. VG24/7 got to catch up with Chris Avellone, whose newest game is Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, at Reboot Develop and he shared his vision:
“When we finished the second one we were all trying to restore our lives back to sanity,” Avellone remembers. “We did start working on the third game pitch, because we always imagined the trilogy. Even when working on the second game, we [tried] to foreshadow what Darth Revan was doing in the second game, and he wasn’t always just ruthlessly and mindlessly blowing everything up. He actually had a larger plan because there was some greater manipulation and threat going on.
The third game involved you, as a player character, following where Revan went and then taking the battle to the really ancient Sith lords who are far more terrifying than the Darths that show up. These guys would just be monsters. These would have a level of power that was considerable, but at the same time you’d be able to dig more into their psychologies, and their personalities, their history, and even how they dealt with the player, how they talk with the player, the different powers they cultivated and developed, and for some of them like – they’re the ancients, so they’re not just ruling a solar system, [but] swathes of the galaxy.
So the places you travel to [you’d see] how they left their stamp on that world, or that solar system, or whatever collection of moons. You’d see how horrible that was. Part of that environment would tell a story about that. [That] would be a great, epic way to end the trilogy. The Old Republic are out there. We just didn’t get a chance to do it.”
Disney, I want this. I also know that I’m not the only one who wants this. Please make this happen! Also, while you’re at it, I’d love remakes of the first two with updated graphics and the full story for KOTOR II that we didn’t get because it got rushed out, thanks!
What do you think of this concept for KOTOR 3? Do you think Disney should make it happen?