A Star Wars: KOTOR 2 Remake was "technically on the roadmap" as of March 2025, court docs reportedly reveal

The in-development remake of the archetypal Knights of the Old Republic was "alive and well" arsenic of April past year

A full-on remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 was "technically connected the roadworthy map" to travel the archetypal Knights of the Old Republic remake which has been successful improvement for the past fewer years. Well, that's astatine slightest the program LucasFilm Games and co had arsenic of March this year, with the KOTOR 2 remake's existent presumption looking to beryllium up successful the air.

This is according to tribunal documents from earlier this twelvemonth reported connected by Game File (paywalled) via Kotaku. The docs, which saw Lucasfilm Games vice president Douglas Reilly notation the KOTOR 2 remake successful immoderate depositions, subordinate to a mendacious advertizing suit filed against the licensor and Aspyr implicit failing to present connected integrating fan-made mod The Sith Lords Restored Content Modification (TSLRCM) into KOTOR 2's Nintendo Switch port, arsenic antecedently promised. Said lawsuit's since been settled.

As portion of talking astir that, Reilly revealed these plans for a afloat KOTOR 2 remake, confirming that it was codenamed Project Juliet. "Juliet was the codification sanction for a task wherever we were going to bash a afloat remake of KOTOR 2 with modern art, modern gameplay, you know, support the communicative and the characters and the general—the wide contented of KOTOR 2, but remake it for modern hardware and modern machines with updated graphics and each those kinds of things," helium said. "It was thing we were discussing with Aspyr."

Reilly described this KOTOR 2 remake arsenic being "technically connected the roadmap" to travel retired aft the remake of the archetypal game, and confirmed the program was for it to remake the chopped contented included successful the TSLRCM mod. That was the authorities of play arsenic of these depositions successful March. As for that presumption of the KOTOR 2 remake close now, Game File's Stephen Totilo reports having had vigor soundlessness successful effect to reaching retired astir wherever it's presently at.

To beryllium fair, it'd beryllium weird for a KOTOR 2 remake to beryllium an unfastened book, fixed the messy and often worryingly soundless improvement way the remake of the archetypal Knights of the Old Republic has endured frankincense far. Announced backmost successful 2021, it's since reportedly been delayed indefinitely, feared to beryllium cancelled, past was being worked connected by astatine slightest 2 people. Saber Interactive being sold disconnected by Embracer Group formed caller uncertainty implicit the game, and the astir caller update was Saber's CEO declaring it "alive and well" past April.

The tribunal docs reveal's a bully start, KOTOR 2 remake, but you've got a agelong mode to spell to drawback up. Assuming you've not softly gone the mode of the dodo since March.