How bad is the need for new Star Wars games?
Ask these fans who have taken matters into their own hands.
Fan videos recreate and remix classic scenes.
Fan fiction writers create new scenes, and cosplayers live them.
Fan creators dig deep into every corner of theStar Warsuniverse even video games.
The last original console title wasThe Force Unleashed 2in 2010.
The promising1313was cancelled when Disney purchased LucasArts, butBattlefront 3is newly scheduled for release in 2015 from DICE.
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Fans want more.
While their game isnt official, they hope to pitchKOTOR 3to Electronic Arts, the exclusive publisher ofStar Warsgames.
The team of over seven people are led by Dave Bissig, a college student at Temple University.
The long gap between majorStar Warsgame releases contributed to his desire to create his own.
We watched the fall of LucasArts (which was years in the making) with great frustration.
Project Black Lights approach relies upon a belief in the inherent power of fan works.
Our team lovesStar Wars, its fans, and players the cause of which we have been struggling for.
Heart and intelligence will always produce a better game than money and quotas will.
I became a fan after watchingEpisode 1in 1999.
He was inspired by Oblivion game designer Chris Avellone.
They hope that EA or Disney will bite.
Yes, the deck is stacked against us, Dave said, but thats never stopped a miracle before!
AnotherStar Warsfan game in development isBattleCry, which development team leader Cameron Spencer calls a spiritual successor toBattlefront 2.
The team numbers about 30 now.
The game will hit Alpha stage this year.
But what about when Spencers team learned that Battlefront 3 was back in the pipeline at EA?
He added that, like Project Black LightsKOTOR 3, his teams goal is not just to create aBattlefrontclone.
If we were making a free clone ofSWBF3then I dont think there would be much point in doing it.
you should probably bring something interesting and different to the table.
Other indie projects contributed to his interest in theBattlefront 3project.
The indie scene in general shows how anything is possible.
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