Journalist Stephen Totilo has revealed the current developer of the Star Wars KOTOR Remake. It's Mad Head Games, the Serbian studio behind defunct hack 'n' slash action RPG Pagan Online and sci-fi action/adventure game Scars Above (which we reviewed here). They're also working on Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival, which we previewed at Gamescom 2025.
Mad Head Games is a subsidiary of Saber Interactive, following the split from the Embracer Group. We knew that a team at Saber was working on the game. A year and a half ago, their CEO stated that the development was progressing well.
Let's rewind the long and problematic development story of the Star Wars KOTOR Remake. The first rumors started circulating in January 2020, before the world was even fully aware of COVID-19. The game was eventually announced during the September 2021 PlayStation Showcase as an exclusive for PC and PlayStation 5. Back then, Aspyr Media was working on it, but their project was paused in mid-2022 following an unsuccessful demo presentation to Sony and Lucasfilm. Shortly afterward, we learned that the developer had changed, but we never knew the exact studio until now.
Furthermore, Totilo revealed that Disney and Lucasfilm Games have been planning a Star Wars KOTOR II remake (codenamed Juliet) as well, as recently as March 2025, which would also include the content cut from the original version. In a Reddit post, he then explained that the info comes from a legal deposition:
Yes, this is more than a rumor because the person who talked about it during their legal deposition was Douglas Reilly, the longtime VP of Lucasfilm Games. The reason for the March cut-off on this is because that's when the deposition was. At that time, he said it "is still technically on the road map” and that “we’re starting with the remake of KOTOR I." I don't know about the status of either KOTOR remake since then.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was originally developed by BioWare. Launched in July 2003, it is considered to be one of the best RPGs of all time, although its combat system would feel pretty dated nowadays and must certainly be among the most significant changes in the KOTOR Remake, just like with Final Fantasy VII. Its sequel, KOTOR II: The Sith Lords, was developed by Obsidian and launched in December 2004. It was also well received, although not quite to the extent of the first franchise entry.
As a separate rumor from Totilo's reveal, leaker Kurakasis claimed that a major Star Wars game announcement, whose title ends with "The Old Republic," is coming soon, presumably hinting at a reveal during The Game Awards 2025. That said, take this piece of info with a grain of salt.
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