GreyHorace
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I imagine watching the season ender to The Mandalorian had us all clamoring for a videogame where we play as Mando in a 3rd person shooter blasting away at fools. You could even have some God of War mechanics where Baby Yoda assists him by using Force powers.
That got me thinking though, would Lucasfilm, and namely, Jon Favreau, allow Mando to be used in a videogame? Back in the days of LucasArts Star Wars games sometimes would let you play as characters of the movies with official game tie-ins like the Super NES games or the numerous titles based on the Prequel trilogy. Other times though, they'd create original characters like Kyle Katarn or Bendak Starkiller for the bigger titles with stories adjacent to the narrative of the movies. Spinoff material that comprised much of the original Expanded Universe.
But in today's AAA gaming industry, with the Star Wars license now under Electronic Arts (a fact that still disgusts me), would any future games allow you to play as characters from any future movies of TV shows? The other big Disney property, Marvel, has made clear that their future videogame projects will be set in a universe seperate from that of the comics and the Cinematic Universe. They already released a great title with last year's Spider-Man by Insomniac games and next year we have the Avengers game from Square Enix.
Star Wars though, with all the media under it, is all set in the same universe and the games are sure to include references and sometimes cameos of characters who've appeared in other adjacent works. But would any future games allow to play as characters like Mando? Or will they continue to create original characters for the games, like Cal Kestis in the recent Jedi Fallen Order (a game I really need to get)?
What are your thoughts on this GAF?
That got me thinking though, would Lucasfilm, and namely, Jon Favreau, allow Mando to be used in a videogame? Back in the days of LucasArts Star Wars games sometimes would let you play as characters of the movies with official game tie-ins like the Super NES games or the numerous titles based on the Prequel trilogy. Other times though, they'd create original characters like Kyle Katarn or Bendak Starkiller for the bigger titles with stories adjacent to the narrative of the movies. Spinoff material that comprised much of the original Expanded Universe.
But in today's AAA gaming industry, with the Star Wars license now under Electronic Arts (a fact that still disgusts me), would any future games allow you to play as characters from any future movies of TV shows? The other big Disney property, Marvel, has made clear that their future videogame projects will be set in a universe seperate from that of the comics and the Cinematic Universe. They already released a great title with last year's Spider-Man by Insomniac games and next year we have the Avengers game from Square Enix.
Star Wars though, with all the media under it, is all set in the same universe and the games are sure to include references and sometimes cameos of characters who've appeared in other adjacent works. But would any future games allow to play as characters like Mando? Or will they continue to create original characters for the games, like Cal Kestis in the recent Jedi Fallen Order (a game I really need to get)?
What are your thoughts on this GAF?
