Image credit: Lucasfilm Games

It's no secret that the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) Remake has had its share of development woes, leaving many in dismay as one of the best Star Wars games of all time may never get its deserved polish-up. However, a recent message from Sabre Interactive's new chief business officer might offer a new hope (sorry).

Steve Allison, who was promoted to the CBO role only three days ago, took to the internet to answer a few questions. One paragraph from Allison was captured and reposted to the Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 Subreddit. While the post was later deleted, it was spotted and saved by PC Gamer, who also verified its legitimacy with Sabre Interactive.

Here's the reveal trailer for the KOTOR remake, from all the way back in 2021.Watch on YouTube

The message starts with Allison pushing back against the suggestion he was appointed to "squeeze money" from Sabre Interactive games, before emphasising his role is to organise the company ahead of a busy 2028 for Sabre.

"That includes Space Marine, [John] Wick, hopefully KOTOR Remake, and a few unannounced titles," Allison wrote. He then wrote that while the company may do paid DLC for its games, Sabre "never pursued mtx [and] it's not how we do our products."

It's the smallest of crumbs, but given the usual reassurance we get around the survival of the KOTOR remake is a brief message reminding people it's still in development, it's got a bit more substance to it than KOTOR fans are used to. In 2025, that's all people got!

If you aren't aware what has actually happened to the KOTOR Remake, it's a real doozy. Embracer Group joined forces with Aspyr back in May 2022, but by July was reportedly delayed indefinitely due to firings at Aspyr. Embracer would take the KOTOR Remake away from Aspyr and give it to Sabre Interactive in August that year, so it's safe to say it didn't get off to a great start.

After that, the game was being mysteriously expunged from the internet, a problem Sony blamed on music licensing. Then, in 2023, Embracer boss Lars Wingefors would not comment on its development, noting "anything I say to this becomes a headline." Since then it's mostly just been a string of assurances that the game is alive and well.

So maybe this is a real turning point for those desperate for a new version of the classic Star Wars RPG. Or maybe this is just flavouring the tragic saga that is the KOTOR Remake… Time will tell.

Mentioned in this article