
"Anything I say to this becomes a headline," said media-weary Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors in response to a question about the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake, fielding inquiries during an earnings presentation on Thursday. And, like, I get it. But also, can you blame fans for their eagerness to get an update on the project after so many months of silence and uncertainty?
The last reliable information we got on the KOTOR remake was, well, not encouraging. Back in August 2022, a report from Bloomberg spelled nothing but trouble for the remake, first announced in 2021. After an internal demo failed to impress, the project was reportedly taken from former developer Aspyr Media and handed to Saber Interactive.