If you're a Star Wars fan, you probably remember the Star Wars 1313 trailer – largely because it was excellent. It promised a grittier, more action-adventure based Star Wars game, not unlike Uncharted, and many people were pretty excited for it, considering it explored Boba Fett's past, something that hadn't really been done in a game before.
Alas, development soon stalled, and with the patent not renewed at the end of 2013, the game fizzled out into obscurity.
But not for long, as, in an interview with SlashFilm, LucasFilm head Kathleen Kennedy revealed that the abandoned game may get a new lease of life after all. Concerning the concept material for the release, Kennedy said: "We don't want to throw any of that stuff away. It's gold. And it's something that we're spending a lot of time looking at, pouring through, discussing, and we may well develop things further. We definitely want to."
So, though it isn't confirmed, 1313 may be a possibility. It's pretty much a case of whether Disney decides if making the game is worth it, so let the company know. Would you be excited for Star Wars 1313's revival? Do you think that it's realistic? Disappoint us at your cancellation in the comments section below.
[source slashfilm.com]
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I wouldn't be surprised if the Visceral Games title that Amy Hennig's making is loosely inspired by this to be honest.
you know what it will become
a Boba Fett game set after he fell in the pit, first level "Escape the Pit"
@FullbringIchigo lmao I like that
@get2sammyb bet you can't write a fun article for the"100ft robot golf" game currently in works for ps4 with vr support........
Disney will be milking every drop out of Star Wars.
It'll happen. It's Boba Fett. The character is famous well beyond what should be necessary for so minor of a player in the series. And as far as I know there hasn't been a game about his formative years becoming a bounty hunter, though I assume there must be something in those CG tv shows we don't watch. They made 2 Unleashed games about Starkiller and he isn't even in the movies, Boba bounty hunting is an easy sell.
I don't think he should be allowed out of the pit in the game though. I think he came out in a book that is considered cannon but I'd prefer him left down there.
They should most definitely try and bring 1313 back!! The trailer looked brilliant!
At this point, I'd buy and play any AAA SW game on PS4. BF is what it is, but it really didn't scratch the SP action/adventure itch I've had for years now, like all my favorite LucasArts games as a kid. Give me my Dark Forces reboot, or finish 1313, or make something new I can really sink my teeth into, because now I'd genuinely rather play Force Commander, Jedi Knight 1 or KotOR2 than BF. [chanting] What do we want? Substance! When do we want it? ...Every time!
I will hold off until I can play it after the disappointment that is Battlefront.
To be honest I'm surprised with the movie coming this wasn't announced sooner. It's good to hear, but I don't see how it could wind up what it could have been. Chances are they just are going to find a team to take what already was built, get the game to a competent storyline, and release it next winter.
How about a GOOD Han Solo game from his pre-Star Wars time?
A mixture of Elite and GTA. Or GTA in space with Han Solo and Chewbacca in the Falcon.
1313 looked to be one of the best Star Wars games for a long time. I can see why Amy Hennigs and the Uncharted comparisons are there. I must admit that I was hoping the story was a bit more 'Star Wars' as I gather it didn't feature the Force or Lightsabers but appeared to be a third person shooter set in the 'Star Wars' universe. The early gameplay and visual though looked great and I was disappointed to hear it was cancelled.
This disappointment was only compounded by Battlefronts lack of campaign and its promising if brief cut-scenes.
I'd be interested in it, but I hope it drops the whole rated M part - and to clarify it be rated M for nothing that offends me, but I still wouldn't like it. So may thing get "mature" adaptions these dad that I think we've had enough. Some things just shouldn't go there, and Star Wars is one of them.
@Jaz007 If anything Star Wars would get an M rating for the violence and maybe suggested material. I can't see a Star Wars game being E.
@get2sammyb I'm with you on this, not even "loosely", I've been thinking for a while that that's exactly what they're working on and why they've been so quiet about it.
@Tasuki E? Of course it can't and won't be rated E - I think it should be rated T. It seems right to me for Star Wars. A more violent Star Wars probably wouldn't offend me, but I don't see a new for it.
5 years maybe
I would much rather an open world Star Wars than an Uncharted copy, even though I'd still buy it. But What's the chance of EA making a game with good depth and story?
Hopefully it's only superficially like Uncharted. I haven't played Uncharted, but I did play the Last of Us which is mostly similar to it...? If so, I wouldn't bother with this one. The Last of Us had a terrific story, but it's gameplay was rubbish.
I must be the only person in the world who's had his fill. Cant we all just move on now?
Mass Effect came along and finally we had a great Trek / Wars / Galactica / Aliens entree for the noughties. Lets not go back to go forwards. The star wars universe has offered us nothing since empire strikes back.
@Jaz007 The thing is that games seem to get more harshly rated than movies. Anything that involves shooting guns without cartoon style characters is certainly going to be rated higher than PG/12. Seeing the kind of content that 15 rated movies get away with, I honestly can't understand the game ratings.
Star Wars: Battlefront is rated 16 (in the UK - I guess its a teen rated game in the US) and yet there is nothing in that - certainly nothing different to the kind of content seen in the movie - probably less as the movies had dismemberment - Luke had his hand cut off!
Unless its done in a Lego style or the graphics look like the Clone Wars cartoons, its inevitable this game will be rated 'teen' at the very least.
I don't think Star Wars needs gratuitous sex, swearing or even graphical portrayals of blood/guts etc but I do think it needs some 'violence' in a similar way to the movies - whether that's purely Lightsabers, Blasters or both. If it focuses purely on the battles in space, I guess it may get a lower classification but it seems if people shoot/kill other people/aliens in anything other than 'kids cartoon' style then its guaranteed to be rated 'teen' at the very least.
I bet if they made 'the Empire Strikes Back' as a game (story etc) I bet that would be an 18 rated game!
@BAMozzy Star Wars games have always been able to have the violence generally found the movies though without an M rating though. I agree that the PG equivalent (E-10) of games never was able to have as much violence as, but the (PG-13) equivalent seemed to be lot more equal . Republic Commando had a blood getting on your visor and stuff was rated T, the Force Unleashed 2 had lightsaber dismemberment left and right, and of could do some downright despicable thing in KOTOR. Though I can't say I completely understand how British rating work though. Is 16 supposed to be the like M rating over there? Or a mix of T and M? I've always noticed that most T rated games are rated 16 over there when I see European cover art.
@Jaz007 I don't know how the classifications work in the US but Battlefront is a 16 here despite the violence being no different from that of the movies - No blood etc - same rating as Destiny and the Uncharted series.
However if you compare the violence, language, Sex and nudity, even the horror in a lot of 15 rated movies, its hard to see why some games (like Battlefront, Destiny etc) is rated higher. If you look at some of the horror (quite graphic), bad language, sex and nudity etc that often is in the movies and yet these games are deemed to be unsuitable, its a joke!
When you consider that something like Uncharted is rated as 16 its hard to see a Star Wars game being rated less without it being specifically directed at children (i.e the Lego games) or being a spin off (like kinect dancing). I can't see a 'Star Wars' game that is similar in essence to something like Uncharted or the game 1313 appeared to be, being rated anything less than 16 here even if the violence, language etc is no different to that seen in the PG movies.
I think M rating would be 18 here - games like Resident Evil, Dead Space etc.
I like Boba Fett! He's pretty cool, although I'll be the first to say I don't know much about the stories after the movies (I thought he died).
But I want to see more Star Wars stories with original characters. Also, I want it more down to earth (pun, hah). Everyone's so obsessed with Jedi in star wars stories they're practically Mary Sues by this point. Except, isn't being a Jedi (or a force user in general) a pretty rare thing? It would make more sense to play as an original character who ISN'T a Jedi than a main character or a Jedi.
I want to play as an X-wing Pilot with a naive but idealistic view of the galaxy, and although inexperienced with the horrors of war she's always willing to do what is right. Or as a stormtrooper recruit who is there to try to "restore" her father's honor after he left the Empire and joined the Rebellion.
See? more compelling.
Don't get my hopes up, push square. But since EA has exclusive rights to making games, I'd be pretty disgruntled at what they do with the IP, to be perfectly honest.
I was excited and then I remembered that EA now controls it. They didn't even come I put swinging on their first AAA Star Wars game since acquiring the rights. It will be a long time before we see a good Star Wars game again.
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