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[QuantumZebra]

- all control schemes were supported, including GameCube controller and various peripherals
- you could even use the Wii wheel to control your X-Wing, using the balance board for pedals
- revamped content included speeder bike racing levels, third-person action sequences, and lightsaber battles
- lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls
- all-new graphics engine running at 60 frames per second

I need a drink.

I need a gallon of moonshine. What the literal fuck.

 

[redmetal86]

Which was essentially the Lair graphics engine running on the Wii...

I need to see some footage of this.

 

[jelly]

These games looked and sounded amazing but they were terrible to play, god awful.

 

[Dominic_Shade]

This was a thing!?

Ffffffffffff.

 

[TheMoon]

Why would ign tell us this? It can only cause pain knowing the truth now. Ignorance is bliss.

They didn't. Former Factor 5 President Julian Eggebrecht did

 

[Cow Goes Moo]

I'm going to blame Sony and Lair for this!

I still want that animal wars game

 

[thecouncil]

Never announced. Completed. No footage. Come on!

 

[Syriel]

Yo this bites.

Why would you cancel it if it were already done?

Rights and licensing fees.

Pretty much the only way a game like this will ever see public eyes is as a leak.

See:

• Starfox 2 (SNES)
• Kameo (Xbox)
• Crimson Dragon (Xbox 360)
• etc.

 

[dancrane212]

Which was essentially the Lair graphics engine running on the Wii...

I need to see some footage of this.

Yes, I don't care how much salt it will rub in the wound. I want to see this.

 

[TheMoon]

These games looked and sounded amazing by they were terrible to play, god awful.

Lies! I loved them.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Yes, I don't care how much salt it will rub in the wound. I want to see this.

Same here. I always curious what the best of the best graphics can look like on the Wii.

 

[bobbychalkers]

FUCK THE WORLD WE LIVE IN!

 

[Goro Majima]

This is the most depressing thing I've read in a while.

 

[Zomba13]

Which was essentially the Lair graphics engine running on the Wii...

I need to see some footage of this.

I need some kind of ninja to acquire this and release it online. It's a damn crime when games get finished and never released.

 

[sameoldstranger]

Im guessing this was around the time the new lucasarts management ran free radical into the ground.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Do Rogue Squadron 2+3 still run like crap on the Dolphin emulator?

Last I heard they were some of the few games that just run well at all even on very good computers.

 

[jimi_dini]

These games looked and sounded amazing but they were terrible to play, god awful.

 

[Schryver]

Cancellation based on the financial crisis? Is that a joke?

 

[FreedomFighter]

If it's completed, can't someone salvage it? I mean, I know the licensing will be a stick mess, but c'mon... I feel like this shit can be worked out. Where's NOA?

 

[Leafhopper]

:|

Time to bitch about Lair again.

If it's completed, can't someone salvage it? I mean, I know the licensing will be a stick mess, but c'mon... I feel like this shit can be worked out. Where's NOA?

Currently it would be a hard bargain to do it now with EA, and Disney and what not. Back then I don't know.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Im just gonna curl up in a ball and cry now.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

Motherfuckers.

 

[hoserx]

 

[br0ken_shad0w]

Well at least we can run HD Rogue Squadron on Dolphin emulator....oh.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

LucasArts was banking heavily on The Force Unleashed in 2008. After the sequel underperformed, Lucas more or less bailed on console gaming outside of the Lego games. Not too surprised about the cancellation.

 

[Leafhopper]

Well at least we can run HD Rogue Squadron on Dolphin emulator....oh.

Never did get around to trying to emulate Rogue Leader but that depresses me. I still have the game but my Gamecube is somewhere and I don't have my Wii anymore...

 

[AcademicSaucer]

If it's completed, can't someone salvage it? I mean, I know the licensing will be a stick mess, but c'mon... I feel like this shit can be worked out. Where's NOA?

NOA is useless, only Shibata can save us

 

[7DollarHagane]

Yo this bites.

Why would you cancel it if it were already done?

Business. Incompetence.

Spend a few million making something.

Cancel it so you don't have to spend a few hundred thousand releasing it. That's business.

 

[ohblahitsme]

Wow I am actually sad.

 

[kiguel182]

1:1 lightsaber battles were one of the things that people wanted from the Wii and a completed game with them was canceled... What the fuck?!

What depressing news...

 

[cacildo]

Well...

Where is the petition/kickstarter/hashtag?

 

[Dragonborn]

That is incredibly sad. Some of the best games I ever played (might be nostalgia speaking here... nah, they were amazing).

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

I remember reading rumors about this in EGM in 2008. Nice that it was real, sucks that it got cancelled.

 

[Dr. Zoidberg]

project was completed, but then cancelled

Hmmm. Like, COMPLETED completed, or just not crashing immediately? Because if it was fully tested, QA done, asset-complete it would be a damn shame that nobody will ever see or play this. Someone should leave it on an unpatched XP machine with no firewall and then tip off some hackers.

But really, I don't know how completed it really was. Probably still buggy.

 

[Sephzilla]

These games looked and sounded amazing but they were terrible to play, god awful.

 

[A-V-B]

Why would they complete it, and then never release it? For god's sake...

 

[Bl@de]

[The trilogy would have included Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, and Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, all updated for Wii

- all control schemes were supported, including GameCube controller and various peripherals
- revamped content included speeder bike racing levels, third-person action sequences, and lightsaber battles
- lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls
- all-new graphics engine running at 60 frames per second
- the project was completed, but then cancelled

lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls, lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls, lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls, lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls, lightsaber battles used 1:1 motion controls

*faint*

 

[AmyS]

If the <insert favorite console here> can handle this,
"I eat a broom" -Julian eggebrecht

 

[StealthGoblin]

Shame this didn't happen.

I'd have been all over it.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Why... Why release this news? It only causes pain and suffering. T_T

 

[abstract alien]

This would have been the best looking game of all time. Thanks for trying, Factor 5.

 

[cacildo]

Theres got to be a way to have this released

 

[sixteen-bit]

Too bad

 

[Plinko]

Unbelievable. What a waste

 

[Evenflow]

Business. Incompetence.

Spend a few million making something.

Cancel it so you don't have to spend a few hundred thousand releasing it. That's business.

Impossible! I've read thousands of posts on this forum explaining in great detail how when it comes to third party decision making skills on Nintendo platforms, its nothing but absolute brilliance and 100% rational actions taken by the most intelligent and skilled business operators on the planet!

Seriously though, this news really pissed in my cereal

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Good lord, as a big fan of the first two games, is this depressing to find out.

 

[Kouriozan]

I wouldn't feel that pain without knowing, it's too late now

 

[Shaanyboi]

This hurts...

 

[Japanmanx3]

Did not know that I wanted that which I did not know...

1:1 light sabers at 60frames and GC controller support....ugh. Tangible feels.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

I'm actually crying