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[sol_bad]

Any new Lucasfilm games would have as much in common with the old organisation as modern-day Atari has with the real Atari. That they're hiring only 7 people, and the job titles don't scream game development to me. It screams brand management, the 'producer' roles simply overseeing the work of external studios judging by the job details. I'd say that the name is essentially meaningless.

It kind of makes sense doesn't it?
They need to figure out ideas for games to begin with. It's a new studio so I don't think they need developers on day one.

Looking at the Disney jobs site it looks like there are 44 listings now?
https://jobs.disneycareers.com/search-jobs?k=lucasfilm games&alp=6252001&alt=2

*EDIT*
Never mind, I see that the first 7 results are for the games division.

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

Fuck.
Yes.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Welp, now they'll fuck up all our favourite childhood games.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

How about a third Maniac Mansion game or a revival of Full Throttle?

 

[Cato]

How about a third Maniac Mansion game or a revival of Full Throttle?

First glance I thought Manic Miner was not a Lucas title.
That is how old I am.

 

[DoctorEkkoUK]

Oh thank god, this is what they needed to do. Lucasarts should never have been closed

 

[llien]

Old Lucasfilm Games made some neat stuff.

As well as old Lucasfilm, chuckle.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Santa Monica studio for the win!

 

[CloudStrife_ca]

If they're hiring for an internal team, there is hope. Disney expects big pay offs from Star Wars videogames and EA has not delivered that, although I stand behind that Star Wars Battlefront 2 has become a good game, even though its obviously EA's attempt to save faith with Disney, holding onto their license and with the fans.

 

[Gavin Stevens]

Awesome news!

Now, how about you release the super Star Wars games, shadows of the empire and episode one racer on Xbox one? Please?

 

[Ban Puncher]

LET SAM & MAX: FREELANCE POLICE OUT OF THE VAULT, COWARDS.

 

[Allandor]

funny, EA killed star wars games, while Disney killed star wars movies (imho).
disney should make a star wars film game with EA. Two negatives = one positive
what could possibly go wrong

btw, bring back Monkey Island, sam'n'max and Tie Fighter / x-wing alliance.

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Didn't this turn out to just be a rumor?

 

[Fox Mulder]

Morons could have kept the original. I have no faith in this anyways given Disney's history in gaming and just being down on Star Wars now in general.

 

[BlackTron]

One small step closer to the holy grail of Factor 5 getting it again

 

[G-Bus]

There's hope.

They're taking the marvel games a lot more seriously now. Spiderman is great.

Give me another pod racer! Haha

 

[Elcid]

Please be a Jedi Knight Academy reboot

Please be a Jedi Knight Academy reboot

Please be a Jedi Knight Academy reboot

God yes please.

 

[RAIDEN1]

A Day of the Tentacle 3 wouldn't go amiss. And while you are at it, maybe a Full Throttle 2? And a new instalment to compliment Indy Jones and the Fate of Atlantis....

 

[EverydayBeast]

Once upon a time LucasFilm Gamers were great, today I doubt it

 

[Gamezone]

Haven't plenty of good sources confirmed this as fake news? That company has been there all along.

 

[OrionNebula]

EA fucked up so bad that Disney is creating their own studio. Awesome.

With blackjack and hookers

 

[Romulus]

Republic Commando 2 would be great.

And that Star Wars X-Wing demo on PSVR is probably one of the single greatest gaming experiences I've ever had. I've love to see someone make a full game out of that in the vein of Rogue Squadron. It was only 30min long. The scale of that Star Destroyer and those asteroids blew my mind.

 

[Starlight Lotice]

They should just rehire the team they fired.

Sounds like desperation at this point...why didn't they keep the Studio anyway and let them do their own thing?

They didn't even require that much money anyway! Disney make really awful decisions sometimes...

 

[Daniel Thomas MacInnes]

I want Ballblazer, Rescue on Fractalus, Koronis Rift and The Eidolon. Now.