The Star Wars franchise has been in full swing since it made its way back to the big screen in 2015 with The Force Awakens. There have been several new films, television shows, comics, novels, and video games released that help expand the massive universe and empty fans' wallets. Not every new piece of media has stuck the landing, but it's hard to complain when so much of it still reaches the standard one would expect from the venerated saga.
Modern Star Wars video games have been rocky, with the publisher in charge of the license, EA, making some questionable choices about monetization. This list won't look at games that saw the light of day, however, and will instead focus on those that were put out to pasture before the public ever got their hands on them. There will be twenty five shown in total, with each project reaching varying degrees of completion before their plug was pulled. Maybe they were canceled for good reason, or they would have been some of the greatest games of all time, but, with the exception of a few titles, the world will never truly know. At least there are still plenty of classic ones that did manage to hit shelves.
So whip out those lightsabers, because here are 25 Cancelled Star Wars Games You Will Never Get To Play.
Star Wars Trilogy (XBOX)
The Rogue Squadron series of games was birthed on the Nintendo 64, and continued its existence on the company's next console, the Gamecube. There was a time, however, when the team started work on bringing this beloved franchise to Microsoft's debut appearance into the console space. The compilation was to include the three games with various improvements. About half the project was done before circumstances out of the developer's control led to the project being canned, keeping the series forever on Nintendo's ancient platforms.
Dark Squadron: Rogue Squadron 4
Playing as the heroes is all well and good, but sometimes people want to be bad. Dark Squadron would have given players the opportunity to do just this, had it ever seen the light of day. This Factor 5 project was to be the fourth entry in the Rogue Squadron series, tasking players with fighting for the deliciously evil Empire. The game was cancelled, but there are two bonus missions in Rogue Squadron 2 that give a taste to what Dark Squadron might have been.
Rogue Squadron: X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter
The Rogue Squadron series was always based around an exhilarating single player campaign first and foremost. The third entry allowed players to tackle the second game with a buddy, but this was not the central focus. Rogue Squadron: X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter would have shaken things up, however, basing itself around team based dog fights with other players. Factor 5, the developer, was interested in doing the project with Sony, but plans fell through and the studio ended up making Lair instead.
Ewok Adventure
This Atari 2600 project, which saw players controlling the polarizing Ewoks on the forest moon of Endor, was completed before being put on the shelf to forever collect dust. The supposed reason for the finished game to never reach shelves? Apparently, the controls were considered too difficult for young kids. Really though, if there was ever a group of people who could master difficult games, it would be children who have nothing to do all day but play video games.
Battle Of The Sith Lords
The Phantom Menace is considered the bottom of the Star Wars barrel, but even its most ardent detractors will it that Darth Maul is a masterfully designed character. A game where one takes the reins of the mysterious villain would have been incredible. According to Game Informer Red Fly Studio's Battle of the Sith Lords had no story and no direction before it was put to rest, only the idea of controlling Maul. Allegedly, the project was a victim of Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm.
Republic Commandos 2
This game was to be a sequel to the warmly received Republic Commandos, a first person shooter set during the Clone Wars. Had the project made it to the finish line, it would have followed Sev, a clone trooper from the first title, resisting Order 66 and starting the rebellion. As cool an idea as this sounds, it wasn't intriguing enough to survive the cutthroat world of video game development. As a result of internal problems in LucasArts, the game was shutdown early in development.
Rebel Jedi
What's known about this game amounts to nothing more than mere breadcrumbs. All that sleuths have to go in is a list of titles all bearing the word "Rebel", showing up in 2008. Did teams dive deep into working on these before they were forgotten about? Would they have all been a part of the same series and have one story line? No one knows for sure, and whoever does have the answers is not spilling the beans anytime soon.
The New Emperor
Work on this game happened around 1998, and would have seen C-3PO work as a spy in the Galactic Empire after news spread around that a new Emperor was to be named. Other than that, nothing is known about the project. Seeing 3PO do his hiding in plain sight reconnaissance work would have been well worth the price of ission, but no one can say with certainty what the mechanics would have been or how the story would have played out.
Proteus
Star Wars Galaxies was a beloved MMO that took one wrong turn that nearly destroyed its entire fanbase. This project, code named Proteus, was to be a companion to the once wildly popular online game. Instead of being on PC, Proteus was meant for consoles, creating something accessible for a controller while still maintaining the genre's depth. When Galaxies was still online, it was rare to see console MMOs, so it is little wonder why the project never took shape.
Outpost
On the surface, Star Wars: Outpost looks like a Farmville clone. However, closer inspection into the doomed project implies that there were deeper mechanics than those found in the Facebook game. Maintaining an outpost in the galaxy far, far away would have required tact, though there also would have been micro transactions. The game was almost completed and announced before it was unceremoniously shut down with a phone call, leaving only some screenshots as evidence of its existence and potential.
