Star Wars: First Assault was a video game in development at LucasArts. It was canceled due to the closure of LucasArts after The Walt Disney Company's purchase of Lucasfilm.
Description[]
Star Wars: First Assault was a multiplayer-focused Star Wars video game.[2][3] The domain name for StarWarsFirstAssault.com, which is currently empty, was registered by LucasArts' parent company, Lucasfilm[4] The trademark for the product relates to "interactive entertainment software." This has in turn made several gaming sites such as GameSpy.com and IGN.com speculate that the then-upcoming product was indeed another LucasArts video game.[4][5][2] Kotaku.com revealed leaked footage from the game,[6] and speculated that it would be a title for the Xbox 360 on the downloadable arcade that would feature gameplay similar to the Battlefront series.[7]
Development[]
Richard Lim created concept art for the game which featured conflicts between Rebel troopers and stormtroopers.[8] Additionally, Tim Temmerman served as a Systems Designer on the project.[9]According to Patrick Wren, who worked as a designer for LucasArts, the game was mere months from launch when it was canceled, with development costs having already been taken care of.[10] He further elaborated that the official announcement for the game was scrapped about 24 hours before it would have been announced, thus preventing it from entering beta testing and leaving it in obscurity compared to other projects like Star Wars: 1313.[11]
Sources[]
- Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
Star Wars Goes to the Grammys on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑
Sean Tay - Portfolio by Tay, Sean on monsterhospital.net (backup link archived on April 24, 2015)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Canceled Star Wars games revealed on GameSpot.com (September 27, 2013) (backup link)
- ↑ Disney Shuts Down LucasArts, Cancels Star Wars 1313 And Star Wars: First Assault by Schreier, Jason on Kotaku (April 3, 2013) (backup link archived on March 21, 2020)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Star Wars: First Assault Domain and Trademarks Registered by Karmali, Luke on IGN (August 29, 2012) (backup link archived on November 21, 2018)
- ↑ Another New Star Wars Game? Star Wars: First Assault Trademarked, Registered by Sharkey, Mike on GameSpy (August 29, 2012) (backup link archived on August 31, 2012)
- ↑ Leaked Footage Of Star Wars' Newest Take On Battlefield And Call of Duty [UPDATE] by Schreier, Jason on kotaku.com (March 11, 2013) (backup link archived on May 20, 2013)
- ↑ Leaked Star Wars Game Is 'Predecessor' To Battlefront III, Source Says by Schreier, Jason on kotaku.com (March 11, 2013) (backup link archived on February 25, 2021)
- ↑ Star Wars Art: Concept
- ↑ Special Release: Ryder Windham and Tim Temmerman on Full of Sith Podcast (backup link archived on March 30, 2016)
- ↑ Patrick Wren (@Witdarkstar) on Twitter (post): "I loved that we were months away from launching a Star Wars game that would have just made them money since dev costs were done. I'll never forget." (backup link) — Patrick Wren talks about the timeline for release of First Assault.
- ↑ Patrick Wren (@Witdarkstar) on Twitter (post): "It's all good. Our announcement was pulled less than 24 hours before it was supposed to happen plus the beta due to this so people usually remember 1313. Glad there is official concept art released for First Assault and that I can say it exists." (backup link) — Patrick Wren talks about further details of the announcement and beta timeline with regards to First Assault
