Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II ‘full remake’ was ‘on the roadmap’, Lucasfilm boss says
Lucasfilm Games has revealed that a full modern remake of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords was once on its roadmap, emerging in court filings tied to the cancelled Restored Content DLC for Nintendo Switch.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords could have received a “full remake”.
In court documents tied to the dispute over Aspyr Media’s abandoned KOTOR II Restored Content DLC for the Nintendo Switch port, Lucasfilm Games vice president Douglas Reilly revealed that a modern reimagining of the 2004 RPG - codenamed Juliet - “was on the roadmap”.
According to a new Game File report, Reilly said the project was envisioned as “a full remake of KOTOR II with modern art [and] modern gameplay,” retaining the original story while rebuilding the game for modern hardware.
Discussions with Aspyr had supposedly been underway before development momentum stalled.
The disclosure arrives as part of a detailed legal record that reconstructs the collapse of Aspyr’s plan to bring the fan-made Restored Content Mod to Nintendo Switch as official DLC.
Emails, Slack logs, and deposition testimony show Aspyr spent over a year trying to secure Disney and Lucasfilm legal clearance after concerns were raised about properly crediting the mod’s volunteer creators.
By mid-2023, the DLC was officially cancelled, triggering a false-advertising lawsuit that has since been settled.
The filings also confirm shifting responsibility for the already-announced Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake, which is now in development at Saber Interactive’s Mad Head Games - the studio behind Hellraiser: Revival - following earlier turmoil at Aspyr.
While Lucasfilm Games did not indicate whether Juliet is still active, Reilly’s comments suggest the studio remains interested in revisiting KOTOR II.
With the KOTOR Remake expected to resurface soon, speculation around a sequel remake is likely to intensify.
