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You are here: Home / Oh no, Lucasfilm has shut the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Unreal Engine 4 remake down

Oh no, Lucasfilm has shut the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Unreal Engine 4 remake down

October 12, 2018 eurogamer Leave a Comment

Lucasfilm has shut down Apeiron, the ambitious Unreal Engine 4 remake of BioWare’s classic role-playing game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. “It’s with a great sadness that I’m posting today,” project leader Taylor Trotter wrote on Twitter. “I recently received a letter from Lucasfilm instructing Poem [Studios, the team behind the remake] to end production on Apeiron. After a few days, I’ve exhausted my options to keep it afloat; we knew this day was a possibility. I’m sorry and may the Force be with you.” Trotter posted a picture of the Lucasfilm letter. “Notwithstanding Poem Studios’ affection and enthusiasm for the Star Wars franchise and the original KOTOR game, we must object to any unlicensed use of Lucasfilm intellectual property,” Lucasfilm wrote. Lucasfilm demanded Poem Studios remove all traces of infringing copyright immediately, and cease all development of the Apeiron reboot as well as “destroy all code and materials related to the project”. “Lucasfilm is the exclusive owner of all intellectual property rights in and to the Star Wars major motion pictures, games and any other Star Wars content,” the company stressed. “As such, Poem Studios’ continued use of Lucasfilm’s intellectual property and references to the KOTOR game is misleading to the public and is likely to create confusion as to whether it is affiliated with Lucasfilm.” Apeiron began development in late 2015. We picked up on it in early 2016, displaying a few mouthwatering side-by-side comparison pictures of what KOTOR areas remade in Unreal Engine 4 would… [Read full story]




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