Topic: Knights of the Old Republic Movies !!!!!!

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Though we’re still a few months away from the conclusion of the Skywalker Saga with The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm is already looking towards the future and one of the many projects they have in the works is a new trilogy based on Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic.

EA and BioWare first launched the cult RPG video game back in 2003 and over the years, we’ve seen two more additions added to the KOTOR universe thanks to its sequel Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords and MMO spinoff, Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, despite much demand from fans, it’s taken until now for a proper adaptation to materialize.

But at long last, KOTOR is coming to the big screen, as Lucasfilm has hired Laeta Kalogridis (Terminator Genisys, Shutter Island) to pen a script for a the first movie in a planned trilogy and now, with a scribe on board, the hunt for a director has apparently begun.

According to sources close to We Got This Covered, the same ones who told us Ewan McGregor was returning as Obi-Wan Kenobi back in May, Lucasfilm wants a female filmmaker behind the camera for the KOTOR trilogy and at least for the first movie in the series, they’re eyeing Wonder Woman‘s Patty Jenkins for the job.

At the moment, it’s unclear if they’ve formally reached out to her yet as our sources say she’s just on the wishlist along with a few other female directors. Among the other names on said list is Ava DuVernay, who’s also part of the DCEU as she’s working on WB’s New Gods movie.

Unfortunately, we’re not sure who else is on Lucasfilm’s radar and they may end up going with someone else for the job in the end, but for right now, at least, it seems that Patty Jenkins and Ava DuVernay are two filmmakers that the studio is interested in and with the director hunt heating up, hopefully we’ll learn more about the Knights of the Old Republic movies before long.

(HOPEFULLY Disney doesn't royally mess this up!

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I feel if Disney sticks to a singular vision, then it should be fine.

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Agreed. But Disney has seemed to royally botch every movie they have made so far. I swear there afraid to have the Darkside win in any capacity. Afraid to have little kids roll models betray them ahahah.

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That's the problem in trying to adapt a movie that had one fan-base to include everyone they can.

Disney has been aimed at kids for so long, and even all the fairy stories they animated were sanitised for kids (eg in Grimm's version of Cinderella the stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to fit into the slipper, it gets quite graphic). I feel like they have managed to do rounded bad guys in the past, but I'm struggling to think of any examples.

I also feel like the more recent films tend to sacrifice plot for action. Like episode 8 had an entire world that was just one long action sequence that added nothing to the story. Episode 7 was just a rehash of A New Hope. Rogue One was pretty good though.

Or they could just make us a third game...

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Its so annoying that multiple parties have tried to get it together, but its never taken off the ground. I wonder if that is Disney wants it and told them to cease operations.

Agreed to all of your points

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Darth Atrox wrote:

Its so annoying that multiple parties have tried to get it together, but its never taken off the ground. I wonder if that is Disney wants it and told them to cease operations.

On potential movie or game?

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There were multiple efforts to get the Kotor Three game off the ground, but each failed.

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Yeah, I heard, that's why I was wondering which you were referring to in your last post.

Also the posts in the word association thread, were they supposed to go here?

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Yes thank you for showing me that. Posted those from my phone and didnt realize what thread they were in

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/star-wars-knights-republic-villain-revealed/
"For those who don’t know, this particular corner of the franchise is set thousands of years before the Skywalker saga, allowing it to be free from continuity and giving the writers scope to break new ground. But we’ve heard from our sources – the same ones who told us Ewan McGregor was returning as Obi-Wan back in May – that there’s one element of the film that fans may be pleased to learn about, as the villain of the movie is said to be Darth Malak.

That name might not mean a huge amount to a general audience, but old school RPG fans will be pumping their fists right now. You see, Darth Malak is the villain of the 2003 Bioware game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. He’s a Sith obsessed with getting hold of the Star Forge, an ancient space station capable of mass-producing a fleet in minutes. With this, Malak intends to rule the galaxy."

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/darth-nihilus-knights-republic-film/

"Specifically, we’re told that one of the antagonists in the Knights of the Old Republic movie will be Darth Nihilus. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, the self-described “Lord of Hunger” was first introduced in the 2004 game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, and was depicted as a malevolent, inhuman force that drained the life of anything he came into contact with.

Of course, should Lucasfilm indeed choose to include Nihilus, then you can bet he won’t be the only character from the games to make the cut, and we’ve already heard word of at least one other villain who’s being eyed for the Knights of the Old Republic movie as well. We can hopefully expect a few more updates in the coming months, but either way, we’ll find out how J.J. Abrams brings the franchise’s current era to a close when Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on December 20th."

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Tbf I worry about that all the time when I try and do stuff from my phone. Doesn't help that it's a piece of garbage and slows to a halt every time I turn the internet on it.  tongue

Also, does that mean that both Malak and Nihilus are rumoured to be in the same film? I know the games are only set a few years apart, but I don't remember any mention of them working together in any way... So would that mean that there could be two sith factions within the film...

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Revan and force vampire both were trained by Treya, Malak could’ve known about him, but unlikely.

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"Force Vampire" hahahah that is rich. But yeaah agreed.

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Nihilus is one of my least favorite parts of the game. Not gonna lie. He just didn’t do it for me.

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You mean it wasn't Michel or whatever his name was?

I can barely remember the 2nd one... it's actually worrying.

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That’s the beauty of it. I played the male version most often. #HandmaidenHype

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I got a mod that replaced him. :innocent:

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Smart choice. I don’t have to much experience with him.

It sucks they always have to have a pointless character as a squad member.

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Tbf even with the restored content mod, I feel like I missed a lot of companion development, I didn't really get much out of any of them. But holy hell Michel was particularly drab.

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I feel like even with character development partially lacking, most of them have “character” to make up for it. Michal was boring and dull.

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No I mean that I think I missed actually getting a load of conversations with them. I think you had to balance who to take with you rather than assuming after enough time you'd open up new options or something. Or I just really failed at this game.

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