The Case for Knights of the Old Republic 3 After The KOTOR Remake
With the recent release of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and the announcement of a Knights of the Old Republic remake, 2022 is delivering a lot of good Star Wars content. That said, game releases always tend to invite fan theories and speculation about future games, as well as movies, TV series, and everything Star Wars. The latest LEGO Star Wars comes six years after the last title, and Knights of the Old Republic is being remade after almost two decades. There could still be hope yet for a Knights of the Old Republic sequel.
Unlike many other video game sequels, Knights of the Old Republic 2 stands on its own with a unique story, characters, a new protagonist, and Kreia — or Darth Traya. Even if the sequel improved upon Knights of the Old Republic in a few narrow aspects, most of the gameplay remained the same. A potential Knights of the Old Republic 3 would have to meet some pretty high expectations with how the first two games were received, and that means improving more than just graphics by sticking the old formula into Unreal Engine 5. If the upcoming remake does anything, it should set the foundations for a Knights of the Old Republic 3.
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One aspect of both Knights of the Old Republic games that makes sequels easier is their open-ended conclusions. Whether with Revan or The Exile, players can choose a light or dark ending based on their moral alignment. However, since the canonical ending in the first game is the light side ending — as retold in The Old Republic: Revan novelization, it's likely that the developers would want to keep this continuity in the second game. It's also possible that the developers do the complete opposite, and
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