New Star Wars game coming from ex-Naughty Dog creative Amy Hennig’s studio

Skydance New Media has announced that they are developing a Star Wars-themed game. This interactive studio was established in 2019 by Amy Hennig (game director), Lucasfilm Games, and Skydance. It’s a return to the Star Wars franchise for Hennig, who had previously worked with the franchise at EA’s Visceral Games on an ambitious (but ultimately canceled) project set in a galaxy far, far away.

Skydance New Media describes its untitled Star Wars project as a “richly cinematic action-adventure game featuring an original story,” but did not reveal specifics. The release date, title and platforms of the game were not announced.

“I’ve often described how seeing Star Wars in 1977 essentially rewired my 12-year-old brain, shaping my creative life and future indelibly,” Hennig said in a news release. “I’m elated to be working with Lucasfilm Games again to tell interactive stories in this galaxy that I love.”

Hennig founded Skydance New Media with Julian Beak. Julian Beak is a veteran from EA. Battlefield: Hardline, Speed is essential, and Visceral’s Star Wars game. When the studio was revealed, it said it hoped to “reach gamers and non-gamers alike on emerging streaming platforms” with “new story-focused […]Interactive series [that] will employ state-of-the-art computer graphics to provide the visual fidelity of television and film, but with an active, lean-in experience that puts the audience in the driver’s seat.”

According to Tuesday’s news release, Skydance New Media has since grown to include “developers and artists with decades of AAA experience in action and adventure gaming, as well as a diverse team of creative consultants from the worlds of film, television, games and comics.”

Skydance New Media untitled Marvel games was its first project. In October, Hennig and team said they were also working on “a narrative-driven, blockbuster action-adventure game, featuring a completely original story and take on the Marvel Universe.”

Hennig’s untitled Star Wars game joins at least five others in development at Lucasfilm Games. Those projects include Quantic Dream’s Star Wars Eclipse; an open-world Star Wars adventure from Ubisoft’s Massive Entertainment; and three games from Respawn Entertainment: a sequel to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Ordera brand new first-person shooter. It was also a strategy-game co-developed by Bit Reactor. Bit Reactor is a studio that was founded by ex-XCOM developers.