
The act involves pouring hate, fear, pain, and rage into the crystal until it changes color. Related: Could Knights Of The Old Republic Remake Finally Lead To KOTOR 3?įor red kyber crystals to remain in-game and part of canon, they would need to be bled. They are made by a process called bleeding where a dark force user corrupts the crystal, thus turning it red. However, the 2016 novel Ahsoka by E.K Johnston established that red kyber crystals don’t actually exist naturally and could not be synthesized. As is tradition, this influences the color of lightsaber the player would then wield, and players could change their Star Wars lightsaber color by using different kyber crystals to upgrade their weapon. Here are some of the changes, large and small, that would need to be made if the KOTOR remake is to be considered canon.Īs the story unfolds in KOTOR, the player can choose which path to follow, and therefore use either the light or dark side of the Force. The introduction of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project means that the canon surrounding KOTOR has become a little more complicated.

Related: New Star Wars KOTOR Game Should Be A Prequel About BastilaĪlthough the game is set almost 4,000 years before the original Star Wars trilogy some changes will still need to be made to the content of KOTOR for it to match the new Disney canon timeline. However, this new remake is a full rework of the original game and will boast new graphics and gameplay elements built from the ground up. The KOTOR remake was first announced September 9, 2021, at the Sony PlayStation Showcase event and is intended to be a PlayStation 5 exclusive at launch, while the original KOTOR was exclusive to Xbox. This week in #StarWars news, information on the #Kenobi series, Knights of the Old Republic is being remade, #Grogu goes on parade, the #Lego Halloween special gets some more info and #Hasbro drops a ton of toy news.Aspyr Media has worked on previous Star Wars games titles, primarily porting older games to modern systems, and had previously reworked Knights of the Old Republic for iOS devices.
