EA cancelled Star Wars: The Old Republic sequel/reboot possibly set during The High Republic
From the article:
>Ohlen ultimately realized he would move on after what sounds like a lengthy and extremely difficult pitch to Lucasfilm and EA for a full reboot of the game, which would see it renamed Star Wars: The New Republic. Ohlen spent half a year on a plan before getting the greenlight from former Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, as well as Star Wars creative boss Dave Filoni.
>"He (Filoni) was like, 'If you set it a couple hundred years before the fall of the Republic, we can have a tie in,'" Ohlen recalled of Filoni's eventual agreement. (It's a time period that sounds not dissimilar to Lucasfilm's The High Republic, which the company has since mined for its storytelling potential.)
>Unfortunately, everything then came crashing down. While Söderlund was sold, EA's board of directors was not.
>"[They] remembered spending $300 million," Ohlen said, referring to The Old Republic's high development costs. "They're like, 'Why the fuck are we gonna spend a bunch more?'"
Well this sucks. Even if it wasn't set during THR, this would've been awesome.