The High Republic has solidified itself as my favorite era in the Saga so far with its expansive, diverse, inclusive, engaging, and compelling story across various books, comics, and more. New video games, especially Star Wars video games since they have become so rare in the past decade, are usually a cause of celebration. Star Wars Eclipse combines both of these things which I love into one and I honestly should be ecstatic, but the willful ignorance of Lucasfilm Games to team with developer Quantic Dream, a studio marred by homophobic, transphopic, racist, sexist, and more from its higher-ups, including its founder David Cage, cuts my excitement at the knees. There might be a great group of individual developers working at the company, that don’t feel, think, or act the way Cage and others do, and new Star Wars games are exciting, especially one that could look like this with a branching narrative and set in such an awesome era of the Saga, so I’m not going to tell you that you can’t be excited for this, but please consider all the harm Quantic Dream does with their vile conduct; if you’re looking for somewhere else to put your money, beyond the main High Republic content, how about standing in solidarity with the developers affected by Activision/Blizzard’s own terrible culture. In the end, while your feelings can vary, there’s no real excuse for Lucasfilm Games to ignore all the evidence and move forward with working with Quantic Dream, so I’m going to back to enjoying The High Republic stories coming from the amazing Luminous team and checking out other new video games on my PS5. Update: Show your support of your fellow fans with the hashtag BlackoutStarWarsEclipse on Twitter.
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