Original ‘Star Wars’ Action-Adventure Video Game In The Works From Lucasfilm, Skydance New Media – Deadline

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                By <a href="https://deadline.com/author/alexandra-del-rosario/"><span>Alexandra Del Rosario</span></a>              <br>TV Reporter<br><a href="https://deadline.com/tag/skydance-new-media/" id="auto-tag_skydance-new-media" data-tag="skydance-new-media">Skydance New Media</a> and <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/lucasfilm/" id="auto-tag_lucasfilm" data-tag="lucasfilm">Lucasfilm</a> are teaming to develop a new <em>Star Wars</em> game.<br>Revealed Tuesday by New Media&#8217;s Amy Hennig, Skydance will work with Lucasfilm to develop and produce &#8220;a richly cinematic action-adventure game featuring an original story in<i>&nbsp;</i>the legendary<i> Star Wars</i> galaxy.&#8221; News of the <em>Star Wars</em> project comes several months after Skydance New Media unveiled the development of a Marvel game <a  href="https://deadline.com/2021/10/marvel-skydance-new-media-1234864682/"  >back in October.</a><br>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve often described how seeing&nbsp;<i>Star Wars</i> in 1977 essentially rewired my 12-year-old brain, shaping my creative life and future indelibly,&rdquo; said Hennig, President of Skydance New Media. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m elated to be working with Lucasfilm Games again to tell interactive stories in this galaxy that I love.&rdquo;<br>  <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="1">                <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article1-uid0"         class="adw-1 adh-1" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">
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