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If you’ve been waiting for Lucasfilm to make more Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic content, then you aren’t alone. It turns out that some Star Wars writers and editors have also been pushing for more KOTOR, but Lucasfilm hasn’t pulled the trigger yet.

If you aren’t familiar, Knights of the Old Republic (or KOTOR to its fans) is a series of stories set centuries before the films. It began as a popular RPG video game in 2003 before expanding with comics and novels. A new video game partially inspired by KOTOR is currently in development, but as of this writing there are no plans for more comics or novels. However, that isn’t for lack of trying.

“I mean, for me, I’m like, when are you going to start writing KOTOR novels,” Star Wars: Bloodline author Claudia Gray told fans during a panel at MegaCon 2026. “I want to do a bunch of those. I already explained that if there is a book that is the backstory of [core KOTOR characters] Mission and Zaalbar, and I didn’t write it, there will be blood.”

Heather Antos, who edited the Star Wars line at Marvel before joining IDW Publisher, revealed that she had also spent a lot of time trying to get a KOTOR revival off the ground. “When I started at Marvel, there were two things I pitched every day, and it was let me do Thrawn comics - which I eventually got to do - and then KOTOR, which I’m still waiting,” Antos said.

Hopefully the wait isn’t much longer. Lucasfilm can only ignore the cries of KOTOR fans for so long.

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