Re: Suggestions -> 2020 Update for Classic Battlefront II and Jedi Academy
@Akfiz wrote:I congratulate EA for giving the source-code of Jedi Academy for free for the modding team to use however they like.
To give credit where credit is due, EA didn't release the source code of Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Raven Software did. EA wasn't involved in the development or publishing of Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy.
Reputedly, EA even took issue with a particular Star Wars fan project (which was inspired by Free Radical Design's shelved Star Wars Battlefront III game), supposedly perceiving it as a threat to EA's take on the Star Wars Battlefront series. That project survived, but it had to remove all Star Wars references.
@Akfiz wrote:As such, I suggest to make a "never forget" update. A way of saying "we never forgot these magnificent classics".
EA has an exclusive license to make new Star Wars titles (e.g. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order) or remake/reenvision previous titles (e.g. Star Wars Battlefront) for PC and consoles through at least 2023, but presumably it doesn't have license to create and publish updates for the preexisting LucasArts' Star Wars catalog (if it did, you wouldn't see posts like this).
Even if it did, since Jedi Academy and Star Wars Battlefront II (Classic, 2005) weren't developed or published by EA* and are over 14 years old, I doubt EA would be interested in releasing new content for them. EA hasn't shown much interest in preserving its own back catalog, let alone providing updates for the back catalog of another company.
*Jedi Academy was developed by Raven Software and published by LucasArts; Battlefront II Classic was developed by Pandemic Studios (prior to the acquisition of Pandemic Studios by EA as part of the VG Holding Corp. deal) and published by LucasArts.
