Was Journey to Batuu the last straw? EA lost it's exclusivity deal with Star Wars!

Yeah, with the Mandalorian booming in popularity and the Boba Fett spinoff coming, no doubt Lucasfilm wanted free reign again.

Also, I suspect the reason the devs did Batuu when they did was because that exclusive licensing was running out and they knew they wanted to do a Star Wars pack for The Sims somewhere down the line. That would explain why the timing was kind of strange when other community requests were still backed up and they decided to do it sooner.