Well, looks like we are back on the speculation board after Star Wars Celebration V was kind of a let down, with no announcement of our awaited Battlefront 3.
On the other hand, according to a rumor by Kotaku.com, the new President of LucasArts is on a rampage. Yup, that’s right.. apparently there was a Force Unleashed 3 that was already in production and President Paul Meegan ripped the plug out on it. This would probably explain the sudden departure of Haden Blackman.
The interesting part of this rumor report is the fact that there is another unnamed project that is currently “on hold” that was supposed to be released next year… hmmmmm… Battlefront 3 perhaps?
We will be following this rumor very closely! Stay tuned and post your comments!
“New Lucasarts president Paul Meegan certainly isn’t wasting any time. Barely two months into the job and we hear he’s already swinging the axe and cancelling high profile sequels.
If you were wondering why it was strange that Force Unleashed II creative director Haden Blackman would leave mid-project, this may explain things: according to sources at Lucasarts, Meegan has cancelled a third Force Unleashed game that was already in development, and members of Force Unleashed II’s team (though we’re not sure exactly how many) will be shown the door once that game ships.
Another unnamed project, due to ship next year, has avoided the axe, but has been “put on hold” while developers have been told to “expect management and reporting changes”. Those changes are down to the departure of Blackman, who as work was winding down on Force Unleashed II had been leading development on this secret project.
These sources say “morale and productivity are at all-time lows” since Meegan took over, with most Lucasarts developers only finding out about Force Unleashed II’s cancellation on the PSP by reading it on gaming news sites.
We’ve also been told that another sweeping change made by Meegan is that the majority of “external” development of Lucasarts properties is coming to an end, with BioWare’s Old Republic MMO to be the last game not developed internally at Lucasarts. That would presumably mean, for example, no more LEGO Star Wars or LEGO Indiana Jones titles after the upcoming LEGO: Clone Wars, as those have all been handled by Traveller’s Tales.
So, yes, if this is all indeed correct, big changes are afoot at the house that Star Wars built. Lots of them bad news for the developers currently there, but looking at the big picture, the silver lining could be that such drastic shake-ups could be exactly what’s needed at a publisher and developer that, courtesy of its licenses and history, should be doing a lot better both commercially and critically than it currently is.”
Source: Kotaku.com


It’s a trap!!!!!
people, the unnamed project was not the forxce unleashejd, the unnamed project is still unknown… hint battlefront 3
well friends, this situation is way messier than we all thought…
tfu3… if I was reading this elsewhere, I’d think it was a bad joke lol.
I was a supporter of the SWB3 dream, but all my hope died after SWCV. I won’t belive in anything else BF3-wise save the very Blu-Ray in my hands (IF it comes at all…).
this is Revolver_Ocelot signing off.
TFU 3? Serously?
I know. lucas arts has been seriously Fu#@$ed up for ages
Well so much for a good starting point for new third-party developers. I hope Meagan knows what he’s doing, or at least have the board give him the boot before significant damage is done.
i really cant believe it was supposed to be a forced unleash 3 thank god that was canceled or put on hold. now theirs a bigger and better chance that it will be battlefront 3 or republic commando 2. seriously wtf Lucas arts a tfu3 really. battlefront on console =$$$$$$$ (mad money)
I cant believe it either
diddo.
Damn it. DAMN IT. DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
first i cant see fu3 being cancled because fu2 looks to be great and is getting alot publicity. also i dont see bf3 being announced for a wile because it would make sence that lucasarts would announce such a big game at a big event like e3 and swsv since both of those have passed maby next year
wel looks lyk were bak 2 square one
The only way that I can see this as good news is that this Meegan guy is the biggest Battlefront 3 fan and is cancelling every other project to focus solely on Battlefront 3. But for some reason I don’t see that actually happening.
That would be pretty funny though
Someone needs to interview this dude.
it would be a bad move to concentrate all funds and things on 1 game. probably pute LA out of buisness