Director of famously canceled EA Star Wars game is back to make a Star Wars game

Enlarge / "Skydance" is the key indicator of what's to come, since that game studio is led by former Star Wars Ragtag director Amy Hennig. (credit: Skydance New Media / Lucasfilm Games)

Lucasfilm Games' latest announcement might sound boilerplate: Another Star Wars adventure game is coming, and it doesn't have a release date, screen shots, or target platforms.

And yet, this Tuesday announcement is turning heads for a major reason: It brings Amy Hennig back to the Star Wars video game fold, nearly five years after her last major Star Wars project crashed and burned.

The news, announced by Hennig's current employer, Skydance New Media, and mirrored by Lucasfilm, confirms that Hennig will lead the production of "a richly cinematic action-adventure game featuring an original story in the legendary Star Wars galaxy."

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