Canceled Star Wars Game Was the Bioware-Style ARPG That Fans Deserved

The game included a relationship system and multiplayer combat Star Wars has always been the perfect playground for expansion, whether in comics, novels, or video games. However, despite the success of the latter, with games like Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order from developer Respawn and BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic, not all Star Wars games are created equal. In fact, some never get the chance to even debut in the first place. When it comes to canceled Star Wars games, most people remember the gut-wrenching loss of EA and Respawn's Mandalorian game, but as MP1st recently revealed, another has surfaced: Star Wars: Magellan. Unlike EA's Mandalorian game, Magellan is a completely unknown project headed by the now-closed game studio Echtra Games. Echtra Games was known for its work on Torchlight III, but when its owner, Zynga, closed it in June 2025, all work on Torchlight (and Magellan) ceased. Thanks to an anonymous Echtra employee who posted Magellan development materials as part of their portfolio, we now know more details about what the developer was working on with this Star Wars action role-playing game before Zynga shuttered the studio. First, the two protagonists: a Jedi