Fans are Remastering Star Wars Republic Commando

Lisa Clark Republic Commando

Speaking of Star Wars games that might see a comeback… who remembers Republic Commando? The game, released in 2005, is a classic to most Star Wars fans. It followed the story of a squad of Clone commandos that fight during the Clone Wars. You saw them go through several conflicts and it was a gritty, meaty change to many other Star Wars games of the time. Sadly, we haven’t seen anything else of Republic Commando since those early days 12 years ago. No updates. No re-releases. No remastering… until now.

Some fans have made it their mission to revive the game and we’re definitely going to be following this one to see where it goes.

The folks at Blackout Studios have begun crafting assets for Republic Commando in Unreal Engine 4. Check it out:

What do you think?

Here are what the battle droids look like:

And finally, here is some more that was shared to Twitter:

Here’s a recent update to lighting:

It’s important to them that they keep the same look and feel of the original game, mechanics included.

Apart from these tweets, we don’t know a lot more about the game. To follow along with the project’s progress, Blackout Studios is on both Twitter and YouTube.

Lisa Clark

Lisa has been an avid gamer since she was old enough to hold her first controller and a game writer for more than a decade. A child of the Nintendo generation, she believes they just don’t make games like they used to but sometimes, they make them even better! While consoles will always be her first love, Lisa spends most of her gaming time on the PC these days- on MMOs and first-person shooters in particular.