For a minute there, a full-on remake of Obsidian Entertainment’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 was apparently in development. However, the project appears to have been put on hold, according to a new report.
According to Game File’s reporting, new legal documents revealed that Aspyr and Lucasfilm Games were working on a full remake of KOTOR 2. Codenamed “Juliet” in the files, the project was a modern remake of the iconic 2004 RPG and was in development alongside the KOTOR remake, which developer Saber Interactive said is still coming. However, per Game File and unlike the KOTOR remake, development on the KOTOR II remake has ceased as recently as March 2025. Lucasfilm Games VP Douglas Reilly explained in depositions about the drama surrounding KOTOR II that, had the remake come to fruition, it would’ve contained the cut DLC that was teased when the game was announced for Nintendo Switch in 2022.
“‘Juliet’ was the codename for a project where we were going to do a full remake of KOTOR II,” Reilly said. [It would have featured] modern art, modern gameplay, you know, keep the story and the characters and the general–the general content of KOTOR II, but remake it for modern hardware and modern machines with updated graphics and all those kinds of things. It was something we were discussing with Aspyr. … The plan was that we would remake the content that was in the RCM as it relates to Star Wars in that Juliet project.”
The DLC, The Sith Lords Restored Content Modification (or RCM), was originally a mod that filled in the narrative gaps while offering an alternate ending for KOTOR 2. As Aspyr officially revealed the restored content announcement, the studio confirmed that the official DLC would do the same thing: It would include new crew dialogue, an extra mission with HK-47, and a “new revamped ending.” Unfortunately, when KOTOR 2 hit Nintendo Switch on June 8, 2022, the DLC never came out. Apparently, the reason why the DLC never dropped was that Disney’s lawyers blocked it with what was apparently a sticking point surrounding who actually made the mod. And now, it appears a KOTOR 2 remake won’t drop, either.