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I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of fans suddenly cried out in terror as the KOTOR series was suddenly silenced.

As an author I've learned to not reveal what you're working on until it's nearly finished. The pressure expectation puts on you is immense.

This is so sad. 😢 The Kotor franchise in today's era can't catch a break.

I will be honest, when I first saw the project come out & he was just gathering assets & doing sizzle reels, I was worried it was potentially a Patreon cash grab. After seeing the updates, I am a bit sad at all the potential lost. Hopefully the creator is doing ok.

I think we all underestimate just how taxing working on your own projects can be to yourself. I think announcing such a big project publicly puts so much added pressure to everyone involved, I was really looking forward to this series but I hope everyone is okay.

The pain I feel as a Kotor fan is immense

Damn what I would give just for ONE bit of good news regarding KOTOR! This is my childhood man it just saddens me seeing what's become of it

All I will say is if Scott does decide to return to the project, I hope he goes ahead and Delgate much more of the work load, maybe restructure the production so he only deals with whatever he is specialized in, or perhaps be the "executive producer." and just make sure there is a pipeline. The other option would be for Scott to find people to hand the keys to and hope they can finish what he started

Couple of years ago it felt like there wasn't a better time to be a kotor fan. Now though it's beginning to hit rock bottom, I hope Scott is okay and his health gets better.

I'm so sad... I followed this project since the beginning :( it was so insane to see all these renders on Unreal Engine 5. Long live to Kotor ❤

It does seem like this franchise has been taking losses left and right. I guess all we can do is hope that is a "the night gets darker just before the dawn" type of situation.

Last time I tried to convince someone to play kotor, they discovered a remake was in the works, then this series. They wanted to wait for that instead. Well... That went well

As someone who was a Patreon member for about 2 years with huge hopes for this series, it would have been great like you said the only issue I have is the lack of communication from Scott. If Scott really wants to put the fans first he should step down and allow another group of others to take over share the work he has done and allow others to finish his work while he heals.

As a 3d/texture artist myself, I can't understate how colossal of an undertaking this is for one single dude... If you haven't made 3D models before this can be a slow and sometimes tedious process, without even getting into texturing, rigging armatures and animating, lighting and sound design, making PR material, doing scripts... this is not a job for one man if you want it done in your life time. No matter how passionate you are you *WILL* burn out.

I hope Scott gets the help he needs. Godspeed Unreal Cinema

Translation : they took the money from donations and ran

1. Love KOTOR 2. Get disappointed 3. Repeat

It’s incredibly problematic to me that they said absolutely nothing about refunds. Not even a sorry that it can’t happen. Just totally ignored the subject

Dang, I expected as much without news for months

I hope Scott gets better in every way and helpful if he resumes the project he will let more people help. That way he can do more of a supervisor role while working.

Hope all fans who may have donated to the project are refunded. Sad the remake is off, was always too good to be true. The patreon was unable to shut down? How convenient, lol Im off to replay both games in homage of what could have been.

As someone who was funding this on Patreon, I am disappointed that this series is canceled but not unexpected. When the updates stopped, I pulled out after two months of silence. The project might have been too big of a dream/hope for renewing KOTOR interest and sometimes projects like this does end in a failure. But it was a project worth investing into. A small chance of success is better than no chance at all.

Upsetting but not suprised at this point, its been so long since the last update that I don't think there ever was going to be a good outcome

Truly sad and disappointing. At least we got that Malak vs Revan short film. Hopefully what Scott tried to do will inspire others to make something themselves. I hope Scott is OK.

I think it's uncanny that every time someone wants to revive some of these older games, they all get cancelled. It's almost like the IP holders are jealous and don't want anyone to update things at all. Some of these scenes could definitely be used in a total remaster of KOTOR. It's not beyond the realm of possibility that his Patreon was hacked, causing him to lose access, or that someone destroyed his files, which would also contribute to negative health. I've been there myself and was targeted because I was making new or updated content for KOTOR. Why else would someone physically steal my PC and hard drives containing the files I worked on for months? It's happened so many times now for different projects there's just no way it's coincidence. 3000 ship models for a total conversion of Freelancer to Star Wars, including many obscure ships from the expanded universe, someone deleted all my backups on the mod server, just "OOPs" was all the sympathy I got. Several really cool models for KOTOR that added new disguises from the Hyperspace War era. A whole new Juhanni model and expansive wardrobe. Both of those were on physical drives that got stolen and possibly destroyed. And more recently content for Skyrim where I got hacked and my SSD was ruined costing me $600. These are just a few instances over the last 20+ years. I don't believe in coincidence, but I'm also boggled because: what am I doing that is such a threat to anyone else? It's like someone doesn't want people to find joy in anything or give their artistic ability to the fan community at all. Like they want us all miserable. It's ridiculous. It makes no sense. It's like those behind it want to kill all creativity instead of tapping into it for everyone's benefit.

Seems like some fishy stuff as well. They don't have the keys to YT or patreon so seems like Scott won't give up access or work with them? His health is number 1, but to not have the respect for the project to communicate or let your team do it rubs me a bit off and feels like there was some more at play

Hope Scott gets better soon

Can we KOTOR fans catch a bloody break for 5 MINUTES!

It's really sad how it ended now, let's hope that Scott will be okay again and maybe he will approach the project again in a different way

Revan will return some day and Star Wars will return to it's golden age. I trust in the Force

I hope Scott is okay. It’s sad to see a project like this end, but health comes first. I hope the remake happens, at least. If you want to post something positive, how about a 100K subscriber special? 😀 You’re so close!

I’m extremely frustrated by this dilemma because I was so excited for this. I really hope Scott has a well recovery and he’s able to work on other projects again

I did not know much about this project other than some awareness that it was happening. I really hope he is alright and manages to get himself healthy. I have often thought of what a project like this would be like and it is nice to see some of the truly amazing video. Thank you for sharing this. I don't think KOTOR is cursed as I am in the middle of playing it yet again and I am off to play some more. Cheers.

I started supporting him I think since the first week of him announcing the project. It’s really sad to see it come to this and like many others have said I really hope Scott is ok. Maybe one day when he’s better he can resume the project, and if he does I really hope he brings more passionate people on to lighten the load on him. I’m staying on the discord just in case some time down the road we hear something good. May the Force be with you always 100% Star Wars. We’ve had a lot of bad news this year, but your videos are one of the things that keep the passion for the KOTOR franchise alive

Having worked on my own personal projects that have also been in the public eye, the biggest issue I had was the pressure that the community puts on you to get it done; and not the pressure of the project itself. All the suggestions about hiring help, delegating, and so forth, were actually more of a drain than just sitting down and being allowed to work on it in my own way in my own time.

I 100% agree with all what was said. Hope Scott will get better soon and hopefully be willing to get back on the project. A shame he didn't cut it out into episodes :(

I'm sad this project was cancelled. It looked so cool. I had no idea the scope of it was to remake the entire Knights of the Old Republic game in Unreal Engine 5. That is a massive undertaking, especially if the majority of it is made by one person. I hope Scott is okay.

I’m sure the project will come Back into production, though probably not for at least another few years.

Thanks for the official update. It's sad news, if expected after a year of silence - Id kinda figured but there's always hope until there isn't. Maybe we can get the guy doing "Heir to the Empire" to switch over when he's done with that?

Aw man. I was looking forward to see his next update, but haven't seen any new videos from his channel ever since. Now I know and it really saddens me. 😞 I honestly don't want this series to be cancelled, but at least postponed the project until everything works out and hope for the best.

I'm sorry about this my friend because I knew you were really looking forward to seeing this series

I suspected that this ambitious project might never be finished. This was a *lot* of work for one person to finish, and with no return. Regardless, will always have my memories of the original, which remain untarnished.

I was certainly watching and tuning into that project for a long time and was a bit stunned by the sudden silence last year. I watched people make accusations along the way but assumed it had something to do with the transition of the game from Aspyr or something. I knew Lucas Arts had given the go ahead, but things change... Hearing that it had to do with Scott taking on too much and impacting his health is so sad. As someone who has started up my own "baby", I get the temptation to hold on to too much and know it has impacted my mental health in a way as well. I couldnt imagine trying to do something of this scale. Praying Scott gets healthy all around no matter what happens to the show. It would have been special that's for sure. Thanks for the update.

Damn now i feel a dick because i got pissed thinking he just banked all the patreon payments

"I would have killed the fanbase to preserve you." Lawyer Kreia, lovingly stroking her printouts of the KOTOR copyright.

It's really sad for Scott that after all the effort he put in this project he will not get to see his vision realised, and for all of us that we'll miss the opportunity to enjoy his magnificent work come to life. At the end health is all that matters. Stay strong dude

I hope he feels better and may the spirit of KOTOR continue to live on in our hearts.

I understand his passion, but I would rather wait for a long time form myself to say that this project was definitely worth the wait, than him overloading himself with all the work. For those of you that remember the animation Astartes that was a 40K project, that too was made by just one guy. With my path as of now in life going the way it is, one of the things I have on my to do list and provided I have enough "F You" levels of money is to make sure he has everything he requires to make sure that this project is done right and without sacrificing his health in the process. Especially as I am a KotOR fan myself and I want to do what Disney obviously wont and breathe new life into Star Wars in the way it should be for the true fans of this story. Especially to see our psychotically happy droid have a new coat of paint in a manner of speaking. Update: I too understand his concerns of wanting to build it not only the way he intends it, but to make sure that there is no internal conflict that would hamper it. Currently I am in a production of a student film at Media Tech Institute where I am working alone for the most part and I get it, but I also learned the hard way you cannot work on something like that completely alone and be ok. If he is reading this, please do not be too afraid to ask for help. I was driving myself so hard and I have suffered for it. Just make sure you do get help from people who want to see this vision through.

What is the link for the discord server? I would like to hear the theme song when it comes out.

Just yesterday I watched all of his clips thinking "at least we've got this coming".. And today I find this..

I had a feeling it was some health related stuff. While he is a passionate and hard working man, this project was a lot for one person. Even with the help and donations, he took on a lot of the work and is a perfectionist with all of it. That can really wear someone down, especially with health problems added on. Wishing Scott all the best as his health comes first.

it makes me recall the Jedi Academy's unofficial expansion: Kotf, developed by some turkish guy. it was to contain every battle from the movies with every playable character. he has been working on it for years and it was supposed to be released in two parts. he released the first part containing the models of the characters then he disappeared for years. he at one point appeared saying he decided to join the army lmao

I've been wondering what happened to the Unreal Cinema Project. It's pretty sad to hear. I was looking forward to it. Guess I gotta wait for the remake/remaster of Kotor.

It's quite sad as I love the series. As a former artist myself I can understand the passion you put into a project. But for something this big, I can understand it might burn you out or if your into the project so much, you forget about yourself. I hope both his and the teams health recover and never lose their passion for these things. If they bring it back, a great way to start again after a refresh for yourselves. If they don't, they still did an incredible job on something they loved so much and wanted to share with the world. Masterpiece.

Sad to hear about this I enjoyed his videos . But health comes first . I wish him a speedy recovery

First Project Aperion, now this!! My heart cant take anymore!!!

Poor dude! Definitely a sad day. I hope for his own sake, more so than for the project's, that he ends up feeling both well and enthused enough to revive it.

As someone who attempted to create a machinima with friends, and had it fail very early after just the teaser trailer was made--I get it. Regardless if it was mental or physical health, that has to come first

I think that health is only an excuse for real reason of cancelation. Real reason is that Disney has possibly send him letter of cease and desist with information that he should not disclose to the community why project was canceled. So he chose to blame it on his health because how otherwise would he explain that.

Can't get the remake going, our hyped for fan series is cancelled...it's a sad year for us Kotor fans

It's a damn shame. CGI and animation is bloody time consuming at the best of times, the moment it stops being fun you run the risk of burnout. I'm glad we have the Unreal Cinema content we do have.

I’ll hold out hope keep subscribed and maybe someday I’ll be pleasantly surprised to see it again

I knew it... Was recently looking for updates on his channel, and when there weren't any, I just knew...

This is so sad, such a promising project, vision, and assist. I can only hope the project and kotor community gets what it truly deserves. That being said, I also wish it had proper management overall.

It’s sad but atleast we got the malak short, I feel that the short has already made a great tribute to kotor and it’s fans

I followed this project in it's early phases. I had been so excited for it! But as soon as it started stalling I pulled out. Super sad, and I hope that Scott is ok and recovers 🙏

Oh dear... I kinda had a feeling this was going to happen. Kotor just can't catch a damn break!!

nah he just ran off with the patreon donations, it's just like when that star wars comics loser lied about remaking the star wars 1313 game a few years back.

A few words in your video and I already suspected a health problem, or worse. This is very sad for all parties involved but I am grateful for your video to be a reminder that you can't carry a whole ass project on your sole shoulders. I hope a lot of people will get that part right.

I'm gonna be honest, I was sure this project would close down sooner or later because of its massive scale and high production value. But I thought at least one episode would see the light of day... I wish Scott all the best though! I'm also expecting that someday Smash City Studios' Loganverse will be abandoned. Those guys have been doing their stuff for like 15 years but now they have too much on their plate I think: the special edition of the OG trilogy's episode 2, the Revan: Mandalorian Wars series, their Kotor 3 series, their recently announced "multiverse" feature... All these things are cool, but only if they can finish it. And I'm afraid that one day they will end up like I did. I was writing a bunch of Star Wars novels but I never actually finished any of them sadly. Difference is, nobody ever knew about my projects so no one is disappointed for me not finishing them... well, someone is, but that's just me. :D

You know I do not know you and I've never seen your channel but I watched this entire video through because you're genuine honesty has really struck me but why I am leaving this comment is because while I did have an interest in the series you have explained it so well but you have also said a line that really hits home with me and resonates when you say that a Creator wants total control over the project because it is coming from their soul. That is just all too true and I to completely understand as an independent creator myself who wanted total control over my own project that ultimately was going to require far too many hours in time that I simply do not have and will never be completed and it was an obsession that I've had to sacrifice just to live my life. It's a shame but it makes perfect sense and the creators who have done this as I'm sure you seem to do. I am reminded by Roarke from The fountainhead, if that means anything to you. Possibly the best book on creation I've ever read.

If Scott steps down from the project I wouldn't complain he put his soul into it and sometimes a break is the best thing

Bro This Is Sad First Switch DLC Gets Cancelled And Now This!?1!

Kinda expected it, but maybe it was for the best, seeing how games are nowadays..

Sad the game could’ve been awesome, maybe one day we could get the remake. 😩😏🥪🇨🇦

It really does feel like star wars is falling so far down it's going to be hard to see how Disney recovers from all these failings in film, TV and gaming parts of the franchise. Even fan made content is struggling?!?! Is this how star wars falls. No one seems to have the heart or energy for star wars any more.

As frustrating and disappointing as this is, I'm glad we got some form of closure on this. I donated to the Patreon for months and months, then when the dark period began all sorts of rumors began flying around that it was a scam, and the creators took the Patreon money and ran. I never believed the skepticism but it was very disheartening to have such absolute radio silence. At least now we know it hit an unfortunate wall and is on pause until further notice (ironically like the remake). Here's hoping the creator, who from the sounds of it was doing 85% of the entire production themselves, manages to turn their health around and get into a better state, one's personal wellbeing should always come first and foremost. Also who knows maybe production will resume in the future, the crew seem legitimately passionate to give KOTOR fans the win they've been needing for years.

Yeah I know of this film I've been following it for some time and was wondering what the heck was going on. It's unfortunate that Scott's health went down hill my goodness 🥺. I hope he gets better🙏🙏🙏.

Learning the project was cancelled a fraction of a second after learning it existed in the first place (this video being the first I'd heard of it) was fun.

Nothing seems to work when it comes to kotor series... I don't even expect it anymore.

Even a fan made cinema got canceled... kotor is sadly cursed...

Kinda figured. It’s been almost a year since their last animation. May Unreal Cinema rest in peace✌️

I believe it was Hayao Miazacki who once said. ' If you want to be a filmmaker then be prepared to but your entire life into it" might be a misquote but I can't think of a better summary for Scot's situation. We all wanna put our best for our creations and as an inspiring writer I can understand the obsession with doing everything and keeping others out even if you need them. Sadly passion alone is not enough to make something and things get in the way I think a lot of us have had visions of KOTOR adapted into a remake, a film series or episodic series. Hell I have a vision for how to tell the Mandalorian Wars in a series. The big thing to take away is that I don't think any fan was as dedicated or as close as Scot could be. I'm sad that it took a heavy toll and caused a big set back and none of it is his fault. I hope he recovers soon and doesn't jump back on unless he's truly ready

7:20 not even just 'one' episode. Even this is too monumental of a task for one man or a team so small not getting funding. If I were them with a team as talented as theirs, I would have suggested they just focus on capturing high quality 5 minute snippets of the game's best scenes and leave it at that. Similar to cinematic capture's video "Ahsoka's decision" or the Revan vs. Malak fight trailer. There's plenty of content and work there with just that alone. They could recreate the dream sequences, the Leviathan duel, the Star Forge duel, the Revelation scene, Bastila/Revan kiss scene, Calo Nord fight scene and more. It wasn't a feasible idea to recreate 15-30 minute long episodes it's just too much and I'm sure the realization dawned on them over time. 5 minute shorts would still be tons of work but plenty of content to be happy with.

My heart goes out to the Gentleman, sad day indeed!

Not exactly 'radio silence ' when we got news two weeks ago about the new group working on the game. And a week before that there was a news release on the remake.

Era como un aire de suspiro thinking that we were going to get an unreal KOTOR series (it looked amazing) just to hear nothing for a very long time and getting to the point we are at. ;( KOTOR is cursed. Also, I hope Scott a speedy recovery to full health.

it figures it was getting too quiet its too bad that it came to this, but I can still find ways to satiate my Star Wars appetite for one I came across SMASH CITY studios

We were on the verge of greatness We were this 👌 close

aw man i watch you alot but i was looking forward to this and may the force be with you to:Kreia revan is the heart of the force

somehow I'm not surprised... of course, if this is something that makes us fans happy, so it's only natural that Disney will try it's best to destroy every attempt to make it happen..

THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO LUKEY 😘 ❤

It’s upsetting and discouraging because I have starwars projects I’m working on and it’s just as overwhelming

So it was a scam for donations all along. Make a trailer for a show, ask people to donate to fund its production, then disappear for a year before announcing its cancelled. What a great scheme. It's funny how gullible desperate fans can be, always falling for obvious vaporware.

As the one who was announcing Republic Commando 2 - Delta Operations years ago, i can totally understand him and i know how much one might want to give a project to the fans but ultimately find yourself having taken on too much... i still respect people with big visions, and totally feel them when they realize "I cant do it"....

"Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I've seen a lot of strange stuff. But I've never seen anything good coming since KOTOR 2." - Han Solo

I've mentioned this before in the Unreal Discord but they motivated me to play the original game in the first place. The series may now be sadly limited to our imaginations on what it would look like, but together with the Malak short, for me they will remain canon to the overall Star Wars lore

first the Appeiron project was canceled now this project is canceled that is so frustrating. 😑😞

Hope he can recuperate. Wishing him all the best.