Lucasfilm Games says it is more open to Star Wars pitches from smaller studios
Douglas Reilly said a studio no longer needs to be a top-five publisher to make a Star Wars game, and promised more surprising partnerships.
Lucasfilm Games executive Douglas Reilly said the company has become less restrictive about who it will accept Star Wars game pitches from, and that smaller studios no longer need to be a top-five publisher to land a licence. Reilly made the comments on The Game Business Show, according to gamesradar.com.
Reilly said Lucasfilm is more flexible about the partners it deals with, and that it is exploring projects with both large and small partners that will continue to surprise fans.
The shift follows the end of the exclusivity arrangement that once limited Star Wars games to a single publisher. In 2013, Disney signed a 10-year deal with EA giving the publisher exclusive rights to make Star Wars video games; that deal expired in 2023.
Recent releases have already widened the range of studios working on the licence. Star Wars: Zero Company, a turn-based tactics game, and Star Wars: Galactic Racer, an arcade racer, both launched in 2026 and drew rave reviews.
Other projects remain in the pipeline: EA and Respawn have a third Star Wars Jedi game in development, while Quantic Dream's Star Wars Eclipse was reported earlier this summer to have hit a hurdle as developers planned to strike.
Quick answers
What did Lucasfilm Games say about Star Wars pitches?
Executive Douglas Reilly said the company is more flexible about who it accepts pitches from and that smaller studios do not need to be a top-five publisher to make a Star Wars game.
When did EA's Star Wars exclusivity deal end?
Disney signed a 10-year exclusive deal with EA in 2013, and it expired in 2023.