Total War developer Creative Assembly has already partnered with Games Workshop to create Warhammer-themed entries in its long-running RTS series, with the latest being 2022’s Total War: Warhammer 3. Now, it’s been claimed it will be doing the same for Star Wars.
According to a DualShockers report, Creative Assembly allegedly has three unannounced Total War projects in development; one of which is an officially licensed Star Wars game. That’s all the info DualShockers had to say about it, but VGC’s Andy Robinson did suggest on Twitter last year that a new Star Wars RTS was in development at a “big name developer.” In the wake of DualShockers’ report, he’s since tweeted, “You can stop asking now.”
Star Wars would be perfect for the Total War formula. I can easily see such a game taking place in any era of the franchise, allowing you to command troops across a variety of planets or partake in space battles between huge fleets of ships. The franchise is no stranger to the genre either, with 2006’s Star Wars: Empire at War still fondly remembered by fans.
Not to mention, Bit Reactor is meant to be working on its own Star Wars RTS in conjunction with Star Wars Jedi: Survivor developer Respawn. Publisher EA did cancel another Star Wars project Respawn was working on earlier this year amid layoffs, but Bit Reactor assured in a Twitter post its game had been unaffected.
Hopefully, if this report is accurate, fans won’t need to wait too long for Creative Assembly to make a formal announcement. The Total War games are typically annual releases so we are due for a new entry to be confirmed for 2024. Publisher Sega will also be part of Summer Game Fest in June; perhaps a new Total War will be revealed next month? However, there’s nothing to indicate how far along this supposed Star Wars game is in development, and since Creative Assembly allegedly has two other Total War games in the pipeline, we may not see it for another few years.
