Aspyr has announced that they’ve been hard at work on a remaster of 2002’s Star Wars: Bounty Hunter. It will be released on PC and consoles on August 1st.
When it comes to video games, Star Wars has historically been very hit-and-miss. Actually, that could be said about everything Star Wars, not just the video games. However, the early ‘00s were perhaps the most inconsistent time for the brand. We got Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (and probably some others I’m forgetting), but between those, we got some of the okay-est Star Wars games, such as Star Wars: Obi-Wan or, well, Star Wars: Bounty Hunter.
It’s not that Star Wars: Bounty Hunter is bad. I’ve heard that some people dig it. However, it kind of played like just about everything of that period and stars professional action figure, Jango Fett, and his jetpack.
It takes place before Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones and follows the bounty hunter as he hunts bounties. The remaster will feature “visual enhancements, improved environmental textures, new dynamic lighting effects, and a new flashlight tool for navigating dark places.” That last feature is kind of hilarious.
Speaking of hit-and-miss, Aspyr has been that with their remasters of the Star Wars series. They haven’t always been bad, but if what I heard is correct, their recent ports of the Star Wars: Battlefront series are so bad they threaten the fabric of reality. I liked when they did Star Wars: Episode I: Racer.
The Star Wars: Bounty Hunter remaster arrives on Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on August 1, 2024.
