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Report: Were Red Fly Layoffs Caused By A Canceled Star Wars Project?

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by Matt Helgeson on July 19, 2011 at 04:59 PM

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Recently, Austin-based developer Red Fly Studios was forced to lay off around 30 employees due to a "high-profile project" that had been canceled. Now, it appears that project maybe have been a Star Wars game.

Internet sleuth Superannuation is once again on the case, and has tracked down an online resume by a former Red Fly employee Patrick Doran. Doran was an artist at Red Fly. On his resume, the most current entry reads as follows:

"Environment Artist (January-June 2011) for next-gen Star Wars title"

Doran lists his time of employment at Red Fly from May 2008-June 2011, suggesting that the project that was canceled was, in fact, a Star Wars game.

Red Fly had most recently done the Wii version of Thor: God of Thunder and is best known for the cult hit Mushroom Men (pictured above).

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Filed under: News, Star Wars, layoffs, report, red fly studios, canceled games, mushroom men, lucasarst

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by Steve the Random Comment Guy Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 05:09 PM

there haven't been any good star wars titles on this generation :(
by Marcus Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 05:23 PM

Im dissapointed in the lack of quality Star Wars games in the last couple years or so. This is just bad news.
by Conman315 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 05:24 PM

Well they made pretty bad games but still layoffs are always bad.
by Ashes101 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 05:29 PM

So sad...that's a lot of time and effort that could have gone into another game. Not to mention the money...

I would have liked to see another good Star Wars game come out. I have many friends that will mourn this...
by CLock6919 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 06:16 PM

Could it have been Star Wars Battlefront 3? Or would this company not make a game like that?
by ThisBlueSquid Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 06:30 PM

Mushroom Men was solid, sad to see this company take a risk and have to make commercial games to make up for it. Hope those guys find jobs soon.
by VinsanityV22 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 07:09 PM

That's a shame, because their Wii SKU for The Force Unleashed II was pretty *** awesome. Far and away, some of the best motion (well, pointer) controls on the system. Better than similar games' controls for Force- or Psychic Powers, like Advent Rising, Second Sight, Psi-Ops, FF: Crystal Bearers, and a LOT better than that Terminal Reality-developed Kinect Star Wars it looks like. LucasArts were smart to greenlight a Red Fly developed Star Wars game. They were stupid to cancel it.

This studio is pretty underrated. It sucks that they're stuck making Wii games because of their small size. This likely would've been the game to get them out of the "Wii Ghetto".

Good luck to whoever's last at Red Fly, and whatever they're working on now.
by frokid Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 07:40 PM

WHY U NO MAKE BATTLEFRONT 3?!?!?!?
by awesomninja133 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 08:09 PM

i hope this wasn't battlefront 3...
by ebgeer Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 08:10 PM

More Mushroom Men PLEASE! ! !
by Ediggledog Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 08:52 PM

I'd bet money it was Battlefront 3. It's almost as unfinishable as Duke
by Duke the Dude Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 09:41 PM

I want KOTOR 3 (that picks up after the events of the 2nd game), Battlefront 3, Republic Commando 2 and Jedi Knight 3.
by smittyg74 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 06:49 AM

Hope it was the kinect version lol; (oh how I dream) *sigh*
by Oscar Flores Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 09:00 AM

Battlefront 3 Please.
by gerrbear11 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 10:18 AM

Lucasarts needs to release a great next-gen game like a star wars battlefront III.
by drand54 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM

Maybe it's the Old Republic! They didn't show anything at E3 this year and has yet to set a release date and thus far I'm over it and is no longer excited for the MMO.
by Rashad Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 02:37 PM

I sure hope Battlefront 3 wasn't that canceled project... I REALLY want to see that game get made.
by shmahadle Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 02:49 PM

Let's all threaten to strangle kittens unless they make a Star Wars Battlefront 3 ^^