A game developer claims that The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett allegedly took ideas from Star Wars 1313.
After some new gameplay footage of Star Wars 1313 leaked online on Wednesday, game developer Grant Parker took some time to comment on the long-canceled Star Wars project.
“A lot of excellent early concept stuff from [Star Wars 1313] has been repurposed and used in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, ” Parker explains on Twitter. “I was so happy the latest episode even had a meat locker with Tauntaun in it.”
Parker, who works as a designer at Insomniac Games on first-party Sony titles like Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart and Marvel’s Wolverine, was pleased to see his old work resurface in the most unlikely of places. Who wouldn’t be with how popular The Mandalorian is!
Fun Fact: a lot of excellent early concept stuff from 1313 has been repurposed and used in Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett. I was so happy the latest episode even had a meat locker with tauntauns in it.
— Grant Parker 💙 (@GrantPDesign) January 27, 2022
“I did some early pre-pro work on a bar in this section and some of the planning for a meat factory (you see the hanging Tauntaun carcasses),” Parker said on Twitter. “It was the first professional-level design work I ever did. It was very important to me. Happy to see it again.”
Most of Star Wars 1313 disappeared years ago following its 2013 cancellation. Parker doesn’t elaborate much on what those lifted concepts might be, but this is an interesting tidbit nonetheless.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
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