Disney Abandons Star Wars 1313 Trademark

Bad news for Star Wars 1313. The much anticipated Star Wars game is more dead today than ever as news reaches us that Disney have chosen not to renew the trademark for the game. Escapist writes:

Disney has chosen not to renew the Star Wars 1313 trademark. All hope is lost.
Even after Disney laid off the entire staff at LucasArts, many gamers thought that Star Wars 1313 would survive the transition. After all, the game was supposedly deep into development, and completing an unfinished title is typically more cost effective than starting over. However, when Electronic Arts took over the Star Wars franchise, the chances of Star Wars 1313 being resurrected practically disintegrated. And just before Christmas, Disney failed to renew the title's trademark, which officially asphyxiates any remaining hope.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office currently classifies Star Wars 1313 as "Abandoned because no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued."

Personally I'm holding out hope. Normally when a game is abandoned that showed any form of promise or an engine that could be used in another way always ends up surfacing in another form. I wouldn't be surprised if we see Star Wars 1313 under a different name in the future.

Rob
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