Spinorial: If there's a black screen with music playing, that means the game can't find certain files it looks for on its CD. This can be fixed with a registry entry.

Cameron: I'm not saying Pod Racer should be above some of the obvious omissions but it was still a fun game

Wishbone: I remember hearing a rumor to that effect at the time, but as far as I recall it was quickly debunked. I certainly can't find any mention of it anywhere now.

To the best of my knowledge, the actual situation went something like this:

Obsidian: "Look, we've made a kickass game and we're nearly done, but we need more time to finish it properly."

LucasArts: "Tough. We told you we needed it for Christmas. We still do."

Obsidian: "Well, we kinda thought you'd be flexible when you saw how great the game could be given enough development time."

LucasArts: "You thought wrong. Just give us what you have now. We'll put it on discs and put those in covers with a Star Wars logo on them. That's all that's needed to sell it."

Obsidian: "But... don't you care about quality? About your customers? About possible damage to your reputation?"

LucasArts: "Uhm, no? Perhaps you didn't hear me before. I said Star Wars. Capiche?"

Wishbone: I remember hearing a rumor to that effect at the time, but as far as I recall it was quickly debunked. I certainly can't find any mention of it anywhere now.

To the best of my knowledge, the actual situation went something like this:

Obsidian: "Look, we've made a kickass game and we're nearly done, but we need more time to finish it properly."

LucasArts: "Tough. We told you we needed it for Christmas. We still do."

Obsidian: "Well, we kinda thought you'd be flexible when you saw how great the game could be given enough development time."

LucasArts: "You thought wrong. Just give us what you have now. We'll put it on discs and put those in covers with a Star Wars logo on them. That's all that's needed to sell it."

Obsidian: "But... don't you care about quality? About your customers? About possible damage to your reputation?"

LucasArts: "Uhm, no? Perhaps you didn't hear me before. I said Star Wars. Capiche?"

tfishell: I really enjoyed Jedi Academy. The Phantom Menace took some effort but I actually beat it and had some fun at parts.

For some reason, in the Jedi Knight game where you play as Kyle Katarn, I couldn't get past the first boss. (I think it was one of those SW chicks with the tail-like appendages for hair.)

Keep in mind that GOG is willing to finally come to the US to pursue LucasArts/Disney; this is of course amongst other publishers but I believe Disney is the key reason (aside from butting heads with Steam) that GOG is willing to spend presumably a lot of money building an office in Los Angeles, California.

I've mentioned this a fair amount since the Polygon article, but I think there is decent reason to have hope with this information.

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megarock58: ...
Confidence is always a good thing, but I would not count on Lucas Arts coming to GOG.com anytime soon, also where did you find the information regarding GOG.com opening an office in the USA?

tfishell: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogs_us_office_soontobe_built_in_los_angeles_guillaume_as_vp

Fenixp: Best Star Wars game? As far as I'm concerned, that would be Republic Commando, closely followed by Jedi Knight.

Fenixp:

Novotnus: Missed the last part of the story:

[Some time passed]
Obsidian: So, maybe we'll make a big update, adding some of the content we had to cut and give it to people who bought the game?
LucasArts: No need.

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