According
to
a
new
report,
three
new
Total
War
games
are
currently
in
development
at
UK
studio
Creative
Assembly,
and
one
of
them
is
based
on
Star
Wars.

This
surprising
news
comes
from
DualShockers
who
claim
to
have
received
this
information
from
a
reliable
source,
but
does
not
specify
what
relation
that
source
is
to
Creative
Assembly.
It
could
be
someone
from
the
studio,
it
could
be
someone
from
parent
company
Sega,
or
it
could
even
be
someone’s
friend’s
uncle
who
works
there.

According
to
Dualshockers:
“As
of
October
2023,
Total
War:
Star
Wars
was
reportedly
the
second
of
three
new
Total
War
games
that
are
allegedly
in
the
works
at
Creative
Assembly.

Dualshockers
notes
that
a
new
Total
War
game
is
usually
released
every
year
and
thus
we
might
see
the
Star
Wars
title
in
the
next
few
years.
But
they
also
point
out
that
“…with
three
new
games
reportedly
in
the
works,
there’s
no
way
to
know
which
is
the
furthest
along
in
the
development.”

To
me,
the
fact
that
their
source
didn’t
seem
to
know
how
far
along
development
was
indicates
that
the
source
isn’t
very
close
to
the
story.
Perhaps
a
Sega
employee
who
only
has
a
passing
knowledge
of
what
Creative
Assembly
is
up
to?

A
Star
Wars
game
would
be
a
bold
choice
because
we
know
from
leaked
documents
regarding
Insomniac’s
Spider-Man
games
that
Disney’s
fees
are
pretty
high.
For
example,
in
the
Insomniac
deal,
Disney
took
19%-26%
of
digital
sales,
depending
on
the
units
sold.
There
were
also
a
raft
of
other
licensing
fees.

In
other
words,
Sega
and
Creative
Assembly
would
have
to
be
very
confident
that
a
Total
War:
Star
Wars
game
would
have
enough
appeal
to
make
it
worthwhile.
Of
course,
we
must
also
consider
that
Disney’s
contract
with
Sony
and
Insomniac
could
be
quite
different
from
one
they
offer
to
another,
far
smaller
company.

Putting
aside
the
nitty-gritty
contact
details,
the
Star
Wars
license
does
fit
with
Total
War
quite
well.
The
obvious
routes
would
be
to
set
the
game
during
either
of
the
first
two
trilogies
so
that
we
wind
up
with
the
Empire
vs
the
Rebels
or
the
Clones
vs
the
Republic.
Or
they
could
explore
some
lesser
know
time
periods
in
Star
Wars
history.

As
for
Creative
Assembly,

they
were
hit
by
layoffs
in
March,
likely
caused
by
a
decline
in
sales
of
Total
War
games.