Star Wars: Magellan — the cancelled Jedi RPG you never got to play

Gameplay footage of a cancelled Star Wars game has surfaced online, offering the first look at a project that died quietly with its studio. Star Wars: Magellan was a third-person multiplayer action RPG in development at Echtra Games — founded by Diablo co-creator Max Schaefer — before Zynga shut the studio down in June 2025 with 61 people out of work and zero released games to show for four years of work.

The game

mp1st, which obtained the footage from an anonymous former developer's portfolio, confirmed Magellan was built in Unreal Engine 5 and was targeting PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. Players could choose from three classes: a Jedi (melee-focused, lightsaber and Force powers), a Mandalorian (ranged blaster and jetpack), and a Bounty Hunter. Each class had distinct combat mechanics. The game supported both solo and co-op play, with vertical environments, gear swapping, and loot boxes scattered across levels. Enemies included droids, Imperial stormtroopers, and crime syndicate members. NaturalMotion — another Zynga subsidiary that worked on Star Wars: Hunters — co-developed the project.

The leaked footage shows an early build, but the animations and character models are recognisably polished for the stage shown. Half-finished character models appear toward the end of the clip.

The bigger picture

Magellan joins a grim list of Star Wars games that never made it. Project Ragtag, Aspyr's Knights of the Old Republic remake, and a reported Respawn Mandalorian title all collapsed before launch. The pattern points to persistent friction between Lucasfilm Games, Disney's licensing demands, and publishers restructuring their portfolios. Zynga's parent company Take-Two has repeatedly used "strategic realignment" language to explain studio closures across 2024 and 2025 — and Echtra was one of the casualties.

For Max Schaefer, the closure is a painful chapter. He co-founded Blizzard North and helped ship Diablo I and II — two of the most influential RPGs ever made. Echtra's four-year run under Zynga produced nothing: not Magellan, and not the studio's earlier Torchlight follow-up projects. The only record left is a leaked clip and a portfolio page that its owner has since kept anonymous.

No comment has come from Lucasfilm Games, Disney, or Take-Two on the cancellation. There's no indication any other studio has picked up the Magellan concept, and no new major Star Wars AAA announcement has been made since 2023, per Gaming Pro Max.