{"id":2014956,"date":"2026-06-27T21:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014956"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T18:47:41","slug":"star-wars-eclipse-literally-cannot-be-finished-without-more-staff-insist-striking-quantic-dream-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014956","title":{"rendered":"Star Wars Eclipse &#8220;literally cannot be finished&#8221; without more staff, insist striking Quantic Dream developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-eclipse\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Star Wars: Eclipse<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Star Wars Eclipse &#8220;literally cannot be finished&#8221; without more staff, insist striking Quantic Dream developers<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to save Star Wars Eclipse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Star-Wars-Eclipse-trailer-screens-1.jpeg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Star Wars Eclipse - two Jedi face the Nihil\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Star-Wars-Eclipse-trailer-screens-1.jpeg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Lucasfilm Games<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1533038852.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Vikki Blake avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1533038852.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/vikki-blake\">Vikki Blake<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-27T21:47:41+00:00\">June 27, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/star-wars-eclipse-studio-quantic-dream-layoffs?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          1 comment<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"450796d5-c372-4e70-bf84-c5f079bb253c\" data-name=\"Star Wars: Eclipse\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Star Wars: Eclipse\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Star Wars: Eclipse\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Star Wars: Eclipse\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Star Wars: Eclipse\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Star Wars: Eclipse\" title=\"Follow Star Wars: Eclipse\"><br \/>\n  Follow Star Wars: Eclipse<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Striking staff at Quantic Dream have warned that if the studio proceeds with its plans to lay off 115 developers, its upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-eclipse\">Star Wars Eclipse<\/a> game &#8220;literally cannot be finished&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/quantic-dream-closing-spellcasters-chronicles\">Quantic Dream announced it was closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles<\/a>, which only launched in early access in February this year. It warned that as a result it would undergo a &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; but insisted development of <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse &#8211; a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure announced in 2021<\/a> would not be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamekult.com\/actualite\/a-quantic-dream-la-greve-pour-sauver-star-wars-eclipse-3050870937.html\">GameKult<\/a>, developers have hit the picket line to &#8220;strongly alert management&#8221; that the team &#8220;absolutely need the 115 people who have been inactive for a month already&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sV2g6stnRno?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sV2g6stnRno\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV2g6stnRno\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Insisting that keeping some of the 100+ developers affected by the closure of Spellcasters Chronicles is necessary, one developer explained the industrial action, which coincided with a visit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/lucasfilm-games\">Lucasfilm Games<\/a>, was not &#8220;sabotage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s far from being an act of sabotage,&#8221; they said, as translated by machine (and a very rusty GCSE French). &#8220;On the contrary, we&#8217;re trying to save Star Wars Eclipse. We could manage to release it with 115 additional people, and that wouldn&#8217;t be &#8216;overstaffed&#8217;: it&#8217;s what&#8217;s needed. We&#8217;re understaffed, like in many other companies in the sector, because bosses know very well that passion will lead people to crunch time and that games will eventually be released. But it&#8217;s impossible to run a sustainable industry like that,&#8221; (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/star-wars-eclipse-in-danger-of-cancellation-claim-striking-quantic-dream-developers\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8220;We believe that, as things stand, the game literally cannot be finished if the redundancy plan is implemented as currently scheduled. We absolutely need the 115 people who have been inactive (or almost) for a month already. That&#8217;s a whole month of lost production! During that month, employees could have been trained on the specific tools of Star Wars Eclipse. We also want to strongly alert management and tell them to look at all these people who are eager to work but aren&#8217;t, on the day of an official visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse, a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure, was announced in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Striking staff at Quantic Dream have warned that if the studio proceeds with its plans to lay off 115 developers, its upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/star-wars-eclipse\">Star Wars Eclipse<\/a> game &#8220;literally cannot be finished&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/quantic-dream-closing-spellcasters-chronicles\">Quantic Dream announced it was closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles<\/a>, which only launched in early access in February this year. It warned that as a result it would undergo a &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; but insisted development of <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse &#8211; a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure announced in 2021<\/a> would not be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamekult.com\/actualite\/a-quantic-dream-la-greve-pour-sauver-star-wars-eclipse-3050870937.html\">GameKult<\/a>, developers have hit the picket line to &#8220;strongly alert management&#8221; that the team &#8220;absolutely need the 115 people who have been inactive for a month already&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sV2g6stnRno?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/sV2g6stnRno\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Star Wars Eclipse \u2013 Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sV2g6stnRno\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Insisting that keeping some of the 100+ developers affected by the closure of Spellcasters Chronicles is necessary, one developer explained the industrial action, which coincided with a visit from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/companies\/lucasfilm-games\">Lucasfilm Games<\/a>, was not &#8220;sabotage&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s far from being an act of sabotage,&#8221; they said, as translated by machine (and a very rusty GCSE French). &#8220;On the contrary, we&#8217;re trying to save Star Wars Eclipse. We could manage to release it with 115 additional people, and that wouldn&#8217;t be &#8216;overstaffed&#8217;: it&#8217;s what&#8217;s needed. We&#8217;re understaffed, like in many other companies in the sector, because bosses know very well that passion will lead people to crunch time and that games will eventually be released. But it&#8217;s impossible to run a sustainable industry like that,&#8221; (thanks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/star-wars-eclipse-in-danger-of-cancellation-claim-striking-quantic-dream-developers\/\">VGC<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8220;We believe that, as things stand, the game literally cannot be finished if the redundancy plan is implemented as currently scheduled. We absolutely need the 115 people who have been inactive (or almost) for a month already. That&#8217;s a whole month of lost production! During that month, employees could have been trained on the specific tools of Star Wars Eclipse. We also want to strongly alert management and tell them to look at all these people who are eager to work but aren&#8217;t, on the day of an official visit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse, a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure, was announced in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Star Wars: Eclipse Star Wars Eclipse &#8220;literally cannot be finished&#8221; without more staff, insist striking Quantic Dream developers &#8220;We&#8217;re trying to save Star Wars Eclipse.&#8221; Image credit: Lucasfilm Games News by Vikki Blake Contributor Published on June 27, 2026 1 comment Follow Star Wars: Eclipse Striking staff at Quantic Dream have warned that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2014956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2014956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014956\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2014956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2014956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2014956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}