Arguably, the biggest announcement at last week’s Game Awards was Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic. But while I was excited as both a Star Wars fan and an RPG fan, I couldn’t help but mourn the developer that was once the genre’s industry leader. Fate of the Old Republic doesn’t just mark the beginning of a new chapter for Star Wars video games; it feels like the definitive closing of the book on the old BioWare. For all its shortcomings, Veilguard showed that it still understands the core tenets of what made BioWare games so memorable: strong characters, impactful stories, and fun combat. Considering EA’s partnership with Lucasfilm Games, it always seemed well within the realm of possibility that BioWare would get another stab at a Star Wars game.