<s>
Project	B-Device
Ragtag	I-Device
was	O
a	O
codename	O
for	O
an	O
untitled	O
third-person	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
set	O
within	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Uncharted	B-Application
series	O
,	O
Amy	O
Hennig	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
linear	O
game	O
about	O
a	O
large-scale	O
heist	O
,	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
events	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
IV	O
:	O
A	O
New	O
Hope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
quickly	O
made	O
a	O
deal	O
to	O
help	O
develop	O
lucrative	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
games	O
through	O
three	O
of	O
its	O
studios	O
,	O
including	O
Visceral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
cancelled	O
the	O
Jamaica	O
project	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
a	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
opted	O
to	O
pitch	O
a	O
third-person	O
action	O
game	O
that	O
maintained	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
Jamaica	O
,	O
having	O
players	O
play	O
as	O
"	O
space	O
scoundrels	O
"	O
in	O
an	O
open-world-style	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
universe	O
,	O
and	O
code-named	O
this	O
project	O
as	O
Yuma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amy	O
Hennig	O
,	O
the	O
writer	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
three	O
Uncharted	B-Application
games	O
from	O
Naughty	O
Dog	O
,	O
was	O
brought	O
into	O
EA	O
for	O
Visceral	O
as	O
creative	O
lead	O
and	O
to	O
help	O
write	O
the	O
story	O
for	O
Yuma	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Hardline	I-Application
became	O
a	O
company-wide	O
priority	O
for	O
the	O
studio	O
as	O
its	O
development	O
became	O
troubled	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hennig	O
stated	O
that	O
as	O
she	O
started	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
she	O
found	O
both	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
and	O
Uncharted	B-Application
were	O
based	O
on	O
pulp	O
adventures	O
,	O
but	O
while	O
Uncharted	B-Application
had	O
its	O
roots	O
in	O
the	O
single-protagonist	O
Indiana	O
Jones	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
was	O
more	O
akin	O
to	O
heist	O
films	O
with	O
an	O
ensemble	O
cast	O
,	O
comparable	O
to	O
The	O
Dirty	O
Dozen	O
or	O
Where	O
Eagles	O
Dare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
effectively	O
became	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
,	O
maintaining	O
the	O
"	O
space	O
scoundrel	O
"	O
approach	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
about	O
a	O
large-scale	O
heist	O
,	O
taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
events	O
of	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
IV	O
:	O
A	O
New	O
Hope	O
,	O
fitting	O
into	O
the	O
canon	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
amid	O
the	O
anthology	O
films	O
and	O
animated	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
would	O
have	O
included	O
the	O
player	O
switching	O
between	O
multiple	O
character	O
viewpoints	O
,	O
akin	O
to	O
the	O
format	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
films	O
,	O
as	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
heist	O
came	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
Visceral	O
employees	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
goal	O
's	O
"	O
lofty	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
was	O
significant	O
trouble	O
in	O
adapting	O
the	O
Frostbite	B-Operating_System
engine	I-Operating_System
for	O
third-person	O
shooters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Half	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
Ragtag	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
to	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
for	O
Hardline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
numbers	O
were	O
too	O
small	O
for	O
a	O
large	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
avoid	O
having	O
to	O
lure	O
in	O
more	O
programmers	O
to	O
the	O
San	O
Francisco	O
area	O
and	O
its	O
high	O
cost-of-living	O
,	O
they	O
established	O
Motive	O
Studios	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Jade	O
Raymond	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
producer	O
of	O
the	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
series	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
first	O
project	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Visceral	O
on	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
tensions	O
between	O
Visceral	O
and	O
EA	O
arose	O
over	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
two	O
issues	O
:	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
any	O
recognized	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
characters	O
or	O
Jedi	O
force	O
powers	O
despite	O
having	O
been	O
given	O
creative	O
freedom	O
to	O
create	O
new	O
characters	O
from	O
Disney/Lucasfilm	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
expectation	O
that	O
Ragtag	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
critically	O
praised	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
high	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
as	O
to	O
challenge	O
the	O
upcoming	O
Uncharted	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
released	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Battlefront	O
in	O
November	O
2015	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
extremely	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
Visceral	O
found	O
that	O
EA	O
started	O
to	O
draw	O
away	O
from	O
Ragtag	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
funnel	O
more	O
of	O
its	O
studios	O
into	O
Battlefronts	O
sequel	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Battlefront	I-Application
II	I-Application
;	O
Motive	O
Studios	O
were	O
taken	O
off	O
Ragtag	O
,	O
and	O
Visceral	O
was	O
not	O
allowed	O
to	O
hire	O
additional	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
reassigned	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
game	O
to	O
its	O
EA	O
Worldwide	O
Studios	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
EA	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
they	O
will	O
revamp	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
linear	O
,	O
story-heavy	O
title	O
,	O
into	O
"	O
a	O
broader	O
experience	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
more	O
variety	O
and	O
player	O
agency	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
her	O
departure	O
,	O
she	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
game	O
was	O
stalled	O
and	O
EA	O
Vancouver	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
something	O
very	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
EA	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
single-player	O
game	O
,	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Jedi	I-Application
:	I-Application
Fallen	I-Application
Order	I-Application
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Respawn	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Skydance	O
New	O
Media	O
would	O
be	O
collaborating	O
with	O
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
based	O
in	O
the	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
Universe	O
,	O
with	O
Henning	O
serving	O
as	O
head	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
have	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
revival	O
of	O
Project	B-Device
Ragtag	I-Device
.	O
</s>
