Earlier this month, details of LucasArts’ staff reductions began to surface around the web. One ex-employee has spoken up and said that key members of the team working on The Force Unleashed have been included in the cut.

With production of LucasArts’ biggest game of the moment, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, coming to an end in time for its September release, it was an all to tempting target for staff cuts during the company-wide downsizing.

Talking to Joystiq, one of the staff who lost their job has said that it’s not just the lower ranks facing losses. Joysiq have said that this individual is “one of several long-time members of the LucasArts talent pool let go” adding that many of those who lost their jobs are the same people who worked on titles such as X-Wing and Full Throttle.

They have also gone on to speculate that if a sequel to The Force Unleashed is wanted, LucasArts will have to either re-staff and try to get some of their top talent back, or simply outsource the project to another developer.

Source: Joystiq

Tags: Job loss, LucasArts, Star-Wars, sucks, the-force-unleashed

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