Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II that Lucasfilm was considering the development of "Star Wars: The Force Unleashed III" for the next generation video game consoles PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U. However, after LucasArts was closed by The Walt Disney Company due to the purchase of Lucasfilm, "The Force Unleashed III" was cancelled among other planned "Star Wars" video games, like "Star Wars 1313". In November 2015, one month before the release of "", Blackman revealed that "The Force Unleashed III" would have been more open-world and seen Starkiller and Darth Vader team-up to fight a new threat from Emperor Palpatine. Star Wars: The
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith state to fight a Sith Lord. These are a few examples of many descriptions of characters' feelings and inner narrative. There are even some humorous lines added in, including extra dialogue in the battle between Grievous and Obi Wan - Grievous says, "I was trained by Count Dooku," and Obi-Wan replies, "What a coincidence; I trained the man who killed him." An official prequel novel, "Labyrinth of Evil" () by James Luceno, was published in 2005. It is set near the end of the Clone Wars and directly before the events of "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith".