What Star Wars Should Have Been | Happy Hour #54

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:
Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- Joe Biden has some choice words about game developers
https://thenextweb.com/gaming/2020/01/20/joe-biden-derides-game-dev-creeps-teach-how-kill/
“Handsome John” Pettit:
- Delayagedon- why are we having so many delays and will this round off major delays change how they talk about release dates in the future?
https://kotaku.com/why-video-games-are-delayed-so-often-1795473828
  - Skull and Bones - March 2020
  - Animal Crossing - March 2020
  - Doom Eternal - March 2020
  - Final Fantasy 7: Remake - April 2020
  - Last of Us: Pt. II - May 2020
  - Iron Man VR - May 2020
  - Cyberpunk - Sept 2020
  - Avengers - September 2020
  - Gods and Monsters - TBD
  - Watch Dogs: Legion - TBD
  - Rainbow 6: Quarantine - TBD
  - Dying Light 2 - TBD
Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Colin Trevrrow’s Episode IX script leak and the Star Wars that could've been: https://news.avclub.com/turns-out-colin-trevorrows-version-of-star-wars-episod-1841002112

Last Call!:
Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. This week, Brent ‘The Jesterhead’ Metcalfe is bringin us come delicious Old Cubans to try out.

Shout outs:
- Cool new channel that has seen a lot of traffic recently: Strange Garage - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh0DXWjTN8KGQEjHfCMXTWQ/featured 
- Weekly Reading: https://kotaku.com/game-delays-cause-more-crunch-1841065204 
- Deal of the Week: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/sweet-farm 
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7

Question of the Week:
- If you could bring any mythological creature to life, what would it be and why?

House Selection:
- Watchmen season 2 cancelled after creator exits project: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2020/01/16/watchmen-second-hbo-season-wont-happen-after-creator-bails/4491269002/ 
- Mobius: Final Fantasy to shut down this year: https://kotaku.com/mobius-final-fantasy-ends-service-on-june-30-1841016057
- Final Fantasy Tactics battleground Twitch stream lets you bet fake money on fights in game: https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-tactics-battleground-lets-you-gamble-fake-1840998880 
- Quantic Dreams teases big in 2020: https://www.ign.com/articles/detroit-become-human-studio-will-have-a-lot-of-surprises-in-2020
- Mindhunters season 3 on hold indefinitely: https://www.ign.com/articles/mindhunter-season-3-cast-released-from-contracts-netflix-series-future-in-doubt 
- Smash Direct info:
 - New DLC Pass  - https://www.ign.com/articles/6-new-smash-bros-ultimate-dlc-characters-will-arrive-before-december-2021
 - Newest Smash Character - https://kotaku.com/the-next-smash-bros-character-is-fire-emblems-byleth-1841037969
 - New Mii Fighter costumes: https://kotaku.com/super-smash-bros-gets-cuphead-assassins-creed-mega-m-1841039270 
- New Fire Emblem DLC makes Three Houses Four Houses: https://www.ign.com/articles/fire-emblem-three-houses-expansion-pass-wave-4-dlc-announced 
- Horizon: Zero Dawn may come to PC: https://kotaku.com/sources-horizon-zero-dawn-is-coming-to-pc-1841043569
- Best selling games of the decade, according to NPD: https://twitter.com/npdgames/status/1217960041409667072?s=19
- Better Call Saul ending with Sixth season: https://www.ign.com/articles/better-call-saul-renewed-for-sixth-and-final-season-by-amc 

And, as always, feel free to reach out to any one of the wonderful hosts in any capacity. You reach the Dispatcher on Twitter @DuhFr33k (https://twitter.com/DuhFr33k), Handsome John @HandsomeJohnP (https://twitter.com/HandsomeJohnP), and the Jesterhead himself @Jesterhead0302 (https://twitter.com/Jesterhead0302). Also, don’t be afraid to talk to us down in the comments. We always enjoy a good conversation, in case you didn’t notice.