The Skywalker Saga reportedly plagued by crunch issues ahead of release

TT Games promised the developers an extended development timeline and a new engine. Unfortunately, the game's development hit a snag with the new NTT engine. Although the employees tried to salvage the situation by using Unreal Engine, management insisted on using the new NTT engine as a cost-saving measure. Employees claim that this was the biggest factor that rendered the extended development time moot. Not to mention, the report details a culture of crunch within TT Games, which carried over to The Skywalker Saga's development.

The report reveals plenty of atrocious details about the inner workings over at TT Games, such as hostile working environments for female employees and a noticeable gender pay gap. Some employees even shared how the company's co-founder and creative director, Jon Burton, would berate staff for trying to leave work on time.

It doesn't take a scathing report from Polygon to tell that TT Games had issues with the development of The Skywalker Saga. TT Games initially gave The Skywalker Saga an October 2020 release date before pushing it back to Spring 2021 and finally, to its current release date. But, the report does suggest that TT Games would have still delayed The Skywalker Saga even if the COVID-19 pandemic didn't happen.

It will be interesting to see what kind of effect Polygon's report will have on The Skywalker Saga and TT Games.