Star Wars Outlaws studio Bit Reactor furloughs majority of staff ahead of launch

In the weeks surrounding the launch of Star Wars Outlaws, Bit Reactor sent the majority of its workforce home on furlough — a quiet rupture beneath a moment of apparent triumph. The studio had delivered the best-reviewed Star Wars game in over two decades, and players responded with their wallets, pushing the title to Steam's bestseller list. Yet the industry's familiar paradox reasserted itself: creative success and institutional stability are not the same thing, and the people who built something resonant were not guaranteed a place in what comes next.