You can see Abe's Moon in the Free-Fire Zone. It's down in a secret area. I don't remember a moon in the final screen before the FMV, but keep in mind the camera during gameplay doesn't show what's ahead of Abe, and when Abe jumps down he sees the Moon in front of him.
I do think the films will retcon some established Oddworld lore. What with Lorne saying how Abe's lips were stitched by Sam when we know Abe was hatched in RuptureFarms and Sam is kept by Vykkers, I am quite certain, and I'm not disappointed at all. I haven't come across a story that hasn't changed between different media. The film will allow the story to be infused with greater depth and synergy, and I expect Lorne to take full advantage of this possibility.
Perhaps game developers will start clawing for the chance to derive a game from the popular film, but since Lorne still owns all rights to the Oddworld universe, I don't expect him to lend those rights to anyone who is merely going to cash in and not produce something worthy of existence.
Now about these moons. I'm not the biggest fan of all Quintology heroes having their own moon. By the reveal in Munch's Oddysee it had already started to seem rather contrived. By the last chapter won't we all just be waiting for the reveal so it can get over and done with and we can forget about it? There is the question of why they even need their own moons. Abe's Moon makes sense: it has a background. It's responsible for the conflict between Mudokons and Glukkons to begin with, but Munch's Moon doesn't seem to make any sense. Maybe it does have its own history which we just haven't been told about, but without that it just seems silly. One idea suggested by someone which I kind of liked was that Munch would have his own lake, which, seen from above, would have the shape of his foot, perhaps.
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