[Admiral Zaarin]

I respect Lanning for his past work on Abe's Oddysee/Exoddus but I don't think that his artistic involvement in upcoming Oddworld projects is absolutely necessary. The quality is what matters, not names. If he's still able to deliver a fresh and at least distantly original view on Oddworld universe without excessive citation of past works - that's good. If it's not the case it may better to let others try and do it or put Oddworld theme aside and try something else, something new, something that doesn't have artistically-constraining 'weight' of an established piece of intellectual property.