Well, off shoot stories can help expand upon the quintology's universe with ease if the off shoot takes place concurrent to the quintology. It could even expand the lore if it takes place before the quintology. SW showed that what's going on in the quintology is affecting more places than just Eastern Mudos in a pretty drastic way. I doubt Lorne will ever work on an Oddworld project that doesn't tie into the base story or games in some way or another. He's already made it abundantly clear how in love he is with his idea and how intent he is on telling the story he wants to tell.
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