What is the current state of star citizen anyway?

The bigger context of that quote is basically that they’re heads down and preparing for crunch. The person who said, “I don’t know if we’re going to make it” also said “but we’re doing everything we can to make it happen” (this is my paraphrase, I don’t know if I got the exact wording)

Star Citizen is going to be the next game with a generational legacy.

After fans will their copies to their children, still waiting for the official release.