Day two of Star Wars Celebration 2022 brought the first news of new Star Wars video games, and the announcement has been a long time coming. EA and Respawn Entertainment have officially unveiled the sequel to Jedi: Fallen Order. This new title continues the story of the power-hungry Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
A short teaser trailer was shown with the unveiling, as you can see above. In it, the odds seem to be stacked against Cal and what might be left of his crew from the Fallen Order. Of the well-known characters, only Kestis and his troid droid BD-1 appear in the footage, although their group Greez’s ship, the Stinger Mantis, is seen from the cockpit, empty and in a bad way in a desert. Other notable characters are the potential antagonist who tells the trailer, and a mysterious person preserved in a tube. No one seems to know who this character is at the moment (and people at EA keep quiet on the subject for now), but their characteristics of what appears to be a fit guy with long silver-colored liquid in a tub of liquid radiate cool guy energy like Star Wars’ version of Sephiroth or Mega Man X’s Zero. I already can not wait to find out who it is.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor takes place five years after the events of the Fallen Order, and according to a press release, Cal begins to “feel the pressure of being one of the last remaining Jedi in the galaxy.” On this new journey, he will meet new and interesting characters, and the game will expand on the combat system from the original, where Cal learns new ways to harness the power.
Stig Asmussen, director of the Fallen Order, is back at the helm of Survivor. “For Jedi: Survivor, we’re working with Lucasfilm Games to build on the legacy of Jedi: Fallen Order. We leverage advanced technology to create more dynamic Jedi combat and cinematic storytelling to expand Cal’s story as he matures and survive in the dark times, “says Asmussen. “We can not wait to share more about the game with the world later this year.”
Respawn is aiming for a 2023 release for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X / S and PC.