The Star Wars universe has had a turbulent existence in the gaming industry, but one of the shining beacons of hopes will be officially unveiled in a few days. On Saturday, April 13, Respawn Entertainment’sJedi: Fallen Orderwill be unveiled as part of the 2019 Star Wars Celebration taking place in Chicago.
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Star Wars Celebration is a yearly fan event that started in 1999 and 2019’s event in Chicago will be home to a panel forEpisode IX, the conclusion to the most recent trilogy. Further, some of the Respawn Entertainment team will be on hand to officially revealJedi: Fallen Order, the adventure game set betweenStar Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the SithandEpisode IV – A New Hope. Players will take on the role of a padawan who survived Order 66, a plan that resulted in the massacre of the Jedi. Considering the “Don’t stand out” tagline in the tweet from the official account, one could assume that players will be attempting to hide their identity as a Jedi Padawan during gameplay.
There’s not much else known aboutJedi: Fallen Orderup until this point and it’s even difficult to fathom specifically what type of experience Respawn Entertainment is putting together. The studio has a crew with track records of stellar first-person shooters and was founded by former members of Infinity Ward, the team behindCall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareandModern Warfare 2.Jedi: Fallen Orderwill be an interesting departure for the studio, but there’s at least one face very familiar with the world of Star Wars.
Chris Avellone, a developer who helped designStar Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: Sith Lords, hascontributed toJedi: Fallen Order. Avellone’s credits also includePlanescape: Icewind Dale,Baldur’s Gate,Fallout: New Vegas,Pillars of Eternity,Torment: Tides of Numenera, and many more RPGs highly coveted for exceptional writing. At the least, we can expect Avellone’s contribution to yield some intriguing characters and events when weget our hands onJedi: Fallen Orderin late 2019.
Star Wars: Battlefront 2wasn’t without its issues at launch and EA has canceled two Star Wars games that were being made by Visceral and one from EA Vancouver. Nevertheless, Disney has maintained faith in the publisher.Jedi: Fallen Orderwill be the next big test of the strength of EA’s relationship with Disney. The full reveal of Respawn Entertainment’s Star WarsJedi: Fallen Orderwill be livestreamed on the officialEA StarWars Twitch channelstarting at 11:30 a.m. PT on Saturday, April 13.
