The most recent story trailer for Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor drops some new tidbits which have me excited to play Respawn’s upcoming sequel to its improbable 2019 soulslike motion recreation, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, out later this month, is about 5 years after the occasions of the primary recreation, Fallen Order. As earlier than, Survivor will comply with Cal Kestis and his crew of loveable misfits as they outrun, outsmart, and outlast the Empire. Kestis is a Jedi, which makes him a high-priority menace to the Empire. And having survived an encounter with Darth Vader and his Jedi-hunting Inquisitors within the final recreation, Kestis and his ragtag crew will now have a extra shocking villain to take care of: one other Jedi.
Out right this moment, Survivor’s new story trailer isn’t very lengthy, but it surely’s jam-packed with attention-grabbing particulars and nuggets of knowledge. Listed here are six cool issues we noticed within the trailer that we predict you would possibly care about!
Cal will go to the town planet of Coruscant
Do not forget that huge metropolis world from the Star Wars prequels? The identical one seen in Andor, too. Properly, evidently Cal will likely be visiting Coruscant in Survivor. Needless to say at this level within the Star Wars timeline, Coruscant is the literal capital of the Empire. It’s the planet the Emperor hangs out on when he’s not out doing evil Sith lord shit, so not the most secure place for a Jedi to go to. Should be an important mission.
One of many Bedlam Raiders is a Gen’dai
Apparently, this was one thing Respawn confirmed earlier this yr, however contemplating that we get an excellent have a look at raider Rayvis on this trailer, I figured it might be price shouting out. That huge alien within the armor? They’re a Bedlam Raider often called Rayvis, and he’s a Gen’dai. What’s that? It’s a really hard-to-kill alien species made up of regenerating, worm-like appendages. Bounty Hunter Durge, from the animated Clone Wars mini-series, is a member of this species. If Cal has to battle Rayvis, count on a tricky boss battle.
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Merrin and Greez return (and have new appears to be like)
Whereas I assumed Cal’s crew of loveable scamps would present up within the new recreation, it was good to lastly see them on this story trailer. Because it’s been 5 years, Nightsister Merrin and salt-loving pilot Greez look totally different. I personally like their new appears to be like. Merrin particularly appears to be like improbable. I like her fashionable tackle an emo house witch. Oh and when you’re questioning what occurred to Greez’s arm, properly…you would possibly need to learn Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars, a novel set after Fallen Order however earlier than Survivor. (Or simply look it up on Wookieepedia.)
The large dangerous villain could be a fallen Jedi from the previous
Okay, so when you don’t know something in regards to the Excessive Republic period of Star Wars, right here’s a really condensed abstract: Its a brand new period of the franchise created just a few years again that exists principally in books and comics and tells the story of the Jedi at their prime about 200 or so years earlier than the occasions seen in The Phantom Menace.
Now, on this trailer, we get an excellent have a look at the doable Jedi seen within the very first Survivor trailer. Again then he was hanging out in a stasis chamber of some sort. On this new teaser, he’s strolling round in his full Excessive Republic Jedi robes and he appears mad that Cal and the opposite Jedi let the galaxy fall to the Empire. I count on he’s going to be keen to do something to save lots of the previous system, even when it means teaming up with raiders and turning to the darkish facet of the Drive.
The place’s Cal’s Jedi grasp, Cere?
On this trailer we solely get one temporary shot of Cere, the Jedi grasp who helped Cal reconnect with the Drive within the final recreation. She’s sporting a brand new look, and appears a bit extra chill. This ties in with the current Battle Scars e-book, during which she’s develop into centered on reclaiming previous relics of the Jedi Order in hopes of passing down its traditions and historical past to future generations. Possibly she received’t play as huge a task on this journey as final time, but it surely’s nonetheless good to see her right here as she is nice and I’d hate for her to be sidelined totally.
Wait a minute, was that Moraband?
At one level within the trailer, we briefly see Cal trekking by way of a purple mud storm on what seems to be a reasonably barren world. Now, this may very well be a brand-new planet. It may very well be Genosis from the prequels. It may very well be a planet ripped from a comic book I’ve by no means learn. But it surely additionally may very well be Moraband, an historical planet with deep ties to the evil Sith. It’s appeared in comics and the Clone Wars and it appears to be like an terrible lot like what see a glimpse of within the trailer.
Contemplating the final recreation allow us to discover Dathomir, one other planet with darkish connections to weirder elements of Star Wars, I might see Moraband fulfilling the same function. And if I used to be an historical Jedi in search of to reclaim the galaxy, I would go to some Sith planets to seek out extra energy. Simply saying!
And that’s the best and most attention-grabbing bits I picked up from the brand new trailer. We don’t have lengthy to attend to play Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The sport’s popping out April 28 on PS5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC.