Electronic Arts could end up having a major hit later this year when Respawn finally launches its Star Wars game. We’ll finally get a look at it in April.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is launching this fall. Publisher Electronic Arts and developer Respawn have confirmed this release window. But now the companies have announced their plans to officially reveal the game to the public at the upcoming Chicago Star Wars Celebration fan event in April.
In today’s episode of The Star Wars Show, Lucasfilm said that Electronic Arts will host a panel about Fallen Order at Star Wars Celebration, a huge fan event that begins April 11 in Chicago. During that presentation, Respawn will announce the exact release date. Lucasfilm once again reiterated, however, that it is coming this fall.
Beyond the details about the panel, the hosts of The Star Wars Show also gave a synopsis of Fallen Order. It has you playing as a Padawan who escapes Order 66, Emperor Palpatine’s near-annihilation of the Jedi that happens at the end of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. As this character, you will “explore the galaxy.”
And that’s nearly everything we know.
But we do have other interesting details about Fallen Order and Respawn that could reveal more about the game. And then there are the unanswered questions that could tell us something about he future of Electronic Arts.
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will end up as the fourth or fifth game from Respawn Entertainment. Previously, the studio launched shooters Titanfall (2014) and Titanfall 2 (2016). At this point, the company is almost certainly best known for the recently released battle royale shooter Apex Legends that has more than 25 million registered players on PC and consoles.
Respawn also has a virtual reality game in the works that is heading to the Oculus store. The studio plans to launch that this year, so it could come out before Jedi.
But while Respawn got started in 2010, much of its leadership came from the Infinity Ward development team that created the Call of Duty series. Respawn cofounder Vince Zampella shipped the original Call of Duty, the genre-defining Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and the massive-selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. But following a battle over bonuses, publisher Activision fired Zampella and his partner, Jason West. When Zampella and West founded Respawn, a number of other Infinity Ward leads joined them to work on Titanfall.
Now, with a history of working on many of the biggest and best shooters in the history of the gaming industry, you would expect more of that from a Respawn Star Wars game.
