LOS ANGELES – There’s a new Jedi coming to the «Star Wars» universe – but he’s a troubled work in progress. Cal Kestis is…
LOS ANGELES – There’s a new Jedi coming to the «Star Wars» universe – but he’s a troubled work in progress.
Cal Kestis is the main character in the upcoming video game «Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order,» due out November 15 on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC (you can pre-order now). He’s a young Padawan – a Jedi in training – when then-Chancellor Palpatine issues Order 66, a purge to kill all Jedi, an event that takes place in the 2005 film «Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.»
In hiding at the game’s beginning, Cal (who is played by «Gotham» star Cameron Monaghan) is forced to use his Jedi skills and now is among the hunted. He must learn on the job, mastering his lightsaber and use of the Force to combat the Empire.
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«For us, this is about telling a specific story about what its like… going through this traumatic event and coming out the other side damaged and trying to then stand up for what the Jedi order is,» says Vince Zampella, head of Respawn Entertainment, the studio making the game. Respawn and its parent game publishing company, Electronic Arts, released a new 14-minute video of the game here Saturday in advance of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the massive video game trade show running Tuesday to Thursday.
Among the trailer’s highlights: Cal, climbing aboard and commandeering an Imperial walker and destroying an enemy aircraft, and his battle with a powerful Purge Trooper, an enemy that makes its first appearance in Star Wars comic books.
Star Wars video games do not have an unblemished record. Despite critical favorites such as «Knights of the Old Republic» and that awesome original «Star Wars» arcade game, many other «Star Wars’ games were weak in the Force.
