Followers of the Star Wars Jedi video games, together with yours really, bought some excellent news out of an EA investor relations presentation Tuesday about the way forward for the collection. In keeping with Video Video games Chronicle, the corporate has a 3rd recreation within the works, meant to be “the ultimate chapter of this thrilling story” after Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, two video games starring the unique character (and considered one of my favourite Star Wars gingers) Cal Kestis. However regardless of the phrase “survivor” within the title of that almost all latest recreation, the larger Star Wars universe in all probability doesn’t have good issues in retailer for Cal.
I obtained the information of this new recreation with no trepidation as a result of it didn’t initially happen to me that Cal may be about to fulfill his predestined finish. That’s till my co-worker Clayton Ashley typed into gamerlifemedia’s Slack: “I’m wondering if he’ll die on this one,” to which my different co-worker Pete Volk responded, “[twisted version] I’m wondering which Disney Plus present he may have a cameo in.” Each believable choices for Cal’s future! However the former appears a bit extra possible, I’d say.
Cal Kestis might have prevented Order 66, however given the time interval by which he exists, his days are numbered as a Jedi on the Empire’s dangerous aspect. Additionally, like so many different Star Wars characters invented to exist in time durations that predate A New Hope, we already know he doesn’t present up for any of these occasions. (And we are able to solely hope he doesn’t get edited into any of them. Nobody is asking for that. Nobody!)
However that doesn’t imply his story, and its ending, can’t nonetheless be fascinating. Rogue One proved that tales about characters who intend to die for his or her trigger — with the viewers figuring out forward of time that it will nearly definitely be the case for them — will be simply as poignant and narratively wealthy as tales the place the ending is tougher to guess.
I suppose I’m saying, if Cal Kestis has to die, I’m excited to see the way it performs out. Does that sound bizarre? No matter.
