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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
=== Setting and characters ===
=== Setting and characters ===
''Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'' takes place five years after ''[[Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith]]'' and before ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]'', ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'', ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]]''. The game follows young [[Jedi]] [[Padawan (Star Wars)|Padawan]] Cal Kestis ([[Cameron Monaghan]]) as he is being hunted by the Second Sister (Elizabeth Grullon), an Inquisitor trained by [[Darth Vader]] ([[Scott Lawrence]]), who makes a brief appearance at the end of the game. Supporting characters include: Cal's friend and scrapping partner Prauf ([[JB Blanc]]), former Jedi Knight and member of the ''Stinger Mantis'' ship crew, which Cal joins, Cere Junda ([[Debra Wilson]]), the ship's pilot Greez Dritus ([[Daniel Roebuck]]), a small droid which befriends and assists Cal named BD-1 ([[Ben Burtt]]), Jedi Master Eno Cordova ([[Tony Amendola]]), Partisan leader [[Saw Gerrera]] ([[Forest Whitaker]]), crime lord Sorc Tormo (Luke Cook), a second Inquisitor called the Ninth Sister ([[Misty Lee]]), one of the few surviving Nightsisters named Merrin (Tina Ivlev), and Dark Jedi Taron Malicos ([[Liam McIntyre]]), as well as Cal's former Jedi Master Jaro Tapal ([[Travis Willingham]]) and The [[Clone troopers]] ([[Dee Bradley Baker]]), through flashbacks.
''Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order'' takes place five years after ''[[Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith]]'' and before ''[[Solo: A Star Wars Story]]'', ''[[Star Wars Rebels]]'', ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]'' and ''[[Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope]]''. The game follows young [[Jedi]] [[Padawan (Star Wars)|Padawan]] Cal Kestis ([[Cameron Monaghan]]) as he is being hunted by the Second Sister (Elizabeth Grullon), an Inquisitor trained by [[Darth Vader]] ([[Scott Lawrence]]), who makes a brief appearance at the end of the game. Supporting characters include: Cal's friend and scrapping partner Prauf ([[JB Blanc]]), former Jedi Knight and member of the ''Stinger Mantis'' ship crew, which Cal joins, Cere Junda ([[Debra Wilson]]), the ship's pilot Greez Dritus ([[Daniel Roebuck]]), a small droid which befriends and assists Cal named BD-1 ([[Ben Burtt]]), Jedi Master Eno Cordova ([[Tony Amendola]]), Partisan leader [[Saw Gerrera]] ([[Forest Whitaker]]), crime lord Sorc Tormo (Luke Cook), a second Inquisitor called the Ninth Sister ([[Misty Lee]]), one of the few surviving Nightsisters named Merrin (Tina Ivlev), and Dark Jedi Taron Malicos ([[Liam McIntyre]]), as well as Cal's former Jedi Master Jaro Tapal ([[Travis Willingham]]) and the [[Clone troopers]] ([[Dee Bradley Baker]]), through flashbacks.


=== Plot ===
=== Plot ===

Revision as of 00:51, 25 November 2019

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Developer(s)Respawn Entertainment
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Director(s)Stig Asmussen
Programmer(s)Jiesang Song
Artist(s)
  • Ken Feldman
  • Chris Sutton
Writer(s)
  • Aaron Contreras
  • Manny Hagopian
  • Matt Michnovetz
  • Megan Fausti
Composer(s)
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platform(s)
ReleaseNovember 15, 2019
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 15, 2019. The game is set in the Star Wars universe, shortly after the film Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and follows a young Jedi trainee named Cal Kestis as he is being hunted through the galaxy by the Galactic Empire, namely an Inquisitor known as the Second Sister, all the while trying to complete his Jedi training and restore the now wiped out Jedi Order. It was announced during E3 2018, with a more detailed reveal during the Star Wars Celebration in April 2019.

Reviews for the game were generally positive, with some critics acclaiming it to be one of the best Star Wars games in over a decade. Its plot, characters, and gameplay were generally praised, though it was criticized for some technical issues and glitches.

Gameplay

Players take control of Cal Kestis as he attempts to survive while being chased by the Empire, including the Inquisitor the Second Sister. Throughout his journey, young Cal will visit both new worlds and ones from Star Wars lore, such as Kashyyyk and Dathomir, as well as make new friends and allies, including Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera and former Jedi Knight Cere Junda, who becomes his new mentor.[1]

The gameplay is that of an action adventure game, designed for players to "jump into a situation" and deal with it through "having a lightsaber and Force powers", not to utilise stealth elements to avoid combat.[2] There is not an option to play a Dark Side path through the game.[3] In combat, Force usage consists of three different abilities, Force "Push", Force "Pull", and Force "Slow".

Synopsis

Setting and characters

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order takes place five years after Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and before Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rebels, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. The game follows young Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis (Cameron Monaghan) as he is being hunted by the Second Sister (Elizabeth Grullon), an Inquisitor trained by Darth Vader (Scott Lawrence), who makes a brief appearance at the end of the game. Supporting characters include: Cal's friend and scrapping partner Prauf (JB Blanc), former Jedi Knight and member of the Stinger Mantis ship crew, which Cal joins, Cere Junda (Debra Wilson), the ship's pilot Greez Dritus (Daniel Roebuck), a small droid which befriends and assists Cal named BD-1 (Ben Burtt), Jedi Master Eno Cordova (Tony Amendola), Partisan leader Saw Gerrera (Forest Whitaker), crime lord Sorc Tormo (Luke Cook), a second Inquisitor called the Ninth Sister (Misty Lee), one of the few surviving Nightsisters named Merrin (Tina Ivlev), and Dark Jedi Taron Malicos (Liam McIntyre), as well as Cal's former Jedi Master Jaro Tapal (Travis Willingham) and the Clone troopers (Dee Bradley Baker), through flashbacks.

Plot

Five years after the Great Jedi Purge and rise of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis is in hiding on the planet Bracca, where he works in a junkyard, scrapping ships from the Clone Wars. Cal is forced to use his Force powers to save his friend Prauf during an accident, revealing Cal's Jedi identity. The Empire dispatches two deadly Inquisitors known as the Second Sister and the Ninth Sister to pursue Cal. After they kill Prauf, Cal attempts to escape and is rescued by former Jedi Master Cere Junda and pilot Greez Dritus in the latter's ship, the Stinger Mantis.

Cere takes Cal to the planet Bogano, where an ancient vault is located. On the way to the vault, Cal befriends a small droid named BD-1, who shows him a message from former Jedi Master Eno Cordova. The message reveals that the vault was built by an ancient civilization called the Zeffo, and that Cordova hid a Jedi holocron containing a list of Force-sensitive children inside; Cere believes the list could help rebuild the Jedi Order. However, the only way to access the vault is to follow Cordova's path and pass his tests. Cal heads to the Zeffo homeworld and finds a clue pointing to Cordova's friend, the Wookiee chieftain Tarfful, on the planet Kashyyyk.

On Kashyyyk, Cal teams up with Saw Gerrera and his Partisans to fight Imperial forces enslaving the native Wookiees. Unable to find Tarfful, Cal returns to Zeffo and encounters the Second Sister once again, who reveals that she was Cere's Padawan, Trilla Suduri. She was captured by the Empire when a tortured Cere betrayed her and warns Cal that Cere will do the same to him.

After escaping from Trilla for the second time, Cal learns that he needs to find a Zeffo Astrium to unlock the vault, but is then captured by a bounty hunter and forced to fight in a gladiatorial arena owned by crime lord Sorc Tormo. Cal is eventually rescued by Cere and Greez, the latter of whom was responsible for Cal's capture due to his debts, and soon receives communication that Tarfful is willing to meet. Back on Kashyyyk, Tarfful instructs Cal to seek answers at the top of the Origin Tree. There, he finds a recording of Cordova telling him that an Astrium can be found on Dathomir. The Ninth Sister then attacks Cal, but he is able to kill her and heads to Dathomir.

On Dathomir, Cal's progress is immediately impeded by Nightsister Merrin, who blames the Jedi for the massacre of her people during the Clone Wars, and attempts to keep him away. Cal experiences a flashback of his former master, Jaro Tapal, sacrificing himself to protect him during the Purge, and is then attacked by Jaro's spirit, leading to his lightsaber's kyber crystal being destroyed. Cal later encounters former Jedi Taron Malicos, who crash-landed on Dathomir during the Purge and spent the rest of his life seeking to learn the magick of the Nightsisters. Malicos offers to teach Cal how to handle that dark power, but he refuses and flees after Merrin attacks. Aboard the Mantis, Cere admits that when she learned Trilla became an Inquisitor, she briefly fell to the dark side, which is why she cut herself off from the Force. After travelling to Ilum to rebuild his lightsaber, Cal returns to Dathomir, where he retrievies the Astrium and overcomes his guilt at Jaro's death. Malicos again tries to tempt Cal to the dark side, but Cal fights him and is able to defeat him with the help of Merrin, who then agrees to join the Mantis crew.

The crew returns to Bogano, where Cal uses the Astrium to unlock the vault and reveal the holocron, but Trilla steals it and escapes. Cere reassumes her position as a Jedi Master and grants Cal the rank of Jedi Knight. Together they assault the Inquisitor headquarters on Nur, where Cal is able to defeat Trilla and recover the holocron. Cere attempts to make amends with Trilla, but Darth Vader appears and kills Trilla for her failure. Unable to defeat Vader, Cal and Cere barely escape from him with help from BD-1 and Merrin. Back on the Mantis, the crew wonders what to do with the holocron. Cal, having realized that gathering the children would make it easier for the Empire to target them, destroys the holocron and then asks the crew where they should go next.

Development

Stig Asmussen joined Respawn Entertainment in 2014 as the studio's game director, leading the studio's second development team.[4] The project was later revealed to be a third-person action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe in May 2016.[5] Aaron Contreras, one of the writers for Mafia III, led the game's narrative team, which included Chris Avellone and four other writers.[6] The studio also collaborated with Lucasfilm to create new characters and locations.[7]

The game was created with Unreal Engine 4.[8] Drawing inspiration from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker and the Dark Souls series, Asmussen has said the team's goals for the game design include creating a deep combat system and incorporating aspects of Metroidvania map design.[9]

On June 8, 2019, it was announced that Gordy Haab and Stephen Barton would be composing the score for the game.[10] The former had previously composed the scores to Star Wars: The Old Republic and Star Wars: Battlefront while the latter had collaborated with the studio on the Titanfall series and Apex Legends. The score was recorded at Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Choir of London.[11]

Marketing and release

Publisher Electronic Arts announced the game at E3 2018.[12] It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 15, 2019, a month before the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.[13] At E3 2019, Electronic Arts showcased a 15-minute demo of the game.[14] Around two weeks after this on June 25, 2019, the studio showed an extended 25-minute version of the original demo.[15]

A tie-in comic series, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Dark Temple, was announced on June 11, 2019 for release in September 2019.[16]

Reception

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order received "generally favorable reviews", according to review aggregator Metacritic.[17][18][19] IGN's Dan Stapleton gave the game 9/10, saying "Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order makes up for a lot of lost time with a fantastic single-player action-adventure that marks the return of the playable Jedi."[25]

Sales

The PlayStation 4 version of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sold 26,761 copies within its first week on sale in Japan, which made it the fifth bestselling retail game of the week.[26] In the UK, it was the second bestselling retail game during its first week on sale, with 66% of sales being for the PlayStation 4 version and the remaining 34% for the Xbox One version.[27]

See also

References

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