While Lucasfilm finally seems to be getting the ball rolling again for Star Wars on the cinematic front, the video game space shows the continued narrative strength of the franchise. The latest example is Respawn Entertainment Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Successful continuation of 2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order completes the journey of Cal Kestis (voice Gotham and Shameless actor Cameron Monaghan), whose story seems worthy of a live-action series.
Shows like Dave Filoni Ahsoka they look promising considering Rosario Dawson’s perfect performance in season 2 The Mandalorian and Filoni’s passion for the franchise. If Lucasfilm wants more Jedi-centric storytelling on Disney+, Jedi from Star Wars games have rich characters (kudos to Turgle!) and intriguing storylines that could fit perfectly into the episodic format he created Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andorra so convincing.
Note: The following article contains mild spoilers for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.
Familiar, but fresh
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There’s something to be said for Lucasfilm’s continued refusal to release The Skywalker Saga, so creating another Star Wars project set during the reign of the Empire is far from a new concept at this point. Andorra does a great job of making this place exciting again, effectively becoming a sci-fi spy thriller.
Both Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, and now survived, yet manage to balance ingenuity with familiarity. As players know by now, they are set within the heat of the Dark Ages and the Great Jedi Purge, driving these light sides into exile, but the games make good use of that premise within a select part of the universe.
These are all familiar concepts and settings explored with characters like Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi, but Cal’s corner of the galaxy still feels completely his own. Fallen order made Cal feel like a blank canvas for two-thirds of its runtime, but became much more layered and intriguing in Survived.
His supporting cast was likable throughout both games, and they would also more than justify their existence on Disney+. The Stinger Mantis crew captures the essence of the Original Trilogy’s group dynamic without trying to copy it directly.
Seamless transition from animation to live action
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While it’s not a one-on-one comparison, Lucasfilm has already shown some willingness to bring animated characters to live action. This is what happened to several characters from Filoni’s animated Star Wars sandboxes — The Clone Wars and Rebels — including the aforementioned Ahsoka Tano.
In theory, this could strengthen the case for bringing Cal and his supporting cast to Disney+, since the motion capture technology so closely recreates the likenesses of Monaghan and Debra Wilson (Cere Junda in both games). They will be familiar enough faces to longtime fans, while participating in storylines isolated enough to avoid alienating the non-Star Wars audience.
And since the interconnected “Mando-verse” within the franchise has no problem introducing established characters with years’ worth of lore, a potential series could feature some of their adventures together.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor conveniently takes place five years after the events of Fallen order, leaving a visual void of what caused the Mantis crew to temporarily go their separate ways. It was a bold narrative decision to carry over from one game to the next considering the last member, Merrin (voiced by Tina Ivlev),
he doesn’t join the team until the last part of the story.
The connective tissue for other eras of Star Wars
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Connected cinematic universes have certainly been popularized by the lucrative MCU, but they don’t need all the references, cameos, and settings for other projects. The Boba Fett book was guilty of this, but there has to be some middle ground between feeling completely separate and having countless crossovers come into it.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has somewhat described this balance in its story, as the early hours of the game and the crime scene (relax, we won’t spoil it) show direct connections to the High Republic era. And although the High Republic didn’t exist as a concept until the last few years when Lucasfilm launched a publishing campaign for it, its inclusion in this post-Revenge of the Sithago-A new hope the time frame does not seem out of place. Instead, it feels like a seamless extension of the Star Wars mythos.
This is an example of connective tissue within a sprawling fictional universe done right. With world building capabilities Survived changed its plot, there’s no reason a hypothetical Disney+ series couldn’t do the same by digging further into the past — or deliciously planting seeds for the future.
Respawn Entertainment’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, while Lucasfilm’s Ahsoka premiering this August on Disney+. For more articles about Star Wars Jedi: Survivorcheck out Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is the culmination of the series’ tumultuous gameplay history and the ending of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is explained.
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