Cal Kestis is No Poor Man’s Son in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

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With less than four weeks until Electronic Arts and Respawn Entertainment launch their follow-up to the critically acclaimed Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Wccftech was invited out to the sunny (and stormy) streets of Hollywood, CA, for one of the few limited opportunities to go hands-on with the next chapter of Cal Kestis’ tale. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor picks up five years after the climax of Jedi: Fallen Order, with Cal immersed in the capabilities of the Force and fully aware of the atrocities committed by the Galactic Empire.

Our PC preview session began with a brief rundown of the various systems that we would be able to interact with during three hours to freely run around the planet of Koboh shortly after escaping from a planet commonly referenced within the main Star Wars universe and making an emergency crash landing, events that encompass the first opening hour of gameplay. This distant planet just so happens to be where Greez, a notable ally from the original game whose height was outmatched by his sarcastic wit, has set up shop with the main cantina in town: Pyloon’s Saloon. This same Greez just so happens to have the parts necessary to make Cal Kestis’ ship, the Mantis, skyworthy once more but it won’t be as simple as knocking on his door and asking for a spare set of hyperdrive components. Five years have been enough time for Greez to change up his wardrobe, giving up his red space jumpsuit for a blue denim leisure suit that fits in with his space Italian identity and sideburns that have grown out long enough to be braided at the sides.

Even getting to the Cantina is an effort that takes up more than half of the hands-on session. In that time, Cal is thrown directly into waves of alien wildlife, Bedlam