Is Star Wars: Hunters canon? Developers talk "expanding the universe"
radiotimes.comNow everyone’s playing the game, you might be wondering if Star Wars: Hunters is canon or not.
Well, you’re in the right place, as we’ve asked the developers to explain just that and detail its setting and place in the Star Wars canon timeline.
Those wonky sets in the arena and the characters you play as all have a story to tell, but is it all officially part of the series which George Lucas envisioned all those years ago?
Read on to find out if Star Wars: Hunters is canon or not, where it places in the overall timeline of the galaxy and what the developers told us about its setting and characters in an exclusive interview.
Yes, Star Wars: Hunters is canon to the overall Star Wars universe!
The main arena of the game exists on an Outer Rim planet and the action is beamed over the HoloNet like a TV show to entertainment fans around the galaxy. Turns out what the people want in this universe is deathmatches, who knew?
The whole operation is run by one of the Hutts (not that one). Each battle arena is an elaborate set that has been put together to look like famous things from Star Wars, such as the Death Star and the Battle of Endor.
It’s all fake, though, and the biggest Star Wars fans will notice the purposefully unconvincing nature of the arenas.
Inspiration for the whole thing was taken from pro wrestling, with the development team explaining that the characters – all larger-than-life archetypal heroes and villains when the cameras are rolling – are normal citizens of the galaxy the rest of the time.
Rieve, for example, plays the role of a Sith when they’re in the arena, but in reality, she’s a young Force-sensitive person just trying to find her way in the galaxy.
As for when the game is set in the Star Wars films timeline? Between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens – after the fall of the Galactic Empire.
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