Latest ‘Star Wars’ News: ‘Jedi: Survivor’ introduces a slew of new canon to the series as new ‘Andor’ season 2 details come to light

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At long last, the highly anticipated Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has launched, and despite some technical issues, the game is largely being praised by critics and Star Wars fans alike. Survivor has worked some old lore into the storyline, and we can’t help but feel it all goes hand-in-hand with Dave Filoni and Kathleen Kennedy’s plan for expanding the ‘verse. Even Mark Hamill is in on the Survivor fun — the actor made some time in his busy schedule to brush Cameron Monaghan up on some classic Jedi moves for one wholesome promo.

With such expansive new additions coming in the near future, it’s easy to overlook one of the best Star Wars entries in recent years, but don’t worry, we’ve been keeping an eye on Andor. The series’ second season is finally shooting, and the returning cast — as well as the Rogue One cameos — are shaping up to be very exciting. While fans are doubtless ready for the next installment of the spy thriller, they’re still trying to lambast the studio’s decision to continue Rey’s story. We’d like to remind fans that not so long ago, they were sharpening their pitchforks for Hayden Christensen, so maybe hold off on all that Ridley hate.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is available to the public today, and with it comes a slew of new Star Wars canon. Cal Kestis returns in the much-anticipated sequel to the 2019 Respawn Entertainment title. I’m not going to go into very much detail in this round-up, but if you want all the ins and outs of the new title, you can read about the story here. The game takes place right around the same time as Obi-Wan Kenobi and follows the now fully-fledged Jedi Knight, Cal Kestis. The game does a lot of digging into the remnants of the High Republic, perfectly tying into the upcoming