Remembering Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s key events, characters, and story ahead of Jedi: Survivor

polygon.com:

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor opens with the sort of cinematic that’s de rigueur for big-budget video game sequels: a recap of its predecessor that barely recaps anything.

Jedi: Survivor’s recap of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s story and characters may jog your memory if you happened to play the 2019 game in the past, like, three weeks. If you haven’t, the in-game recap of Fallen Order will come across as little more than a foggy supercut of snapshots and voiceovers. Seriously, it doesn’t even cover that character’s death. And it barely mentions the weird space Rubik’s Cube!

Here are all the important story beats from Jedi: Fallen Order that you’ll need to know for its sequel. Keep it handy as you play through Jedi: Survivor.

[Ed. note: Spoilers for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order follow.]

Jedi: Fallen Order is set five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. The Star Wars timeline is generally filtered into years before the Battle of Yavin (BBY), as seen in Star Wars: A New Hope, and after (ABY). Fallen Order mostly takes place during 14 BBY.

By the time Fallen Order rolls around, Order 66 has resulted in the government-sanctioned extermination of the Jedi. But because galaxies are pretty big, some Jedi survive. You play as one of them: Cal Kestis, a padawan trained by Jedi master Jaro Tapal (who did not survive Order 66, as detailed by flashbacks in Fallen Order).

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is set roughly five years after the events of Fallen Order — so, 9 BBY. This places Jedi: Survivor between the prequel and original trilogy, set during the same year as Obi-Wan Kenobi and roughly around the same time frame as Andor. You might want to watch those before diving into Jedi: Survivor. Who knows