Respawn Reveals How Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's Most Bizarre and Beloved Boss Came to Be
Spoiler Warning: The following article features full spoilers for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor including one of its major boss fights, taking place on Koboh during Cal's fourth mainline visit there.
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor has a ton of over the top moments, headlined by major boss fights against immortal aliens, ancient Sith, and even Darth Vader. Yet, somehow, it's a battle against Rick the Door Technician that's the most intense of all.
"That's the most unexpected boss in any video game I've played," said one Reddit user. "I was utterly flabbergasted," said another.
One of Jedi: Survivor's toughest fights sees protagonist Cal Kestis take on hoards of enemies in an Imperial hangar. It's gruelling, with players having to take down seemingly endless waves of Stormtroopers, droids, and anything else the Empire could muster. Even in victory players felt defeated: no life, no energy, and worst of all, no checkpoint.
They must therefore continue into the Imperial base with nothing, and upon turning into one last corridor, a boss health bar expands onto the screen; it's devastating. "Players see this enemy charging down the hallway screaming at them, they hear boss music start to play, and see a boss bar pop up," says Jonathan Wright, lead encounter designer at Respawn Entertainment. "It has all the ingredients for a surprise boss fight."
The surprise within the surprise, however, is Rick the Door Technician. A humble employee, albeit one dressed in Scout Trooper armour, comes sprinting towards the player, takes one lightsaber slash to the chest, and falls to the ground, defeated. Queue checkpoint.
Rick became an instant hit in the Star Wars community, with players enthralled by the completely bizarre and unexpected fight, and its
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