Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 5 Gameplay Details The Public Didn't See

Did Respawn lead with the wrong demo?

by Ewan Paterson
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E3 2019 seemed to come and go just like that. As far as E3s have gone in the past... it wasn't exactly the best. But still! There were some positives to draw from the event, one of them being Respawn's demo for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.

The first single-player focused Star Wars title released under EA's tenure of the license, Respawn's game won't run on Frostbite and seems to have plenty of promise. It has a likeable protagonist, a gripping story, and even some compelling combat - even if you can't dismember stormtroopers like you could back in the 'good ol' days'.

Bizarrely, though, it seems as though the studio kept the most exciting details surrounding their game off the showfloor. Sure, what they showed off was appealing, and even gave fans a good idea of how the title will play come November 15, but there were plenty more exciting tidbits they didn't dwell on in the demo.

It's still a ways away from its release, but if Respawn can stick the landing with some of the concepts they didn't show to the public, then Fallen Order could end up being a very enjoyable game indeed.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.