Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 8 Beloved Characters Who Must Appear
If Respawn don’t include these, they’ve missed a big opportunity.
One of the biggest surprises at E3 2018 came at EA’s press conference, where the publisher casually confirmed the title for Respawn's new Star Wars game was "Jedi: Fallen Order". Made by the same team behind Titanfall, who also created Call of Duty, it's due Holiday 2019.
Respawn founder Vince Zampella didn’t have any of the game to show, not even a logo, but he did reveal the game takes place during “the Dark Times” - as Obi-Wan Kenobi once described them - between Episodes III and IV. Players will take on the role of a Jedi who survived Order 66, and is trying to escape the notice of the new Empire.
This time period was previously untapped by Star Wars canon until Disney took over, and now it boasts both Story movies (Rogue One and Solo), the new Darth Vader comic and the excellent (and recently concluded) Star Wars Rebels series.
Consequently, there's a wealth of characters for Respawn to choose from when telling their new Star Wars story. There are a number of predictable favourites who just have to be in there, but others might be a little less obvious - and will just make the game better.
8. Darth Vader
Arguably the most popular character in Star Wars, ex-Anakin “Are You An Angel?” Skywalker is an absolute given for an appearance - probably a major one - in Jedi: Fallen Order. With the exception of Solo, Vader has appeared in all of Disney’s Star Wars tales set between Episodes III-IV.
Why? Because he’s the coolest villain ever, and his appearance guarantee audiences will sit up and take notice. Would Solo have succeeded if Vader had been there? It’s entirely possible.
Vader will play an especially important role in Fallen Order, since he’s obsessed with destroying all survivors of Order 66. He’ll undoubtedly be a constant threat throughout the game, probably killing a lot of incompetent Imperial officers in the process.
The only trouble with having Vader in the game is, much like his appearance in Star Wars Rebels, he’s way too overpowered for any player to convincingly pose a threat to him.
Either Respawn will recreate the ridiculous Force abilities of Starkiller in The Force Unleashed (which was actually set in this time period), or Vader will just be a character rather than a boss.
If so, Respawn can leave the actual boss fights to...