Respawn Entertainment is creating the third recreation within the Star Wars Jedi saga, writer Electronic Arts confirmed Tuesday. At its Investor Day 2024 convention, EA revealed that the developer was onerous at work on the “last chapter” of Jedi knight Cal Kestis’ story. The third Star Wars Jedi recreation would wrap up a trilogy that features 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and final yr’s Star Wars: Jedi Survivor.
Third Star Wars Jedi recreation in growth
At the conference, Laura Miele, president of Entertainment and Technology at EA, talked concerning the initiatives in growth at studios below the corporate’s banner, confirming that growth on the third Star Wars Jedi title had begun. “Respawn’s working onerous to convey the ultimate chapter of this thrilling story to gamers,” she mentioned. The government, nevertheless, didn’t reveal any particulars concerning the recreation’s launch timeline.
Miele additionally detailed EA’s collaboration with Lucasfilm and Star Wars, saying that the writer had delivered “a few of the highest high quality and best-selling Star Wars video games of all time, with over $5 billion (roughly Rs. 41,861 crore) in internet bookings.
“This spectacular monitor document consists of after all the Star Wars Jedi video games, the place over 40 million Star Wars followers have linked with Cal Kestis and his arc of changing into a strong Jedi,” she added.
In 2013, EA acquired an unique license to supply Star Wars video games for consoles and PC for a interval 10 years and has since made standard Star Wars Battlefront titles, area fight motion title Star Wars: Squadrons and two video games within the Star Wars Jedi sequence. EA, nevertheless, not has unique rights to creating Star Wars video video games.
Star Wars Jedi trilogy
Ahead of the launch of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, recreation director Stig Asmussen had mentioned that he at all times noticed Cal Kestis’ story as a trilogy. Asmussen, who had helmed the primary two video games within the trilogy, has since departed Respawn and arrange his personal studio.
While that is the primary time EA has confirmed growth on the follow-up to Jedi Survivor, at a Comic Con occasion in September 2023, Cameron Monaghan, the actor who offers his voice, likeness and movement caption for Star Wars Jedi protagonist Cal Kestis, had shared {that a} third recreation within the trilogy was below growth. “We’re engaged on the third. We’re within the strategy of doing it proper now,” Monaghan had reportedly mentioned. “That’s a giant endeavor and there have been some conversations thus far, however hopefully when all issues are mentioned and carried out, we’ll be capable of go in and make one thing actually cool for you guys once more.”
The Star Wars Jedi sequence tells the coming-of-age story of Cal Kestis, a former Padawan who survived the purge and, as a younger Jedi, goes on a sprawling journey to rebuild the order with the assistance of his associates, finally changing into a strong Jedi Knight. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the second recreation within the trilogy, launched final yr on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. The recreation lastly launched on PS4 and Xbox One on Tuesday.
