EA had pretty much fumbled their Star Wars license with the disastrous launches like Star Wars Battlefront II, but they managed to finally get a hit with the semi-Soulslike Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
With the successful release of the game’s sequel Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, it has been confirmed that the next game featuring Cal Kestis will be the final one to close the franchise. During EA’s Investor Day 2024 presentation (via GameSpot), it was confirmed that the story of Cal and the crew of the Mantis is set to close with the third and final game. EA president of entertainment and technology Laura Miele said about the Jedi games:
“We have delivered some of the highest quality and best-selling Star Wars games of all-time, with over $5 billion in net bookings… This impressive track record includes of course the Star Wars ‘Jedi’ games, where over 40 million Star Wars fans have connected with Cal Kestis and his arc of becoming a powerful Jedi. Respawn is working hard to bring the final chapter of this thrilling story to players.”
The series had started out originally with Cal Kestis being a Jedi on the run, but by the time of the sequel Survivor, he is a full-fledged rebel, complete with a new fighting style that brings together saber and blaster combat.
Thought Fallen Order had introduced the foundations of the Jedi games, Survivor had improved upon it, adding more saber fighting forms from the dual lightsaber wield to the heavy crossguard saber.
It’s unclear how a third game would be able to switch things up, but I had always hoped that the player would be able to control other characters in Cal’s crew, similar to how the player can also control Atreus in God of War besides Kratos. Can’t Merrin be the square button this time?
A third Star Wars Jedi game hasn’t been officially announced.
