Convention - SDCC 2023 : Discover the Star Wars outlaws booth

By Mulder, San Diego, Convention Center, 19 july 2023

Star Wars Outlaws is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment and published by Ubisoft under license by Lucasfilm Games. The game will be set in the Star Wars universe, during the period between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Star Wars Outlaws is a single-player, third person action-adventure game set in the Star Wars universe. Set in an open world, the game will feature stealth and open combat, vehicle combat, space combat, and branching dialogue. Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, layers take control of outlaw scoundrel Kay Vess (portrayed by Humberly González) and her companion Nix (portrayed by Dee Bradley Baker) as they attempt one of the biggest heists the Outer Rim has ever seen.

On 13 January 2021, Ubisoft announced that a Star Wars game was in development by Massive Entertainment and under license by Lucasfilm Games. The game will have a focus on its story and open-world.[7] Massive Entertainment began recruiting additional members to their development team, in part due to developing Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora alongside it.

A cinematic trailer was revealed during the Xbox Games Showcase in June 2023. The following day, ten minutes of gameplay footage was revealed at the Ubisoft Forward showcase. The game is scheduled to release in 2024 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It uses the Snowdrop game engine. he game's development is led by game director Mathias Karlson and creative director Julian Gerighty. Nikki Foy is the lead writer,[ and Navid Khavari the narrative director.

Gerighty said that the time period between Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi was selected because his colleagues are all huge fans of the original trilogy. He also said that the setting created an ideal environment for an established or rookie scoundrel to cut their teeth as it created a moment where the Rebel Alliance are not part of the picture, the Galactic Empire is taking more and more control, and the criminal syndicates are taking more power.

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