game news Star Wars Outlaws: What place in the saga chronology? We tell you everything!
The latest Star Wars Outlaws trailer has fans of the intergalactic universe jumping for joy, but where does this game fit into the George Lucas saga’s timeline? What events revolve around him? JV gives you all the answers!
Summary
- What is Star Wars Outlaws?
- The uprising is at its peak
- The last embers of the empire
- The age of the bounty hunters
- Jedi reduced to a handful
What is Star Wars Outlaws?
Star Wars: Outlaws was officially released last year and revealed a lengthy gameplay video during the recent Ubisoft Forward. This is an open-world action-adventure game that puts us in the shoes of Kay Vess, a mercenary who has only one obsession: to live as she sees fit. Only then does the Empire constantly put obstacles in his way. In order to free herself, she starts a robbery worth several million credits with the help of a certain Jaylen. Kay is constantly accompanied on her adventures by Nix, a little merqaal, and ND-5, a reprogrammed BX droid from the clone wars. Star Wars Outlaws is set between Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back and Episode 6: Return of the Jedi. A time still little used in the various works of the interstellar universe.
The uprising is at its peak
By the time of Star Wars: Outlaws, the Rebel Alliance may have lost important battles like those of Hoth or Bespin (which took place in The Empire Strikes Back), they are still standing and intend to bounce back. For example, the Battle of Yavin that took place during “A New Hope” allows the Rebellion to recruit more and more members. Rogue and Phoenix Squadron starship pilots (as seen in Star Wars Rebels) continue to roam space to attack an ever-weakening empire. The rebels can also rely on Fulcrum agents, members infiltrated into the Empire, to be kept informed of every move by the regime. The Rebellion has now spread across the galaxy and has never come so close to bringing down the Galactic Empire.
The last embers of the empire
As I said before, the Empire is weakened, and that’s an understatement. At the time, things were going badly for the regime. Still not recovering from the loss of the Death Star, the Imperials have less and less influence over the galaxy’s systems. The Emperor dissolved the Inquisitoris, which were now considered irrelevant. The last Inquisitors are then hunted down by the Purge Troopers and are even forced to become mercenaries to make ends meet. But the Emperor might have done better to preserve the Inquisitoris. ‘Cause in fact Although the Military Order has completed its mission to hunt down the Jedi Knights, it is the Rebellion that causes the Empire most problems. The latter, therefore, focuses his action on the Alliance, giving himself one last chance to shoot them down through a construction site commanded by Grand Admiral Thrawn (villain of the Star Wars Rebels) and Emperor Palpatine, the one of the second battle station room: the Death Star , the will be included in Return of the Jedi.
The age of the bounty hunters
While the Empire and Rebellion waged a Dantesque war, this time is the most propitious for the activities of bounty hunters and other mercenaries. Neither faction will thwart their thugs, quite the opposite: they will try to take advantage of them. If some bandits do not hesitate to join the Rebel Alliance, like Ketsu Onyo or Hondo Ohnaka, others will be tempted by the multitude of credits promised by the Empire (the most telling example is that of Boba Fett and Cad Bane). But there are also criminals who take advantage of these events to start their own business. Such is the case of Vizago and Azmorigan, two arms dealers featured in Star Wars Rebels, who take advantage of the riots to conduct their business without fear of reprisals. The smugglers who have benefited the most from this war are undoubtedly crime boss Jabba and the Pykes Syndicate, which continues to export these spices across the galaxy. So we understand why the heroine of Outlwas is trying to make credits at this point.
Jedi reduced to a handful
One thing is certain, the Inquisitors did their job well, There are technically only four Jedi Knights alive between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi : Luke Skywalker, who completes his training with Yoda on Dagobah; Yoda himself, Ahsoka Tano, still on the run from the Empire and actively searching for the last remaining Jedi; Ezra Bridger, who goes into hiding after the Star Wars Rebels finale to avoid causing trouble for his many friends. At that time, the Lightsaber Knights were not concerned with reforming a new order, but rather with surviving by any means necessary and finding a solution to finally end the yoke of the Imperial regime.
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