Summary
Massive Entertainment’sStar Wars Outlawsfollows a scoundrel, Kay Vess, as she embarks on a daring adventure that takes her across the Outer Rim, dealing with some of the galaxy’s most ruthless criminal organizations in a bid to earn her freedom after one of the galaxy’s major crime lords, Sliro, puts a bounty on her head. To do so, Kay explores the land on her trusty speeder and takes to the skies in her starship, The Trailblazer.
Screen Rant’s Rob Keyes visited Ubisoft Toronto and spoke toStar Wars: Outlaws' Narrative Director Navid Khavari about where the inspiration for theStar Warsfranchise’s latest ship came from, and what goes into designing a new hero ship in a series that’s already full of so many iconic ones. As it turns out,the team at Massive Entertainment turned to not just the original movies for inspiration, but its classic merchandise, namely the impressive toy line of the 80s, with Khavari saying the following:
Navid Khavari:For The Trailblazer, I mean, there are so many different inspirations. I think if I’m quoting our art director here, but the sort of turtle shell was a big element that felt, incorporating that, it was sort of some of the toys from the ’80s, and fusing that all together into a ship that we knew would need to feel like the home of Kay. Kind of feels like if you’re a scoundrel, your ship is your home because you’re a traveler. Right?
Star Wars Outlaws Is Taking Unlikely Inspiration From George Lucas' First Star Wars Movie
Massive Entertainment’s attention to detail ensures that Star Wars Outlaws feels like part of the original trilogy.
Trailblazer Is A Major Part Of Star Wars Outlaws' Open-World Gameplay
With Seamless Transitions From Planets Into Open-Space Combat
It’s long been confirmed thatThe Trailblazer will play a major part inStar Wars Outlaws' gameplay, with the first gameplay reveal for the title showing Kay escaping her enemies on her speeder before jumping aboard the ship and seamlessly soaring into the sky anddiving into space combat. ConsideringStar Wars Outlawsis being marketed as a massive open-galaxy experience, The Trailblazer isn’t just for daring chase sequences, however, and players will be able to treat it as their base, with Khavari stating that it needed to feel like Kay’s home.
As teased in the August 22ndXboxGamescom 2024 coverage,players will be able to board The Trailblazer at any time and change Kay’s outfits or customize her blaster, much as they could with Cal Kestis' lightsaber when visiting the Stinger Mantis in Respawn Entertainment’sStar Wars Jedi: Survivor.The announcement that accompanied the game’s story traileralso revealed that while there were the expected outfits available for Kay, there would also be some cosmetics for her vehicles too, giving players the chance tocustomize the new starshipwith patterns resembling that of the Millenium Falcon with theKessel Runnerpack that is available as the pre-order bonus, and several others that can be unlocked in the game.
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Star Wars Outlaws
Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars Outlaws is an open-world action-adventure game where players hop into the scoundrel boots of Kay Vess, a woman who travels the galaxy Looking for a better life. Together with her furry partner Nix and new allies she meets along the way, Kay will navigate the various landscapes, towns, and planets across the galaxy while outsmarting both Crime Syndicates and the Empire.
