A big, open world Star Wars game has been rumored for some time now. I even did a List of Six about what I’d like to see in such a game when it was first announced two years ago. Based on the new trailer and game announcement, looks like I’m getting about half of what I hoped for. Star Wars: Outlaws will be a non-Jedi game where you play as a plucky, young scoundrel getting up to crimes and mischief sometime during the original trilogy timeframe.

Here’s the cinematic announcement trailer.

Looks fine. Looks full of Star Wars stuff. The protagonist looks neat. I’m disappointed that she’s just another human. And a white person at that. But I can live with it. At least she’s a woman. This is Star Wars. Why can’t we have really diverse alien protagonists for some of these games? Does that not test well? Would nobody buy the game if the protagonist was a lady Twi’lek?

Anyway, here’s the gameplay trailer.

Again, looks fine. That’s all the open world gameplay stuff that I really enjoy. I like how she can transition between locations, including planets, maybe. I like how she can use her little pet to accomplish stuff in game, like effect the environment and grab new weapons.

But it also all looks kind of samey. Nothing really stands out as new or exciting for an open world game. So perhaps it will just be a generally enjoyable Star Wars game. Nothing wrong with that. I like those.

Star Wars: Outlaws, produced by Ubisoft, comes out sometime next year.

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