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News video games 08 July 2019, 21:47

author: Jacob Blazewicz

Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order Protagonist is Not a Woman Because of Rey

Stig Asmussen, director of Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order, commented on the main character of the game. According to the devs, the team decided on a man because of... Rey from the new Star Wars trilogy.

Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order could have had a completely different protagonist.

You wondered why Cal Kestis, the hero of Star Wars Jedi: The Fallen Order, is a man? Probably not, but apparently a lot of people were very interested in this fact, since the director of the game himself spoke on the matter. During the conversation with Game Informer, Stig Asmussen mentioned the reasons why they decided to use that particular protagonist. Respawn Entertainment was considering one of the many alien Star Wars races, as Asmussen himself said. The idea is certainly intriguing - so far we could only play as aliens in Star Wars: The Old Republic. However, in the end it was decided that the main character must be a human, because - and we quote - 'otherwise many people would feel alienated' and would not feel attached to the character.

The devs of the game did not want another female character the completion of Rey's trilogy.

The devs also considered the gender of the character before deciding - as some Star Wars fans complained in April - on "another white Jedi man". According to Asmussen, the main reason was... Rey from the new cinema trilogy. The team was supposed to come to the conclusion that a man in the lead role "is very sensible" in the context of the female character in the last two films. Quite original justification, but apparently the director decided that it was worth emphasizing the reasons for this quasi-controversial decision.

Jacob Blazewicz

Jacob Blazewicz

Graduated with a master's degree in Polish Studies from the University of Warsaw with a thesis dedicated to this very subject. Started his adventure with GRYOnline.pl in 2015, writing in the Newsroom and later also in the film and technology sections (also contributed to the Encyclopedia). Interested in video games (and not only video games) for years. He began with platform games and, to this day, remains a big fan of them (including Metroidvania). Also shows interest in card games (including paper), fighting games, soulslikes, and basically everything about games as such. Marvels at pixelated characters from games dating back to the time of the Game Boy (if not older).

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