“It’s something that they’re probably the most protective of, except for maybe Baby Yoda.”
“To Lucasfilm, the Jedi are like the holy grail.
So we had to kind of earn that.
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We had to go through a whole process of, why do you want it to be a Jedi?
What do you want to do with the Jedi?
They were really uncomfortable with Jedi, and they said, ‘Let’s reset this.
Let’s call this character a Force user,'” Asmussen said.
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“That’s not my background.
My background came from God of War …
I’ve never worked on a shooter, and you need a different team to do that.
You might as well be asking me to make a racing game.
In the end, Respawn convinced Lucasfilm and created a series focused around a Jedi named Cal Kestis.
His story continues in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, which releases on April 28 for console and PC.
you might read more in ourStar Wars Jedi: Survivor preview.
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