STACK #238 August 2024

GAMING FEATURE

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Navid tells us more about our story’s protagonist... KAY VESS MEET

"Kay grew up alone, fighting for scraps in the Workers District of Canto Bight, relying on her skills as a thief and Nix to pull off small cons to get by. Kay has always felt that the galaxy is rigged against people like her, and has always

THE FUGITIVE KIND Star Wars Outlaws is the first ever fully open world game set in George Lucas’s ever-expanding universe, telling the tale of scoundrel Kay Vess and trusty sidekick Nix, and their attempt to pull off a huge heist to pay a debt to a criminal syndicate. Navid Khavari, the game’s narrative director at developers Massive Entertainment, tells us more.… Words Bec Summer

dreamed of a life beyond Canto, where she doesn't answer to anyone. This job is her opportunity to make that dream of hers a reality and to finally be truly free."

you interact with, the jobs you take on, the support you receive, and even the access you have to certain territories. Some familiar faces will be encountered, including Jabba the Hutt. In what way does he figure in Star Wars Outlaws ? The legendary Hutt Cartel represent one of the criminal syndicates that Kay will encounter during her journey. Kay and Nix will come face to face with Jabba in his iconic throne room on Tatooine, but the Hutt presence will be felt across other locations and planets too, where you will meet some new faces of the Hutt Cartel, so you’ll need to be careful as your reputation will follow you.

S tar Wars Outlaws really lets us into the seamy criminal underworld of the Star Wars universe. A key agitator in the

The Pyke Syndicate, The Hutt Cartel, and the Ashiga Clan are in the game. We can also reveal that the elegant and sophisticated - yet highly dangerous - syndicate Crimson Dawn will also be a key player. Across the Outer Rim, Kay will build her reputation and form tense and ever-changing alliances with each of these syndicates, which will offer varying gameplay and narrative opportunities depending on your actions, whether providing access to some of the most lucrative jobs in the galaxy or hunting you down if you’ve double-crossed them. How will Kay interact with these syndicates? Our game takes place in a golden age for the underworld – these syndicates have real power in each of the locations that Kay and Nix will visit on their journey. Their impact and influence will be felt wherever you go, from the vendors

story is Sliro. Please, can you tell us more about him, and his connection to Kay Vess? Sliro is one of the galaxy’s elite, living in Canto Bight and leading his own burgeoning and highly lethal criminal syndicate, Zerek Besh. After a failed job,

What was it like being able to create new syndicates in the Star Wars galaxy? It was an honour to collaborate with Lucasfilm Games on bringing new syndicates to life and to be able to add something to this legendary galaxy. Ever since I was a kid, Star

Sliro doesn’t take kindly to Kay, placing a bounty on her head and sending one of the galaxy’s best bounty hunters, Vail, to hunt her down. In search of her freedom from the bounty that follows her, Kay will set out across the Outer Rim, seeking out and convincing skilled and capable outlaws to help her pull off one of the greatest heists the galaxy has ever seen. Which other syndicates will we encounter in Star Wars Outlaws , and what can you tell us about them?

Wars was an escape for me and my family, and I’ve gone from playing with Star Wars toys and making up little stories with my brother to now contributing alongside

• Star Wars Outlaws is out Aug 30

an amazing team, and giving back to the franchise that I’ve loved for so long.

In the golden age of criminal syndicates, those in Star Wars Outlaws are spread across the Outer Rim and their impact can be felt everywhere. We’ve previously shared that

Star Wars Outlaws is set between the events of movies The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi . DYK?

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