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ForStar Wars Outlaws, Massive worked together withLucasFilmGames to bring a different kind of Star Wars story to life.
“It was crucial to us that Star Wars Outlaws is not a story about the Rebel Alliance.
It’s not a story about the Empire.
So who is Kay?
And like any great scoundrel she takes risks, rolls the dice.
And that is the only way really to succeed in the Star Wars underworld.”
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And so that felt like a really, really good period to base our game and our story."
But we actually delved a little bit further into the cinematic roots that George Lucas himself used."
“We moved into what we call story rooms,” Khavari says.
“These weren’t just writers rooms, which is sort of what we traditionally might see.
And this is something we’ve been carrying forward quite early in the project.”
“What emerged out of those story rooms is the narrative pillars of the game.
“We really feel like Kay is one of us,” Khavari says.
“She’s not part of this sort of bigger battle between good or evil, rebellion and Empire.
This is someone who is relatable to us, someone that we can connect with.
And with that in mind, it gives us a new perspective.
What does that play like when you have no history, or even any idea who Jabba is?
Outlaw origins
As Kay goes up against the underworld, she won’t be alone.
“Kay herself is going to be taking jobs on Canto,” Khavari says.
