DEEP DIVE

A survivor of Order 66, Cal Kestis lived his first few years after the death of the Jedi in hiding. After using the Force to save a friend, Cal was dragged back into the dangerous lifestyle he had worked to avoid. Teaming up with a new droid & the crew of the Mantis, Cal adventures through the Galaxy to protect those he cares about & take down the flourishing Empire.

A droid entrusted with crucial information, BD-1 leads Cal through the first part of his mission. Being a great pal & handy resource in many ways, Cal keeps him around and the two form a solid friendship.

A former Jedi who has stopped using the Force, Cere is haunted by her past. Once Cal joins the team, she is forced to confront her past trauma and help guide Cal in the right path.

Captain of the Mantis, Greez is a "tough on the outside, soft on the inside" kind of guy who cares deeply about both his crew & his ship. He doesn't do much throughout the game as he never really leaves the ship, but he's a fun guy to have around.

After General Grevious destroyed the Nightsisters, Merrin was the sole survivor on Dathomir. She doesn't trust any newcomers to her planet & possesses powerful abilities as all of the Nightsisters used to. She learns to trust Cal and joins the Mantis crew on the rest of their journey.

Malicos was a Jedi during the Clone Wars. After surviving Order 66, he eventually turned to the Dark Side while on Dathomir. It takes both Cal & Merrin fighting him to bring about his defeat.

You can't break into the home of the Inquisitors without expecting Vader may be lurking around, right? In the big finale of the game, players get to fight (and successfully escape from) the Dark Lord himself.

It truly is not a Rebellion unless Saw Gerrera shows up. While helping fight to save the Wookies from enslavement, Cal teams up with Saw to free Kashyyyk.

First seen in Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith, Trilla Suduri makes her first animated/video game appearance here. As the betrayed Padawan of Cere, the Second Sister is now an Inquisitor who hunts down living Jedi.

A moment that sits with all players is when Cal finally gets his own Kyber crystal. While the scene shows him receiving a blue Kyber (his default color), players can change it to whichever color they prefer to use throughout the game.

Cal Kestis vs. Darth Vader. What's cooler than that? We know that Vader doesn't die until many years later, but that doesn't take the fun out of the fight. Cal managing to stand his ground, BD-1 assisting at a crucial point & then escaping leaving Vader behind to deal with a flooding base? Insane ending to the game.

Is this a "great moment" for Cal? No. Absolutely not. It is, however, always interesting to see new perspectives & survivors of Order 66. We obviously knew that Cal survived somehow, just because he exists, but it wasn't until this scene that we saw the sacrifice made to keep him alive.

While talking about the destruction of her sisters, Merrin recounts the story of when an armored warrior with a lightsaber attacked Dathomir. This is an obvious reference to an episode of The Clone Wars where General Grevious launches an all-out & successful attack on the Nightsisters.

While Cal's backstory of surviving Order 66 is explained, the music we hear in the background is actually the same score from Revenge of the Sith. This perfectly ties in to the fact that this exact situation is playing out for Jedi all across the Galaxy at the same time.

For a brief moment, a still image of Obi-Wan Kenobi with some dialogue performed by his The Clone Wars voice actor (James Arnold Taylor) appears from the Holocron that Cal finds.

In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gonn use a breathing tube device to travel underwater with ease. Throughout the game, Cal uses a similiar device when he needs to swim underwater for quests or just to find hidden chests.