Are you curious why Respawn Entertainment went with a male protagonist for its Star Wars title, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order" It seems rather simple, really. The recent Star Wars films have a female lead protagonist in Rey. As such, Respawn wanted to differentiate its work from what?s presently being done with the franchise on the big screen. Game Director Stig Asmussen explained as much during a recent episode of Game Informer?s podcast. The director told podcast listeners the following: ?We talked about different genders. We arrived where we were because at the time, Rey was the thing for Star Wars, and so it made a lot more sense for us to have a male protagonist.?

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