Highlights

  • Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's sequel may mark the end of a trilogy, following the traditional three-act structure seen in Star Wars movies.
  • Cal Kestis breaks traditional Jedi norms in the series, highlighting a more multi-dimensional character with unique storylines and relationships.
  • Respawn shouldn't extend the series without meaningful stories, but ending it as a trilogy could be a mistake if there are unresolved plot points and potential for exciting gameplay.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor marks a few interesting paths for its sequel to trek. There’s no telling if it will have a time jump like its predecessor, but the third entry has a lot of expectations behind it. Gameplay will need to be carefully considered, for instance, while its story may reasonably conclude with this upcoming game. Indeed, third installments in general are commonly presumed to be the final one unless a franchise turns out to be unusually long.

Typically, franchises following a single protagonist may not last longer than three entries and are packaged into a trilogy; this is true of God of War, which was then half-rebooted into the sagas it represents now, and it’s certainly been true of Star Wars movies. Keeping in theme with its IP, Star Wars Jedi could choose to have its own series as a trilogy, making Star Wars Jedi: Survivor the second part of a three-part narrative. This would be disheartening, though, because Cal Kestis as a protagonist and Star Wars Jedi’s Soulslike gameplay would be phenomenal to see continue.

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Why Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’s Sequel Being Its Final Entry Just Makes Sense

Star Wars movies have all been structured based on the three-act storytelling throughline of a trilogy, regardless of whether each respective trilogy as a whole was deemed successful or not. This has turned out to be a largely successful endeavor depending on which corner of the Star Wars fanbase is asked since each trilogy has its loyalists.

An inconsistent plan between installments muddied the latest trilogy and the prequel trilogy has been more popular than ever in the contemporary era, but the original trilogy that began it all is still heralded as a wonderful three-part epic. Therefore, seeing how much Cal Kestis has endured already in two entries, it wouldn’t be surprising if his arc concludes in a bookended trilogy.

The Force Unleashed never got a chance to potentially complete its story in a third entry, for instance, and oftentimes branching out beyond a third installment means that there needs to be a macrocosmic story at work. However, Jedi: Survivor’s sequel will hopefully subvert the movies’ trope like its own stories have about the Jedi and Star Wars in general.

Star Wars Jedi Has Been and Should Be All About Breaking Tradition

Cal Kestis is involuntarily an atypical Jedi. If Anakin Skywalker hadn’t turned to the dark side under Sheev Palpatine’s manipulation, Cal never would have lost his Master and fled for his life, catalyzing all the adventures he and players would experience in Fallen Order and Survivor.

That’s the catalyst for everything that occurs thereafter, but Cal specifically is who Star Wars Jedi has centered on. The Jedi Order being fractured meant Cal wouldn’t finish his training in a traditional sense, and while in Fallen Order he does fight to hopefully one day restore the Jedi Order, it’s soon that he comes to realize that doesn’t need to define who he is.

He upholds the legacy of the Jedi and his lightsaber as symbols of hope in a time of great disparity and evil in the galaxy, but how he carries himself is far from how an ordinary Jedi might. Cal’s abrupt romance with Merrin in Jedi: Survivor alone is a testament to this, showcasing that Cal is more multi-dimensional than many others who wielded a lightsaber valiantly in their time.

Now, Respawn shouldn’t feel the need to arbitrarily extend the series if it doesn’t have any worthwhile stories to tell, whether that’s with Cal at the helm or not.

But to end the series as a trilogy simply to follow the three-act structure of the Star Wars movies could be a mistake if there are a lot of loose threads Star Wars Jedi hasn’t addressed yet. Similarly, its take on Soulslike gameplay is profoundly refreshing for Star Wars and it would be a shame if it was shelved.