More snippets of information about Star Wars Jedi Survivor are steadily being released, with the most recent of these shedding more light on combat, traversal, and a new face for the series.
Speaking to Game Informer, director Stig Asmussen stated players will discover “five fully realised stances in the game” for protagonist Cal Kestis, including a dedicated dual blade option and Kylo Ren-esque crossguard-style lightsaber (both of which were glimpsed in the most recent gameplay trailer, which you can see below).
As you may already have assumed, Asmussen said it will be “advantageous to use certain types of stances against certain types of enemies”. This, the director says, will require the player to “break down the enemies and figure out what the best weapon of choice is”.
As for those weapons, Cal will have access to lightsabers and a blaster on Jedi Survivor’s release. The aforementioned dual blade option will see “Kestis flipping and spinning his two separate blades at high speed”. Meanwhile, he will be able to use his blaster simultaneously with a lightsaber.
“It really speaks to where we find Cal in this part of the story,” Asmussen explained, calling Kestis an “unconventional Jedi”.
“It’s five years since the first game, and the dark times are still in full swing… he has to do unconventional things. So, something that would be frowned upon during the height of the Jedi Order? Cal’s finding he’s going to do whatever it takes.”