Credit: LucasfilmTo say we’ve had some disappointing Star Wars content over the past decade would be considered a huge understatement by many fans. From the sequel trilogy’s The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker to Disney+ shows like Ahsoka (2023) and The Acolyte (2024), the faraway galaxy has had no shortage of stories that have left many dissatisfied.
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Star Wars Outlaws‘ Critical and Financial Reception
Among the franchise’s most divisive and debated entries is the open-world video game Star Wars Outlaws. Released in 2024, Ubisoft’s highly anticipated title landed with a soft thud.
Despite some promising features, from sprawling landscapes across a variety of planets to dynamic combat and stealth systems and some interesting characters, the game came under heavy fire for clunky mechanics, technical glitches, and its overall lack of ambition and scale for an open-world game set in the faraway galaxy.
Some gamers also called it “woke” for making in-game changes to lead actress Humberly González, who performed the motion capture for Kay Vess.
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The Game Continues but in a Different Medium
Ubisoft also later revealed that Star Wars Outlaws didn’t deliver the sales numbers. Nevertheless, it hasn’t stopped the game from getting additional content in the form of DLCs, from Wild Card to A Pirate’s Fortune, which have allowed the game to expand its storytelling while also introducing new characters (and some familiar ones, too).
Now, the game has been given its own tie-in novel titled Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon. Written by Mike Chen, the brand-new book is an official prequel to the 2024 game and was published on February 3.
But rather than following Kay and her companion Nix, it centers on Outlaws characters ND-5 and Jaylen Vrax as they “embark on their descent into the galaxy’s underworld in search of answers and opportunity,” per the description from Penguin Random House.
Will We Get Star Wars Outlaws 2?
Whether we’ll get an actual video game sequel to Outlaws remains to be seen. Given that it didn’t perform particularly well critically or commercially, it seems highly unlikely.
Here’s hoping Ubisoft, or perhaps another developer, is willing to give fans an open-world game set in a galaxy far, far away that’s similar to Star Wars Genesis, the outstanding mod for the otherwise unrelated 2023 role-playing video game Starfield.
Either way, it’s clear that even the most disappointing Star Wars entries tend to survive through tie-in media. The likes of The Rise of Skywalker and The Acolyte alone have continued in the form of comics and novels.
Star Wars Outlaws: Low Red Moon is available to buy now.
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