One of the most interesting periods in the story of Star Wars is the 19 years between the end of Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and the beginning of Episode IV: A New Hope. That`s the section of time when Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa grew up on their respective planets, while the Empire consolidated its power and built the Death Star. The spookiest and most interesting story from that period, though, is the one about how Darth Vader scoured the galaxy after the formation of the Empire, hunting down and exterminating the last of the Jedi.We haven`t seen much of what Darth Vader was up to in the years after he turned to the Dark Side. There`s a comic series about him that covers a part of that era, but there are still a lot of gaps about what happened to various Jedi in the Dark Times before what`s depicted in the original movie trilogy. But we`ll soon get a closer look at that period, thanks to one story directly related to Vader`s campaign to eliminate his former friends and comrades: Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order.Not a lot is known about Respawn Entertainment`s Star Wars game, but the first trailer gives the gist of things. It follows a Jedi Padawan named Cal Kestis, who managed to escape Order 66--the order from the Emperor to his clone soldiers to execute the Jedi--and is now living in hiding. Cal uses his Force powers one day to save someone after an accident, and that exposes him; it looks like the rest of the game is about Cal becoming a fugitive as the Empire tries to hunt him down.Undoubtedly, Jedi Fallen Order will expand on the greater Star Wars story while focusing on the coolness of the moment-to-moment power of being a Jedi Knight. Surely, Cal will send storm troopers flying, lock lightsabers (or maybe vibroblades) with the Empire`s spooky Force-wielders, and maybe move some impossibly huge stuff with his mind.It actually all sounds like another great Star Wars game about a Jedi and Darth Vader`s campaign to destroy them, which took place during ...
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