This article comprises main spoilers for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, together with a key plot level and its penalties.
Respawn Entertainment’s Jedi: Survivor features a story as complicated as some other in Star Wars, and director Stig Asmussen has revealed what impressed its greatest twist.
Speaking to IGN for Podcast Beyond, Asmussen revealed {that a} basic Keanu Reeves movie immediately impressed one character and, ultimate spoiler warning, the reference is surprisingly on the nostril.
Jedi: Survivor’s Bode was primarily based on Bodhi from Point Break, large betrayal and all. “Bode is born out of our narrative director Aaron Contreras,” Asmussen stated. “He had this concept, of all films, [from] Point Break.”
He continued: “That was the genesis for it and we needed to have this character that they’ve this friendship, this bond, however then simply take the participant on the journey and be taught this man’s a traitor on the similar time that Cal learns it.
“He’s an amazing struggle on the finish. That actually was a lot of the emotion within the recreation, he was born out of that. We’re actually pleased with the way it turned out.”
Bode, the shut buddy of Cal who betrayed him and induced a disaster, each emotional and literal, is sort of too much like Bodhi, the shut buddy of Johnny who betrayed him and induced a disaster, each emotional and literal. We cannot imagine we did not see it sooner.
“When we had been play-testing the sport, some individuals noticed Bode coming from a mile away, and so they nonetheless preferred it as a result of it made them really feel good,” Asmussen added. “The folks that had been simply floored by it, they liked it as properly, however it’s an attention-grabbing story.”
Jedi: Survivor grew to become one of the best promoting recreation of April regardless of solely being obtainable for 2 days of that month and obtained excessive essential reward too.
In our 9/10 assessment, IGN stated: “If Respawn makes a 3rd recreation like Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and Fallen Order, it will full one of the best Star Wars trilogy in 30 years, arms down.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer and appearing UK information editor. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.
