Summary
With Massive Entertainment’s open-worldStar Warstitle,Star Wars Outlaws,due to launch later this month, publisher Ubisoft has provided some insight into what the game’s post-launch roadmap will entail. It has long been known that, much like many other Ubisoft titles,Star Wars Outlawswould have a Season Pass, and that this would beincluded in the game’s Gold Edition or Ultimate Edition, with the latter also being included as part of Ubisoft’sUbisoft+ Premium subscriptionwith three days early access.
The Ubisoft website advertisedtwo new story pack DLCs as part of the Season Pass, along with anadditional “Jabba’s Gambit” missionthat will be exclusive to Season Pass holders at launch, although Ubisoft has noted that Jabba and the Hutt Cartel will play a major part in the base game regardless of whether players have access to this mission. What wasn’t previously known, however, was exactly what these extra story packs would contain and when players would get their hands on the content.
Star Wars Outlaws: Release Date, Preorder Bonuses, Setting, & Characters
Ubisoft announced the release date for its upcoming Star Wars Outlaws game with a new trailer that gave a better look at its setting and characters.
Star Wars Outlaws' Season Pass Will Provide New Content Until Spring 2025
With This New Content Releasing In Three Batches
A new blog post byUbisoftrevealed thatStar Wars Outlaws' Season Pass will include content divided into three release windows: the game’s launch, Fall 2024, and Spring 2025.On launch day, season pass owners will gain access to a character pack and the previously confirmedJabba’s Gambitexclusive mission, which will give Kay one additional quest from the Hutt Cartel that ties into the story of ND-5, a battle-hardened BX Commando Droid who joins Kay’s crew.
The character pack contains the “Kessel Runner” cosmetics for Kay and Nix, with the screenshot showing Kay sporting similar attire to one ofStar Wars' most well-known scoundrels-turned-heroes, Han Solo. This attire matchesStar Wars Outlaws' pre-order bonus, which consists of a Kessel Runner cosmetic pack for Kay’s speeder and her starship, Trailblazer.
Star Wars Outlaws Preview: Rogue Fantasy Done Right
Star Wars Outlaws is every bit the rogue fantasy it promises at first glance, with a cheeky protagonist and lots of promise underneath.
The Star Wars Outlaws: Wild Card DLC Launches In Fall 2024
And Will See Kay Crossing Paths With Lando Calrissian
The first ofStar WarsOutlaws' story pack DLCs is titledWild Cardand will launch in Fall 2024. The expansion sees Kay being hired to infiltrate a high-stakes Sabacc tournament, tying into the card-based mini-game present throughout the base game. According to Ubisoft’s blog post, Kay will cross paths with the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian during this mission and soon learns that “another game is being played.”
InStar Warscanon, Sabbac plays a bit like Blackjack, but with more random cards that can be changed as parts of a “Sabacc Shift” to make the game a bit more complex, but the version seen inStar Wars Outlaws' recent leaksseems to be a more simplified, accessible version of the game.
Lando was spotted playing a game of Sabacc in theStar Wars Outlawsfootage shown at the 2024 Summer Game Fest. While many assumed this may have just been part of the main game’s gambling mini-game, with the recent news aboutWild Card’s storyline, this may actually have been the first look atStar Wars Outlaws' post-launch content.
ConsideringStar Wars Outlaws' point on the overallStar Warstimeline, it will be interesting to see if her interactions with Lando play into the wider story of the original trilogy of movies at all.Star Wars Outlawstakes placebetweenThe Empire Strikes BackandReturn of the Jedi,as is evident by the fact that Jabba has Han Solo in carbonite prominently displayed in his palace.
Despite reluctantly betraying Han, Leia, Chewbacca, and C-3PO upon their arrival on Cloud City - ultimately resulting in Han being frozen in carbonite - the final moments ofThe Empire Strikes Backsee Lando helping Leia, Chewbacca, and Luke escape Cloud City before promising to help find Han. Therefore,his appearance inStar Wars Outlawscould be part of this quest, with the “other game being played” potentially setting up the daring rescue attempt inReturn of the Jedi’s opening moments.
ConsideringStar Wars Outlaws' trailers have revealed that Kay has been inside Jabba’s Palace in the base game and has seen Han Solo trapped there, it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to have the two storylines connect.
When this first story pack is released,Season Pass owners also get two additional cosmetic packs:theHunter’s Legacybundle and theCartel Roninbundle. Each of these comes with additional outfits for Kay and Nix and cosmetics for Kay’s speeder and Trailblazer.
Every New & Legacy Character Confirmed For Star Wars Outlaws
With the reveal of Star Wars Outlaws' new story trailer, a better look has been provided at some of the characters Kay Vess will be interacting with.
The Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune DLC Launches In Spring 2025
With Kay Running Into A Veteran Pirate
The final story pack contained inStar Wars Outlaws' Season Pass isA Pirate’s Fortune. Ubisoft’s description of the pack doesn’t give too much away but suggests that it ties into the backstory for Kay’s ship, Trailblazer. Kay can be seen stealing Trailblazer in some ofStar Wars Outlaws' promotional material, butA Pirate’s Fortunesuggests that the ship already has a reputation among the criminal underworld. The synopsis states thatKay will run into veteran pirate Hondo Ohnaka because of Trailblazer, as he looks to settle old scores with a ruthless gang of pirates.
Hondo Ohnaka has appeared in plenty ofStar Warsmedia, most prominently as part of theClone WarsandRebelsanimated series, where he interacted with the likes of Count Dooku, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker during his time as thePirate King of Florrum. These series showed his fall from this position, andby the Imperial Era in whichStar Wars Outlawsis set, he had begun taking on freelance work for various criminal factions.
Hondo was captured by the Crimson Dawn’s lieutenant Qi’ra in the year 11 BBY after a bounty hunting attempt went wrong on Hondo’s part, although Hondo would later claim in the bookThe Secrets of the Bounty Huntersthat he had come out on top. AsQi’ra is already confirmed to make an appearancein the game and has been shown interacting with Kay in promotional images, withStar Wars Outlawstaking place in the year 4 ABY, it would make for an interesting reunion should Hondo and Qi’ra’s paths cross again.
Considering how Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft have reiterated that Kay Vess' story will not focus on the main conflict between the rebels and the Empire inStar Wars Outlaws, but rather the inner workings of the Outer Rim’s criminal underworld, it will be interesting to see how legacy characters such as Hondo’s stories intertwine with Kay’s throughout the story DLCs, or more intriguingly, Lando’s, considering the role he plays in assisting the Rebels at this time.
Source:Ubisoft
Star Wars Outlaws
Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars Outlaws is an open-world action-adventure game where players hop into the scoundrel boots of Kay Vess, a woman who travels the galaxy Looking for a better life. Together with her furry partner Nix and new allies she meets along the way, Kay will navigate the various landscapes, towns, and planets across the galaxy while outsmarting both Crime Syndicates and the Empire.
