Ubisoft Reveals New Details About Star Wars Outlaws' World, Characters, And Syndicates

Ubisoft has dropped a new story trailer for its upcoming action-adventure game Star Wars Outlaws, after revealing that the game will release on August 30 this year. In an additional video, narrative director Navid Khavari breaks down what's shown in the trailer. Here's what we've learned.

The trailer opens with a meeting of some of the Star Wars universe's biggest criminal syndicates, confirming which ones will make an appearance in the game. As well as antagonist Sliro's Zerek Besh, the game will also feature the infamous Hutt Cartel, Crimson Dawn, which was introduced as Darth Maul's criminal enterprise in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the Pyke syndicate, which first appeared in the Clone Wars animated TV series, and the Ashiga Clan, which was created specifically for Star Wars Outlaws.

Throughout the game, the player will be able to make and break alliances with the various syndicates, with these choices impacting how the game plays out. If you're in a syndicate's good books they might put you up for lucrative jobs, while being at odds with them could result in you being targeted. Relationships with the syndicates can also affect what vendors and even territories you have access to throughout the game.

In the trailer breakdown, Khavari also reveals more about protagonist Kay Vess's backstory, having grown up getting by as a thief on the streets of Canto Bight, the lavish gambling destination introduced for The Last Jedi. Sliro's criminal syndicate Zerek Besh is also based in Canto Bight, giving a hint at how Vess may have ended up on his bad side.

Also shown is the acclaimed bounty hunter Vail, who is set on Vess' trail by Sliro during the events of Outlaw. Despite being a "formidable adversary" to Vess, Vail is shown in the trailer to have a degree of respect for the protagonist's skills and reputation. We're also introduced to Jaylen, a kind of mentor figure for Vess, and the one who encourages her to plan her ambitious heist to rob Sliro's high-security mansion.

Outside of these major players, Khavari reveals that part of the game will require Vess to recruit other outlaws to help with said heist, saying Vess wouldn't able to pull it off on her own. While none of these recruitable characters are named, it's hinted that they may be pictured in the story trailer. During the events of Outlaws, Vess will even have the chance to meet the infamous crime lord Jabba the Hutt in his iconic Tatooine throne room.

Ubisoft opened preorders for Star Wars Outlaws this week, ahead of the game's release on August 30. Players who preorder certain editions of the game will be able to start playing three days earlier on August 27.