Cal Kestis, the hero of EA’s Star Wars Jedi video video games, will seem in a spin-off TV sequence — marking his first voiced look in one other medium.
The redheaded Jedi will play a job in new episodes of Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy set to debut on streaming service Disney+ subsequent month. A non-canon spin-off set in a “What If?”-style remixed Star Wars universe, Rebuild the Galaxy beforehand launched the world to Darth Jar-Jar. Who is aware of what this second spherical of episodes will see Kestis (or an alternate universe model of him) stand up to.
As in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Kestis will as soon as once more be voiced by Cameron Monaghan, in the actor’s first voice position as Kestis outdoors of a online game. Information of Monaghan’s return, in addition to Kestis’ look on a poster for the sequence, come amid fan hypothesis the Jedi might ultimately flip up in live-action kind — one thing Monaghan himself has mentioned he’s open to.
Whereas Monaghan has mentioned he would “completely” need to painting Kestis in live-action, the actor has additionally mentioned the undertaking would “have to be proper” for the character. “By that I imply, it has to proceed the story or the character in a way,” Monagahan mentioned in March 2024.
“I do not need him to simply sort of present up to stand round and be there. I need him to imply one thing and for there to be a significance for the character itself. So, it might have to make sense. However in the proper context then, yeah, completely.”
Kestis’ look in Rebuild the Galaxy marks the newest look of his fashionable character outdoors of Respawn’s Jedi sequence, alongside different parts from the video games. Kestis already has a spin-off novel, Jedi: Battle Scars, and popped up in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, a smartphone recreation additionally revealed by EA.
Over time, numerous parts from the Star Wars: Jedi sequence have popped up elsewhere. A droid of the identical mannequin as Kestis’ loyal companion BD-1 is featured in Episode 5 of The E-book of Boba Fett (you can even purchase the droid as a LEGO set), whereas Season 1 of Ahsoka noticed the titular Jedi use psychometry. This uncommon drive capacity permits Jedi to detect echoes of the previous by interacting with objects or areas, and was taken by some as a sign that Ashoka had encountered Kestis sooner or later in her previous.
Is that this simply Disney having enjoyable with its huge solid of Star Wars characters, a reminder there’s nonetheless a 3rd Star Wars: Jedi recreation from Respawn on the best way, or a tease that followers can anticipate but extra from Kestis (and Monaghan) in future? Time will inform.
For now, Rebuild the Galaxy launches through Disney+ on September 19.
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