Star Wars Outlaws Trailer Reveals Story That Connects To Multiple Eras Of Movies

A new story trailer for has been revealed, showing more of scoundrel Kay Vess' story and the threats she'll be facing across the Outer Rim. Massive Entertainment's open-world title was originally revealed at the June 2023 Xbox Showcase and Ubisoft Forward events. The reveal showed Kay on the run, using her speeder and starship, Trailblazer, to evade her foes on both land and in space.

The new story trailer — which can be found on Ubisoft's YouTube channel — explains more of her motives, revealing that she is still relatively new to the criminal underworld and previously only did what she had to as a means of ensuring her survival, along with that of her loyal Axolotl companion, Nix. As the game's story goes on, however, her reputation seems to grow as she agrees to a "" of a job to steal a fortune from the same crime boss she once angered, calling it her "".

' story trailer opens with the meeting of several of the Outer Rim's main crime syndicates, the Hutts and the Pykes — who had previously been confirmed to appear — and Crimson Dawn, one of the franchise's more recent crime syndicates that was introduced in as an offshoot to Darth Maul's Shadow Collective. As pointed out during this meeting by a new, ruthless crime boss, the underworld has the opportunity to "" as the Empire is distracted by the growing rebellion, calling it a "".

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It's very quickly established that the story takes place around the same time as a very important era of from almost 30 years ago,, even if that game's story has since been deemed non-canon. is set between the events of and, which is evident by the appearance of Han Solo's Carbonite, something Kay can be seen looking at in Jabba the Hutt's Palace on Tatooine before meeting the infamous crime lord. The iconic Sarlaac from — which seems to be based on its original design before the Special Editions — also makes an appearance