As Jedi: Fallen Order continues to hit all the right notes with the impossible to satisfy Star Wars fans, the ever loyal fanbase has dug their claws into the game trying to find every reference and call back to the mythos they can find. Apparently, it doesn’t take too long to find a call back to series creator George Lucas and his style of filmmaking, as a small throwaway line from early in the game comes slyly at Lucas’ expense.
In the game’s early stages, Jedi Padawan and protagonist Cal Kestis is learning to wall-run as Jedi Master Jaro Tapal instructs him. As Kestis attempts to perform the move, Tapal urges him on by saying “Faster, more intensity.” This is a callback to a comment made by the late Carrie Fisher during the media promotional tour for 2016’s The Force Awakens where Princess Leia herself said, “George Lucas was wonderful to work with, but he never spoke really. He just said ‘faster!’ or ‘more intense!’.
Lucas’ energetic, yet isolated method of directing has been documented for better or worse. The creator of Star Wars’ “just do it” philosophy has resulted in multiple special editions of the original trilogy and the divisive prequel trilogy. Though the line is a nice little reference to fans, there is no doubt that Fallen Order’s charm comes from feeling more in line with Lucas’ original trilogy of films.
Cal’s journey as a Padawan in exile in the aftermath of Revenge of the Sith follows many of the same beats of Luke Skywalker’s journey. Aaron Contreras of Respawn and lead narrative designer of the game said the whole idea was to tell a “David and Goliath story” more along the lines of the original trilogy. Though Lucas was bought out by Disney when the company purchased the rights to Star Wars, his influence still hovers over the series.
Fallen Order continues to pick up steam and is easily the best game in the Star Wars series in quite some time. As fans continue to play the game in hopes of finding something new, it’s always fun to find small tidbits that would fly over the head over all but the supremely informed. At least Cal isn’t muttering any nonsense about the coarseness of sand or breaking into an unnecessary musical number that does nothing to further the plot, and for that, we should be thankful.
Source: NME