Circa Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 It's been 20 years since Jedi Outcast launched in 2002, if you can believe that. This masterpiece of a game truly defined what it means to be Jedi in a video game, even to this day, with its intricate lightsaber combat and Force powers. Continuing the Dark Forces story, Outcast follows the mercenary turned Jedi, Kyle Katarn, after he shuts himself off from the Force and returns to being an agent of the New Republic. With such a milestone anniversary, I really wanted to do something special here, and unfortunately I did not get this published in time for the actual day, yesterday. I'm hoping I will be forgiven for being late with how great this project turned out. I got a chance to sit down with 5 of the developers of Jedi Outcast over a Zoom call and not only did they take time to talk with me about this wonderful game, but they talked to me for nearly 3 hours. I cut it down to just 2 hours. It's clear from the very beginning that they were truly passionate about this game and consider it their proudest achievement. Take a look at the video below and listen as they reminisce and chat about development and that era of their careers! Reddit post View full article Smoo, Droidy365 and Asulynn like this
RJA Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 That's totally AWESOME. Those men made my childhood. I am not exagerating. GamerRedNeck, z3filus, Tuutelis and 2 others like this
MagSul Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 Thank you so much for the work that you put into this, Circa. Some interesting questions and interesting answers. It's been great listening to these guys chat about the game. GamerRedNeck and Circa like this
CansecoDev Posted March 27, 2022 Posted March 27, 2022 Awesome job, awesome interview! This brings me a tear of joy I'll never forget. I knew something was stirring from that green banner the other day, and absolutely the wait has been worth it. Thanks you all for this, it means a lot and is always inspirational to see the original JK team talking about the game. May the force be with you. Always! GamerRedNeck, Circa, {JoF} Atlas and 1 other like this
Teancum Posted March 28, 2022 Posted March 28, 2022 Thanks for this -- listened to it like a podcast. Those guys were chatting like old friends being reunited after years apart. No wonder these games are absolute gold. Circa, MagSul and GamerRedNeck like this
Maksman Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Jedi Outcast is and always will be my number one favorite game and Jedi Academy is part of that placement for me. Outcast got me into Star Wars and I love the Bryar Pistol to death. Happy 20 jk2. Tuutelis, MagSul, GamerRedNeck and 1 other like this
LusoJedi Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Pretty cool to know all that trivia with how the floor reflections were achieved, and the origin of the names (Lenico, Kejim, etc). Can't wait for next year's Jedi Academy reunion. H3llBaron, MagSul, GamerRedNeck and 1 other like this
OCD2 Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Interesting to hear the anecdotes of the creating of the game, wish they had more - why dont they remember every little detail of 20 years ago!!! *sarcasm* Good of you to put this together, nice to see all involved had good memories of the experience. Six hour, 20 year Jedi academy anniversary video next year! GamerRedNeck, Circa, Sentra and 1 other like this
Futuza Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 I love how we learn that Desaan's origins were one of Eric's RPG characters from a tabletop game. Smoo, GamerRedNeck, Circa and 1 other like this
Circa Posted March 31, 2022 Author Posted March 31, 2022 22 hours ago, Futuza said: I love how we learn that Desaan's origins were one of Eric's RPG characters from a tabletop game. Yes! And Kejim is literally just Kevin + Jim. Smoo, Futuza and GamerRedNeck like this
Circa Posted April 1, 2022 Author Posted April 1, 2022 If you were waiting on the subtitles to go up, they are up and working. Sorry for the wait. For some reason YouTube took forever to process it and then they didn't automatically publish them when they were done.
RAILBACK Posted April 15, 2022 Posted April 15, 2022 Nice to meet you Circa. Smoo, GamerRedNeck and Circa like this
Sentra Posted May 14, 2022 Posted May 14, 2022 Dope! Great job partying the folks from the dev team. GamerRedNeck likes this
Midtaurus Posted June 23, 2022 Posted June 23, 2022 Happy B DAY JK2 ... Thanks Circa Circa likes this
skew Posted August 8, 2022 Posted August 8, 2022 What a great idea. Thanks for doing this, Circa. I watched a portion but will check the rest out over this week. Thanks to the staff and the community for keeping this site vibrant. It's much appreciated, even by sporadic lurkers like me! Circa, Futuza, GamerRedNeck and 1 other like this
{JoF} Atlas Posted March 27, 2023 Posted March 27, 2023 Wow what a gift this was, thank you. Circa likes this
theNEMESiS Posted April 10, 2023 Posted April 10, 2023 20-25 guys making a game in 10 months, then patching it once, VOILÁ :-)) absolutely great you caught them! Circa likes this
LusoJedi Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 Any chance of doing something similar this year for Jedi Academy?
Circa Posted June 26, 2023 Author Posted June 26, 2023 5 hours ago, LusoJedi said: Any chance of doing something similar this year for Jedi Academy? Yes! Smoo and LusoJedi like this
LusoJedi Posted June 26, 2023 Posted June 26, 2023 Oh, nice! Let us know if/when you're taking fan questions.
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