Star Wars Outlaws 2 Rallies Gamers Everywhere

It’s a pretty exciting time to be a Star Wars fan. Or, at least it is if you’re a gamer. Opinion on The Mandalorian and Grogu seems to be pretty split, continuing an unfortunate trend for Star Wars on the big screen. However, with games like Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Fate of the Old Republic on the horizon, there are definitely things to look forward to.

That’s not to say there haven’t been some great Star Wars games in the last few years, mind you. Star Wars Battlefront 2 is probably better now than it was at launch, and after a round of much-needed updates, Star Wars Outlaws is a genuinely great open-world Ubisoft adventure set in the iconic galaxy far, far away.

Kay and Nix walking towards a massive crashed star cruiser in Star Wars Outlaws.

Unfortunately, thanks to less-than-impressive sales, it was reported last year that the planned sequel to Star Wars Outlaws would never see the light of day. A shame, as even those who really didn’t enjoy Kay’s adventure through the Outer Rim can surely admit there was some potential there that could have been explored in a sequel. CD Projekt RED didn’t come straight out with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, did they?

Indeed, Star Wars Outlaws might not have an army of fans, but there are those who continue to rally behind the cause for a sequel. One gamer has even gone so far as to create a petition. And while a little over 3,000 signatures is hardly cause for Disney and Ubisoft to rescue Star Wars Outlaws 2 from the jaws of cancellation, the fact it’s still getting signatures to this day speaks to the fact the game did have its admirers.

“All Star Wars media for the past two years has suffered low viewership/sales,” one fan wrote on Reddit. “Ubisoft were not wrong. Outlaws unfortunately followed a few highly publicised poorly received projects. A year prior and it would have done better. The grifters lying hurt the game more than anything. This game reviewed higher than Jedi Fallen Order btw; the second best selling SW game of all time.”

Another added: “This game is great as it stands today. To hear that they aren’t going to do a sequel is a huge bummer. The Jedi games don’t interest me in the slightest, but Outlaws is a must-have.”

While I feel obligated to point out that petitions like this rarely do anything even if the numbers are huge, it’s great to see a Star Wars game that had a lot of muck thrown its way at launch has found a dedicated fanbase, even if it’s not the biggest.