Star Wars Jedi: Survivor players are going bananas customizing cylinders and showing them to each other
Seeing this joy over lightsaber customization is stirring something warm and loving in my crusty old heart.
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Performance woes aside,we really enjoyed Jedi: Survivor, a new swashbuckling Star Wars tale starring fan favorite Punished “Venom” Cal Kestis. One delightful surprise has been how much Respawn’s leaned into Cal Kustomization, with all kinds of lootable beards and hairstyles leading to personalized variations like “indie sleaze” Cal Kestis, “this town ain’t big enough for the two of us” Cal Kestis, “Roinks, Raggy!” Cal Kestis, or even the ultra-rare, bemulleted “Eastbound and Down” Cal Kestis.
Perhaps of greater note of those who aren’t Cal Kestis superfans like me, Jedi: Survivor has some intensely granular lightsaber customization options. You can swap out every chunk of Cal’s lethal cylinder with over a dozen cylindrical stylings, plus loads of paint finishes, a slider to make it dirtier, and adjustable crossguard angles to get your Kylo Ren-alike just right. The Fallen Order series subreddit is currently like, 30% people showing off their pretty sabers (with easily another 20% being “peep my custom Cal”). Here are a few standouts I really dig:
Love the white and red fromAsda6996here, pristine, but also slightly sinister. This is a lightsaber that says “I’m kinda sithy with it, but also a groovy guy with a fastidious sensibility.”
Here fromSkilfulpiewe have more of a grungy, primal saber with a tusk coming out the bottom. This is the sort of thing Wrex from Mass Effect would make if he were a Jedi—you know how aliens in sci-fi always have ships and weapons that look like themselves for some reason. As for Jedi Wrex, this is actually a thought provoking what-if scenario you can explore in my 36-part fanfiction on AO3.
An absolutely creamy saber fromNo_Salt 3274. Another skillful deployment of the white and red color scheme, this time with a coppery, almost chocolatey center grip. A saber with refinement.
This copper and grey-blue ensemble fromTiguuis an excellent palate cleanser, much more understated than others on this list, but still very elegant. Perhaps the setup I could most see myself using in-game.
I’ll end on this heater fromCrowlavix, black and silver with a pure silver,Corran Horn-style blade. This one oozes class and luxury, and I’m particularly a fan of how it looks in the crossguard configuration (one of my favorite new additions Survivor’s made to the series).
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Really though, it’s just infectious to see all this enthusiasm. It reminds me of first booting up Jedi Academy in 2003 and building my own lightsaber in that game. It left me spoiled for a long time—I was always disappointed by how your sabers in Knights of the Old Republic were just these chunky, low-poly flashlights. Maybe this is finally the kick I need to actually play Fallen Order and Jedi: Survivor. That’s right, despite my ardent Cal Kestis fandom over the years, I have never even once stepped into his shoes.
Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister’s copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he’s not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch.
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