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Star Wars: Jedi Survivor Interview — Writers Danny Homan & Pete Stewart Break Down Dagan Gera's Emotional Story
18.12.2023 - 22:41 / screenrant.com / Cal Kestis
Cal Kestis' journey to restore peace to the galaxy continues with . The sequel to the 2019 hit game finds Kestis building a team including old and new friends, namely Merrin, Greez, Cere, and single father Rebel Bode, as they look for a new home to rebuild the Jedi Order outside of the Empire's reach.
During his quest, Cal comes across Dagan Gera, a Jedi from the High Republic era who's been kept in a bacta tank for over 200 years on the remote planet Koboh. Initially looking to enlist him in his quest, Cal learns of Dagan's turn to the dark side due to his obsession with the planet Tanalorr, having been imprisoned in the bacta tank by fellow Jedi Santari Khri after she cut off his arm to prevent him from acquiring a device to reach it. Dagan subsequently becomes a key antagonist in 's story, constantly taunting Cal's failures as a Jedi and holding on to the past.
In honor of the game's nominations at The Game Awards 2023, interviewed Lead Writer Danny Homan and Senior Writer Pete Stewart to discuss, Dagan's emotional story, the parallels between him and Cal, and fleshing out the High Republic's canon.
Screen Rant: I adored, I sunk in well over 60 hours from the second I got the game, and I've just been raving about it ever since. Diving into Dagan Gera's story, he is such a fascinating character, and I love that it ties into the High Republic, something that doesn't get explored very often. Can you walk me through the inception of this character?
Danny Homan: Yeah, Dagan is an interesting foil for Cal. I think one of the things that the team was really excited about, in terms of exploring the High Republic, is that it wasn't that explored in canonical Star Wars. So, we have this good opportunity to help worldbuild what the Jedi Order was long ago, and to have Cal reflect on what the Jedi used to be, and through Dagan Gera, find a character who maybe could have become a role model for Cal had not circumstances intervened. So, just playing the relationship between the two of them was a really rewarding experience for us.
Pete Stewart: Yeah, I think before even Dagan as a character existed, we knew what we wanted was a reflection of the dark path Cal could go down if Tanalorr became the same thing to Cal as it did to Dagan. The High Republic things slotted in really, really neatly, and added to other themes, like Danny was saying. It's like, «Put Cal in a place where through psychometry and through walking through ruins and stuff, he can experience the glory days of the Jedi,» right? It's the thing that he didn't get to see, even when he was in the Order, they were a fading power. So, we put Cal in a really uncomfortable situation and showed him what he could become, and it's hopefully like a mirror
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