Star Wars Outlaws review – a love letter to lore, Lucas and laser guns

There are key differences, though. Here, you’re aided by your beloved pet Nix, who you can send off to distract guards, fetch useful objects or crawl through tight spaces to unlock doors. It’s cute and serves to add emotional depth and jeopardy to Kay’s otherwise lonely life. But more importantly, the game expertly weaves in Star Wars lore, so that the buildings you’re breaking into are beautifully realised Imperial research stations, ruined Republican spaceships and sleazy Hutt strongholds, all filled with intricate visual and narrative details drawn from the original film trilogy. Everywhere you go, there are treats for fans, whether it’s familiar droids, nuggets of history or beloved spacecraft. The streets of Mos Eisley are even patrolled by Stormtroopers riding those monstrous dewbacks.