Star Wars Jedi Hero Cal Kestis Set to Appear in New Episodes of Animated Series

Cal Kestis, the leader of EA's Star Wars Jedi video games, volition look successful a spin-off TV bid — marking his archetypal voiced quality successful different medium.

The redheaded Jedi volition play a relation successful caller episodes of Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy acceptable to debut connected streaming work Disney+ adjacent month. A non-canon spin-off acceptable successful a "What If?"-style remixed Star Wars universe, Rebuild the Galaxy antecedently introduced the satellite to Darth Jar-Jar. Who knows what this 2nd circular of episodes volition spot Kestis (or an alternate beingness mentation of him) get up to.

As successful Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Kestis volition erstwhile again beryllium voiced by Cameron Monaghan, successful the actor's archetypal dependable relation arsenic Kestis extracurricular of a video game. News of Monaghan's return, arsenic good arsenic Kestis' quality connected a poster for the series, travel amid instrumentality speculation the Jedi whitethorn yet crook up successful live-action signifier — thing Monaghan himself has said helium is unfastened to.

While Monaghan has said helium would "absolutely" privation to represent Kestis successful live-action, the histrion has besides said the task would "have to beryllium right" for the character. "By that I mean, it has to proceed the communicative oregon the quality successful immoderate way," Monagahan said successful March 2024.

"I don't privation him to conscionable benignant of amusement up to basal astir and beryllium there. I privation him to mean thing and for determination to beryllium a value for the quality itself. So, it would person to marque sense. But successful the close discourse then, yeah, absolutely."

Kestis' quality successful Rebuild the Galaxy marks the latest quality of his fashionable quality extracurricular of Respawn's Jedi series, alongside different elements from the games. Kestis already has a spin-off novel, Jedi: Battle Scars, and popped up successful Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, a smartphone crippled besides published by EA.

Kestis features connected the Rebuild the Galaxy Disney+ poster, alongside Mando, C-3PO and Princess Amidala.

Over time, assorted elements from the Star Wars: Jedi bid person popped up elsewhere. A droid of the aforesaid exemplary arsenic Kestis' loyal companion BD-1 is featured successful Episode 5 of The Book of Boba Fett (you tin besides bargain the droid arsenic a LEGO set), portion Season 1 of Ahsoka saw the titular Jedi usage psychometry. This uncommon unit quality allows Jedi to observe echoes of the past by interacting with objects oregon locations, and was taken by immoderate arsenic an denotation that Ashoka had encountered Kestis astatine immoderate constituent successful her past.

Is this conscionable Disney having amusive with its immense formed of Star Wars characters, a reminder there's inactive a 3rd Star Wars: Jedi crippled from Respawn connected the way, oregon a tease that fans tin expect yet much from Kestis (and Monaghan) successful future? Time volition tell.

For now, Rebuild the Galaxy launches via Disney+ connected September 19.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social