If you've ever played a game set in the galaxy far, far away, there's a very good chance you found yourself beneath the robes of a brave, lightsaber-wielding Jedi. But while the Force-flinging power fantasies fulfilled in entries like last year's excellent "Star Wars Jedi: Survivor" are a ton of fun, sometimes you just prefer the comfort of a good blaster by your side.
Enter the recently released "Star Wars Outlaws," an open-world action-adventure that forgoes hokey religions and elegant weapons in favor of a good old fashioned scoundrel story set between the events of "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi." With Han Solo encased in carbonite during that time period, scrappy protagonist Kay Vess essentially fills in for the iconic character, navigating the galaxy's criminal underworld in a fashion that'd make the scruffy-looking Nerf herder proud.
