
If you're going to put the word "outlaws" in the title of your video game, then I'd hope there's plenty of opportunity to get out there, have some fun, and do some crimes. This is precisely why Star War Outlaws is set in between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, a senior executive of Lucasfilm says.
Matt Martin, a development executive for Star Wars games and a member of the Lucasfilm Story Group says the gap in between the two films is the best place to tell the story of Kay Vess, the rookie scoundrel who's the protagonist of Outlaws.