What's it like to work within the Star Wars universe? It's a question that precious few have ever been able to answer, although Massive Entertainment is now in a position to do exactly that. For the last six years, the studio has been working on Star Wars Outlaws, an open world adventure set between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi – something that had to feel fresh and exciting, even as it authentically captured the look, place, and feel of the original trilogy setting.
It's an audacious creative challenge, but as I explored in my Star Wars Outlaws review, the atmosphere this team has been able to produce really is something special. I sat down with six developers at Massive to discuss its time working on Outlaws, learn more about what it's like working on such a recognizable world, and how they grappled with the reality that what they are adding to the sandbox could be picked up by others in the future.
