The 2010s weren’t too kind to the Star Wars franchise. The return of the galaxy far, far away to the big screen was met with middling fan response, and that’s perhaps being too generous. The two Battlefront games EA launched to coincide with the movie releases did not fare much better. When Jedi: Fallen Order came out at the tail end of the decade, the expectations were it would be the final nail in the coffin of a dismal decade for Star Wars.
To the surprise of everyone but the most faithful optimists, 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was pretty good. Many would say it was great. We personally prefer to save the masterpiece claims for when they’re truly warranted, but there’s no denying Fallen Order was the most well-received bit of Star Wars media in a long while.