It comes out today and it’s set to change the landscape of the Star Wars roleplaying experience. It’s Star Wars: Edge of the Empire and it’s going to take you on a new journey into the dark heart of the Star Wars galaxy.
From the website:
Thousands of places across the galaxy exist on the Edge of the Empire where the influence of the Core Worlds’ laws and regulations are dimmed or muted. These places are populated by figures who live on the fringes of both the galaxy and its society. Such shady locations attract shady characters, but they also lure those independent thinkers and insurgents who seek to break free of Imperial law. In an Edge of the Empire campaign, bounty hunters, smugglers, mercenaries, and explorers may find themselves working alongside doctors, politicians, and scholars.
Throughout the course of an Edge of the Empire campaign, your character is likely to face all manner of difficult challenges and choices. You may be asked to help a host of escaped prisoners establish new colonies in the Outer Rim, building new lives where they conduct their business outside the grasp of Imperial law. To earn your next meal, will you be willing to work for a Hutt gangster? Perhaps you’ll double-cross your employers and have a run-in or two with hired mercenaries and bounty hunters. Will you support the growing insurgency by helping smugglers transport illegal cloning technology to Coruscant’s underworld? Will you be those smugglers?
Edge of the Empire isn’t just about adventures that take place outside the Core Worlds, it explores the lives and adventures of all those who live outside the comforts of established civilization or the law. Accordingly, you’re likely to run into characters, both good and bad, who share dark secrets, owe large debts, and have reason to run from powerful enemies. Some of them may even become your friends or allies.
Life on the outskirts is full of surprises, and your adventures in Edge of the Empire will often lead to any number of challenges, from sneaking smuggled medicine past an Imperial blockade or piloting a ship through an asteroid field in order to shake a tail to coaxing vital information out of hired thugs without starting a tavern brawl. Characters must rely on their innate abilities, trained skills, and special talents to survive.
Check back soon for my review of Star Wars: Edge of the Empire.
