An ode to Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’s lightsaber

There are many reasons why Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is good: challenging combat, interesting platforming and exploration, the extremely Star Wars-y sheen over the entire production, or the deep dive into a new area of the Star Wars lore. But what escalates Jedi: Fallen Order isn’t just the story and gameplay, but the smaller things, too. In particular, Jedi hero Cal Kestis’ lightsaber. It’s the best video game lightsaber in recent memory.

Fallen Order is by no means the first Star Wars game to feature lightsaber combat, of course, but it perfectly nails the balance of handing players a powerful weapon while still having an actual challenge in gameplay. Respawn designed Fallen Order...

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