‘Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars’ Cover and Official Synopsis Revealed

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is sneaking up on us all. The sequel to 2019’s Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is rumored to release in March 2023, but that’s not the only Cal Kestis story to look forward to early next year. Potentially in the same month as the game if reports come to pass, Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars by Sam Maggs is hitting shelves on March 7. The novel was first announced back in August.

 

StarWars.com has our first look at Battle Scars with the final cover and the first official synopsis. The cover, by Anthrax Studio, reveals it takes place “in the years before Star Wars Jedi: Survivor“. The entire Mantis crew returns to take on the Fifth Brother, who will serve as the main antagonist. Check out the full cover below:

 

Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars cover

 

Here is the synopsis straight from StarWars.com:

 

Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal’s crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. More importantly, Merrin, Cere, Greez, and faithful droid BD-1 are the closest thing Cal has had to a family since the fall of the Jedi Order. Even as the galaxy’s future grows more uncertain by the day, with each blow struck against the Empire, the Mantis crew grows more daring.

On what should be a routine mission, they meet a stormtrooper determined to chart her own course with the help of Cal and the crew. In exchange for help starting a new life, the Imperial deserter brings word of a powerful, potentially invaluable tool for their fight against the Empire. And even better, she can help them get to it. The only catch — pursuing it will bring them into the path of one of the Empire’s most dangerous servants, the Inquisitor known as the Fifth Brother.

Can the Imperial deserter truly be trusted? And while Cal and his friends have survived run-ins with the Inquisitors before, how many times can they evade the Empire before their luck runs out?

 

The timing of this reveal might lend credence to a recent report that Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is about to be fully unveiled very soon, during next week’s Game Awards. The report stated the showcase would reveal a new trailer along with a pre-order date. The Game Awards will take place on December 8, so stay tuned for updates on that front.

 

In the meantime, Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars is available for pre-order now.

 

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Nate uses his love for Star Wars and movies in general as a way to cope with the pain of being a Minnesota sports fan. When he's not at the theater, you can usually find Nate reading a comic, listening to an audiobook, or playing a Mario video game for the 1,000th time.

Nate Manning

Nate uses his love for Star Wars and movies in general as a way to cope with the pain of being a Minnesota sports fan. When he's not at the theater, you can usually find Nate reading a comic, listening to an audiobook, or playing a Mario video game for the 1,000th time.

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