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The IGN server continues to cover the upcoming action-adventure Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and now he came with something that will especially please fans of the Star Wars canon. It was recently revealed that the news from EA and the Respawn Entertainment studio fully introduces the Gen’dai race into the canon. It was originally created for the needs of an animated, now non-canonical animated mini-series Star Wars: Clone Wars from 2003 (not to be confused with the animated and fully canonical series Star Wars: The Clone Warswhich started in 2008) and accompanying comic series Star Wars: Republic.

20 years ago, the Gen’dai race was mainly represented by the bounty hunter Durge, who moved from the non-canonical continuity called Legends to the current Star Wars canon in 2020, when he was borrowed by the comic book creators Star Wars: Doctor Aphra. Although without specifying what race the canonical version of this character actually belongs to. In the course of the new Jedi Cal Kestis story, we will not meet Durgo, but Rayvis.

We could already see Rayvis in the first trailer, which is tempting for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, but only now, thanks to IGN, we have confirmation that he is a member of the Gen’dai, that is, a race of stout humanoids who can live for thousands of years. In addition, thanks to the fact that their bodies are made up of masses of regenerative tendrils, they can heal very quickly, making them hard to kill. This fact is important mainly because Rayvis is a villain.

The developers at Respawn describe him as someone who has been through a lot. Rayvis has apparently been alive for at least 1000 yearsso he not only experienced the near total extinction of the home planet and the entire Gen’dai racebut also the liquidation of the Jedi Order at the end of the Clone Wars and the transformation of the Republic into the Empire. He also represents a certain opposite of Cal Kestis, who must deal with the demise of the Jedi. Unlike Cal, however, Rayvis is supposed to be very sure of his place in the universe, and even says he considers himself the brave hero of his own story.

So we’ll see if his story offers references to the period the top of the Republic, which has been researching books and comics for the past few years. This era is located in the timeline of the Star Wars galaxy several hundred years before the events of the film Star Wars: The Phantom Menace from 1999, a if Rayvis lives for more than a thousand years, he must have experienced the Republic at its peak. But for now, it seems that it will be more like getting on our nerves during a tough boss fight than expanding our knowledge about the time, which is now mainly known to active readers.

Anyway, the IGN server shared the io several concepts from development that show not only Rayvis himself, but also members of a group of raiders called the Bedlam Raiders. We should meet them at least on the planet Koboh, where Cal and his faithful droid BD-1 are shipwrecked during the game.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is out on April 28th this year in the pro version for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC.