According to industry insider DanielRPK via his Patreon, Cal Kestis from Respawn Entertainment's hit Star Wars Jedi series is coming to a live-action Disney Plus project "very soon".
We've seen the Republic Commandos appear in the animated Clone Wars and Bad Batch series', and The Mandalorian referenced Battlefront 2's Operation: Cinder, but never has a character from a game made the leap to live-action.
Cameron Monaghan has expressed interest in bringing Cal to live-action before on the condition that it "continues the story or character in some way".
As with most modern Star Wars games, Cal Kestis will be easy to bring to live-action because Respawn uses actor Cameron Monaghan's likeness with photorealistic graphics. Star Wars games have been futureproofing for years in the chance that a character might be used elsewhere, and it's finally paying off — Iden Versio next, eh?
If this report is true, the question is what project Cal might appear in. "Very soon" isn't completely clear, but it narrows it down somewhat. Skeleton Crew is out later this year, while The Mandalorian & Grogu releases in 2026. A second series of Ahsoka will begin also filming in 2025.
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