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INTERVIEW

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03

01 Taking charge
of fellow Inferno
Squad members,
Hask and Del,
Iden is ready to
take the fight
to the Rebellion.
(See opening
spread.)

02 Iden gets ready
for an upcoming
mission.
03 Iden prepares

to engage rebel
forces aboard
an MC80 Star
Cruiser.

How about the other characters Is there anything else you want to almost every day and had access to
on the team? Who does Iden have add about the experience? Christie Golden. Mark Thompson, who
the strongest connection with? I completely didn’t expect it, but this is the game director of the campaign,
Hask and Iden spent their formative has turned out to be one of the most was so open to ideas and Lucasfi lm
years together. They feel like family. collaborative and creative experiences of Story Group member Steve Blank was
Hask is an orphan, so Iden is the most any project I’ve worked on in my career. with us every day to help while we
family he’s ever had. They have so I got a chance to talk to John Boyega were shooting. Everyone involved
many years of friendship and support about this at D23, backstage. While we was so adamant about making this an
with one another. He makes fi ghting were making the game, I talked to the authentic Star Wars story, and that’s
for the Empire easier for Iden. writers, Mitch Dyer and Walt Williams, something that I’m so happy about.

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