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Boundary Break goes inside a Sarlacc with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Metroidvania Test Stay Calm.

The wonderful Boundary Break YouTube channel has forced open Respawn's Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and taken a look inside for our viewing pleasure.

THERE MAY BE SPOILERS AHEAD:

The video, below, reveals what's inside a Sarlacc, what happens to NPCs who exit stage left, and how the game creates the illusion of spaceship lightspeed travel.

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Other highlights include panning the camera back to reveal entire levels:

Revealing how capes do funny things in cutscenes:

The green out of bounds object that includes the text, Metroidvania Test Stay Calm:

And moving the camera to show how the game's protagonist, Cal, is beheaded for some first-person cutscenes:

It's a great video, and well worth a watch if you're into developers tricks!