Apparently, someone from the leadership felt that this was too much.
Apparently, someone from the leadership felt that this was too much.

It seems that the main character of Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order could not be the young Jedi Cal Castis. Lighting artist Nora Schramek remembersthat a large number of developers did not see a white male in the title role, but a more diverse character.
When I was working on Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order, a lot of the developers were in favor of having a black and/or female protagonist.
Reasons why not: we already have two black heroes in the game. Rey is a woman and we can’t do that. Try to guess what was the demographics of the decision makers?
Nora did not elaborate on exactly how the decision was made on who would be the protagonist of Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order.
It can be assumed that the final decision was not with Respawn or Electronic Arts, but with Disney, which controls the Star Wars universe. From the stories of cooperation with Disney, it is known that the company has very strong control over all aspects of the projects for its franchises.
It is interesting