Fallen Order originally wanted to make the protagonist a black woman

Getting the story protagonist right is an important part of game production.
And sometimes during the development process, the protagonist changes beyond recognition.
According to a former Respawn employee, Cal Questis from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order could have looked very different.Nora Shramek, who previously worked at Respawn as a lighting designer, shared her insights about the protagonist's design on Twitter.
When I worked on Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, many of the developers were in favor of making the protagonist dark-skinned and/or female.
The idea was abandoned because there were already two dark-skinned characters in the game.
And Rey [from the last Star Wars trilogy] is a woman, so the team shouldn't go the same way.
Try to guess what the people who made those decisions looked like? When I worked on SW:JFO a LOT of devs wanted & advocated 4 the main character 2b black &/or a woman.
'Reasons' 4 NO: We already have 2 black people in the game.
Rey is a woman & we can't do that to' guess what the demographic of the people making those decisions looked like? - NoraNevaBoreYa ?️? (@NoraShramek) May 10, 2022Nora also recalled someone from her former colleagues saying that dark-skinned characters should have shinier skin because in reality \"their skin is greasier than other people's.\" According to the girl, this statement shocked the staff.
\"No, what are you, the best industry is not mired in systematic racism, misogyny and homophobia,\" Schramek notes sarcastically.Recall, a sequel to Fallen Order is in development.
Judging by the rumors, the game will visit only next-generation consoles and PC.