History YMMV / StarWarsJediFallenOrder

** Many were pleasantly surprised that EA would publish a single-player Star Wars game without DLC or microtransactions, as EA had a notorious reputation for preferring service-based online games with microtransactions.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Many were pleasantly surprised that EA would publish a single-player Star Wars game without DLC or microtransactions, as EA had a notorious reputation for preferring service-based online games with microtransactions.

** That the Second Sister is Barriss, due to Second Sister's high rank befitting someone as intelligent and skilled as Barriss, the Second Sister's face being hidden by a mask suggesting that she may be a pre-established character, and WordOfGod being that Palpatine didn't have Barriss executed after her trial and has plans for her. On the contrary, Creator/DaveFiloni had already debunked at Celebration 2015 that Barriss was an Inquisitor and stated that she was a "completely different story", leading to theorizers reconciling this with either [[LyingCreator he was lying]] or [[ShrugOfGod plans changed]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: Many people were surprised to see Saw Gerrera make an appearance.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Some fans felt that, given how little the new canon has addressed what happened in the wake of Order 66, it was a wasted opportunity to use a brand new character for a Jedi survivor rather than previously established ones like Ahsoka Tano, Caleb Dume, or Quinlan Vos.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks:
** While a story revolving around an Order 66 survivor being hunted down by the Empire while they go on a journey to uncover Jedi secrets and survive isn't novel, a number of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fans have voiced disinterest in the game for being about a young human Jedi boy who survived Order 66 as a Padawan, went into hiding as a maintenance worker, being targeted by Inquisitors, relearns the Jedi arts while on the run, and has a similar name to Caleb Dume, as these aspects make Cal seem like Kanan Jarrus lite.
** Many were hoping for a non-human protagonist, along the lines of Ahsoka, due to prominent lack of such in the franchise.

* UnexpectedCharacter: Many people were surprised to see Saw Gerrera in the game.

* MemeticMutation: Derogatorily, cynically using "Trust no one." or "Don't stand out." to reference [[NeverLiveItDown EA shooting themselves in the foot]] if the seemingly promising game ends up having microtransactions and DLC (which Respawn states to be absent) and/or is of disappointing quality.

* WinBackTheCrowd: Many were pleasantly surprised that EA would publish a single-player Star Wars game, as EA had a notorious reputation for preferring service-based online games with microtransactions.

* MemeticMutation: Derogatorily, cynically using "Trust no one." or "Don't stand out." to reference [[NeverLiveItDown EA shooting themselves in the foot]] if the seemingly promising game ends up having microtransactions and DLC ([[AuthorsSavingThrow which it doesn't]]) and/or is of disappointing quality.

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** After the infamous InternetBacklash that EA faced upon the release of ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' for {{microtransactions}} and {{DLC}} as well as lacking an offline single-player mode, EA was sure to make it clear at Celebration 2019 that none of these aspects would be in ''Jedi: Fallen Order''.
** After the publicized problems that recent Creator/{{Bioware}} games such as ''VideoGame/{{Anthem}}'' and ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' had with the Frostbite Engine, many were relieved to hear that ''Fallen Order'' would use the tried-and-true Unreal Engine instead.

** After the publicized problems that recent Creator/{{Bioware}} games such as ''VideoGame/{{Anthem}}'' and 'mVideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' had with the Frostbite Engine, many were relieved to hear that ''Fallen Order'' would use the tried-and-true Unreal Engine instead.

** After the publicized problems that recent Bioware games such as VideoGame/{{Anthem}} and VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda had with the Frostbite Engine, many were relieved to hear that Fallen Jedi would use the tried-and-true Unreal Engine instead.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Second Sister for [[EvilIsCool looking cool and menacing]] as well as being a source of EpilepticTrees, mainly over whether or not she may be another EnsembleDarkhorse, [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Barriss Offee]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the infamous InternetBacklash that EA faced upon the release of ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' for {{microtransactions}} and {{DLC}} as well as lacking an offline single-player mode, EA was sure to make it clear at Celebration 2019 that none of these aspects would be in ''Jedi: Fallen Order''.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Second Sister for [[EvilIsCool looking cool and menacing]] as well as being a source of EpilepticTrees, mainly over whether or not she may be another EnsembleDarkhorse, [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Barriss Offee]]. This is in contrast to the reception towards the Inquisitors in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', which was mainly viewing them as TheScrappy, although ''ComicBook/DarthVaderDarkLordOfTheSith'' seems to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap have alleviated it to some extent]].

** For general audiences that have heard of [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Kanan Jarrus/Caleb Dume]] but are not deeply familiar with side material, guesses that Cal is the same person as Caleb are common due to their similar backstories and names. This obviously holds no water as ''ComicBook/StarWarsKanan'' has already shown Caleb's backstory in addition to Cal and Caleb sharing little physical resemblance.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After the infamous InternetBacklash that EA faced upon the release of ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefrontII2017'' for micro-transactions and DLC as well as lacking an offline single-player mode, EA was sure to make it clear at Celebration 2019 that none of these aspects would be in ''Jedi: Fallen Order''.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: While a story revolving around an Order 66 survivor being hunted down by the Empire while they go on a journey to uncover Jedi secrets and survive isn't novel, a number of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' fans have voiced disinterest in the game for being about a young human Jedi boy who survived Order 66 as a Padawan, went into hiding as a maintenance worker, being targeted by Inquisitors, relearns the Jedi arts while on the run, and has a similar name to Caleb Dume, as these aspects make Cal seem like Kanan Jarrus lite.

* VanillaProtagonist: Cal has earned some skeptics due to being yet another WhiteMaleLead while many other recent ''Star Wars'' entries have featured main characters of color.

** That the Second Sister is Barriss, due to Second Sister's high rank befitting someone as intelligent and skilled as Barriss, the Second Sister's face being hidden by a mask suggesting that she may be a pre-established character, and WordOfGod being that Palpatine didn't have Barriss executed after her trial and has plans for her. On the contrary, Creator/DaveFiloni had already debunked at Celebration 2015 that Barriss was an Inquisitor and stated that she was a "completely different story", leading to theorizers reconciling this with either [[LyingCreator he was lying]] or [[ShrugOfGod plans changed]].

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The Second Sister for [[EvilIsCool looking cool and menacing]] as well as being a source of EpilepticTrees, mainly over whether or not she may be another EnsembleDarkhorse, [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Barriss Offee]]. This is in contrast to the reception towards the Inquisitors in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'', which was mainly viewing them as TheScrappy.