One year ago today, Star Wars Outlaws remembered an important truth: every underworld story gets better the moment Hondo Ohnaka walks in and starts smiling like a crime is already happening.
Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune released on May 15, 2025, as the game’s second story pack, bringing Kay Vess and Nix into a new pirate-flavored adventure with the galaxy’s most charmingly untrustworthy Weequay. Steam lists the DLC with a May 15, 2025 release date, while Ubisoft described it as a new story expansion centered on Hondo, hidden treasure, and the dangerous Khepi system. (Steam, Ubisoft)
Hondo Was Built for Outlaws
The base game already had the right ingredients: syndicates, smuggling, betrayal, blaster trouble, and Kay Vess trying very hard to survive people with better funding and worse morals.
Then A Pirate’s Fortune added Hondo Ohnaka, which is basically Star Wars turning the scoundrel dial until it breaks.
According to StarWars.com’s Celebration 2025 preview, the story sees Kay and Nix team up with Hondo after the main campaign, facing Stinger Tash and the Rokana Raiders while exploring the secrets of the Khepi Tomb. It also introduced the Miyuki Trade League, offering new smuggling contracts and rewards for the Trailblazer.
That is very Star Wars. A tomb, pirates, smugglers, space trouble, and one old rogue insisting this is probably fine.
It is never fine.
The Most Outlaws Thing Outlaws Did
In hindsight, A Pirate’s Fortune may be one of the cleanest expressions of what Star Wars Outlaws wanted to be.
Not Jedi destiny.
Not galactic prophecy.
Not another chosen-one argument in a room full of capes.
Just criminals, opportunists, treasure, debts, bad plans, and the constant suspicion that the person helping you is absolutely going to make this your problem later.
Hondo fits that world perfectly because he never turns a scene into pure villainy or pure heroism. He brings chaos, charm, and the energy of a man who has betrayed everyone but somehow remains invited to things.
A Small but Very Star Wars Anniversary
A Pirate’s Fortune was not a franchise-shaking release. It did not rewrite the future of Star Wars gaming. But one year later, it stands as a fun little reminder that Outlaws was at its best when it leaned into the messy side of the galaxy.
For more on where Kay Vess’ adventure fits into the larger history of Star Wars games, check out our Complete List of All Star Wars Games Ever Made and our modern-era Star Wars gaming coverage.
One year on, Hondo stealing the show still feels appropriate.
He probably stole something else too.
