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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor weird little guy tier list: the best weird little guys in the Outer Rim

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One of the things that Respawn truly understands about Star Wars is that the galaxy far, far away is full of weird little guys. Weird little guys have always made Star Wars a distinct place, whether it's C-3P0 and R2D2 meeting a troupe of Jawas after crash-landing on Tatooine, Yoda’s rock levitation boot camp on Dagobah, or BB-8 rolling around the decks of the Millenium Falcon.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor sticks with this tradition and has its own rogues’ gallery of weird little guys for Cal to meet in his adventures on Koboh, Jedha, and beyond. Today, we’re ranking them from best to worst.

To create this list, we used some highly scientific criteria: The guys had to be weird, and they had to be little, or at least somewhat ball-shaped. There’s one exception—a fellow in here who isn’t really all that little—but he makes up for it by being twice as weird.

S-tier weird guys

Greez Dritus

The former pilot of the Mantis, Greez now runs Pyloon’s Saloon in the Koboh town of Rambler’s Reach. Since the gang from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order parted ways at the end of the last game, Greez has let his sideburns grow out long enough to braid into distinguished plaits, and he's taken to wearing colorful open-neck shirts, sort of like an uncle who’s had a transformative experience with psychedelics during a vacation that lasted much longer than planned.

In Jedi: Survivor, Greez is slightly less high-strung and has reflected on his own adventures long enough to be a welcome source of kind, fatherly advice for Cal. Despite finding the quiet and comfortable life that he always wanted on Koboh, he’s ready to leave it behind and help his young Jedi pal aboard the Mantis. That’s S-tier weird little guy material for sure.

Jawas

Normally found traveling their native planet of Tatooine, a group of “off-world” Jawas has established a colony on Koboh, where Cal finds them under attack by the Bedlam Raiders. After a brief tussle, Cal is welcomed aboard the Jawas’ sand crawler (which they’ve somehow parked on top of a natural stone arch formation) with tiny, open arms. They don’t even ask to buy BD-1!

Turgle

It’s tempting to think that Turgle isn’t very good at anything. When Cal first meets him, he’s being zapped by a raider armed with a long electrified prod, and he’s not even trying to get away. He’s terrible at Holotactics, and everyone usually tells him to be quiet as soon as he says anything.

However, Turgle is excellent at being a weird little guy. His beady little eyes peer out from the ends of stubby stalks on the side of his flat, frog-like head, somehow managing to be deep wells of trust and admiration for Cal.

A-tier weird guys

Skoova Stev

A galactic fisherman and tale-spinning shrimp, Skoova Stev can be found either at Pyloon’s or at one of the many different ponds, brooks, and springs scattered across the wilds of Koboh. He never removes his deep-sea diving suit, but that doesn’t prevent him from regaling you with the longest big fish story ever to appear in a video game.

Roller mines

While some might claim that mines are more of an environmental hazard than a type of weird little guy, roller mines arguably qualify as droids who have one single personality trait: get close to something and explode. They pop up at inconvenient moments here and there, but usually there’s a way to turn them to Cal’s advantage...or use them to clear a path to a secret area.

B-tier weird guys

Bhima Ook

He works as the hype-man for Tulli’s traveling Holotactics racket, which the pair sets up at Pyloon’s after Cal meets them wandering around Koboh. Bhima has the qualities we’re looking for here—little and weird—and he adds a heaping dose of mouthiness to the formula. He sets Cal up against Turgle for his first Holotactics match, but has been knocked down from A-tier due to being just a bit too pushy about it, and for making Cal hunt all over the system to unlock any of the good units.

Hardshells

Honestly, these dudes clump up into big groups and can be a royal pain in the butt, but they’re too adorable to hate. Look at that big, mournful eye and the pleading little claws! Watch out for hardshells while poking around in the caves on Jedha, where you’ll find them hiding in the dark, often burrowed in the ground until Cal approaches.

C-tier weird guys

Rawkas

These bone-faced birds are among some of the first inhabitants of Koboh Cal encounters, and while they’re small, their charge attacks can be deadly. Keep Rawkas where you can see them, because they have a tendency of barreling into Cal and knocking him off his feet at the worst possible times.

Probe droids

These buzzing, beeping busybodies have been acting as harbingers of Imperial troops since The Empire Strikes Back, and that’s exactly the purpose they serve in Jedi: Survivor. Well, that, and hovering just out of reach from Cal’s lightsaber attacks. Fortunately, their infrequent blaster shots provide some excellent early practice in lightsaber deflection technique.

Shiverpedes

All the things you love about horror movie cat scares, now available in bug form. Koboh is lousy with shiverpedes, which love hiding out in ground-level foliage and leaping out at Cal just as he passes by. Even after several hours with Jedi Survivor, these jerks were still catching me off guard. Learn to listen for their distinctive sound, sidestep, and apply a generous amount of lightsaber to their nasty little C-tier faces.

Bramliks

What at first appear to be tumbleweeds lazily making their way across the plains of Koboh are actually a strange hybrid of a sea urchin and a Langolier. They’re not particularly dangerous and are usually content to leave Cal alone. However, they can be annoying to fight: As soon as Cal swings a saber, they rapidly extend their spines, deflecting the attack and causing a bit of damage. The best way to handle them is by yanking them away from their group with Force Pull and slicing them in half.

D-tier weird guys

The prospector in the creepy house

This guy has an off-putting obsession with home security. He’d rather you didn’t ask where his brother is.

Scavenger droids

These little rust buckets are the Jedi Survivor version of Dark Souls’s crystal lizards or the teardrop scarabs in Elden Ring. They’ll run away from Cal if he gets too close, and they’re always placed frustratingly out of reach. Catch them and slice them into scrap, because all the valuable items they’ve stolen are conveniently stored inside.

💬 Who are your favorite weird little Star Wars guys? Let me know in the comments!