Fortnite has become one of the strangest places to experience Star Wars in 2026. You can fight in themed battles, escape Darth Vader, build droids, run through Star Wars islands, unlock new cosmetics, wait for The Mandalorian and Grogu footage, and now even mess around with Star Wars content inside LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. On paper, that sounds like a billion-credit win. But the actual conversation around Fortnite’s latest Star Wars push has been more complicated. The official StarWars.com Fortnite overview lays out just how big the campaign is, with Galactic Siege, Escape Vader, Droid Tycoon, LEGO Fortnite Odyssey content, weekly quests, and a Mandalorian and Grogu Watch Party Island all part of the rollout. That is a lot of Star Wars. The question is whether it is the kind of Star Wars gaming players actually want. Star Wars Content Is Not the Same as a Star Wars Game Fortnite is…
On This Day: Jedi Starfighter Still Deserves More Love
Before every Star Wars game needed a galaxy map, three progression systems, and a roadmap with seasonal feelings, LucasArts could casually drop a starfighter combat game and let players blast through the Clone Wars from a cockpit. That is basically the charm of Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter, which launched for Xbox around this week in May 2002, with GameFAQs listing the Xbox release date as May 13, 2002, while the current Xbox store lists it under May 14. Either way, this is very much a “happy anniversary, you slightly forgotten prequel-era space shooter” moment. And honestly? It deserves one. A Prequel-Era Flight Game With Actual Personality Released during the Attack of the Clones buildup, Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter put players into the cockpit of Adi Gallia’s Jedi starfighter while also bringing back Nym, the pirate from Star Wars: Starfighter. That combination gave the game a fun identity. It was not…
LEGO Fortnite Odyssey Gets Its Star Wars Update Tomorrow
Fortnite’s Star Wars month is not done throwing bricks, blasters, and tiny plastic chaos at players. According to the official StarWars.com May in Fortnite overview, LEGO Fortnite Odyssey gets its own Star Wars update on May 14, adding new Star Wars tools, vehicles, characters, and enemies. Epic Games also confirms that the update includes the Hover Brick, hover vehicles, Mando and Grogu, and new Star Wars enemies to fight. So yes, after Galactic Siege, Escape Vader, Droid Tycoon, weekly quests, Clone Wars cosmetics, and the general sense that Fortnite has quietly become a playable Disney+ menu, LEGO Fortnite is getting its turn. Mando, Grogu and Hover Vehicles Join the Fun The most obvious hook here is Mando and Grogu. They are already two of the most marketable faces in modern Star Wars, and dropping them into LEGO Fortnite Odyssey makes perfect sense. Grogu in LEGO form is basically a merch…
Galaxy of Heroes Starts Its New Republic Era With R5-D4, Zeb and Carson Teva
The New Republic has officially arrived in Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, and yes, somehow R5-D4 may be the most alarming part of that sentence. EA has published its official Era of the New Republic Kit Reveal, detailing three new Light Side units: R5-D4, Zeb Orrelios (New Republic Pilot), and Captain Carson Teva. That is a wonderfully strange little squad on paper. A bad-motivator droid, a Lasat brawler turned New Republic pilot, and the Outer Rim’s most tired-looking lawman. Honestly, this is exactly the kind of lineup Galaxy of Heroes loves: half deep-cut fan service, half tactical spreadsheet waiting to ruin someone’s Grand Arena week. The New Republic Finally Gets a Proper Squad Identity The big story here is not just that three familiar faces are joining the game. It is that New Republic is being built as a real faction identity, with mechanics focused on retaliation, protection, evasion, debuffs,…
SWTOR Players Have One Last Chance to Grab the Legacy Reborn Twitch Drop
SWTOR players have one more small-but-useful deadline to watch before Game Update 7.9 “Legacy Reborn” arrives. Broadsword has confirmed in the official Game Update 7.9 “Legacy Reborn” livestream recap that the current Twitch Drop campaign runs until May 14, giving players the Dantooine (Crash Site) Poster Decoration after watching one hour of live SWTOR content on Twitch. So yes, this is your gentle reminder from the Outer Rim: open Twitch, find a live SWTOR stream, and let the holonet do its thing before the decoration disappears into the same mysterious vault where old cartel items go to become expensive memories. A Small Reward Before a Big Update The timing makes sense. SWTOR 7.9 is shaping up to be one of the more important story updates in recent years, with Legacy Reborn pushing Legacy of the Sith toward its final showdown. As we covered in our full breakdown of SWTOR 7.9…
Star Wars Outlaws Gets Its Biggest Second Chance Yet on PlayStation Plus
Star Wars Outlaws is getting another shot at the spotlight — and this one may be bigger than its recent Steam comeback. Sony has confirmed that Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment’s open-world Star Wars adventure is joining the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog on May 19 for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium members. The announcement came through the official PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for May lineup, where Outlaws appears alongside Red Dead Redemption 2, Bramble: The Mountain King, The Thaumaturge and more. That is not a tiny placement. That is a giant “go on, give it another try” button sitting in front of millions of PlayStation subscribers. Outlaws Is Suddenly Harder to Ignore This arrives at a very interesting moment for Star Wars Outlaws. The game has already been showing fresh movement on PC, with our recent coverage of Star Wars Outlaws trending on Steam pointing to renewed interest after discounts, patches,…
Ahsoka Season 2 Delay Leaves 2026 With No Live-Action Star Wars Show
Star Wars is not disappearing in 2026. But for the first time in years, the Disney+ live-action machine may be going very quiet. Ahsoka Season 2 will premiere on Disney+ in early 2027, with Rosario Dawson announcing the new window during Disney’s Upfront showcase. She was joined by Chopper, because apparently even scheduling updates now require a war criminal droid for emotional support. The announcement also came with a behind-the-scenes reel and images shown to media, giving attendees a glimpse at the next chapter from creator Dave Filoni. But the real headline is not just “Ahsoka moved to 2027.” It is what that does to 2026. Star Wars TV Is Taking a Breather If the current calendar holds, 2026 will be the first year since 2019 without a live-action Star Wars series premiering on Disney+. That is a strange sentence after the last several years. Since The Mandalorian launched Disney+…
Star Wars Monopoly Is Somehow Becoming a Tactical Team Game
Nobody asked for Battlefront 3 to arrive wearing a top hat and collecting rent, but here we are. Monopoly: Star Wars Heroes vs. Villains is coming on June 11, 2026, and the strangest thing about it is not that Star Wars has once again found its way onto a Monopoly board. That has happened before. The strange thing is that this new digital version actually sounds like Ubisoft and Behaviour Interactive are trying to turn family game night into a casual tactical showdown. According to the official Ubisoft page, the game adds a “dynamic, team-based twist” to Monopoly, with players choosing Star Wars heroes and villains, using unique powers, and fighting for control of the galaxy. That is a sentence that should not work. Somehow, it almost does. Play as a Team, Betray as a Family The big hook is team play. Ubisoft says the game supports 2v2 and 3v3…
Starfighter’s New Synopsis Makes the Future of the Force Sound Weirdly Huge
Star Wars: Starfighter may have just dropped its smallest big clue yet. A new synopsis has appeared on the film’s IMDb listing, and while that does not carry the same weight as an official Lucasfilm press release, the wording is spicy enough to deserve a closer look. According to the listing, the film follows “a solitary pilot” in a rebuilding galaxy who becomes tangled in a crucial mission as new threats emerge — a journey that “may alter the future of the Force itself.” That is either standard movie-synopsis thunder… or Star Wars quietly loading a thermal detonator under the post-sequel era. The Post-Sequel Galaxy Finally Has a Shape Officially, StarWars.com has confirmed that Starfighter is set roughly five years after The Rise of Skywalker, with Ryan Gosling playing a brand-new character in a standalone adventure from director Shawn Levy. That timeline is the interesting part. The sequel trilogy ended…
Fate of the Old Republic Won’t Be a 200-Hour Monster
The next big Old Republic game may not be designed to eat your entire adult life. Frankly, that already sounds a little heroic. In a new Bloomberg report about the company backing Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, director Casey Hudson makes one thing very clear: this is not being built as another endless RPG treadmill with a lightsaber taped to the front. His key line? “Bigger isn’t necessarily better.” That is a small sentence with a lot of weight behind it. In an RPG landscape where “value” is often measured in hundreds of hours, endless side quests, and maps covered in icons, Hudson’s approach sounds almost rebellious: make a Star Wars RPG people can actually finish — and then give them a reason to come back. A Star Wars RPG You Might Actually Finish The Bloomberg piece focuses on former NetEase executive Simon Zhu, whose new GreaterThan Group…
On This Day: Revenge of the Sith Put Darth Vader in Your Pocket
Before smartphones, app stores, and mobile games asking for your credit card every 11 seconds, Star Wars was already trying to squeeze the fall of Anakin Skywalker into your pocket. On May 11, 2005, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was released for ExEn mobile platforms in parts of Europe, according to MobyGames’ May 11 game history archive. It was not the big PlayStation 2 or Xbox version most players remember. It was the tiny, old-school mobile version — the kind of game designed for feature phones, small screens, stiff buttons, and heroic levels of thumb patience. And honestly? That makes it even more fascinating. A Sith Lord, But Make It Pocket-Sized The ExEn version of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith was based on Episode III and turned the movie’s chaos into a compact action game. Players could control Anakin, Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, and Yoda across 12 levels inspired…
Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle (1983): When Star Wars Games Were Still Built Around One Big Scene
There is something very pure about early Star Wars games. They did not try to retell entire trilogies. They did not promise open worlds, branching morality, or a hundred hours of side content. Most of them just looked at one great movie moment and said, more or less, “Right, that bit. Let’s make that playable.” That is exactly what Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle does. Released by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 8-bit computers, and later bundled for the ZX Spectrum+ in 1985, it was one of the earliest Star Wars video games and the first one based on Return of the Jedi. And if The Empire Strikes Back (1982) showed how early home consoles could turn Hoth into a tiny, scrappy war, then Death Star Battle is the next logical step: same early-console ambition, same movie-to-game instinct, just with the…
Star Wars Zero Company Rating Hints the Empire Is Coming Early
Star Wars Zero Company still does not have an official release date, but the tactical war drums just got noticeably louder. A new listing from Australian Classification has rated the upcoming single-player tactics game M for “mature themes and violence,” with a classification date of April 8, 2026. That alone is interesting. Age ratings often show up once a game is far enough along for platform holders and ratings boards to start doing their less glamorous, paperwork-heavy part of the job. But the real hook is buried in the description: the game’s story reportedly “spans from the Clone Wars era into the early Galactic Empire.” That is a very spicy little sentence. The Clone Wars May Not Be the Whole Story Until now, the official pitch for Star Wars Zero Company has focused on the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players take control of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading…
Michael Pennington, Return of the Jedi’s Moff Jerjerrod, Has Passed Away
Sad news from the Star Wars galaxy: Michael Pennington, the British actor who played Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod in Return of the Jedi, has passed away. Pennington was 82. For Star Wars viewers, he will always be remembered as the Imperial officer overseeing the second Death Star — the man who had to stand in front of Darth Vader and explain that construction was not moving fast enough. A bad work meeting, by any galactic standard. The Man Who Had to Explain Delays to Darth Vader Pennington’s Moff Jerjerrod appears early in Return of the Jedi, nervously overseeing construction of the second Death Star above Endor. The official StarWars.com Databank entry for Moff Jerjerrod describes him as the commander responsible for completing the battle station under impossible pressure from both Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. It is a small role, but a memorable one. Jerjerrod is not Grand Moff Tarkin. He…
The Mandalorian and Grogu Is Already Climbing Disney+ Before Theaters
The Mandalorian and Grogu is still weeks away from theaters, but Disney is already using its most powerful Star Wars machine to warm up the crowd: Disney+. A new streaming push around Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — A Special Look is already showing traction on the platform. According to FlixPatrol’s Disney+ chart for May 8, the special ranked among the top TV titles globally, sitting behind only The Testaments and Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord that day. Both ScreenRant and Collider have also noted the special’s early Disney+ momentum ahead of the movie’s theatrical release. That is exactly what Disney wants. Disney+ Is the Hype Engine Now If you are not sleeping under a rock, you already know that The Mandalorian and Grogu hits theaters on May 22, 2026. That is what makes Disney+ pushing the Special Look so interesting: the platform that turned Din Djarin and…
The Mandalorian and Grogu Is Getting a Prequel Comic — After the Movie
Din Djarin and Grogu are heading to comics, because apparently one tiny green merchandising empire was not enough. Mad Cave Studios and Papercutz, in collaboration with Lucasfilm Publishing, have announced Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu — Danger in the Dark, a new all-ages comic one-shot set just before the events of The Mandalorian and Grogu. The twist? The comic arrives on July 22, 2026 — roughly two months after the movie hits theaters. So yes, it is technically a prequel. It is also arriving after the thing it leads into. Star Wars timelines remain undefeated. Din, Grogu, and the Anzellans Go Underground According to Mad Cave’s official announcement, Danger in the Dark sends Din Djarin and Grogu beneath the surface of Nevarro, where a crashed pirate ship is causing trouble in the lava tubes under the city. They are joined by a group of Anzellan allies, which means the…
Sam Witwer Says Maul: Shadow Lord Season 2 Has Pressure – Good
Sam Witwer knows Maul better than almost anyone in Star Wars. That is exactly why his latest comments about Maul: Shadow Lord Season 2 are worth paying attention to. The first season did not just bring Maul back for another round of snarling, scheming, and red-lightsaber therapy. It reframed him as a broken would-be liberator, a criminal strategist, and a dangerous mentor figure for Devon Izara. Now Season 2 has to deal with the fallout. In an interview with The Direct about Maul: Shadow Lord Season 2, Witwer said fans will not have to wait “too, too long” for the next chapter, adding that the team feels real pressure to keep discovering new things with the story. That is probably the best possible sign. A comfortable Maul story would be a bad Maul story. Maul Is Not Just Angry Anymore The smartest thing Maul: Shadow Lord has done is avoid…
Kathleen Kennedy Says Jon Favreau Is Pushing Star Wars Forward Like George Lucas Did
Kathleen Kennedy has made a big comparison — and yes, Star Wars fandom will almost certainly discuss it calmly, politely, and with no dramatic overreactions whatsoever. Speaking about Jon Favreau and The Mandalorian and Grogu, Kennedy compared Favreau’s approach to innovation with the way George Lucas pushed filmmaking technology forward. In a new GamesRadar+ report, Kennedy praised Favreau for taking technology and cinema “into the next level,” saying that spirit reminds her of what Lucas did. That is not a small compliment. In Star Wars terms, that is basically handing someone the keys to the digital toolbox and saying, “Try not to break cinema.” Favreau’s Star Wars Has Always Been Tech-Driven The comparison makes sense when you look at what The Mandalorian actually did for modern production. Favreau helped bring StageCraft and the Volume into the mainstream conversation, using large LED environments to blend real-time digital backgrounds with live-action filming….
Pedro Pascal Wants to Keep Playing Din Djarin After The Mandalorian and Grogu
Pedro Pascal is not ready to hang up the helmet. Or, more accurately, he is not ready for everyone involved in wearing the helmet to hang it up. Speaking during a London Q&A attended by GamesRadar+, Pascal said he hopes to continue playing Din Djarin beyond The Mandalorian and Grogu, calling the role the longest creative relationship of his career. As he put it, he would like to keep going “for as long as my body, or as many bodies as we put into the suit, can take it,” according to GamesRadar+. That is a very Pedro Pascal way of saying: yes, the Mandalorian business may continue. Din Djarin Is No Short-Term Gig Anymore Pascal first stepped into the role when The Mandalorian premiered in 2019. Seven years later, Din Djarin has become one of modern Star Wars’ most recognizable characters — even though the show’s central joke remains that…
Battlefront II’s Battle Point Event Is Live — Reinforcements Are Cheap Today
Star Wars Battlefront II is having another very convenient “wait, why is everyone suddenly a commando?” day. The game’s Battle Point Event: Reinforcements is live, lowering the cost of reinforcements in assault modes and allowing more special units onto the battlefield at once. According to the official EA Community Events Calendar, the Friday Battle Point Event reduces reinforcement costs and increases the number of reinforcements available in Galactic Assault, Capital Supremacy, Extraction, and Strike. So yes, if your match suddenly feels like half the enemy team has evolved into Death Troopers, ARC Troopers, Commandos, B2s, or some other heavily armed problem, that is probably why. Cheap Reinforcements Means Louder Matches The Battle Point system is one of the things that gives Battlefront II its particular rhythm. Regular troopers earn points by playing objectives, getting eliminations, supporting teammates, and generally trying not to become background scenery. Those points can then be…
SWGOH Kit Adjustments Target Ezra, Ahsoka, Merrin, and Gungan Phalanx
Capital Games is making some fairly chunky Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes kit adjustments, and this one is not just a tiny tooltip cleanup hiding in the corner. In a new official character kit adjustments post, the team outlined incoming changes for Gungan Phalanx, Ezra Bridger (Exile), Ahsoka, and Merrin. The short version: some power is being moved, some counters are being shut down, and several investments are being reset and refunded so players can rethink their choices. Translation: the Holotables are about to get spicy again. Gungan Phalanx Moves From Galactic Challenges to Territory Wars The first major change affects Gungan Phalanx. His Omicron was originally designed for Galactic Challenges, but since those are not currently running, Capital Games is moving it to Territory Wars instead. The ability is also being rebalanced for that mode. The updated Omicron loses the old start-of-encounter 100% Evasion, reduces the Shield Generator’s Plasma…
Star Wars Celebration 2027 Sold Out Fast — But Fans Are Not Happy About How It Happened
Star Wars Celebration 2027 is sold out. That part is official. The messier part is what happened on the way there. The official Star Wars Celebration ticket page now lists tickets as sold out for the Los Angeles event, which takes place April 1–4, 2027 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. That already made headlines, and we covered the sellout in our earlier piece on how Star Wars Celebration 2027 sold out ahead of the 50th anniversary year. But now the story has a second act: a lot of fans are not just disappointed they missed out. They are angry about the buying experience itself. The Queue Was Not With Everyone According to Gizmodo’s report on the ticket sale, many fans spent hours in the online queue only to come away empty-handed. That is the kind of convention heartbreak that hits differently when the event is tied to Star Wars’…
Grogu Café Is Opening in London, Because Star Wars Has Finally Weaponized Matcha
Grogu has already conquered toys, memes, Disney+ thumbnails, lunchboxes, plush shelves, and the emotional stability of anyone with functioning eyes. Now he is coming for London’s café scene. Disney UK has announced a limited-time Grogu Café pop-up in Shoreditch, opening from Friday, May 15 to Sunday, May 17, ahead of the cinema release of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu on May 22, 2026. According to the official Disney UK press release, the pop-up will feature Grogu-inspired food, drinks, themed décor, photo moments, and merchandise. So yes, Star Wars has reached the “adorable alien matcha activation” phase. Honestly, it was only a matter of time. The Cutest Outpost in the Galaxy The café will be located at 1 Kingsland Road, Shoreditch, London, E2 8AA, with DisneyTickets describing it as a “matcha-fuelled experience” built around Grogu’s charm. Entry is free but ticketed, with food, drink, and products available to purchase on-site…
Star Wars Outlaws Is Suddenly Trending on Steam Again
Star Wars Outlaws is having one of those “wait, people are actually coming back?” moments. According to the latest Steam tracking chatter, Ubisoft and Massive Entertainment’s open-world Star Wars adventure has climbed high on Steam’s trending activity, with Bespin Bulletin reporting that the game was sitting as the 4th most trending title on Steam with a 125.7% 24-hour change on May 6. It was also listed around the 43rd best-selling game on the platform at the time. Not bad for a game that launched into one of the messier Star Wars gaming discourse storms in recent memory. The Star Wars Day Effect Is Real The timing is not exactly mysterious. May the 4th usually drags every Star Wars game out of hyperspace, slaps a discount on it, and politely asks everyone whether they really need food this week. In Outlaws’ case, that discount appears to be doing actual work. SteamDB…