Strap in, adjust your headset, and prepare to dodge Tusken Raiders in your living room—Star Wars: Beyond Victory is the next big step in immersive storytelling, and it’s coming soon to Meta Quest 3 and 3S.
Announced by ILM Immersive, this brand-new mixed reality experience isn’t just another VR ride—it’s a fully interactive Star Wars adventure that combines narrative, gameplay, and real-world environments in ways the franchise hasn’t tried before. And yes, Sebulba is back. Let that sink in.
🚀 What Is Star Wars: Beyond Victory?
Star Wars: Beyond Victory – A Mixed Reality Playset is ILM’s latest project in its growing catalog of immersive Star Wars experiences. It follows the success of Vader Immortal and Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, but this time, it’s dialing things up with mixed reality—not just virtual, but blending game elements into your real-world space.
Set during the timeline of Solo: A Star Wars Story, the game stars Volo Bolus, a rising podracing talent who somehow ends up teaming with none other than Sebulba, the infamous Dug who once tried to flatten Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace.
So, if you’ve ever wanted to know what happened to Sebulba after getting smoked by a 9-year-old, apparently this game has answers—and a whole lot of high-speed podracing in new and unexpected ways.
🧠 A Story-Driven Podracing Experience (With Modes!)
While ILM hasn’t revealed every detail just yet, Beyond Victory promises a narrative-focused experience with multiple gameplay modes. Players will explore a story rooted in podracing culture, but don’t expect it to be just about fast laps and engine upgrades.
Instead, the game will unfold through interactive moments and environmental storytelling that leverages your real surroundings. According to director Jose Perez III, the goal was to make the Star Wars universe feel like it’s literally in your home, using MR technology to drop spaceships, characters, and effects into the room around you.
It’s like Force projection, but with better resolution.
🏁 Sebulba Returns—Yes, Really
In a move that no one saw coming—but somehow makes perfect sense—Sebulba is making a proper return. The podracer with the worst sportsmanship in the Outer Rim is back, and he’s got… character development?
ILM has hinted that Sebulba will play a key role in Beyond Victory‘s story, likely as both mentor and chaos agent. Whether he’s helping or hindering is still unclear, but having Sebulba appear in a leading role is already giving this game serious prequel-era energy.
Maybe he’s mellowed out. Maybe he’s just lost another podrace and needs a redemption arc. Either way, it’s going to be fun watching him strut back into the spotlight with that smug little “Bwaah!” sound.
📍 Play It First at Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025
Want to try Beyond Victory before it officially releases? Head to Star Wars Celebration Japan, taking place April 18–20 at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center near Tokyo.
At Booth #20-5 in Hall 4, ILM and Meta Quest will offer hands-on demos of the game across a dozen play stations. They’ll also be showing past hits like Vader Immortal and Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, but make no mistake—Beyond Victory is the star of the show.
It’s a rare chance to get early access to one of the most experimental Star Wars titles in development, especially in a convention setting that’s perfect for showing off spatial gameplay features.
📖 Bonus Content: Exclusive Comic Tie-In
To sweeten the deal, attendees of Celebration Japan will also receive a free Marvel comic titled Star Wars: Beyond Victory, which serves as a prequel to the game’s story.
Written by Ethan Sacks (of Galaxy’s Edge fame), with artwork by Phil Noto, Will Sliney, Steven Cummings, and Shogo Aoki, the comic sets the stage for Volo’s podracing journey and possibly fills in some Sebulba backstory. It’s the kind of transmedia tie-in that shows ILM is going all-in on building a wider narrative around this release.
Whether or not Volo ends up in a Hutt-controlled race with a one-eyed Gungan remains to be seen. (But hey, it’s Star Wars. Anything’s possible.)
🕶️ Coming Soon to Meta Quest 3 and 3S
After Celebration Japan, Star Wars: Beyond Victory will release exclusively for Meta Quest 3 and 3S. No firm date has been confirmed yet, but it’s expected to launch later in 2025.
It will likely be a standalone experience available on the Meta Store, possibly bundled with past Star Wars titles or as part of a celebration collection. Pricing, file size, and gameplay length details are still under wraps, but if past ILM projects are any indicator, expect a polished, story-first experience with plenty of replay value.
Conclusion: Mixed Reality Is the New Frontier for Star Wars Games
Star Wars: Beyond Victory isn’t just a nostalgia play with podracers—it’s a bold step into the next era of immersive storytelling. With ILM blending real-world environments and holographic gameplay, this game might finally deliver the “living Star Wars universe” experience that tech demos have been teasing for years.
And with Sebulba along for the ride? Well, let’s just say the podracing game has officially been upped.
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