Return of the Jedi Comes to Disney SpellStruck With New Star Wars Maps

Star Wars has invaded shooters, RPGs, racing games, LEGO adventures, card battlers, mobile strategy, and Fortnite islands. Naturally, the next battlefield is spelling.

Disney SpellStruck has added new Adventure Mode maps inspired by Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, giving the Apple Arcade word game another dose of galactic scenery. The update also adds Boba Fett and Wicket as playable characters, which is a gloriously specific pairing: one fearsome bounty hunter, one brave Ewok, and presumably several very stressed vowels. Apple’s own April Apple Arcade update listed the new Return of the Jedi-inspired maps and characters as arriving on April 23, 2026, while StarWars.com also highlighted the update as part of its Star Wars Day gaming round-up.

A Word Game With a Star Wars Detour

For anyone who has not been tracking Disney SpellStruck between lightsaber duels and Holotable panic, the game is a word-based puzzle battler available through Apple Arcade. The current App Store description pitches its Star Wars content as an adventure with more than 50 levels across the Original Trilogy, including familiar landmarks such as Tatooine, the Mos Eisley Cantina, and the Death Star.

That makes the Return of the Jedi update a natural next step. If A New Hope gives you Tatooine and Death Star energy, and The Empire Strikes Back brings the middle-chapter mood, Return of the Jedi is where the saga gets weird in the best way: Jabba’s palace, Endor, speeder bikes, Ewoks, throne room drama, and Boba Fett taking the most famous accidental jetpack malfunction in cinema history.

Boba Fett and Wicket Is a Very Funny Combo

The character additions are doing a lot of work here. Boba Fett gives the update instant collector appeal, especially around Star Wars Day, because Fett remains one of the franchise’s most reliable merchandising gravity wells. Wicket, meanwhile, brings the Endor side of Return of the Jedi into focus — and gives Disney SpellStruck a softer, family-friendly hook that fits the game’s Apple Arcade audience.

It is not the biggest Star Wars gaming update of the year, obviously. Nobody is confusing this with a new Jedi sequel or a Battlefront revival. But it does show how Lucasfilm continues to spread Star Wars gaming across formats that would have sounded bizarre twenty years ago.

Star Wars Gaming Is Everywhere Now

The interesting part is not just that Disney SpellStruck received more Star Wars content. It is that this kind of crossover now feels normal.

Star Wars games are no longer limited to boxed console releases, PC shooters, or big-budget action adventures. They live inside mobile titles, subscription services, puzzle games, Fortnite experiences, LEGO updates, and community mods. That makes smaller updates like this worth noting — not because every player will rush to Apple Arcade for word battles, but because they show how wide the Star Wars gaming map has become.

For anyone keeping track of that strange, expanding galaxy, our complete list of all Star Wars games ever made is getting more useful by the month.