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…
Author: Novara Skuara
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…
SWGOH May the 4th Celebration Brings Free Gifts, Bonus Drops, and a Very Sithy May 5th
The Holotables are getting the full Star Wars Day treatment — and yes, Capital Games remembered the Sith too. Capital Games has outlined the Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes May the 4th celebration, with daily rewards, a free calendar, a massive inbox gift, Crystal deals, Trove Packs, Lightspeed Bundles, bonus drops, and a packed event schedule running through the middle of May. The official post also gives a polite nod to “May the 5th” for the Sith crowd, because even galactic villains deserve calendar representation. Daily Rewards and a Huge Inbox Gift The biggest immediate reason to log in is the free stuff. Starting May 4, players can visit the Web Store and PC Store every day to claim special Mystery Chests. While there, players can also grab the free May the 4th calendar from the Web Store. Capital Games is also dropping a large inbox gift to kick off…
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes Launches 2026 Extra Life Charity Events With New Donation Packs
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is turning the Holotables into something more useful than another argument about Omicrons: a charity push for children’s healthcare. Capital Games has kicked off its Extra Life Charity Events 2026, once again teaming with Extra Life and Children’s Miracle Network to raise money for UC Davis Children’s Hospital. The first stream was scheduled for May 1, 2026, from 3–5 PM PT on the Capital Games charity Twitch channel, with the campaign now shifting into a year-long format rather than one giant marathon. A Year-Long Charity Push, Not One Big Sprint This year’s big change is the format. Instead of building everything around one long fundraising event, Capital Games says the 2026 campaign will feature smaller, more casual streams throughout the year. That is probably a smart move. A single marathon can be fun, chaotic, and mildly dangerous to everyone’s sleep schedule, but a year-long series…
Luke Skywalker Just Joined Brawlhalla’s Star Wars Event
Luke Skywalker has finally entered Brawlhalla, which means the free-to-play platform fighter has reached the natural endpoint of all crossover games: someone is about to get launched off-screen by a Jedi Knight with a green lightsaber. The latest Brawlhalla Star Wars Event returns on April 29, just in time for May the 4th, and the big new arrival is Luke Skywalker. The official Brawlhalla Patch 10.06 notes confirm that Luke joins the brawl with his green lightsaber and a Vibro-Ax Spear stolen from one of Jabba’s skiff guards. Very Return of the Jedi. Very “farm boy has entered his dangerous cape era.” Luke Comes With Force Tricks Luke is a Mythic Crossover who mirrors the abilities of Arcadia, using Greatsword and Spear. Brawlhalla says he features custom effects for his Signature attacks and Greatsword light attacks, while his Force-powered kit can stun opponents and set up combos. The best little…
LEGO Star Wars: Castaways Brings Back Unlimited Force Powers for May
“Unlimited power” is back in LEGO Star Wars: Castaways, which means May is officially the month where subtle Force restraint gets thrown directly into the reactor shaft. The latest monthly event brings back unlimited Force adept powers alongside the return of the Liberation of Naboo event. Players can jump in, complete missions, earn unique character parts, and collect event rewards while throwing Force energy around like Sheev Palpatine just found the power button. Liberation of Naboo Returns The Liberation of Naboo event gives Castaways players another limited-time reason to log in through May. The event focuses on themed missions and unlockable rewards, with character parts tied to the event progression. For a game built around LEGO customization, that is the real hook. Castaways works best when it gives players more weird little pieces to chase, mix, and turn into tiny plastic Star Wars fashion crimes. Unlimited Power, Limited Time The…
Hamleys Just Opened a Permanent Star Wars Fan Zone in London
Hamleys has just given Star Wars shoppers one more reason to “accidentally” end up on Regent Street. The famous London toy store has opened a new permanent Marvel and Star Wars Fan Zone on the fourth floor of its flagship store, timed neatly ahead of Star Wars Day. According to Toy World’s report on the new Fan Zone, the space opened on April 27 and is designed as an immersive retail area for Marvel and Star Wars fans. Mando, Grogu, and Retail Danger The Star Wars section includes a Mandalorian-inspired hideout with a layered archway backdrop and an existing LEGO sculpture of Mando and Grogu. In other words, Hamleys has discovered the oldest trick in modern Star Wars retail: put Grogu somewhere photogenic and watch wallets start sweating. The range includes LEGO sets, Hasbro figures, premium lightsabers and helmets, Jazwares figures and vehicles, Ravensburger games, Lexibook electronics, collectibles, and more….
PowerWash Simulator 2 Is Getting a Star Wars Pack
There are many heroic jobs in the Star Wars galaxy. Jedi Knight. Rebel pilot. Mandalorian bounty hunter. Moisture farmer who somehow still gets dragged into galactic drama. And now, finally, the role destiny has been building toward since 1977: cleaning Imperial grime off very famous objects with a power washer. FuturLab has announced a new Star Wars Pack for PowerWash Simulator 2, bringing the galaxy far, far away into the deeply satisfying world of blasting dirt off things until your brain releases the happy chemicals. According to the official PowerWash Simulator 2 Star Wars Pack page, players step into the role of P0-W2, a Class Five cleaning droid dragged into a very dirty original trilogy adventure. Rebellions Are Built on Hope, and Soap The pack is set during the events of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, which means this is not some random…
Three Years Later, Star Wars: Heritage Pack Is Still a Ridiculous Value
On April 27, 2023, Star Wars: Heritage Pack launched digitally for Nintendo Switch, quietly becoming one of the easiest ways to carry a small museum of Star Wars gaming around in your backpack. According to Nintendo Life’s listing for Star Wars: Heritage Pack, the Switch eShop release landed on April 27, 2023, while the physical version followed later. Three years later, the package still feels a bit absurd — in the best possible way. Seven Games, One Very Dangerous Backlog The bundle collects seven classic Star Wars games: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Knights of the Old Republic, Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Episode I Racer, and Republic Commando. That is not a casual collection. That is a whole era of Star Wars gaming stuffed into one digital hyperspace suitcase. The official Star Wars Heritage Pack site…
Ralph Gunderman, Additional Voice Actor in SWTOR, Has Died at 77
There is some sad news for long-time Star Wars: The Old Republic fans and for people who have spent years listening to familiar voices across games, TV, and commercials. Ralph Gunderman, who provided additional voices in Star Wars: The Old Republic, has died at the age of 77. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Gunderman died on March 1 at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York from complications of pneumonia, citing a family spokesperson. For SWTOR players, Gunderman was not one of the big headline names on the poster, but he was part of the wider voice fabric that helped make the galaxy feel lived in. His IMDb credits include Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) among his game work, listing him under additional voices. That kind of credit can be easy to overlook, but in a game as massive and dialogue-heavy as SWTOR, those supporting performances matter a lot. And…
The Mandalorian & Grogu Is Now Tracking for a Potential $100M Opening
The box office story around The Mandalorian & Grogu just got a little more interesting. After some earlier softer-looking chatter around the film’s commercial prospects, Boxoffice Pro’s latest long-range forecast now says the movie could open in the $90 million to $100 million range domestically when it hits theaters on May 22, 2026. That would be a meaningful shift in tone around the film’s launch outlook, even if the upper end still would not put it near the biggest modern Star Wars openings. That is the key thing here: this is better, but it is not suddenly a “Star Wars is back to automatic $150M openings” story. Better than the gloomier narrative According to Boxoffice Pro’s long-range forecast, a $100 million opening would still rank as the lowest Star Wars debut since Solo: A Star Wars Story, which opened to $84.4 million in 2018. The same report notes that The…
Looking Back at Every Star Wars Celebration Ahead of 2027 Ticket Sales
With Star Wars Celebration 2027 tickets going on sale on May 6, this feels like the perfect time to look backward before the fandom charges forward again. We already know the next Celebration is going to be a big one. The event heads to Los Angeles in 2027, and with ticket sales around the corner, the usual mix of excitement, planning, badge stress, hotel panic, and “should we actually do this?” energy is starting to kick in. If you missed the latest update on badge pricing and the on-sale date, we already broke that down in our guide to Star Wars Celebration 2027 tickets, prices, and the May 6 on-sale date. But before everyone starts refreshing ticket pages and wrecking their budgets, it is worth taking a step back and remembering just how long and strange the road to Celebration 2027 has actually been. This article is also built around…
Burger King Is Getting a Mandalorian & Grogu Menu on May the 4th
Fast-food Star Wars promotions are usually a little chaotic by design, but Burger King’s new The Mandalorian & Grogu tie-in actually sounds like it knows exactly what kind of chaos it wants. Burger King has officially announced a limited-time menu launching May 4 at participating U.S. locations to celebrate the upcoming movie, which hits theaters on May 22, 2026. And yes, the menu names are doing a lot. According to Burger King’s official announcement, the lineup includes the BBQ Bounty Whopper, Grogu’s Blue Cookie Shake, Grogu’s Garlic Chicken Fries, and Imperial Cheddar Ranch Tots. The chain is also rolling out four collectible cups, available with select purchases including the Bounty Bundle, the BBQ Bounty Whopper Combo, and the 12-piece Grogu’s Garlic Chicken Fry Combo. The actual menu is very Star Wars-branded in the best possible way The most obvious headliner is the BBQ Bounty Whopper, which Burger King says comes…
One Year Ago Today, Star Wars Zero Company Finally Broke Cover
A year ago today, Star Wars finally pulled the tarp off one of its most intriguing game reveals in years. On April 19, 2025, Star Wars Zero Company was officially revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan, with Lucasfilm and EA dropping the first announce trailer and confirming the game as a single-player turn-based tactics title from Bit Reactor, made in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games. The official announcement also confirmed releases for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2026. That made the reveal feel important right away. Not just because Star Wars got another new game, but because it got a very specific kind of game. Zero Company was pitched as a gritty Clone Wars-era tactics experience, putting players in command of a ragtag squad during one of the galaxy’s ugliest stretches of war. StarWars.com’s reveal coverage described it as a perspective on the Clone Wars…
All LGBTQ+ Characters in Star Wars: The Galaxy Is Gayer Than the Empire Would Like
For a franchise that began with desert monks, family trauma, and a man in black breathing like a broken vacuum cleaner, Star Wars took its sweet time getting openly LGBTQ+ characters onto the page and screen. For years, the galaxy far, far away was full of subtext, coding, and “well, if you squint at this interview from 1983…” energy. But canon eventually stopped being coy. Comics, novels, games, and live-action series started putting queer characters front and center — not as trivia, not as a wink, but as actual people with actual relationships, desires, identities, and messy lives. Which, honestly, is the most Star Wars thing possible. Nobody in this franchise gets to be uncomplicated. A quick note before we jump to hyperspace: this article focuses on confirmed canon LGBTQ+ characters, not fan readings, not “maybe implied,” and not every background extra who appeared in one panel of a comic…
The Maul Gap: Why Shadow Lord’s 18 BBY Setting Matters
For a Star Wars show built around one of the franchise’s angriest survivors, Maul: Shadow Lord picked a very smart place to land. The series is set in 18 BBY, about a year after Revenge of the Sith and the fall of the Republic. That alone makes it more than just another “Maul is back” project. It drops him into one of the ugliest, most unstable corners of the timeline: the moment when the Jedi are broken, the Empire is tightening its grip, and the galaxy is still trying to figure out what just happened. GamesRadar and Fantha Tracks both place the series in 18 BBY, while official Star Wars material describes the show as following Maul after The Clone Wars as he tries to rebuild his criminal power. That matters because Maul’s story has always had a weirdly large hole in the middle. We know who he was in…
The Phantom Menace Hits Different Now
For years, The Phantom Menace was the Star Wars movie people mocked for opening with trade disputes, a blockade, and Senate paralysis instead of immediately throwing everyone into glorious space chaos. The phrase “taxation of trade routes” became shorthand for everything critics thought was too dry, too political, or too weirdly procedural about Episode I. But in 2026, with the Strait of Hormuz back in the headlines and global shipping suddenly looking fragile again, that setup feels a lot less silly than it used to. That does not mean George Lucas “predicted Iran” in some literal fortune-teller sense. It means he understood something a lot of people still underestimate: trade chokepoints are power. Blockades are power. Slow, compromised political institutions are power. And when those things collide, what sounds boring on paper can become the spark for a much bigger crisis. That is basically the entire engine of The Phantom…
Kenshi Gets a Star Wars Horror Twist with Death Troopers Overhaul
There are Star Wars mods, and then there are Star Wars mods that look at the galaxy far, far away and decide it needs a lot more panic, infection, and bad decisions in the dark. That is pretty much the vibe behind Death Troopers Overhaul, a new Kenshi mod built on top of Project Kathun, and it goes hard in a very specific direction: full-on survival horror inside one of the bleakest sandbox RPGs ever made. Which, honestly, sounds like a disturbingly good match. Instead of just dropping in a few themed enemies and calling it a day, this mod aims to reshape the world into a nightmare version of Project Kathun inspired by Death Troopers. The setup is simple and grim in the best possible way. Rather than escaping, the infected from the story crash on the moon of Kathun. With Rebels and Imperials already fighting across the world…
Star Wars Eclipse May Have Finished Chunks — But the Bigger Problem Sounds a Lot Less Glamorous
There are few Star Wars games better at looking alive while saying almost nothing than Star Wars Eclipse. The reveal trailer still has juice. The High Republic setting is still a smart hook. The pitch still sounds expensive in all the right ways. But the latest reporting makes the actual state of the game sound a lot less like “quietly cooking” and a lot more like “beautifully parked with the engine running.” According to Insider Gaming’s new report on Star Wars Eclipse, development has been “very slow going,” with one source saying there has been “very little progress over months.” That is the kind of update that lands with a thud, because this is not some tiny project nobody remembers. This is the big Quantic Dream and Lucasfilm Games collaboration that was sold as an intricately branching High Republic action-adventure with multiple playable characters, major choices, and a story that…
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Released 4 Years Ago Today
The biggest LEGO Star Wars swing in years LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released on April 5, 2022, which means the game turns four years old today. That may not sound like a huge milestone on paper, but in Star Wars gaming terms, this one still stands out. It was not just another LEGO tie-in. It was the moment TT Games tried to cram the entire nine-film Skywalker story into one oversized, brick-built package. And somehow, against all odds, it mostly pulled it off. One game, nine films, and a mountain of content What made The Skywalker Saga feel bigger than earlier LEGO Star Wars games was not just the obvious “all nine movies” hook. It was the scale of the thing. This was a game built to feel massive, with explorable planets, updated combat, a huge playable roster, and enough side content to keep completionists busy long after…
How StarWars.com Changed Over the Years, According to the Wayback Machine
If you’ve ever wanted proof that the internet used to look like it was held together by duct tape, optimism, and a lot of beige, the best place to start is the Wayback Machine That archive is basically a time machine for the web, and when you run StarWars.com through it, you’re not just looking at old homepage designs. You’re watching Star Wars learn how to exist online. Over the years, the official site went from a pretty modest promo page into a full-blown franchise mothership packed with news, videos, Databank entries, Disney+ tie-ins, games, and enough navigation tabs to make a 1998 modem cry. The fun part is that the changes on StarWars.com don’t just reflect web design trends. They track the changing priorities of Star Wars itself. In one era, the site was all about movie hype. In another, it became a fan hub. Later, it shifted into…
Star Wars Battlefront II (2017) Mod: Female Clones — Yes, It’s Their Turn to Go to War
If you’ve ever looked at the endless ranks of clone troopers in Star Wars: Battlefront II (2017) and thought, “You know what this game needs? A gender swap that’s actually multiplayer-safe,” congratulations — Female Clones is here to deliver exactly that. This mod gender-swaps all clone troopers, swapping in female voices and altered models across the clone roster. And before anyone tries to start a 400-comment culture war in your brain: relax. It’s a mod. No one is rewriting history. It’s just the women’s turn to wear the bucket and run into blaster fire. What the mod does Translation: if you want the vibe without the usual “works in arcade, explodes in multiplayer” energy, this is aiming to be the cleaner option. Why this exists (according to the creator) The mod author says they made this because the other fem clone mod was giving them issues, so they built a…
This Call of Duty Zombies Mod Is the Star Wars FPS We’re Still Not Getting
A modder just combined Call of Duty with Star Wars — and it looks like the shooter Lucasfilm will never officially greenlight. Not a concept trailer. Not a “what if.” It’s a real, playable Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies Workshop map called Star wars: HOTH beta — and it’s exactly as unhinged as it sounds. When official Star Wars FPS plans go quiet, modders don’t pitch — they ship. What this actually is The project is Star wars: HOTH beta, created by MoiCestTOM and published on the Steam Workshop as a beta build of an upcoming Hoth-themed custom map. The creator says they released a beta because custom maps take a huge amount of time and real-life issues made it hard to guarantee a full release later — so they wanted players to have something playable now. They also say the plan is to expand the map with…
Marvel Rivals – Nude Gambit NSFW Mod Brings Le Diable Blanc Into the Spotlight
If you thought Gambit already had main-character energy in Marvel Rivals, this latest NSFW mod turns that charm dial all the way up. The Nude Gambit NSFW mod delivers a bold visual overhaul for everyone’s favorite card-throwing Cajun, offering a cheeky, over-the-top take on Remy LeBeau that fits surprisingly well with the game’s stylized aesthetic. Whether you’re a mod collector or just curious about what the Marvel Rivals modding scene is cooking up lately, this one definitely stands out. Download the mod here A Gambit Makeover That Steals the Show The concept behind the mod is simple but memorable: instead of showing up in a classic tux for a bachelor party performance, Gambit arrives ready to make an unforgettable impression — and let’s just say Rogue probably saved a lot on wardrobe expenses. The mod replaces Gambit’s default appearance with a fully nude character model built using custom body meshes,…