A new Star Wars comic series is on the way, and it sounds like somebody finally looked at the old space-sim games and said, “What if we added more school drama and fewer immediate explosions?” Star Wars: X-Wing Academy is arriving next year and will take place before The Force Awakens. The series follows a group of students at a pilot school that has already been described as a kind of Hogwarts for New Republic pilots. Which, to be fair, is a pretty efficient sales pitch. X-wings, young recruits, rivalries, training, and probably at least one reckless overachiever who should absolutely not be cleared for live flight yet. The concept almost sells itself. And for Star Wars gaming fans, it hits a very familiar nerve. The X-Wing Fantasy Never Really Went Away Long before this comic was announced, Star Wars games had already spent decades teaching players the essential fantasy…
Star Wars gaming
SWGOH The Ronin Kit Guide: Best Team, Abilities, Omicron, and How He Works
The Ronin is coming to Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, and he might be the coolest character in the entire Myths & Legends rollout. Darth Jar Jar is funnier. Mara Jade Skywalker has the Legends weight. Jaxxon is pure old-comic chaos. But The Ronin brings something different to the holotable: Star Wars: Visions energy, Sith synergy, a summoned droid, Bleed pressure, Critical Damage scaling, and a Territory Wars Omicron that looks built for players who enjoy making Sith teams more annoying than legally necessary. The official The Ronin kit reveal from EA puts him inside the new Myths & Legends era, while the The Ronin unit data on SWGOH.GG shows a Dark Side Sith Attacker with a strange little engine built around Boiling Point, R5-D56, Bleed, Siphon, and enemies hiding behind Taunt, Stealth, or Resilient Defense. Translation: he is not here to politely tap someone with a lightsaber. He is…
Star Wars: Zero Company Will Take 30–40 Hours to Beat, and That Might Be Exactly Right
Star Wars: Zero Company will not eat your entire life. That might be a good thing. According to VICE’s report on new Zero Company details, Bit Reactor says the upcoming Clone Wars tactics game should take the average player around 30–40 hours to beat, with that number increasing a bit on higher difficulties. For a turn-based tactics game, that sounds pretty reasonable. Not tiny. Not endless. Just long enough to make bad decisions hurt. A Focused Clone Wars Campaign The 30–40 hour estimate suggests Zero Company is aiming for a focused story campaign rather than a massive tactics sandbox. That fits what we already know about the game. Star Wars: Zero Company is a single-player, turn-based tactics game set during the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players lead Hawks and an unusual squad through missions built around tactics, squad bonds, customization, and battlefield consequences. We have been collecting all the…
Star Wars: Zero Company Cast Revealed, and the Clone Wars Tactics Game Just Got More Interesting
Star Wars: Zero Company just became a lot more real. Lucasfilm has revealed the main cast for Bit Reactor’s upcoming Clone Wars tactics game ahead of its San Diego Comic-Con panel, and the lineup is a strong mix of Star Wars veterans, game actors, animation voices, and a few names that immediately make the squad feel less like a generic tactics roster and more like a proper ensemble. That matters. Because Zero Company is not being sold as just “move clone, shoot droid, repeat until the Separatists file a complaint.” This is a single-player, turn-based tactics game built around squad identity, character relationships, battlefield choices, and a cinematic Clone Wars story. A cast reveal is not just trivia here. It tells us who is carrying the emotional weight. For the full game breakdown, release details, squad systems, permadeath, pre-orders, and everything else we know so far, we have our complete…
Hot Toys’ Darth Malgus Figure Proves The Old Republic Still Refuses to Die
Darth Malgus is getting the Hot Toys treatment, and honestly, it feels overdue. The new Darth Malgus sixth scale figure is based on Star Wars: The Old Republic, giving one of SWTOR’s most recognizable Sith Lords the kind of premium collectible spotlight usually reserved for film and TV icons. The official Hot Toys reveal presents Darth Malgus as a 1/6th scale collectible figure inspired by Star Wars: The Old Republic, placing him in the Video Game Masterpiece Series where he belongs. He is not a movie character. He does not need to be. Malgus Was Always Built Like a Collectible Some Star Wars characters need years of nostalgia to become iconic. Darth Malgus needed one cinematic trailer and a respirator full of rage. The armor. The cape. The mask. The red lightsaber. The “I ended negotiations by walking through the wall” energy. Malgus became one of the defining faces of…
Darth Jar Jar Is Coming to SWGOH, and the Meme Has Officially Won
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes has done it. The meme is real. Darth Jar Jar is coming to SWGOH as part of the new Myths & Legends era, and somewhere in the galaxy, a thousand ancient Reddit threads just ignited at once. This is not just another “haha wouldn’t it be funny if…” moment. The character is now listed in the game’s Myths & Legends rollout, with Darth Jar Jar appearing on SWGOH.GG as a Dark Side Leader, Support, Gungan, and Sith unit. Yes. Sith. Jar Jar. Welcome to the stupidest timeline. Also possibly the most entertaining one. Darth Jar Jar Was Always Too Powerful to Stay a Joke Forever The Darth Jar Jar theory has been around forever. The basic version is simple: what if Jar Jar Binks was not just an awkward Gungan with suspicious luck, but secretly a dark-side mastermind hiding in plain sight? Was it ever…
Star Wars: Zero Company – Complete Guide to the Clone Wars Tactics Game
Star Wars: Zero Company is one of the most interesting Star Wars games on the way, and not just because it lets people say “Star Wars XCOM” and feel immediately understood. That shorthand works, sure. Turn-based tactics. Cover. Squad positioning. Bad decisions. The beautiful horror of watching one missed shot turn a clean plan into a smoking crater. But Zero Company is starting to look like more than a simple genre reskin. This is a single-player, turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars, developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games. Players step into the role of Hawks, a former Republic officer leading an unconventional squad of professionals for hire through a gritty original Star Wars story. In other words: Clone Wars tactics, squad drama, battlefield consequences, and enough character tension to make every mission feel like it could ruin your evening….
SWGOH’s Myths & Legends Era Is Bringing Darth Jar Jar, Mara Jade Skywalker, and Pure Chaos
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes appears to have looked at the entire Star Wars timeline, shrugged, and chosen violence. A new Myths & Legends era is coming to SWGOH, and the character list is genuinely ridiculous in the best possible way: Darth Jar Jar, Mara Jade Skywalker, The Ronin, Starkiller / Luke Concept, Jaxxon, Stormtrooper Concept, and Yoda, Dark Side Vision. That is not a normal roster update. That is a Star Wars fever dream with mods. Darth Jar Jar Is the Headline, Obviously Let’s not pretend otherwise. The second Darth Jar Jar appears in a Galaxy of Heroes announcement, everything else has to wait in line. This is one of the longest-running Star Wars jokes, theories, memes, and “what if George Lucas was secretly cooking?” ideas in the fandom. And now he is apparently walking into SWGOH like this was always inevitable. Honestly, for this game? It kind of…
Star Wars: Unlimited Showcase Prices Are Already Moving During Galactic Championship Week
Star Wars: Unlimited is heading into its biggest competitive weekend of the year, and the card market is already doing what card markets do best. Getting weird. The 2026 Galactic Championship runs July 24–26 in Las Vegas, giving Star Wars: Unlimited its largest event stage of the year. The official event site describes it as the game’s biggest event, with more than 3,000 fans expected across competition, panels, trading, side events, and prize hunting. And now, with championship week here, players are watching Showcase card prices for clues. The Market Is Watching the Meta A recent community post on the Star Wars: Unlimited subreddit pointed directly at the timing: “It’s Galactic Championship week,” with Showcase price movement potentially offering hints about the decks players expect to see at the event. That does not mean prices perfectly predict the tournament. They do not. Card markets are powered by demand, speculation, collector…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer’s Story Trailer Makes Podracing Look Illegal Again
Star Wars: Galactic Racer keeps looking less like a polite racing game and more like something the New Republic should probably investigate. The game’s official story trailer debuted during Summer Game Fest 2026, giving a better look at the rivalry, the danger, and the underground racing scene driving the upcoming Star Wars racer. Lucasfilm’s official page says Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches worldwide for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 6, 2026. That matters because this is not just “podracing again.” It is trying to turn Star Wars racing into a full-blown career of bad decisions. The Galactic League Looks Properly Dangerous The setup is simple enough: racing born in the lawless Outer Rim, with glory, revenge, rival pilots, and the kind of high-speed competition that probably does not have a very strong safety department. The official site describes Galactic Racer as a “high-stakes reinvention of racing”…
Classic Star Wars Games Are in Xbox’s Ultimate Game Sale, So Your Backlog Can Suffer Properly
The Xbox Ultimate Game Sale is here, and Star Wars fans have been handed a very dangerous little menu of bad decisions. Not bad games. Bad decisions. As in: “I already own KOTOR somewhere, but it is $4.99, so obviously I need it again.” According to Windows Central’s full Xbox Ultimate Game Sale 2026 list, several classic Star Wars games are currently discounted, including Knights of the Old Republic, KOTOR II, Republic Commando, Jedi Outcast, Jedi Academy, Jedi Starfighter, the original Battlefront games, and multiple LEGO Star Wars titles. In other words, your backlog is not safe. The Old Republic Is the Easy Pick The standout deal is obvious: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. With the KOTOR remake rumor mill waking up again, this is a good time to revisit the original rather than just stare at Revan’s mask and argue about hypothetical trailers. We recently covered the…
Star Wars: Unlimited’s Galactic Championship Is This Week, and the TCG Scene Gets Its Big Moment
Star Wars: Unlimited gets its biggest stage of the year this week. The 2026 Galactic Championship runs July 24–26 in Las Vegas, with the official event site calling it the largest Star Wars: Unlimited event of the year. More than 3,000 fans are expected across the three-day weekend, with competition, panels, trading, side events, and plenty of prize hunting. That is a serious step for a Star Wars card game that only launched in 2024. The Main Event Is the Big Draw The championship tournament is the headline. The official competitor guide says the elimination rounds begin Sunday afternoon, with the Galactic Champion crowned around the end of the event. It is also positioned as the final major tournament of Star Wars: Unlimited Organized Play Season One. That gives the weekend real weight. This is where the current meta gets tested properly, not just debated endlessly in Discord, Reddit, and…
When Star Wars: Episode I Racer Turned Podracing Into One of the Fastest Star Wars Games Ever
There are Star Wars games people remember because they were deep, dramatic, and full of moral choices. And then there is Star Wars: Episode I Racer, a game remembered because it let you fly through a canyon at absurd speed while your engines screamed like they were seconds from becoming expensive scrap metal. Honestly, fair. The Nintendo 64 version of Star Wars: Episode I Racer was released on July 21, 1999, according to MobyGames’ release database, landing right in the middle of The Phantom Menace era when podracing briefly became the coolest thing in the galaxy. And yes, we have already covered the game properly in our full Star Wars: Episode I Racer 1999 archive entry. But on its anniversary, it is worth coming back to one simple point: This was not just a movie tie-in. It was one of the fastest Star Wars games ever made. Podracing Was Perfect…
KOTOR Remake Could Finally Get a New Trailer Soon, But Keep the Hype in Carbonite
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake might finally be preparing to show itself again. Maybe. Possibly. Please keep both hands away from the hype lever. A new report claims the long-silent KOTOR remake could receive a fresh reveal before the end of 2026, though the same chatter also leaves room for that reveal to slip into early 2027. The claim comes from 100% Star Wars, with several gaming outlets now picking up the report as another sign that Saber’s remake may be moving toward public reintroduction. That is not an official Lucasfilm announcement. It is not a confirmed trailer date. It is not a PlayStation showcase listing. It is not The Game Awards suddenly rolling out a red carpet for Revan. But after years of silence, even a possible re-reveal is enough to wake up the Old Republic crowd. The KOTOR Remake Has Been Quiet for Years…
This Helldivers 2 Mod Turns Every Armor Set Into Clone Trooper Gear
Helldivers 2 has never been shy about sending heavily armored soldiers into hopeless battles where everyone is expendable and friendly fire is practically a squad tradition. In other words, it was always one clone trooper mod away from becoming the Clone Wars game we still somehow do not have. That mod has now arrived. Star Wars: Clone Armory Beta does not simply replace one armor set with a familiar white helmet. It attempts to transform the entire Helldivers 2 armory into clone trooper gear, complete with weapons, backpacks, accessories, supporting soldiers and Republic-themed battlefield details. This is less “nice cosmetic pack” and more “Kamino has quietly taken over Super Earth’s procurement department.” Every Helldiver Armor Set Gets the Clone Treatment Created by thebf333 alongside MrPizza07, Degabait and davidTheGodly, Clone Armory is described as a total conversion of the game’s armor collection. The mod replaces all player armor with clone trooper…
SWTOR’s Pirate Incursion Returns Tomorrow, So Dantooine Is About to Be Annoying Again
Dantooine is about to have another completely normal week. Which, in Star Wars: The Old Republic, means pirates, sabotage, daily missions, reputation grinding, and players once again asking why this supposedly quiet farming world keeps getting dragged into galactic nonsense. Pirate Incursion returns on July 21, 2026 and runs until July 28, according to SWTOR’s official July event schedule. The event is available for characters level 20 and above, so it is a pretty easy excuse to jump back in, even if your main has been abandoned on the fleet like a sad decoration. The Nova Blades Are Back Pirate Incursion sends players back to Dantooine, where the Nova Blade pirates are causing trouble during the ongoing Republic and Empire conflict. The event originally arrived with Game Update 5.10.3: The Dantooine Incursion, turning the planet into a compact conflict zone full of daily missions, Heroics, reputation rewards, and the usual…
PowerWash Simulator 2’s Star Wars Pack Is Out Now, So the Galaxy Can Finally Be Clean Again
The PowerWash Simulator 2 STAR WARS Pack is officially out now, which means the galaxy far, far away has finally found the hero it truly needed. Not a Jedi. Not a Sith. Not a chosen one with unresolved family issues. A pressure washer. The new Star Wars crossover pack is now available, adding six new levels set across iconic locations including Tatooine, Hoth, and beyond. It also brings a new story narrative featuring messages from Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Owen Lars, and more, plus new interactables, achievements, themed equipment, and the P0-W2 Droid outfit. The official Steam update lists the pack at $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99 / ¥1,100. If you are jumping into the cleaning chaos and want the game on your shelf too, you can also check PowerWash Simulator 2 on Amazon here. We recently covered FuturLab’s developer video for the pack and why PowerWash Simulator 2’s Star…
KOTOR Remake May Finally Be Targeting 2028, Which Somehow Feels Both Close and Ridiculous
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake may finally have something resembling a release window. Maybe. Possibly. With a lightsaber-sized asterisk. According to Gamereactor, a New Saber executive has put the long-awaited KOTOR remake “hopefully” in the company’s 2028 release line-up. That is not an official release date. It is not a trailer. It is not a fresh gameplay reveal. It is not even the kind of confident corporate sentence you can safely build a countdown clock around. But for a remake that has spent years living somewhere between “still in development” and “please stop asking,” even the word “hopefully” counts as movement. 2028 Is Not a Date, But It Is Something The key word here is “hopefully.” That matters. The remake has not been officially dated for 2028, and nobody should treat this as confirmation that Revan is definitely returning that year. What it does suggest is…
KOTOR Launched on Xbox 23 Years Ago, and Star Wars RPGs Were Never the Same
When Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic launched on Xbox in July 2003, it did not just give players another Star Wars game. It gave them a galaxy they could actually shape. That was the difference. Before KOTOR, Star Wars games had already done plenty: space sims, shooters, strategy, arcade action, podracing, and more odd experiments than most franchises would ever dare attempt. Our complete archive of every Star Wars game ever made makes that history look almost absurd in hindsight. But KOTOR hit differently because it was not trying to replay the films. It was trying to let players live inside Star Wars as an RPG. The Day Players Finally Met Revan The Xbox version of Knights of the Old Republic arrived in July 2003, only days after LucasArts confirmed the game had gone gold. We already looked back at that production milestone in our piece on how…
Battlefront’s Offline Skirmish Mode Was the Update Solo Players Had Been Begging For
When Star Wars Battlefront launched in 2015, it looked incredible. Hoth looked cold enough to hurt. Endor felt dense and dangerous. Blaster fire snapped across the screen with that unmistakable Star Wars sound. DICE absolutely knew how to make the galaxy feel expensive. The problem was what happened when you wanted to play alone. For a game carrying the Battlefront name, the lack of a proper single-player campaign or deeper offline bot support was one of the biggest complaints. EA later acknowledged that skipping a single-player campaign was a deliberate decision tied to launching alongside The Force Awakens, but also admitted the game had been criticized for lacking depth and breadth. That is why the 2016 Offline Skirmish announcement mattered. EA Finally Gave Solo Players Something In July 2016, DICE introduced Skirmish, an offline mode that let players jump into Walker Assault and Fighter Squadron against AI bots. Console players…
Rotta the Hutt Kit Guide: Why the Light Side Hutt Cartel Thing Actually Makes Sense
Rotta the Hutt should probably not make sense as a Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes unit. He was introduced as Jabba’s kidnapped child in The Clone Wars, spent years as a trivia answer with slime, and somehow now arrives on the Holotables as a Light Side Leader, Attacker, and Hutt Cartel character. That sounds ridiculous. Which means, naturally, his kit is actually kind of interesting. EA’s official Rotta the Hutt kit reveal frames him as no longer the helpless child from the Clone Wars era. This is an older Rotta, built around spectacle, raw power, and arena-brawler energy. The important design note is that Rotta can lead the Hutt Cartel, but he is also designed to fight alone. So yes, this is a Hutt Cartel character with solo gladiator potential. Welcome to Galaxy of Heroes. Please leave logic at the loading screen. Rotta’s Role: Leader, Attacker, Hutt Cartel Rotta’s tags…
Star Wars Zero Company PC Launch Guide: Release Date, Platforms, Price, and Pre-Order Bonuses
Star Wars Zero Company is getting closer, and if you are planning to play on PC, this is one of those releases where it is worth checking the basics before you blindly click pre-order and pretend you are “just looking.” The game launches on August 27, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. EA has confirmed pre-orders are live, with the PC version available through the EA app and Steam. The standard PC edition is listed at $49.99, while the Deluxe Edition is listed at $59.99 on Steam. So yes, the Clone Wars tactics game is real, dated, and priced like EA knows strategy players can smell nonsense from orbit. What Is Star Wars Zero Company? Star Wars Zero Company is a single-player, turn-based tactics game set during the Clone Wars. It is being developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, with EA…
Star Wars: Unlimited Rules Update 2.0 Explained Before Ashes of the Empire
Star Wars: Unlimited is entering another rules-heavy moment, which means one thing: Someone at prerelease is absolutely going to say, “Wait, is that how that works?” With Ashes of the Empire arriving as Set 8, Fantasy Flight Games is pushing new mechanics into the game again. The set adds more than 260 cards, the Support keyword, Advantage tokens, and Mandalorian token units, all built around the Battle of Endor and the chaos after the Empire’s collapse. That does not mean every player needs to memorize the comprehensive rules document like Sith scripture. But there are a few things worth understanding before the new cards start hitting tables. Support Is the Big One The new Support keyword is probably the mechanic most likely to create table questions. Support triggers when a unit enters play and allows another friendly unit to attack while gaining the supporting unit’s abilities for that attack. The…
7 Years Ago, Battlefront II Made Players Earn Voice Lines Through Community Quests
Seven years ago, Star Wars Battlefront II was in one of its better live-service moods. Not perfect. Obviously. This was still Battlefront II, a game that had already survived one of the messiest launches in modern Star Wars gaming. But by mid-2019, DICE had managed to turn the conversation around. The Clone Wars era was active, the player base was still showing up, and the game had settled into that strange redemption phase where even small updates felt like proof of life. The July 2019 Update was one of those smaller drops. It was not a giant expansion. It did not add a new planet, hero, or mode. Instead, it gave players something very Battlefront II: community quests for tiny but strangely desirable rewards. Voice Lines, Victory Poses, and Clone Wars Energy The update added new Community Quests that ran throughout July, letting players unlock animated Victory Poses and Voice…