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…
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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…
When The Old Republic Became a Comic Omnibus, SWTOR’s Backstory Got a Second Life
There is a very specific kind of Star Wars fan who hears “Old Republic” and immediately starts behaving like someone opened a Sith holocron in the room. Reasonable, honestly. The Old Republic era has always had that effect. It is ancient Jedi, Mandalorian wars, Sith empires, lost students, bad masters, worse councils, and enough moral collapse to make the Skywalker saga look like a family argument at dinner. On July 20, 2021, Marvel released Star Wars Legends: The Old Republic Omnibus Vol. 1, a massive hardcover collection that brought together the full Dark Horse Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comic series, Knights of the Old Republic: War, the Knights of the Old Republic Handbook, and material from Knights of the Old Republic/Rebellion #0. And for fans of KOTOR, SWTOR, and that wonderfully messy slice of Star Wars history, it was more than just another shelf-destroying omnibus. It was…
SWTOR Galactic Season 10 Is Almost Over, So Finish the Syndicate Before It Vanishes
SWTOR players are running out of time to clean up their Galactic Season 10 business. Broadsword has confirmed that Galactic Season 10: “Secrets of the Syndicate” is drawing to a close toward the end of July, with Galactic Season 11: “Light and Shadow” coming next. Executive Producer Keith Kanneg warned players in the Q2 2026 Producer Letter to grab remaining rewards before they disappear, which is MMO language for “you had months, please stop pretending this is a surprise.” So yes, it is checklist season. Again. Secrets of the Syndicate Is Nearly Done Galactic Season 10 launched with Game Update 7.8.1, bringing back older reward themes from previous seasons while adding new goals and rewards into the current seasonal track. The official SWTOR objectives page confirms that the final listed Season 10 objectives run from July 7 through July 27, with players able to complete 7 of 11 weekly objectives…
SWTOR Galactic Seasons Objectives for July 7–27: What’s Worth Doing First
SWTOR has updated its Galactic Seasons 10: Secrets of the Syndicate objectives for July 7–27, which means it is time for the usual weekly calculation: What is actually worth doing, and what should be left alone unless you enjoy pain? Broadsword’s latest objective list covers Week 18, Week 19, and Week 20, with each week asking players to complete any 7 out of 11 weekly objectives. The daily objective remains familiar: earn 25,000 Personal Conquest Points across your Legacy. The bigger question is how to spend your time without turning Galactic Seasons into a second job. Week 18: July 7–13 Week 18 is a decent week if you like straightforward activity. The easy picks are Venture Across the Galaxy, which asks for 200,000 Personal Conquest Points with PH4-LNX as your companion, and Know When to Hold Em, which has you defeat enemies with PH4-LNX in a Tank role. Just remember…
When SWTOR Needed Players Back: The July 2012 Come Back and Play Campaign
On July 10, 2012, Star Wars: The Old Republic did something every young MMO eventually has to do. It asked people to come back. Not dramatically. Not desperately. Not with a funeral violin playing over the character select screen. But clearly enough. BioWare and LucasArts launched the “Come Back and Play at No Charge” campaign, giving eligible former players up to seven days of free access from July 10 to July 17 so they could check out Game Update 1.3: Allies. The official promotion pointed returning players toward the update’s biggest new systems: Group Finder, Ranked Warzones, Legacy Perks, and Adaptive Gear. That may sound like a standard MMO promotion now. In 2012, it said a lot. SWTOR Was Still Young, But the MMO Pressure Was Already Real SWTOR had only launched in late 2011, but the honeymoon period for big-budget MMOs is brutally short. One month, everyone is calling…
SWTOR’s First Testers Logged In 16 Years Ago, and the Old Republic MMO Dream Became Real
On July 9, 2010, Star Wars: The Old Republic stopped feeling like a giant BioWare promise and started becoming an actual game people could touch. That was the day BioWare opened the doors to the first wave of SWTOR game testing, inviting selected North American players into the early testing process. It was not a full public beta. It was not the glorious mass stampede everyone wanted. It was a smaller, focused rollout, with more regions and players expected later. Still, for anyone watching the game at the time, it mattered. Because before that moment, The Old Republic was mostly trailers, developer interviews, forum speculation, class reveals, and the impossible weight of being “the Star Wars MMO from BioWare.” No pressure, then. The KOTOR MMO Dream Was Finally Taking Shape The reason SWTOR carried so much hype was simple: people did not just want another MMO. They wanted the impossible…
SWTOR’s 8.0 Era Is Starting to Take Shape After Legacy Reborn
SWTOR has finally turned the page on Legacy of the Sith, and now we’re getting the first real hints of what comes next. In the latest Executive Producer Letter for Q2 2026, Keith Kanneg confirmed that Broadsword is now “fully focused” on developing content for Game Update 8.0, with the first Public Test Server phase planned to begin in the coming weeks. That first PTS phase will include the opening boss of the new Operation, plus level 85 testing for select Classes, including Sentinel, Vanguard, Sage, and their Imperial mirrors. That is the important bit. Not because “PTS soon” is the flashiest sentence ever written. It isn’t. But because SWTOR has now moved out of the long, messy shadow of Legacy of the Sith and into the build-up for its 15th anniversary update. Legacy of the Sith Is Finally Done The letter looks back at the recent run of story…
SWTOR July 2026 Events Bring Back Gree Weirdness and Dantooine Pirates
July is not the loudest month Star Wars: The Old Republic has ever had, but it is at least giving players two reliable reasons to log in: strange ancient alien tech on Ilum and another round of pirate trouble on Dantooine. Broadsword has posted the official SWTOR in-game events for July 2026, and the month is built around two returning events: Relics of the Gree and Pirate Incursion. Both are familiar, both are still useful if you’re chasing reputation or cosmetics, and both are very SWTOR in the sense that one involves a mysterious super-advanced alien vessel and the other involves pirates making everyone’s day worse. Very on brand. Relics of the Gree Returns July 7 Relics of the Gree runs from July 7 to July 14, beginning and ending at 12:00 PM GMT. The event requires Level 50+ characters. This is the Ilum event, which means players are heading…
SWTOR’s Nar Shaddaa Nightlife Returns June 30 With New Casino Rewards
SWTOR is opening the casino doors again. Nar Shaddaa Nightlife returns to Star Wars: The Old Republic on June 30 and runs until August 11, giving players another chance to test their luck at the Star Cluster and Club Vertica Casinos. The event begins and ends at 12:00 PM GMT, so do not blame Lady Luck if you show up late. The event is also returning to Mek-Sha, which is still one of the better ideas SWTOR has had for Nightlife. Nar Shaddaa has the classic casino energy, but Mek-Sha adds exactly the right amount of “this establishment may not be legally inspected” flavor. Perfect. New Rewards Are Coming to Nar Shaddaa Nightlife The big new rewards this year are two decorations: the Hazard Toss Table Decoration and the Card Shark Table Decoration. Both can be earned from the Emperor’s Grace and Emperor’s Grace Max Bet machines. That means stronghold…
SWTOR 7.9 Patch Notes Fix the Small Stuff Players Actually Notice
Big story updates get the headlines. Patch-note housekeeping gets the quiet nod from players who just want the game to stop being weird in tiny, annoying ways. That is where Star Wars: The Old Republic Game Update 7.9, Legacy Reborn, does some useful work. Yes, 7.9 brings the finale of Legacy of the Sith. Yes, PvP Season 10 is here. Yes, there are new Cartel Market items and Dantooine updates. But buried in the official SWTOR Game Update 7.9 patch notes are the kinds of fixes players tend to notice during normal play. Not glamorous. Very welcome. PvP Gets Some Cleaner Navigation A few PvP Season interface issues have been cleaned up, which is good news for anyone who likes their reward tracking to behave like it understands its one job. Clicking PvP tracked objectives now correctly sends players to the objectives tab in the PvP Season window. The “Open”…
SWTOR’s June 2026 Events Bring Swoop Racing and Rakghoul Panic
June in Star Wars: The Old Republic is giving players two very different reasons to log in: high-speed swoop chaos and a fresh outbreak of the Rakghoul plague. Broadsword has posted the official SWTOR in-game events for June 2026, confirming that the month will feature The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally and Rakghoul Resurgence on Corellia. So yes, June is basically engines first, plague later. The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally Returns The All Worlds Ultimate Swoop Rally runs from June 9 to June 16, beginning and ending at 12:00PM GMT. Players need to be level 20 or higher to join in. The event sends swoop fans and riders across Dantooine, Tatooine, and Onderon for challenge courses, gang rivalries, big jumps, and the kind of reckless speed that would make any sensible insurance droid shut down immediately. Featured rewards include swoop rally mounts, swoop gang outfits, promotion droid mini-pets, stronghold…
SWTOR Update 7.9 Adds Mandalorian and Grogu-Inspired Cartel Market Items
SWTOR is leaning straight into the Mandalorian and Grogu hype with Game Update 7.9, Legacy Reborn. Broadsword has revealed the next batch of Cartel Market additions, and the headline is clear: new items inspired by Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu are coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic. The official Cartel Market Additions: Game Update 7.9 post confirms several new cosmetic items tied to the film, alongside weapons connected to the new Legacy Reborn story. In other words, SWTOR is doing what SWTOR does best: taking the wider Star Wars moment and turning it into fashion, weapons, and very serious outfit planning. The Tundra Enforcer Armor Set Leads the Drop The main film-inspired armor addition is the Tundra Enforcer Armor Set. The set comes with two chestpieces, one with a backpack and one without, which is exactly the kind of small customization detail SWTOR players notice immediately. Half the…
SWTOR’s Last Road to Khar Shian Makes the Legacy Reborn Finale Feel Personal
The road to Khar Shian is apparently paved with bad plans, old grudges, and one Sith Lord who absolutely refuses to make things easy. BioWare and Broadsword have released a new official Star Wars: The Old Republic short story, Last Road to Khar Shian, setting the mood for the upcoming Legacy Reborn finale. And while the title points toward Khar Shian, the real focus here is not just the destination. It is the people trapped on the way there. Shae Vizla, Darth Malgus, and Nerva are all moving toward the same nightmare, but this story makes one thing very clear: nobody on this shuttle is comfortable with the arrangement. Which, for SWTOR, usually means something interesting is about to explode. Shae Vizla Is Carrying More Than a Mission Shae Vizla has never been a character built for hesitation. She is a fighter, a leader, and someone who has spent a…
SWTOR Adds Age Verification for Players in Brazil
Star Wars: The Old Republic is getting a small but important account change for players in Brazil. According to the official SWTOR update, EA is working to comply with Brazil’s Digital ECA Law, which is affecting features and services across EA titles. That now includes SWTOR. Starting May 28, players located in Brazil who have not yet verified their age will be prompted to log in to their SWTOR account page and complete an age verification process. What Changes for Brazilian Players? The key part is simple: players in Brazil who do not meet the age requirements will not be able to play the game or make purchases through the SWTOR website. This follows a similar compliance pattern we saw with Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes, where underage players in Brazil recently had chat disabled as part of a server update. SWTOR’s change is broader, because it affects access to…
SWTOR Double XP Ends Tomorrow, So This Is Your Last Alt Warning
This is it. The final stretch. The dramatic last-minute montage where your abandoned SWTOR alt stares at the login screen and wonders if today is finally the day. According to SWTOR’s official May 2026 event schedule, the current Double XP Event ends on May 22 at 12:00PM GMT. That means the easy leveling window is almost closed, and the ancient player ritual of saying “I’ll level that character later” is about to become legally invalid. Later is now. Sorry. The calendar has spoken. Double XP Is Still the Best Excuse to Log In SWTOR’s Double XP event is not complicated, which is exactly why it works. You log in.You pick the alt you have neglected since 2021.You start doing story missions, heroics, flashpoints, PvP, Galactic Starfighter, or whatever path causes the least emotional damage. The event is especially useful if you have been meaning to replay a class story, prepare…
SWTOR Double XP Ends May 22, So Stop Pretending You’ll Level Later
There are two kinds of Star Wars: The Old Republic players. The ones using Double XP to level alts right now, and the ones confidently lying to themselves that they will “probably get around to it later.” Well, later is getting very small. SWTOR’s current Double XP Event runs until May 22 at 12:00PM GMT, according to the official May 2026 in-game events schedule from Broadsword. That gives players a final window to push characters, clean up class stories, grind Legacy progress, or finally level that alt they created during a moment of heroic optimism in 2021. We believe in you. Mostly. Double XP Is Still the Best Alt Excuse Double XP in SWTOR is not complicated, which is exactly why it is useful. More XP means faster leveling, quicker class story progress, easier catch-up, and fewer excuses for leaving half your character roster stranded somewhere between “great concept” and…
SWTOR’s May 4th Rewards Are Still Live — Free Droid, Double XP, and a Razor Crest-Inspired Moun
May the 4th may be over, but Star Wars: The Old Republic is still handing out the good stuff like a vendor who forgot to close shop. Broadsword has launched its SWTOR May 4th celebration, running from May 1 through May 22, with free rewards, Cartel Market discounts, Double XP, and a subscriber mount inspired by Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. In other words: log in now, ask questions later, and try not to spend your entire Cartel Coin reserve in one heroic mistake. Free BX-RC Probe Droid Minipet for All Players The easiest reward is also the one nobody should miss. According to the official SWTOR May 4th celebration post, all players who log in during the event window can receive the BX-RC Probe Droid Minipet. It is small, floaty, mechanical, and exactly the kind of companion you claim you do not need until it starts hovering behind…
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…
SWTOR Just Dropped a $99.99 Cargo Transport Bundle
Star Wars: The Old Republic has a new cash-shop bundle live, and this one is going hard on utility droids, cargo access, and “please just take my cartel coins already” energy. Broadsword has launched the Master the Fight: Cargo Transport Edition bundle, now available on SWTOR.com for $99.99 USD. According to the official post, the bundle is available until June 9, 2026 at 11:00am CT / 4:00pm UTC. That immediately makes it one of those SWTOR store drops where the price is big enough that players are going to stop and actually check the item list before smashing the buy button. What’s in the bundle The headline items are not subtle. The official bundle includes 180 days of fixed subscription time, 600 cartel coins per month, and 5500 cartel coins instantly for the account. It also throws in a full stack of themed droid and cargo-flavored extras, including the GDU…
13 Years Ago, Rise of the Hutt Cartel Changed SWTOR
Star Wars: The Old Republic has had bigger expansions since. Flashier ones too. But 13 years after its launch, Rise of the Hutt Cartel still feels like the moment SWTOR proved it could actually grow beyond its original box. BioWare announced in March 2013 that the game’s first digital expansion would launch worldwide on April 14, 2013, with early access beginning on April 9. That made Rise of the Hutt Cartel more than just new content. It was SWTOR’s first real test as a live MMO expansion machine. Set on Makeb, the expansion pushed the level cap from 50 to 55 and dropped players into a story about the Hutt Cartel trying to become a major galactic power while the planet itself sat on the edge of disaster. BioWare’s launch announcement framed it as the first digital expansion for the MMO, while later reference material notes Makeb’s faction-specific storylines and…
SWTOR Just Added Maul: Shadow Lord-Inspired Gear to the Cartel Market
If your Sith wardrobe has been feeling a little too polite lately, Star Wars: The Old Republic has a new suggestion: fix that immediately. Broadsword has rolled out a small but very on-brand Cartel Market update with Game Update 7.8.1b, adding a new batch of cosmetics inspired by Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord. The official post highlights the Bionic Overlord Armor, Dark Infiltrator Lightsaber, Dark Infiltrator Dualsaber, and two new dyes: Metallic Red/Matte Red and Matte Red/Metallic Red. This one is pure style, and it knows it Let’s be honest: this is not one of those giant SWTOR updates where everybody drops what they are doing and starts rewriting class guides. This is a cosmetics story, plain and simple. But it is a pretty smart one. The whole drop is clearly aimed at players who want their characters to look like they stepped out of a darker, sharper corner…
SWTOR’s DirectX 12 Update Is Real — but Public Testing Still Has One Big Hurdle
Star Wars: The Old Republic just dropped its clearest DirectX 12 progress update in months, and the good news is that the project sounds very real. The less-good news is that players still are not testing it yet. In a new official spring 2026 check-in, the SWTOR technical team says the migration has come a long way, with all major rendering features now working except the user interface, which has become the biggest remaining challenge before public testing can begin. (Examples of Korriban in the earliest stages of migrating to DirectX 12) This Is Not a Simple Engine Upgrade One of the more interesting details in the update is how messy the job actually sounds. SWTOR says the game may have started in HeroEngine, but after years of changes and upgrades, very little of that original code remains. The team says it is now effectively the “SWTOR Engine,” which meant…
SWTOR Galactic Season 10 Brings Back Altuur, PH4-LNX, and a Dangerous Amount of Old Rewards
SWTOR players have been asking for old Galactic Seasons rewards to come back for a while now, and with Galactic Season 10: Secrets of the Syndicate, Broadsword finally stopped pretending not to hear them. The new season launched with Game Update 7.8.1 on March 10, and the big hook is simple: all rewards from Seasons 1 and 3 are back, including the fan-favorite companions Altuur zok Adon and PH4-LNX. For anyone who missed those earlier seasons, this is less of a second chance and more of a giant neon sign telling you to log back in already. The Big Selling Point Is the Return of Seasons 1 and 3 Broadsword confirmed that rewards from The Stranger from Kubindi and Luck of the Draw are being re-released during GS10, and that includes the two rewards a lot of players cared about most: Altuur zok Adon and PH4-LNX. That alone gives this…