SWTOR 8.0

SWTOR’s 8.0 Era Is Starting to Take Shape After Legacy Reborn

Armored Sith with red lightsaber in snowy ruins

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…

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