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…
Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (2002): When the Prequel Era Got a Little Cooler
There is a very specific kind of sequel that does not try to reinvent the wheel. It just looks at the first game, tightens a few bolts, paints some flames on the side, and says, “Right. Now let’s make this thing louder.” That is Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter. After Star Wars: Starfighter (2001) gave the prequel era its first proper flight-combat game, LucasArts came back a year later with a sequel that kept the same broad formula but shifted the mood. This time, the game was tied more directly to Attack of the Clones, brought in Jedi Master Adi Gallia, kept fan-favorite pirate Nym around, and added Force powers to starfighter combat because apparently regular lasers were no longer enough. It launched first on PlayStation 2 on March 10, 2002, with an Xbox version following later that year. And honestly? That was a pretty solid idea. If Episode I: Racer…
The Mandalorian & Grogu Score Is Up for Pre-Order — and Yes, Fans Will Want This One
If The Mandalorian & Grogu was already draining enough wallets with tickets, collectibles, and general Star Wars temptation, here comes the soundtrack to finish the job. The film’s original score by Ludwig Göransson is now available to pre-order, with the main 12-inch vinyl release set for June 5, 2026. Official Star Wars coverage says the album features 13 score cues, while the soundtrack also arrives digitally earlier on May 15, 2026 via Walt Disney Records. That alone is enough to make this more than just background merch news. Göransson’s music has been one of the strongest identity markers in this corner of Star Wars from the start, and Lucasfilm has already confirmed he returned to score The Mandalorian & Grogu. So this is not some random tie-in release. It is a big part of how the movie is going to feel. There is also some actual collector appeal here. StarWars.com…
The Mandalorian & Grogu and Ahsoka Season 2 Are Clearly Connecting
Lucasfilm may not have dropped a giant timeline chart on stage, but after Star Wars Celebration Japan, the direction feels pretty obvious: The Mandalorian & Grogu and Ahsoka Season 2 are not living in separate corners of the galaxy anymore. That is not a direct line from StarWars.com, but it is the clear read once you put the official Celebration coverage side by side. On the film side, StarWars.com’s official Celebration write-up confirms that The Mandalorian & Grogu hits theaters on May 22, 2026, and brings back Din, Grogu, Zeb Orrelios, and a new character played by Sigourney Weaver. The panel footage also included Din storming an AT-AT and mowing through snowtroopers, which makes it sound a lot bigger and more war-shaped than a simple side quest movie. Then came the Ahsoka panel. According to StarWars.com, Season 2 starts filming the following week, and the panel confirmed some very specific…
Star Wars Celebration 2027 Tickets Go on Sale May 6 — Here’s What They Cost
If you were waiting for the moment Star Wars Celebration 2027 stopped being a distant dream and became a real money problem, here it is. Official ticket details are now live for Star Wars Celebration Los Angeles 2027, with tickets going on sale May 6 for the event’s April 1–4, 2027 run at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The official Celebration site also confirms the full pricing breakdown, including adult, kids, and Jedi Master VIP options. The big number: 4-day passes are $260.99 For adults, a 4-day ticket costs $260.99. Single-day adult tickets are listed at $76 for Thursday and $91 each for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Kids tickets are cheaper, with a 4-day pass at $105.99, while single-day kids tickets cost $36 for Thursday and $46 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Then there is the premium tier for people who believe sleep, budgeting, and moderation are for other fandoms….
Disneyland’s New Leia Look Has a Battlefront II Twist
Princess Leia is heading to Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland on April 29, but the really fun part is not just that she is joining Black Spire Outpost. It is which Leia Disney appears to be bringing with her. Lucasfilm says this new park version uses Leia’s “adventure look,” inspired in part by her appearance in Star Wars Battlefront II, making this a surprisingly neat crossover between Star Wars game design and Disney park canon. That gives this reveal a little extra juice for game fans. On the surface, this is part of Disneyland’s larger Galaxy’s Edge timeline expansion, which begins April 29 and opens the land up to more eras of Star Wars storytelling. StarWars.com says guests will begin seeing characters like Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Darth Vader in Black Spire Outpost as the land moves beyond its old, narrower timeline setup. But Leia’s costume is where…
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…
Star Wars: Starfighter (2001): The Moment the Prequel Era Finally Took Off
After a stretch of Star Wars games spent roaring through canyons, dodging rocks, and pretending basic workplace safety did not exist, Star Wars: Starfighter arrived in 2001 with a very simple message: enough with the sand in your teeth, it is time to get back in the sky. And honestly, it was the right move. If Star Wars Episode I: Racer (1999) was the prequel era proving podracing could carry a full game, and Star Wars Racer Arcade (2000) was the quarter-hungry public version of that same idea, Star Wars: Starfighter was where LucasArts started giving the prequels a broader gaming identity. It looked away from the racetrack, looked up at the Naboo skies, and said: what if we built a game around the ships, the war, and the feeling of being right in the middle of the chaos before The Phantom Menace? That turned out to be a pretty…
Spaceballs: The New One Is Real — and Star Wars Fans Should Absolutely Care
The title alone sounds like a joke Mel Brooks would have made in 1987 and then somehow gotten away with twice. But it is real: the long-awaited Spaceballs sequel is officially titled Spaceballs: The New One, and Amazon MGM unveiled that name during its CinemaCon presentation. The film is set for a theatrical release on April 23, 2027, and the reveal also confirmed that Rick Moranis is back as Dark Helmet alongside returning cast members including Bill Pullman. That is already enough to get attention. For Star Wars fans, though, there is a second story here. Salute! Spaceballs: The New One is coming to theaters April 23, 2027. pic.twitter.com/aPgIpJB8JO — Amazon MGM Studios (@AmazonMGMStudio) April 16, 2026 Because Spaceballs is not just some random old parody making a comeback. It is still the most famous Star Wars spoof ever made, the one that turned George Lucas-era space fantasy into merch…
This New Mandalorian & Grogu Hot Toys Reveal May Be Hiding a Battlefront Surprise
At first glance, the new Hot Toys 1/6th scale AT-RT from The Mandalorian & Grogu looks like straightforward collector bait: big, expensive, and loaded with detail. Fantha Tracks highlighted the new reveal this week, noting a £240.44 price for the walker on its own, a £366.38 bundle with the Imperial Remnant Driver, and an expected delivery window of April to September 2027. The collectible itself sounds pretty stacked. Fantha Tracks notes a steel gray finish, Imperial crest, weathering effects, articulated legs and blaster cannon, plus LED lights and interchangeable hydraulic cylinders for different display poses. The walker is also listed as reaching up to 60 cm high when fully extended. That is the obvious story. The more interesting one may be hiding in the background. The real hook might be the weapon Separate reporting tied to the same product-photo drop points to something Star Wars gaming fans will probably spot…
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…
SWGOH Is Resetting Satele Shan After GL Rey Investigation
Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is making a direct change to Satele Shan after investigating her interaction with Galactic Legend Rey. In a new official update, the Galaxy of Heroes team says it reviewed how Satele was performing with GL Rey and decided it needed to step in. With tomorrow’s patch, players will have their Satele Shan reset to a level that allows reinvestment, giving them the chance to rebuild her after the changes. That is the real headline here. This is not just a tiny balance tweak buried in patch notes. It is a full intervention tied to a specific high-profile interaction, and it comes with meaningful updates to Special 02 and Legendary Defiance, two parts of Satele’s kit that now push her more clearly toward Old Republic teams. What changed The revised Special 02 now dispels all buffs on all enemies, deals Physical damage to the target, applies…
More Classic Star Wars Games Caught in Disney’s Steam Delisting Purge
Another chunk of old Star Wars PC history just got shoved off the digital shelf. A fresh round of Disney-related delistings has hit Steam, and this time it includes the original STAR WARS™ Dark Forces (Classic, 1995). SteamDB shows the game as “Retired,” and PC Gamer reports that this latest wave also affects a wider batch of older Disney-published titles. That alone stings. But for Star Wars fans, the real gut punch is what it represents. These old games were never just dusty store listings. They were part of the weird, messy, brilliant era when Star Wars games could be flight sims, strategy experiments, first-person shooters, and things that felt a little too ambitious for their own good. Dark Forces matters because it helped carve out Star Wars as a serious PC action franchise long before modern remasters and prestige branding. And Star Wars: Rebellion matters because it was exactly…
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…
Andor Lands a Peabody Nomination — And That Feels Exactly Right
There are awards that scream hype, and then there are awards that quietly tell you a show actually mattered. Andor just picked up a nomination at the 86th Peabody Awards, with the official nominees list placing the series in the Entertainment category. Fantha Tracks spotlighted the news on April 14, adding another nice little victory lap for one of the most critically respected Star Wars projects of the Disney era. That is a pretty big deal. The Peabody Awards are not the kind of honors people usually associate with lightsabers, bounty hunters, or giant space worms. They tend to reward storytelling with weight, ideas, and craft. So seeing Andor turn up there feels less like a surprise and more like a formal confirmation of something Star Wars fans have been arguing for a while: this series did not just look good or sound prestige-adjacent. It genuinely hit on a different…
Star Wars: Zero Company Voice Cast: What We Know So Far
Star Wars: Zero Company still has one of those cast lists that feels more like a slowly opening blast door than a full reveal. The game itself is official: it is a single-player turn-based tactics game from Bit Reactor, made in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, set in the twilight of the Clone Wars. Players step into the role of Hawks, leading an unconventional squad through a shadow-war story built around both authored characters and customizable recruits. What is not fully official yet is the voice cast. Publicly, Lucasfilm and EA have told us a lot about the game’s setting, squad structure, and major characters, but they have named surprisingly few actors so far. That makes this a good moment for a proper “what we know so far” check-in. Vic Michaelis is the newest reported name The newest actor connected to the game is comedian Vic Michaelis. 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…
The Mandalorian and Grogu Tickets Expected to Go on Sale April 17
The Mandalorian and Grogu may be about to hit the next big step in its theatrical rollout. Multiple fan and scoop accounts are now saying tickets are expected to go on sale April 17, with new character posters and popcorn bucket reveals also expected to land the same day. That date has been circulating across Instagram and X, and while Lucasfilm has not officially posted a ticket-on-sale announcement yet, it is clearly the date Star Wars fans are now watching. Why April 17 feels like the real date to watch This is the part that matters most: if the April 17 chatter is right, Disney is about to shift The Mandalorian and Grogu from general promotion into full event-movie mode. The film is officially set to open in theaters on May 22, 2026, according to StarWars.com, so an April 17 ticket-sale launch would fit the usual final-stretch blockbuster rhythm. Lucasfilm…
Star Wars Racer Arcade (2000): The Podracing Follow-Up That Turned the Volume All the Way Up
After Star Wars Episode I: Racer (1999) proved that one scene from The Phantom Menace could somehow carry an entire game, it did not take long for someone to look at that success and think the obvious next thought: what if we made it bigger, louder, flashier, and more likely to eat your spare change in a public building? That is basically the story of Star Wars Racer Arcade. Released in 2000, the game was Sega’s arcade spin on the podracing craze, built with LucasArts and shown off as a dedicated cabinet experience rather than a straight port of the 1999 home game. Contemporary coverage from GameSpot described it as a separate arcade project from the team behind Star Wars Trilogy Arcade, while arcade sales material listed Sega as the manufacturer in 2000. And that distinction matters, because Racer Arcade is not just “the N64 game in a cabinet.” It…
Star Wars: Beyond Victory Lands a Webby Nomination
Star Wars: Beyond Victory just picked up a nice little win before the actual awards are even handed out: the mixed-reality experience has been nominated for The Webby Awards in the Best Immersive Storytelling category, and fans can now vote for it in the People’s Voice ballot. ILM shared the nomination this week through its official channels, which is a pretty solid sign that Beyond Victory is still getting noticed for trying something a bit stranger and more ambitious than the average Star Wars game. That honestly feels like a good fit. From the start, Beyond Victory was pitched less like a standard action game and more like a mixed-reality playset built around podracing, original characters, and interactive storytelling. The official StarWars.com game page describes it as an original story blending podracing, narrative, and mixed-reality play, and notes that it launched on October 7, 2025 for Meta Quest 3 and…
SWG: Legends Celebrates Two Years of City 2.0, and the Galaxy Looks Better for It
Some MMO updates add a new mechanic. Some add a grind. Some add one feature everyone uses and three more nobody remembers six weeks later. City 2.0 was not one of those updates. In a new Friday Feature celebrating two years of City 2.0, the SWG: Legends team put the spotlight on one of the server’s biggest quality-of-life and creativity wins by gathering responses from more than sixty mayors across the galaxy. The result is less a simple anniversary post and more a full community snapshot of what player cities have become two years after the update landed. From “place a shuttle and call it a city” to actual city-building That is really the heart of this story. When City 2.0 arrived in 2024, it gave mayors far more room to shape cities into places that actually looked and felt lived in. Roads, bridges, walls, gates, signs, decorative structures, zoning…
The Mandalorian and Grogu’s Early Box Office Tracking Looks Soft
The first real box office tracking for The Mandalorian and Grogu is here, and it is not exactly the kind of number Lucasfilm probably wanted people talking about a month before release. According to early forecasting, the film is currently looking at roughly $71 million to $85 million domestic for its three-day opening weekend. That is not a disaster on its own. But it is the comparison point that makes this more interesting: Solo: A Star Wars Story opened to $84.4 million domestically in 2018, which means The Mandalorian and Grogu is currently tracking in a range that could land below it, roughly match it, or just barely edge past it depending on where it comes in. Why this number matters more than usual This is not just another Star Wars movie opening. The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first Star Wars theatrical release since 2019, and Lucasfilm has clearly…
Disney’s Rumored Extraction Shooter Could Be One to Watch for Star Wars Fans
A new rumor out of the Epic-Disney partnership may not be a Star Wars announcement, but it is close enough to put Star Wars fans on alert. According to a Bloomberg report picked up by The Verge, Epic is reportedly aiming to launch the first game tied to its Disney partnership in November 2026, and that game is said to be an extraction shooter. The comparison making the rounds is ARC Raiders: a shooter built around combat, survival, and making it to an extraction point before everything goes wrong. That is the rumor. The important part is what it does not confirm. Right now, there is no solid report saying this first game is specifically a Star Wars game. What is confirmed is that Disney and Epic’s 2024 deal was pitched as a massive, persistent games and entertainment universe connected to Fortnite, and Disney’s own announcement explicitly said it would…
Mara Jade Represents the Star Wars Future Fans Lost
There is a reason the Mara Jade story blew up harder than a lot of bigger Star Wars headlines this week. On paper, it was simple: Claudia Gray said Lucasfilm had told her no when she asked about using Mara Jade in canon, and Timothy Zahn said he had asked too and gotten the same answer. That is not a trailer. It is not a casting leak. It is not even an official Lucasfilm statement. But the reaction online made one thing very clear: for a lot of fans, Mara Jade is no longer just a character they miss. She has become a symbol for the version of Star Wars they feel slipped away. That is why the Reddit discussion got interesting so fast. It did not stay focused on whether Mara Jade is “cool” or whether Lucasfilm should bring back more Legends characters. The argument turned almost immediately into…