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Star Wars: Zero Company, an exciting new single-player tactical game, has been announced at Star Wars Celebration Japan. Get the details here.
There’s a new game in town, and it’s coming our way in 2026. A few days ago, Lucasfilm Games announced Star Wars: Zero Company, a new single-player tactical game set during The Clone Wars. The details were a closely guarded secret, reserved for panel at Star Wars Celebration, but overnight, we got the explosive first details about the game currently in development.
Star Wars Zero Company features a gritty and authentic original story set during the twilight of the Clone Wars that puts players in control of Hawks, a former Republic officer who’s in charge of an elite squad of cunning operatives. As an unconventional outfit of professionals for hire hailing from across the galaxy, Zero Company must set aside their differences to take on an emerging threat that will consume the galaxy if left unchecked.
As they kicked off the packed panel at Celebration Japan, Bit Reactor’s Game Director Greg Foertsch and Narrative and Cinematic Director Aaron Contreras shared some of their guiding principles for the development of Zero Company. Additionally, the panelists said they wanted choices made in the game to be meaningful. Hawks’ appearance and combat class can be fully customized, as can the operatives the squad recruits. Squadmates’ appearances, load-outs, and abilities can be tailored across a wide variety of character archetypes, from astromechs to a Jedi. And while in the field, the members of Zero Company who players choose to send on the mission will forge bonds between them to unlock powerful combat synergies that can turn the tide of battle.
THE GAME
Recruit an unconventional team of operatives and deploy them on missions unlike any other in the galaxy far, far away in Star Wars Zero Company!
The newly announced single-player turn-based tactics game, developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, will share the first details about the game currently in development with attendees at Star Wars Celebration Japan.
MEET THE CHARACTERS
Players can choose how to form their Zero Company squad with the option to utilize both characters they crafted themselves as well as new, original Star Wars characters with stories that evolve as they play. During the panel, Contreras introduced Celebration attendees to four of them:
– Trick, a clone soldier whose laconic wit masks a haunted heart
– Luco Bronc, an incendiary sharpshooter who still hasn’t forgiven the Republic for invading his homeworld of Umbara
– Cly Kullervo, an infamous Mandalorian gunslinger and one of the last surviving members of the ancient clan Verminoth
– Tel, a Tognath Jedi Padawan on a quest to complete her fallen master’s last mission
GAMEPLAY
In between adventuring across the galaxy to embark on tactical missions, players will return to The Den, Zero Company’s base of operations located on the Ring of Kafrene. The Den features an expansive galaxy map where players choose the strategic tasks and tactical missions to take on next.
In one of the largest and most interactive maps ever featured in a Star Wars game, Zero Company will travel to planets that fans might already be familiar with, including Serolonis from The Bad Batch, Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Vandor, Mapuzo from Obi-Wan Kenobi, and more.
Every squad needs a starship to get to where they need to go in the galaxy, and Zero Company is no exception. Bit Reactor had the opportunity to create both a new ship design and a new droid to serve as the squad’s pilot, and their excitement to bring them to the Star Wars galaxy was apparent as they introduced them both: the Caisson and its pilot, M-3VO.
RELEASE
This game looks insane, and is a shoo-in to shoot straight to the top of every fan’s wishlist. Whether your taste runs to a Clone, a Jedi, a Mandalorian, or a mercenary, this game has it all. So get ready for an epic ride of Star Wars awesomeness when the game launches on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2026.
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Meet Phil Roberts! He’s the dedicated owner, daily content manager, and editor-in-chief of The Future of the Force. Phil is a budding novelist who turned his passion toward writing about the franchises he loves back in 2016. He’s a huge fan of all things Star Wars, Batman, DC, Marvel, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, King Kong, and the Ray Harryhausen movies. Phil is a BFI-accredited journalist and a distinguished member of the Film Critics Association UK.
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