Today, during day two of the ongoing Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, Lucasfilm and EA gave us our first real look Star Wars Zero Company. The upcoming turn-based single-player strategy game is being developed by BitReactor and Respawn and launches next year.
Earlier this month, before today’s big reveal, the game had leaked online and gave us our first tease at the XCOM-inspired tactical Star Wars game. On April 14, EA confirmed the game’s title, Star Wars Zero Company, and promised to show more during a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Japan. And that’s exactly what happened. I love it when a plan comes together.
Star Wars Zero Company is launching in 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. Here’s the first official announcement trailer from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
According to the devs at Respawn and BitReactor, Zero Company features an original story set during the Clone Wars. Lucasfilm says this era is a perfect time for Zero Company because this is a rare time in the universe where both sides of the war were equally massive and powerful.
In a trailer we see what appears to be a ragtag group of soldiers and heroes, complete with a Jedi, smuggler, clone trooper, droid, and Mandalorian warrior. The team seems to be called into to take on tricky and sneaky missions against the droid armies of the Confederacy of Independent Systems aka the bad guys in the Prequel trilogy.
Players will take on the role of Hawks, the customizable leader of Zero Company. He’s a disgraced former Republic officer. The group he leads is an elite but messy merc group that is willing to get their hands dirty. BitReactor wants players to experience a cinematic and easy-to-hop into strategy game that can appeal to all sorts of fans. During the panel, the devs referenced the tone of Andor.
The game will feature a mix of custom characters and original characters created by BitReactor for the game. One of these characters is a Trip, a veteran Clone who served with Hawks. Another character is an Umbaran sniper who doesn’t like the Republic, but is willing to work alongside the group to beat back a “shadowy” enemy. The Jedi of the group is a Padawan. She is wanting to finish her fallen master’s mission.
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