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 Bit Reactor 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 and gameplay trailer from Star Wars Celebration 2025.
According to the devs at Respawn and Bit Reactor, 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 period when both sides of the conflict were equally massive and powerful.
In the 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 in 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. They are a disgraced former Republic officer. Players can change Hawks’ name, gender, and species.
The group Hawks leads is an elite but messy merc group that is willing to get their hands dirty. Bit Reactor wants players to experience a cinematic and easy-to-hop-into strategy game that can appeal to all sorts of fans. If you want the game to be harder, you can play with permadeath and limited saves.
Zero Company will feature a mix of custom characters and original characters created by Bit Reactor for the game. Respawn and Bit Reactor say you can run a full custom squad if you want.
One of the original characters is 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 seeking to finish her fallen master’s mission. But heck, if you want, you’ll also be able to run a full squad of Astromech droids. Not all of these characters will get along, but Bit Reactor says that as they work together more they’ll become better at fighting alongside each other despite their differences.
Between missions players will return to “The Den,” a grimy HQ that is set in a location previously seen in Rogue One. In this HQ players can also customize characters and recruit new soldiers for Zero Company. Also in the HQ is a big holomap that players use to track battles and start new missions. Lucasfilm claims that the map in Zero Company is the biggest map seen in a Star Wars video game. Vandor from Solo and Anaxes from Bad Batch are set to appear in the game.
Here are some screenshots from the event:
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