Oooooh… I have to be honest, this is the first Star Wars game in a while that i really like the idea of.
Over the weekend we got details and a teaser trailer for Star Wars: Zero Company, a new game set during the Clone War era of the Star Wars tale and it looks like a lot of fun.
The single-player turn-based tactics game, developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games 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.
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Game Director Greg Foertsch and Lucasfilm Games’ Executive Producer Orion Kellogg spoke about the game, saying: “We’re offering a character we haven’t seen before, a role we haven’t seen before,” Kellogg said.
“I don’t think I can point at another character in the Star Wars franchise and say, oh, that’s Hawks. And I think that’s because of this unique story that we’re telling and this unique timeframe digging beneath the surface of the Clone Wars. It gets really complex. It’s complicated, and Hawks is, then, also complicated.”
Stepping away from the Jedi and the Force, Kellogg goes on: “This is a game in the Clone Wars, but from a new angle… you’re also going to see influence from the political intrigue of Andor; you’re going to see the gritty battles of Rogue One. You’re going to see the wit and wisdom of A New Hope. It’s a Star Wars game through and through.”
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High praise, indeed.
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. At Celebration, they introduced a handful 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
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.
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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.
“There’s a war you don’t see.The one fought in the shadows. The war beneath the war.”
Command an elite squad through a gritty and authentic story set during the twilight of the Clone Wars in STAR WARS Zero Company™, a single-player turn-based tactics game developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games.
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Step into the shoes of Hawks, a former Republic officer who leads Zero Company – an unconventional outfit of professionals for hire hailing from across the galaxy. Hawks and Zero Company are recruited for an operation that pits them against an emerging threat that will consume the galaxy if left unchecked. To succeed, Hawks will lead a team of uneasy allies who must set aside their differences to overcome nearly impossible odds.
STAR WARS Zero Company™ launches on PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2026.
Watch the announcement trailer:
Marc
Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….
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