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Fuse Games has released Star Wars: Galactic Racer, an arcade-style racing title set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. The game centers on a self-contained story about a racing league rebuilding in the wake of the Empire's collapse, led by a promoter character named Darius Pax.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a new video game built around the podracing featured in The Phantom Menace, with players controlling Shade, a cargo pilot competing in the underground Galactic League. The game is structured as a roguelike, with runs called 'tours' where players choose vehicles, select perks, and race across planets including Jakku from The Force Awakens, earning rewards to upgrade their builds between races.
Disney has re-engaged Shawn Levy to direct a 'Ghost Rider' project and has also signed him to a new television deal. The moves come as Levy is also attached to the upcoming 'Star Wars: Starfighter' film.
According to reports circulating over the weekend, director Jon Watts is attached to helm an upcoming Star Wars film, with a script from writer Simon Kinberg. The report has generated significant reaction online, though Lucasfilm has not issued an official confirmation.
Lucasfilm has tapped Jon Watts, known for directing the 'Spider-Man: Home' trilogy, to helm the opening installment of a new Star Wars trilogy. Further plot and casting details have not been disclosed.
George Lucas issued a statement addressing ongoing criticism of his 'Star Wars' Special Editions, urging that filmmakers should not be swayed by negative fan reaction to their creative decisions. The remarks come amid long-running fan debate over changes Lucas made to the original trilogy in re-released versions.
Director Brad Bird, known for 'The Incredibles,' 'Ratatouille' and 'The Iron Giant,' spoke about the lengthy development process behind his new animated feature 'Ray Gunn.' He also disclosed that he came close to directing a 'Star Wars' film at one point in his career.
George Lucas revealed he intended to continue making Star Wars movies before shifting his focus to the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. He did not detail what those future films would have involved, only confirming the plan existed at one point.
The new Star Wars film 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' landed as the second most-streamed movie across all services during its opening week on streaming. The ranking reflects strong viewer demand shortly after the film became available to stream.
Lucasfilm announced that the original 1977 Star Wars will debut on IMAX 70mm on February 19, 2027, marking its 50th anniversary, using a newly restored print of the unaltered original cut rather than the digitally remastered version. The upcoming film Star Wars: Starfighter will follow on IMAX screens starting May 28, 2027, exactly 50 years after the franchise's first theatrical release.
Star Wars Zero Company has earned strong reviews and an 85 Metacritic score for its X-COM-style tactics gameplay and story, but many players report severe technical problems including traversal stutter, input lag, crashes, and a bug that forced a mission restart. Nearly 9,000 Steam reviews rate it 'mostly positive' overall, yet a large share of them describe frequent crashes and performance issues, with complaints also surfacing from console players and even high-end PC owners.
A new open-source project called OpenTIE reimplements LucasArts' Star Wars: TIE Fighter so it runs natively on Windows, macOS and Linux. Rather than including game assets itself, it requires players to own the original 1995 Collector's CD-ROM or 1998 Windows release, and lets users mix elements from both, such as pairing 1998 flight visuals with the 1995 adaptive iMUSE soundtrack. A companion project, OpenXWA, similarly ports X-Wing Alliance.