Star Wars Zero Company sets August 2026 release for tactics game

Star Wars has spent years leaning on spectacle, but Zero Company gives strategy players something they can actually pin down: a single-player turn-based tactics game with a release date, a platform list, and a Clone Wars setting. Bit Reactor, Respawn Entertainment, Electronic Arts, and Lucasfilm Games are bringing it to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on Aug. 27, 2026.

That matters because the project no longer reads like a vague license experiment. StarWars.com frames Zero Company around commanding an elite squad through a gritty, authentic story, and the setup puts it squarely in the same lane as squad-based tactics games rather than the usual Star Wars action-adventure formula. The game is set in the twilight of the Clone Wars and follows Hawks, a former Republic officer leading Zero Company, an unconventional outfit of professionals for hire working in the war’s shadows.

The cast details make that pitch feel more concrete. Official materials name Cly, Luco, Trick, and Tel-Rea as recruitable squad members, which gives the game a proper tactics-team identity instead of a generic cast of troopers and Jedi. That ensemble structure fits the premise better than another straight blaster corridor ever could, especially with a campaign built around investigation and missions behind the front lines.

The reveal also landed with a bit of extra fan-service weight. StarWars.com’s gameplay-trailer write-up said Jedi General Anakin Skywalker appears in the story and briefly crosses paths with Zero Company, which gives Clone Wars continuity fans a familiar anchor without turning the game into a retread of the films. The trailer first surfaced at Summer Game Fest 2026, sharpening the sense that this was not just another logo drop but a real tactical Star Wars pitch with some narrative teeth.

EA has already tied launch extras to the game. Any pre-order includes the Crystalline Astromech Cosmetic Pack, while the Deluxe Edition adds additional Clone Wars-inspired cosmetic items. That keeps the launch messaging focused on cosmetics rather than early access gimmicks or slippery bonus promises.

Zero Company was first unveiled at Star Wars Celebration Japan in April 2025, when Bit Reactor’s Greg Foertsch and Aaron Contreras appeared alongside Respawn’s Jim Vessella, Lucasfilm Games’ Orion Kellogg, and Lucasfilm creative executive Kelsey Sharpe. With the date now set and the genre finally clear, the game looks less like a branding exercise and more like Star Wars making a serious bid for the strategy crowd.