At Summer Game Fest 2026, Star Wars: Galactic Racer debuted a new trailer that gave us a deeper look into the games Story campaign, alongside revealing a new location.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer invites elite pilots to join the Galactic League, an underground racing league born in the lawless Outer Rim, established by racing enthusiast Darius Pax. But while Pax may have founded the League, underhanded and well-connected racer Kestar Bool has become its champion, and will stop at nothing to maintain his grip on the title. With nowhere else to turn, Pax recruits Shade, a lone racer with a personal grudge against the Bool family, to enter the Galactic League and bring an end to Kestar’s reign before his corruption grows too deep to remove.
To prove their worth in the Galactic League, pilots will engage in a series of challenges designed to test their skills. The runs-based campaign sees players carving their own path through the League, choosing between different events as they progress with unique unlocks and new challenges at every turn. Only certain perks and unlocks earned in previous attempts are carried over to the next run. Racers will start each tour from scratch with new decisions and choices to make for another chance to take down league champion Kestar Bool.
So it sounds like there might be a roguelite element to this racer that I really wasn’t expecting. This alone has made me more excited that any previous showing of Star Wars: Galactic Racer.
The newly revealed location of Derven Acos is the ultimate test of skill. Derven Acos features every planetary condition that racers will have encountered throughout the tour, all combined into a mighty gauntlet
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launches for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on October 6th, 2026. It will be available in Standard and Deluxe editions, both physically and digitally, with a physical-only Collector’s Edition
