The new LEGO UCS Death Star is out, Star Wars Hunters shuts down, and everything else that happened in the week of September 27 – October 3, 2025.
EA is being bought
Electronic Arts is being purchased by a Saudi Arabian public investment fund for $55 billion. This fund is acquiring 100% of the company and going private. Concerns about how the cultural differences might affect the EA’s bigger IPs were immediately raised after the deal was made public.
For Star Wars fans, this could affect the development of the sequel to Jedi Survivor. At this moment, it’s impossible to tell with certainty how this will affect EA’s relationship with Disney or the Star Wars IP, but hopefully, at least we get to enjoy the last entry of the Jedi series.
SWTOR Q3 Producer Letter
Keith Kanneg published the Q3 Producer Letter a bit later than usual, in the first days of October. It did not mention the EA deal at all. Instead, the letter focused on the usual topics that we have come to expect over the years – a recap of what was done in Q3 and a few hints at what’s coming next.
During this quarter, the game received one medium update, 7.7.1 and three lettered patches. Alongside the currently ongoing Subscriber Login Event, Subscribers also receive a new mount as a gift.
Keith hinted at Dantooine being the next planet to receive Dynamic Encounters and explained that the devs have a bit more work to do on the new story coming with Update 7.8 sometime in late November or early December. A livestream in mid-November will deliver more clarity.
LEGO UCS Death Star is out
The brand new UCS Death Star is officially out. There were rumors about its release for the last year, and a few months ago, we got confirmation about it. However, it wasn’t what many people expected.
Instead of a full round Death Star, it is a flat slice with multiple levels. Each level re-enacts an iconic scene from the Original Trilogy.
The UCS Death Star features 38 minifigures, including Luke Skywalker (multiple versions), Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Ben Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, two Imperial Royal Guards, Grand Moff Tarkin, Colonel Yularen, and more.
With 9,023 pieces, this set measures 28″ (70cm) in height, 32″ (79cm) in width, and 11″ (27cm) in total depth. It is by no means a small set, but definitely not the biggest one out there. Its retail price is $999.99, making it the most expensive LEGO set ever sold (so far).
Star Wars Hunters shuts down
Star Wars Hunters was first announced in 2022. For a couple of years, they were very silent about it, and it was finally released in June of 2024. In March of this year, Zynga announced that the game would shut down. This was very surprising, as the announcement came just a few months after PC players were given temporary access to the Beta test.
The game officially shut down on October 1st. All social media accounts and the website no longer exist. The reasons behind this are still unclear, but many of the comments online state that the game was actually really fun to play.
Perhaps it didn’t meet the investors’ expectations, or maybe a bigger entity had something to do with it. Hopefully, one day we’ll learn what truly happened.
It’s a shame that all the effort put into it went down the sewers. Another title joins the list of failed Star Wars games.
Star Wars (2025) #6
Luke, Han, and Valance find themselves cornered by enemies from the Clone Wars era. What better way to fight them than using Phase II Clone Trooper armors?
Release date: October 1st, 2025.
Star Wars: The Blueprints
This book grants us exclusive access to the Lucasfilm archives. We get to see how iconic creations went from technical drawings (ships, vehicles, weapons, and technology) all the way to their creation for the big screen. From the old and reliable Millennium Falcon to the beloved Razor Crest.
Release date: October 2nd, 2025.
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