Star Wars Starfighter

***Star Wars Starfighter*** is a *Star Wars* video game under development by Tachibana Games and Nakamura Toronto, and to be published by Morningwood Arts for the Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows via Steam. It is developed using the most recent iteration of the Semblance engine.

The game's singleplayer campaign is set during the Galactic Civil War and follows the Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps unit Rose Squadron. The game is considered a spiritual successor/reboot to the original *Star Wars: Starfighter* games, and a spiritual sequel to *Star Wars: Squadrons*

When it was first announced, Nakamura Interactive and Rooster Teeth Games were the main developers behind the game until 2024 when Nakamura Interactive announced their departure and leaving development to Tachibana Games, with their subsidiary Nakamura Toronto that would assist in development. Rooster Teeth Games remained on as developers.

## Gameplay

Much like its predecessors, the gameplay of *Star Wars Starfighter* is similar. The game is played within a highly detailed 3D space simulation with a very large play area filled with debris and scenery as well as AI Starfighters.

### Starfighters

Starfighters have two Health Pools: the first are Deflector Shields which can be damaged from all types of attacks, but is more vulnerable to Ion-based weapons, and the second is the Starfighter Hull itself which is vulnerable to all types of weapons, but extremely vulnerable to missile-based weapons. Both are these can be upgraded by increasing a Starfighter's Level.

Each Starfighter is classified within four classes: Fighter, Bomber, Interceptor and Gunship. Fighters are generally multi-purpose starfighters able to perform a variety of roles and can be modified as such. Bombers are starfighters specifically designed to carry heavy ordnance and deal the most damage against other Starfighters and capital ships. Interceptors are fast, agile Starfighters designed primarily for starfighter-to-starfighter combat, boasting weapons to combat other Starfighters. Gunships are heavily armed starfighters able to counter Bombers and Interceptors, boasting weapons capable of doing so.

### Modifications

Modifications are available to all four Classes of Starfighters in the game. These can be unlocked by increasing the Starfighter Level of that ship. These modifications can increase the survivability and weapons of Starfighters or can be converted into a different Class; though this is limited to Fighters and Gunships only. Each class has their own set of modifications.

Fighters are versatile starfighters that can be heavily modified with many different weapons, hull-based mods and can even be converted into either a Bomber or Interceptor, depending on which modifications are used. Bombers can be modified with different payloads and hull-based modifications; some Bombers can also be converted into Heavy Bombers. Interceptors can be modified with various modifications to further increase their speed, weapons and hull. Gunships can be modified with hull-based and weapon modifications, and can be converted into a Heavy Fighter.

## Singleplayer

The Singleplayer is currently under-going revisions as of Tachibana Games' appointment.

The Singleplayer features the characters from the *RWBY* webseries. Teams RWBY and JNPR, along with Oscar Pine, Taiyang Xiao Long, Qrow Branwen, Cinder Fall, Arthur Watts and Jacques Schnee are depicted as members of the various organizations within the Star Wars Universe.

In the Campaign, players will take on the roles of Team RWBY as they fly as members of Rose Squadron, an Rebel Alliance Starfighter Corps unit as they fight against the Galactic Empire. A male Duros named Sur is a major character featured in the story as the advisor and overall founder of Rose Squadron.

### Missions

#### Skirmish at Roon

The *Nexus* and Rose Squadron arrive at an Outer Rim moon where they were to meet an Imperial turncoat named Lionheart who claims to have information that the Rebel Alliance might find some benefit from, as his information was seen to be very crucial in their fight against the Galactic Empire.

## Multiplayer

In the Multiplayer portion, players will be able to control of numerous Starfighters and play a variety of gamemodes on a vast number of maps in online 20-player space/aerial battles as well as local 4-player co-op battles. There is a ranking system for players that go from 1 to 100; reaching a certain rank will reward Credits as well as unlock more Starfighters to use.

### Starfighters

*Main article: Star Wars Starfighter/Starfighters*
### Gamemodes

* Starfighter Assault - An all-out mission-oriented objective-based gamemode for 32 Players
* Fighter Squadron - All-out Starfighter dogfights in atmospheric and orbital battles for 32 players
* Hero Starfighters - Heroes and Villains clash in their personal Starfighters in battles for 8 players
* Capital Defense - Destroy the enemy team's Capital Ship while defending your own in battles for 32 players

## Downloadable Content

*Star Wars Starfighter* is confirmed to have four expansions post-launch and updates dubbed "Starfighter Updates" which will add new Starfighter content into the game. Expansions will include new Storylines as well as additional content such as new eras, Starfighters, maps and gamemodes. Starfighter Updates will include mostly only Starfighters and possibly additional content.