Mobile Game "Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes" to Launch "Andor" Update

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Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes to Launch "Andor" Update; Lucasfilm and EA Developers Reveal First Details (EXCLUSIVE)
by Jennifer Maas
Jan. 28, 2026


Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes mobile game will soon be launching a major update incorporating characters from the Emmy-winning Disney+ series “Andor”.

The forthcoming in-game content, which will include new versions of the character Cassian Andor, as well as the additions of fan-favorite villains Major Partagaz and Dedra Meero, marks the latest expansion for Galaxy of Heroes, which just celebrated its 10th anniversary last fall.




A decade in, Lucasfilm is still prioritizing updates for the game due to its sustaining popularity: the title has seen more than 150 million players since launch in 2015.

“We’ve got players who, on average, are playing over two hours a day with us every single day of the year,” studio general manager at EA’s Capital Games, Erik Larsen, told Variety.




“We’re lucky enough to be here in awards season, and people are talking about ‘Andor.’ And everybody really enjoyed the last season and what it meant to be boots-on-the-ground rebels and see what it takes to build a rebellion,” Orion Kellogg, executive producer at Lucasfilm Games, said.

“And so we’re bringing, you know, Partagaz and Dedra Meero and new versions of Cassian and other characters from the show to the game, because we want our players to be part of that conversation and to get to play. They get to play with these characters and go, ‘Ah, yes, this is how rebellions are won’ — or, ‘This is how rebellions are crushed.’ I think that’s the fun part about this team, is it’s really fantasy fulfilling. ‘Galaxy of Heroes’ is absolutely part of the Lucasfilm strategy.

We understand that we have this connection to these millions of players, and we’re super excited to be able to deliver this opportunity to those players. So Capital Games is getting read-ins to new content. They’re behind the curtains with us planning how they can bring these characters to life. They’re getting visual reference and all of that stuff so that we can just continue to tell the stories.”




The fine line to walk here is in preserving the darker vibe of “Andor” — or of any other Star Wars TV series or film — when it comes into the more light-hearted Galaxy of Heroes.

“I am a huge fan of how well [‘Andor’ shows] the danger and the realness of the people inside of Star Wars that aren’t Obi-Wan Kenobi and aren’t the lead characters,” Capital Games lead producer Caley Roberts said.

“These guys felt down to earth. There was so much tension. There was so much strife in there as they tried to build this rebellion against the Empire, that we wanted to make sure that was felt in any event that we do. And I think that that’s one of the cool things with our holotable is that because we are a holotable game, we can build events that that feel really authentic to the episodes and movies, because they are a small, bite-sized piece.”




Players should expect in-character battle tactics all around.

“You’re not going to see Dedra Meero pull out a rocket launcher, because that would be fun for a video game. You are going to see Dedra Meero be the coldest, most ruthless manipulator of the battlefield. She’s going to send a shiver down your spine, even on the phone,” Orion Kellogg said.

“The way they’ve designed those abilities and the synergies, the way that she stands and strikes, same with all the ‘Andor’ characters — it’s really starting from making sure the ingredients are right, and then when you put them all together in all these different ways, you’re going to get a lot of different fun and authentic results.”

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