Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add 'real consequence' to each race

Don't call Galactic Racer "Podracer" in front of its developers—they'll politely point out that their new game is about multiple types of racing in the Star Wars universe, and it is not a sequel to 1999's Episode 1 Racer, despite featuring podracing's most iconic characters and courses. At first this feels like splitting hairs to mollify the strict branding watchdogs of the Walt Disney Corporation, but play a few minutes of the new racer and the distinction starts to make more sense... Read more.

Jun 27, 2026 - 00:03

Star Wars: Galactic Racer has a lot more Slay the Spire DNA than I expected, because its ex-Burnout devs wanted to add 'real consequence' to each race

Don't call Galactic Racer "Podracer" in front of its developers—they'll politely point out that their new game is about multiple types of racing in the Star Wars universe, and it is not a sequel to 1999's Episode 1 Racer, despite featuring podracing's most iconic characters and courses. At first this feels like splitting hairs to mollify the strict branding watchdogs of the Walt Disney Corporation, but play a few minutes of the new racer and the distinction starts to make more sense... Read more.

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