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Star Wars: Zero Company Reveals 16-Person Voice Cast at SDCC — Launches 27 August

Star Wars: Zero Company has a launch date (27 August), a genre (turn-based tactical RPG in the Clone Wars), and now, courtesy of its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 panel, a full 16-person voice cast. Bit Reactor brought the complete roster to SDCC on Friday, and the names alone make a compelling case for what is shaping up as one of the more interesting strategy games of the year.

Star Wars Zero Company key art showing Hawks and the full squad
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Games / Electronic Arts

The Full Zero Company Voice Cast

The headline reveal is the dual-protagonist approach. Players can choose to play as either the male or female version of Hawks — voiced by Jonathan Freeman and Erica Luttrell respectively — and the full squad of recruits they assemble spans eight Star Wars species, each fully voiced with distinct personalities.

Star Wars Zero Company full voice cast grid revealed at SDCC 2026
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Games / Electronic Arts

The confirmed cast from the official Lucasfilm announcement at the SDCC panel:

  • Jonathan Freeman — Hawks (Male)
  • Erica Luttrell — Hawks (Female)
  • Dee Bradley Baker — Trick (CT-3301), a Clone Trooper squad member
  • Matt Lanter — Anakin Skywalker
  • Rekha Sharma — Kundri Fathom, leader of the Infinite Coil cult (main villain)
  • JB Blanc — Kabb Uppercut
  • Judy Alice Lee — Jae Mordant
  • Vic Michaelis — Runa Blask
  • Nicole Rainteau — Tel-Rea Vokoss
  • Alex McKenna — Cly Kullervo
  • Jason Spisak — Luco Bronc
  • Jim Pirri — Neesh Renark
  • Dylan Kenin — Visser
  • Leo Howard — Bennic Halloren
  • DC Douglas — M-3VO (“Meevo”), the squad’s droid
  • Hunter Smith — Typhon

A few standouts: Dee Bradley Baker reprising Clone Trooper duty in a named, story-relevant role is the fan-service play Clone Wars fans will appreciate. Matt Lanter returning as Anakin means there is at least one Jedi cameo in the story. And DC Douglas — best known as Albert Wesker in Resident Evil — voicing a droid called Meevo is precisely the unexpected casting choice that makes a character roster interesting.

What Kind of Game Is Zero Company?

Bit Reactor is a studio founded by Firaxis veterans, and Zero Company is their take on the turn-based tactics genre with a Star Wars skin that goes much deeper than cosmetic. This is not a squad-shooter — it is a game in the XCOM mould: you control Hawks and up to three squad mates on tile-based maps, manage action points, use cover, and chain ability combos that unlock the longer your squad members bond with each other.

Star Wars: Zero Company Official Trailer — via Star Wars: Zero Company HQ on YouTube

Between missions you operate from The Den, a base that levels up, where you run intelligence operations and deepen bonds between squad members to unlock synergy abilities in the field. The story is an original Clone Wars-era narrative: Hawks is a disgraced Republic officer who assembles an unconventional crew — mercenaries, specialists, and the odd morally-grey droid — to hunt Kundri Fathom’s Infinite Coil separatist cult across the galaxy.

Star Wars Zero Company tactical combat showing lightsaber fight against battle droids
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Games / Electronic Arts

Platforms, Pricing and Singapore Availability

Star Wars: Zero Company launches 27 August 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (via Steam and the EA App). It is published by EA under the Lucasfilm Games label, which means it should land in Singapore without region restrictions — check the Singapore PlayStation Store and Steam at launch for SGD pricing. A Deluxe Edition with additional content is also available for pre-order.

Star Wars Zero Company UI showing ability wheel and droid character R5-05 in tactical view
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Games / Electronic Arts

If you enjoy turn-based tactics with strong narrative and character writing, this one is worth watching closely — the team’s XCOM pedigree and the Clone Wars setting make it a combination that is hard to dismiss. Explore more upcoming games for Singapore.

Star Wars: Visions – The Ninth Jedi Hits Disney+ on 5 August

Star Wars just got a full-length anime series — and it is one Singapore fans can stream from day one. Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi, an 8-episode limited series produced by Lucasfilm and Production I.G, arrives on Disney+ on 5 August 2026.

From Short Film to Full Series: What Is The Ninth Jedi?

The series expands a story that began as a standalone short in the first Star Wars: Visions anthology (2021) and continued in Star Wars: Visions Volume 3. Now, under the new Star Wars: Visions Presents banner — designed specifically for longer-form stories spun out of the anthology — the tale gets eight full episodes to breathe.

The story follows Lah Kara, who resumes her quest to find her missing father while evading Jedi Hunters and continuing her Jedi training under Margrave Juro. It is a coming-of-age adventure set in an original corner of the galaxy far, far away, and unlike the live-action Star Wars productions, it leans fully into the aesthetic language of anime.

Watch the Official Trailer

Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi | Official Trailer — via Star Wars on YouTube

Production I.G and Kenji Kamiyama Lead the Creative Team

The pedigree here is serious. Production I.G — the studio behind Ghost in the Shell, Haikyuu!!, and Vinland Saga — handles animation, directed by Shunsuke Tada with Kenji Kamiyama serving as supervising director. Kamiyama is best known for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and his involvement signals that this is not a lightweight side project. The script is by Mitsuyasu Sakai.

Lah Zhima with a lightsaber in Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm

The series was announced at Anime Expo 2026 in Los Angeles, where Kamiyama, Tada, and producer Hitoshi Ito presented the first trailer and teaser artwork to a packed hall. The Anime Expo reveal underlines how deliberately Lucasfilm is positioning this as an anime property — not just a Star Wars spin-off that happens to be animated, but a work made by, and for, anime fans.

Cast: Familiar Voices and New Arrivals

The English dub brings back the full original cast: Kimiko Glenn as Lah Kara, Andrew Kishino as Margrave Juro, Masi Oka, Patrick Seitz, and Simu Liu as Lah Zhima. New additions include Young Mazino and Chase Sui Wonders, among others.

Nawaam and Lah Kara in Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm

When and Where to Watch in Singapore

All 8 episodes drop simultaneously on 5 August 2026 on Disney+. Singapore subscribers can catch it from day one — no Hulu required (Hulu remains US-only). If you have not seen the original The Ninth Jedi short, it is worth a quick rewatch on Disney+ before the premiere; the new series picks up directly from where it left off.

For more anime and animation news, see our Manga & Anime coverage.

99-99 and Ethan in Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm
Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi character poster
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm