Craig Derrick

The finishing line is the starting line. After watching the incredible reviews roll in, seeing Star Wars: Galactic Racer launch today, jumping in and racing players, and most importantly, watching so many of the people who made it take a well-earned victory lap, I wanted to add one last thought before my launch day ends. Three and a half years ago, Fuse Games came to us with a small team, a big idea, and the conviction that it was time to bring racing back to Star Wars. We believed in them, and we believed in the game. What followed was a fantastic collaboration around a shared ambition: celebrate the past without being beholden to it. Make something unmistakably Star Wars, but give it its own identity, characters, and attitude, find where we could push the genre forward, and say something new about racing in this galaxy. There was also a wonderful lineage to draw from, from the hot-rod culture that emerged after World War II, to George’s love of cars and racing, the world he captured in American Graffiti, and ultimately Star Wars itself. We kept coming back to those ideas as a North Star for the game: a racing culture born from a galaxy emerging from war, where people rebuild old machines, find their community, and create something new. For me, that felt like an authentic way to bring Star Wars into this genre. And, of course, put in some spectacular crashes, explosions, and Podracing. =) Getting to pull on those threads, then watching talented teams turn them into characters, worlds, repulsorcraft, stories, and ultimately a game that looks, sounds, and feels this good to play, is one of the great joys of making games. Games are hard to make. Great games are even harder, and they only happen when talented people believe in an idea and in each other. I’m enormously proud of @Fuse_Games, our team at @LucasfilmGames, our maestro @GordyHaab, and everyone across @Lucasfilm, @WeAreSecretMode, Disney Games Group, and all of our partners who helped make this game what it is. You should all be incredibly proud of what you made. We always believed this one was special. Now it’s your starting line. Grab your helmet. 🏁

What a fantastic tribute. #IYKYK

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I think SNL is finally back to being funny.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer was just nominated for the Ultimate Game of the Year award at this year's Golden Joystick Awards! Scrib doon your vote at goldenjoysticks.com. Voting closes this Friday!

Wouldn’t it have been fun to see former Huttball players Biddy Blas and Grozz go head-to-head? Ah, what could have been… Not that I’m suggesting anything, of course.