Star Wars: Beyond Victory - ILM's Mixed Reality Playset Is Prepping for Star Wars Celebration
ILM's newest experience—unveiled on Meta Quest—will take you into the world of pod racing like never before, and you could be among the first to experience it at Star WarsCelebration Japan.
Get ready to team up with Sebulba and go beyond victory!
IntroducingStar Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, a new experience from Industrial Light & Magic and Lucasfilm! Meet up-and-comer Volo Bolus as they join forces with legendary pilot Pod Sebulba in this thrilling, engines-roaring mixed reality experience. Set during the time of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Beyond Victory will feature an exciting story and many unique modes for players to enjoy.
Star Wars: Beyond Victory is currently in development for Meta Quest headsets, and fans in Tokyo are among the first to try it out.
Meet Volo, Luuda and the especially dangerous Dag
In their first look at Beyond Victory, visitors to Celebration find themselves in the boots of young Volo Bolus, a podracer desperate to make a name for himself. Luuda, Sebulba's business partner, has an offer for Volo and they willingly accept it.But do they really know what they're getting into?
Check out the exciting new trailer that premiered today at Star WarsCelebration!
In Beyond Victory you control a racing pod as it speeds through canyons and avoids (and sometimes crashes into) obstacles on a race track. With Luuda and Sebulba in your ear, giving you advice, suggestions and the occasional insult, you'll get a crash course in podracing like no other.
The VR experience will offer fans three different modes:
- Adventure: Using a combination of virtual and mixed reality, the story follows Volo, an aspiring podracer whose life is turned upside down under the leadership of the infamous Sebulba.
- Arcade: Experience the thrill of mixed reality pod racing on a virtual holographic table that puts players in the middle of the action like never before.
- Game Set: Transform the physical world around you and create your own incredible Star Wars moments in mixed reality with a collection of unlockable virtual figures and vehicles.
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“We are incredibly excited to share the first impressions of this new experience with the incredible community of Star Wars fans at this year’s Star Wars Celebration,” says José Perez III, Director.
Star Wars: Beyond Victory - Mixed Reality Game Set
. “Our goal at ILM has always been to find new and exciting ways for players to experience Star Wars stories.”Focusing on mixed reality has opened some exciting doors in terms of immersion and allows us to literally bring a galaxy far, far away right into the comfort of players' homes in a way that is unlike anything we've done before."
Plus, the original Marvel comic will delve into the prequel story for this experience and is only available as a gift at the ILM/Meta booth during Star Wars Celebration Japan. Get your first look at Phil Noto's cover for Marvel's Star Wars: Beyond Victory, written by Ethan Sacks, with interior art by Will Sliney, Stephen Cummings, and Shogo Aoki.
Party-goers will be able to participate (and wear a headset) in more than a dozen Quest gaming stations, featuring a first look atStar Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset, as well as demos of fan favoritesVader Immortal: A Star Wars VR SeriesandStar Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge.
Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 will take place from April 18 to 20 at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center. The ILM/Meta activation will take place in Hall 4, stand No. 20-5.
Stay tuned for more information about Star Wars: Beyond Victory - A Mixed Reality Playset to be revealed at Star Wars Celebration 2025!