Here’s What Prime Members Get
If you’ve been waiting for a proper Star Wars racing game since the podracer days of the early 2000s, October 6 is circled on your calendar. Fuse Games and publisher Secret Mode have confirmed that the Star Wars racing game first announced at The Game Awards 2025 will launch on October 6, 2026, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. But there’s a second way to jump in that’s flying a little under the radar: Amazon is bringing the game to Luna as part of its Prime subscription perks, giving Prime members a no-extra-cost route into the Galactic League right on day one.
What Is Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Anyway?
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is a runs-based, high-stakes reinvention of racing set in the lawless Outer Rim after the fall of the Empire. With the old order gone, an underground, unsanctioned racing circuit called the Galactic League has sprung up, bankrolled by syndicates and fought for by pilots looking to make a name for themselves. clouddosage
Players step into the cockpit as Shade, a mysterious lone pilot competing in this circuit. It’s a fresh, standalone story rather than a tie-in to existing Star Wars films or shows, which gives the developers room to build their own cast of rivals and legends.
The pedigree behind the game is a big part of the hype. Fuse Games is a studio made up of former Criterion Games staff who worked on the Burnout and Need for Speed series — which explains why early footage leans hard into destruction-derby chaos rather than clean, simulation-style racing.
Vehicles, Tracks, and Customization
Expect variety behind the wheel. Players will compete in landspeeders, speeder bikes, skim speeders, and podracers, with races taking place across different tracks and planets, including Jakku, Ando Prime, Sentinel 1, and Tatooine. The game also features deep customization options, letting players build their own ride and tune it for maximum performance. If you grew up carving up the Boonta Eve Classic, the return of a Tatooine track should scratch that nostalgia itch hard.
Editions and Pricing
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is launching in three tiers:
- Standard Edition — priced at $59.99 across all platforms
- Deluxe Edition — $79.99, adding a steel case with sleeve for physical copies, a digital art book, three exclusive repulsorcraft, three unique arcade events, a deluxe livery pack, and a deluxe player banner pack
- Collector’s Edition — available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S for £139.99/$159.99/€159.99, which includes a physical model of the Kor Sarun: Darc X landspeeder, a banner celebrating Galactic League champion Kestar Bool, two pilot patches, a physical art book, and a custom slip cover with steel case
Every pre-order, regardless of edition, comes with a free bonus livery for landspeeders, speeder bikes, or skim speeders, plus a free player banner background for multiplayer.
The Amazon Luna and Prime Angle
Here’s the part that matters if you don’t want to drop sixty dollars day one: Amazon is folding Galactic Racer into its Luna cloud gaming service as a Prime subscriber perk tied to launch. That fits the pattern Amazon’s been running all year — Prime members already get a rotating lineup of free games through Luna every month, redeemable through platforms like the Epic Games Store, GOG, or the Amazon Games App rather than Steam keys. Landing a major licensed release like this on the service the same week it hits retail is a bigger swing than usual, and it signals Amazon wants Luna taken seriously as a day-one destination, not just a dumping ground for older catalog titles.
If you’re already paying for Prime for the free shipping and video streaming, this is effectively a bonus — stream the game through Luna without buying a separate copy, provided you’re fine with cloud play over local installs.
Should You Play It on Luna or Buy It Outright?
If you’ve got a strong, stable internet connection and mainly play solo, streaming through Luna is a solid way to try the Galactic League without committing $60 upfront. But if you’re planning to grind multiplayer races for leaderboard rankings, a native install on PS5, Xbox, or PC is still going to give you the lower latency and more consistent frame pacing that competitive racing really rewards.
Either way, October 6 is shaping up to be a good day for Star Wars fans who’ve missed pod-racing since the Episode I days — now with an easier, cheaper way in if you’ve already got Prime.
