EA and Bit Reactor revealed Star Wars: Zero Company's voice cast today, and buried in the list is the detail Clone Wars fans actually needed: Dee Bradley Baker is in. Baker has voiced every clone trooper in animation since 2008: Rex, Cody, the Bad Batch, all of them. A Clone Wars tactics game with his name attached means the era's soul made the trip along with its set dressing.
Why it matters
Squad games live on whether you care about the squad. Casting is a real tell for how seriously a studio takes that: alongside Baker, the cast includes Jonathan Freeman, Rekha Sharma, and Vic Michaelis, with Game Informer noting performers from The Clone Wars, Hades II, and Resident Evil across the roster. For a game about custom operatives you build yourself, the bar for making them feel like people is high. This is the right start.
The details
- Cast reveal via Game Informer and StarWars.com.
- The reveal sets up the game's San Diego Comic-Con panel: "Bringing Star Wars Zero Company to Life," Saturday July 25 at 4 p.m. in Room 6BCF, with Bit Reactor narrative director Aaron Contreras and Lucasfilm's Kelsey Sharpe.
- Launch holds at August 27 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
What to do with this: if you're at SDCC, that panel is the one Star Wars gaming event of the weekend. Everyone else: expect news out of it Saturday; we'll have the recap. Our full preview covers why this is our most anticipated game of the year.
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