Everything we know about Star Wars the Old Republic Game Update 7.9 Legacy Reborn, including story updates, Play as Darth Malgus, Ryloth and more.
Contents
Release Date
The tentative release date for SWTOR 7.9: Legacy Reborn is the ‘end of May’.
Twitch Livestream Rewards
Active Twitch Drop, Dantooine Poster!
Active Twitch Drop for the launch of 7.9, Nightshade Hssiss
Legacy Reborn Story
SPOILERS FOR Masters Enigma ahead!
Play as Lana Beniko with T701 or Theron Shan as companions!
PLAYABLE DARTH MALGUS
QoL Updates
May the 4th Giveaways
PvP Season 10
Cartel Market and Events
Cartel Market sales already featured in the above guide ^^^
New Cartel Market teasers:
Emissive lightinternal to the blade based on your crystal color
Blaster Pistol and rifle have unique animation that plays when equipped
SWTOR 2026 Roadmap
Keith Kanneg recently posted an Executive Producer Letter over Christmas, highlighting many unexpected and new announcements and updates for SWTOR planned across 2026.
In this letter, Keith recounted SWTOR’s update schedule and released accomplishments in 2025, highlighting a successful return to story content over a year of delays which was most likely caused by various worker and union strikes across America and Europe since 2024.
Below are ALL of the highlighted and known information we have for 2026 going through SWTOR.
DirectX 12 Update
SWTOR updating the game to DirectX 12 was first announced back in 2023 and news since then has been few and far between, during the Game Update 7.8 livestream in late 2025, the developers cited a major UI issue was the current reason why the move to DirectX 12 had been taking so long.
However we have now been given a definitive understanding of what DX12 will accomplish in SWTOR by Keith:
7.9.1 Galactic Season 11
SWTOR is set to release Galactic Season 11 after the Legacy Reborn update, targeting ‘Summer’ of 2026. Galactic Season 11 will feature returning Achievements and Rewards from Galactic Season 2 and 4, such as the companions Fen Zeil and Amity, their rewards as well as brand new rewards and achievements.
SWTOR 15th Anniversary
There has been little information revealed for SWTOR’s 15th Anniversary, set for December of 2026. However Keith has officially given word of at least one major update for the 2026 holiday period:
8.0 Announcement
Not a “new” gearing system, same gearing system as 7.0 but moved up to 85
Raid might get a ‘nightmare’ or master mode later after release, it is planned.
This is an incredibly thrilling milestone and with it will come many questions, I am sure. First things first, stay tuned for our 7.8.1 livestream in February. We will cover what you can look forward to in 2026 AND share the first details about what to expect as we celebrate 15 years of SWTOR with 8.0!
It is important to know that throughout the year, we will be both releasing new content and simultaneously working on development of our Anniversary Update. We look forward to sharing details over the course of the year, which could include updates during our quarterly livestreams, hosting 8.0 specific livestreams, public tests, emails, articles, and more. There is a lot to talk about, so make sure you join us for the ride!
– Keith Kanneg
Whether 8.0 will release FOR Christmas 2026 or the testing/announcement period only begins in Christmas 2026 is unknown.
It’s likely that Christmas 2026 will only feature the first trailers, teasers and public test periods for balancing and taking feedback for the expansion before it releases.
However I think most players would be absolutely surprised to learn that SWTOR has enough fight left in it to gain support for another expansion, especially since the current expansion has had its main storyline drift without any end in sight for several years now, given that the storyline started all the way back in 2018 and has been unresolved to this day.
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