Everything we know about Star Wars the Old Republic Game Update 7.9.1 including 8.0 preview, Galactic Season 11 and More.
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Release Date
The tentative release date for SWTOR 7.9.1 is the ‘first week of August’. 8.0 PTS is up today!
Twitch Livestream Rewards
Active Twitch Drop, Ruhnuk Poster, watch for 1 hour!
Active Twitch Drop for the launch of 7.9.1, VECTRON Colette EM4
8.0 New Updates
Animated decorations now stay ‘persistent’ between leaving and entering strongholds.
Difficulty Modes Coming
New Ventures
8.0 Public Test Server
“For sorc and sage, every sorc gets force lightning, every discipline will get their own unique force lightning. Example: the healer sorcs get a new force lightning that heals”
New Operation: Children of Nul
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.
Player version also available.
Cartel Market and Events
Cyborg player options will be available as head slot items for all species!
Feast of Prosperity Rewards
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:
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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