Lucasfilm Announces Star Wars 'Vader Immortal' VR Game

This week the folks at ILMxLAB spoke at Oculus Connect 5 about their new title “Vader Immortal.” This is a virtual reality experience that takes place in three parts – the first of which is called Vader Immortal: Episode I. In the game, users will travel to Mustafar, to Darth Vader’s palace. This experience will take place in the Star Wars universe in the period of time between Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope.

This game will have the user – you – dropped out of hyperspace near the planet Mustafar. That’s the largely volcanic planet where Anakin Skywalker fought Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Vader was effectively born. There, Vader’s palace can be found. This is the palace we first saw in film form in the movie Star Wars: Rogue One.

Users will be able to take part in this 3-part saga, a saga that’ll apparently be part of the official Star Wars canon. That means the events inside this experience will be consequential – if only in a very tiny way. Maybe Darth Vader’s red helmet lenses will come up? Who can tell?

This game/movie experience will be released on Oculus Quest in early 2019. We do not yet know the exact date, but it won’t likely be before the Oculus Quest is released, because that’d be crazy.

This game was developed by ILMxLAB. That’s the Industrial Light and Magic crew that works specifically in interactive entertainment and immersive experiences for the Star Wars universe. That’s a pretty specific, yet vast, space to work in. Cross your fingers that they never stop making awesome bits and pieces like these!