Dedra Meero and Major Partagaz from "Andor" Coming to "Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes" in Latest Update

Andor fans who play the mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes have some Imperial fun to look forward to, as the game prepares to add two ISB villains from Lucasfilm's acclaimed live-action Disney+ series soon.

What's happening:

• A new update is coming to the popular mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes from EA and Lucasfilm Games, according to an exclusive story in Variety this morning.
• This update will introduce the Imperial Security Bureau (ISB) characters of Dedra Meero and Major Partagaz to the game, plus new versions of existing characters like Cassian Andor.
• Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes launched in the fall of 2015, meaning it has been running successfully for over a decade. No release date was announced for the new update except "coming soon."

What they're saying:

• EA's Capital Games General Manager Erik Larsen (via Variety): "There’s lots of different kinds of fandom inside of Star Wars and having over 300 ships and characters to come and explore, whether your Star Wars fandom started with the original trilogy movies, like it did for me, or some of the newer content that we’re celebrating, like Andor and Mandalorian and Ahsoka — this game is intended to be an entry point to Star Wars fandom. And then you can go and explore and be exposed to characters from comic books and from novels and from streaming content that maybe you didn’t grow up with or that wasn’t your entry point, but there’s so much richness to discover."
• Lucasfilm Games Executive Producer Orion Kellogg: "We’re lucky enough to be here in awards season, and people are talking about Andor. And everybody really enjoyed the last season and what it meant to be boots-on-the-ground rebels and see what it takes to build a rebellion. And so we’re bringing Partagaz and Dedra Meero and new versions of Cassian and other characters from the show to the game, because we want our players to be part of that conversation and to get to play."
• Capital Games Lead Producer Caley Roberts: "Our players know that when they come into an event, they will really get the authenticity of whatever show or movie we put into that. When we did our Order 66, that felt very authentic to the original movies. We had a bunch of cut scenes of clone troopers and Anakin moving into the Jedi Temple. And I think that it is important that we carry that through and make sure, because if I watch the movies, I want to come into the game, and I want to experience that same feeling. That is very important for us. And with this new Andor era, we really wanted to make sure that that shines through, and that that connection from the actual series into the game is felt by our players."

More news about Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes:

• The "Trust Only In the Force" special event returned to the mobile game last spring.
• Hasbro released a Jedi Knight Revan / HK-47 two-pack of action figures from the game in 2023.
• Read Laughing Place's new post from when the game was first announced way back in 2015.