Star Wars: Force Arena hands-on — a remix of Clash Royale, Dota, and a galaxy far, far away

Star Wars: Rogue One debuts this week, and it will tell the story of how the Rebel Alliance stole the plans for the Empire’s Death Star superweapon. But it turns out that while Lucasfilm was making that flick, developer Netmarble held a heist of its own to steal the plans to one of the most powerful weapons in the mobile gaming universe.

Star Wars: Force Arena is a new head-to-head online strategy battler for iOS and Android, and it’s releasing soon. It’s fair to call it a Star Wars remix of Clash Royale. Netmarble does give it a few tweaks on developer Supercell’s formula, and the result is potentially the next big free-to-play Star Wars game in the $36.6 billion mobile-gaming industry. You can sign up to learn when the game goes live by visiting the official Star Wars: Force Arena website.