--- title: "The trailer for ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ just dropped and I can’t wait to hop into a Tie Fighter and destroy Rebel scum" date: "2020-06-15" modified: "2020-06-15" authors: - name: "James Clark" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/james-clark/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/star-wars-squadrons-trailer/" categories: - "Culture" - "Entertainment" --- # The trailer for ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’ just dropped and I can’t wait to hop into a Tie Fighter and destroy Rebel scum ![]() The new trailer for *Star Wars: Squadrons* is here, and it is f'ing glorious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0eRkhR1z6A I for one can't freaking wait to jump into the cockpit of a Tie Fighter and "seize that moment, when the perfect shot makes history," as a pair of narrators, one with the Rebellion, the other with the Empire, say in the promo as X-wings and Tie Fighters duke it out in space. The new 5 vs 5 multiplayer space simulator from EA Games is set for a Fall release on PC and consoles, [according to Venture Beat](). Based on the trailer, which begins with a gripping dogfight in an asteroid belt, *Squadrons* feels like the spiritual successor to the old line of *Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter* PC games that came out in the 1990s, albeit with much better graphics. Details are limited at this time, but a few things seem clear: You'll get to play as either the Empire or the Rebellion; and you'll have your pick of a range of ships, including different Tie variants like bombers and interceptors, as well as X-Wings, Y-Wings, and a whole alphabet's worth of other "Wings." While the game will put players into 5-person squadrons, there'll be plenty of chances for large-scale space battles, [according to an overview on EA's website]() — at least I hope so. Hopping into a star fighter will end of up being a lot less fun if I can't zip through the skies or the vacuum of space shooting down scores of enemy escorts, before dive-bombing their flagship. No word yet on whether we'll be able to blast Womp Rats in a T16, though. **RELATED: [A supercut of X-Wings flying into the ‘danger zone’ is the Star Wars tribute we didn't know we needed]()** ## Author James Clark is the editor-in-chief of Task & Purpose. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the War in Afghanistan. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [LinkedIn]()