The Metacritic score for Star Wars: Galactic Racer has beaten every Star Wars Battlefront title and even scored higher than some acclaimed movies in the Star Wars franchise.
As of this writing, the game has a Metacritic score of 88 based on 54 critic reviews. Most of those reviews were for the Sony PlayStation 5. 12 were for the XBOX Series X, and 15 were PC reviews.
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Star Wars Galactic Racer Beats The Empire Strikes Back
While Star Wars’ first outing in all media, 1977’s A New Hope, scores higher than Galactic Racer, with a Metacritic score of 90, the other original films don’t. Notably, even the classic movie Star Wars Episode 5: The Empire Strikes Back has a Metacritic score of 82. Return of the Jedi, which rounds out the original Star Wars trilogy, has a Metacritic score of 58.
In the video game realm, 2003’s Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic has the franchise’s highest Metacritic score, at 94. Other notable successes include the recently released Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. That 2023 game is sitting at an 85 on Metacritic.
Star Wars: Battlefront, the original 2004 release, has only an 80 on Metacritic. Its sequel has an 83. The games with the same title released a decade later score even lower. 2015 Star Wars Battlefront has a Metacritic score of 73, and its sequel scores 68.
In television, the highest-rated Star Wars release is also from this year. “Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi,” a limited series first released in August 2026, has a Metacritic score of 83.
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Robert DeFelice spent years covering pro-wrestling industry for outlets such as Fightful. After years in wrestling journalism, I’ve transitioned to video games, another passion of mine.
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