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Recommended reading 2 years later, starved Starfield players find morsel of hope in the files that hints at interstellar travel, possibly, maybe XWVM, the X-Wing mod that lets you play the Star Wars classic remade in Unity, is finally available to download Battlefront 2's huge Steam resurgence isn't a mystery when you realize it's just really good The best Cyberpunk 2077 mods With Oblivion Remastered's first patch looming, I wish Bethesda had taken a leaf from CDPR's book and straight-up incorporated popular mods at launch This MMO can run Doom: EVE Frontier is so moddable, players are building entire games within its space survival sandbox, and the devs say it's just the beginning The Elder Scrolls The best Skyrim mods: Everything from beautiful vegetables to huge expansions I wouldn't have thought I'd be playing Starfield again in 2025, but this Star Wars total conversion mod is a real blast(er) Christopher Livingston 21 August 2025 Star Wars Genesis rolls up hundreds of mods that turn Starfield into a galaxy far, far away. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Bethesda / Star Wars Genesis) I know Starfield has kind of a bad reputation these days, but I never thought it was a bad game. It's a good game, and I should know: I played over 100 hours of it when it launched. But it's not a great game, and it simply doesn't have the staying power of other Bethesda RPGs like the Fallout and Elder Scrolls games. I can always find a reason to hop back into Skyrim or Fallout 4, but I kinda figured when I was done with Starfield, I'd stay done with it. To my surprise, here I am in 2025 playing Starfield again, and it's all thanks to a mod. More specifically, a whole bunch of mods. There's a modlist called Star Wars Genesis that collects hundreds of Star Wars mods and rolls them up into one big total conversion, transforming Starfield into a huge hunk of the Star Wars galaxy. Related Articles 2 years later, starved Starfield players find morsel of hope in the files that hints at interstellar travel, possibly, maybe XWVM, the X-Wing mod that lets you play the Star Wars classic remade in Unity, is finally available to download Battlefront 2's huge Steam resurgence isn't a mystery when you realize it's just really good (Image credit: Bethesda / Star Wars Genesis) I haven't played a ton of Genesis yet, but whether I'm following a quest chain or just freewheeling around the dozens of star systems, it's a delight to see just how much Star Wars is packed into this thing. One of the first things I did was visit Tatooine and land at Mos Eisley. You know the place: scum, villany, hive, wretched, yadda yadda yadda. Just walking around and spying a Gonk Droid here, a pack of jabbering Jawas there, and maybe one of those awesome hammerhead alien dudes from the cantina scene in A New Hope—it was so enjoyable, even for a lapsed Star Wars fan like me. Within a minute or two the modded version of Mos Eisely became a better place to hang out than any city in vanilla Starfield. (Image credit: Bethesda / Star Wars Genesis) In fact, before I even started playing the mod properly, it was a delight just to see a choice of aliens in the character creator. You can play as a Rodian (like Greedo), Trandoshian (like Bossk), Duros (the classic-looking blue-headed alien dudes from the cantina), Mon Calamari (it's a trap!), and a bunch more. Yes, you can even be a Gungan, if your dream has always been to inhabit Jar-Jar Binks. I suspect that isn't your dream. It really highlights that baffling decision Bethesda made with Starfield to have a galaxy full of only human characters. This is the company that made us fall in love with Argonians and Khajiit. But going humans-only in a game with 1,000 alien planets? It's still a head-scratcher to me. The biggest gaming news, reviews and hardware deals Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. (Image credit: Bethesda / Star Wars Genesis) If you've got a favorite Star Wars weapon, it's probably in Genesis. Han Solo's heavy blaster, Boba Fett's carbine rifle, Chewie's Bowcaster, and dozens more. (No lightsabers, though, at least not yet: the mod is a work in progress.) You can buy and fly classic ships like Millennium Falcon (technically it's a Corellian YT-1300 light freighter), X-Wings, TIE Fighters, and even those sleek and shiny Naboo starships. Walk through any spaceport or look through a vendor's stock and you'll immediately say: "Ooh, there's some Star Wars stuff I definitely want to own. (Image credit: Bethesda / Star Wars Genesis) If you've got a copy of Starfield collecting dust in your library, and even a passing interest in Star Wars, Genesis is a great reason to fire it up again. Warning: the installation is far more than a few simple clicks. There's a set of instructions here—it's a very good set of instructions, but it is also a very long set of instructions. Carve out some time for it and follow them exactly or the mod might not launch. Christopher Livingston Social Links Navigation Senior Editor Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own. 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