- "Coming to you from the Arena on beautiful Vespaara and only on ORSN!"
- ―Boz Vega
The Grand Arena,[4] or simply the Arena,[1] was a venue on the planet Vespaara which hosted the Hunters of the Outer Rim tournament. During the New Republic Era, it featured grand gladiatorial arenas that were surrounded by audience stands and could be altered to resemble locales throughout the galaxy, such as Hoth during the battle there[5] in 3 ABY.[6]
Behind the scenes
The Grand Arena is the setting of the[7] 2024[8] competitive combat game Star Wars: Hunters, published by Zynga and Lucasfilm Games.[7] Artist Clint Young was responsible for the location's early concept visualizations.[9]
![Storyboard by C. Young[9]](/starwars/wiki/File:ImaraVexStoryboard-ClintYoung.jpg "ImaraVexStoryboard-ClintYoung.jpg (440 KB)")
![Previsualization by C. Young[9]](/starwars/wiki/File:GrandArenaConcept1-ClintYoung.png "GrandArenaConcept1-ClintYoung.png (1.94 MB)")
![Previsualization by C. Young[9]](/starwars/wiki/File:GrandArenaConcept2-ClintYoung.png "GrandArenaConcept2-ClintYoung.png (724 KB)")
![Previsualization by C. Young[9]](/starwars/wiki/File:GrandArenaConcept3-ClintYoung.png "GrandArenaConcept3-ClintYoung.png (910 KB)")
Appearances
- Hunters: Battle for the Arena (and audiobook)
- Star Wars: Hunters (First appearance)
Sources
Join the Fight in Star Wars: Hunters, a New Game from Lucasfilm and Zynga on StarWars.com (backup link) (First pictured)- The Game on Star Wars: Hunters' official website (original site is defunct)
- Step Inside the Arena in the Latest Star Wars: Hunters Trailer on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Hunters™ Enters Soft Launch on Star Wars: Hunters' official website (original site is defunct) (First identified as Grand Arena)
- SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Hunters Panel on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters
- Star Wars: Timelines
- Star Wars: Hunters Launch Date Reveal Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: Hunters Release Date, Cinematic Trailer Revealed on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars Day 2024 Games and Experiences Deals! on StarWars.com (content not present on current version) (Picture only)
- Star Wars: Hunters | The Grand Arena on Vespaara Spotlight on the official Zynga Star Wars YouTube channel (original link is obsolete)
- Star Wars: Hunters Official Launch Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: Hunters Is Here! on StarWars.com (backup link)
- A New Battlefield on Arena News (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
- Opportunity Nox on Arena News (original site is defunct)
- Star Wars: Hunters Coming to PC! — Reveal on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Star Wars: Hunters™ | PC Announcement Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars Year in Review 2024 on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Star Wars: Hunters
- ↑ Hunters: Battle for the Arena
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hunters: Battle for the Arena
- ↑ Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters
- ↑ Main page on Star Wars: Hunters' official website (original site is defunct)
- ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Step Inside the Arena in the Latest Star Wars: Hunters Trailer on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ Star Wars: Hunters Launch Date Reveal Trailer on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Clint Young on ArtStation: Star Wars: Hunters VisDev (May 18, 2025): "Previs for Star Wars: Huntres- The Planet Vesparaa and the Hunters Games broadcast ship and arenas. these were a few of the visual designs and biomes pieces I completed for the game." (backup link) (screenshot)
