Seagate has introduced three new Star Wars-inspired external hard drives to add to its existing lineup of HDDs inspired by a galaxy far, far away. The new drives carry pictures of Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Han Solo and join an existing lineup that consists of products on the basis of Boba Fett, Grogu, and the Mandalorian. The drives are reimagined flavors of the company’s FireCuda Gaming Hard Drives with a 2TB capacity, customizable red lighting, and reasonable price. 

Just like other external hard drives from Seagate, the new Star Wars-themed special edition products pack a 2.5-inch, 5,400-RPM HDD featuring magnetic recording as well as rated for up to 140 MB/s data transfer rate, which is the maximum speed these drives are capable of. 

Knowing that we are dealing with SMR HDDs, they can be expected to be a bit slow while doing overwriting of shingled zones and have reduced performance while the drive moves data from non-shingled (CMR) to shingled bands. Overwriting is not the most used operation on an external storage device used to store content, but when an SMR drive begins to move data from CMR to SMR zones, its performance slows down. 

In the meantime, Seagate’s Star Wars drives feature a USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbs/s) Micro-B interface and come with a proper cable to maintain compatibility with a wide range of systems. If you wish to have faster speeds than any external hard drive can offer, we advise checking the list of the best external SSDs or putting an existing drive in one of the best SSD enclosures. 

Though Seagate’s HDDs with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Han Solo on their chassis are not that good in terms of performance, they will still be appealing to Star Wars fans who wish to store their content on an inexpensive external storage solution. In order to make them more alluring, they feature customizable RGB LED lighting that is configured to remind of the characters: a forceful blue for Luke Skywalker, a wrathful red for Darth Vader, and a white glow reminiscent of the Millennium Falcon for Han Solo. 

The new Seagate collectible Star Wars drives with Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, and Han Solo are presently available for $109.99 from Amazon. At press time, Newegg charged $175.99 for Luke Skywalker and Han Solo HDDs.