The season game was in partnership with Lucasfilm as part of its Star Wars: Force for Change initiative.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 season is the first season in history to begin with no events scheduled, with teams instead invited to take part in three virtual challenges that included judged awards.

Teams also worked on their own individual projects, such as producing personal protective equipment (i.e. face masks). Other teams took the season off to develop improvements to their robot that could be applied to future seasons.