Highlights

  • LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga broke the mold and introduced a more dynamic gameplay experience, giving players freedom to explore the Star Wars galaxy.
  • The success of The Skywalker Saga and the growth of the Star Wars franchise open up opportunities for future LEGO Star Wars games, potentially focusing on Disney+ shows like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.
  • TT Games has a large canvas to work with and can decide the direction of future LEGO Star Wars games, whether it's expanding on The Skywalker Saga's new features or exploring other areas of the Star Wars universe.

For almost 20 years, the LEGO franchise has been responsible for dozens of charming, family-friendly adaptations of popular film and comic book properties. From Pirates of the Caribbean to Indiana Jones, the developers at TT Games have masterfully combined LEGO's toy bricks with some of the most recognizable names in modern media. Through it all, however, LEGO Star Wars has reigned supreme, and 2022's LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was a showcase of that legacy. It was both a return to form for TT Games, and a grand evolution of everything the developer had worked towards for well over a decade.

After over a year of absorbing this new take on the LEGO formula, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has brought the LEGO Star Wars series into the stratosphere. It would be easy for TT Games to call it quits on the property after such a grand project, but given the current trajectory of the Star Wars franchise combined with The Skywalker Saga's success, LEGO Star Wars couldn't be in a better place. The only stopping it from being sent into orbit would be TT Games' own ambition, and The Skywalker Saga proves the developer has ambition in spades.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Broke The Mold & Made A New One

Before The Skywalker Saga, the LEGO series adhered to a tried and true formula that allowed TT Games to inject its signature gameplay loop and humorous style into just about any property with ease. While The Skywalker Saga maintained the charm of the games that came before it, it drastically altered the LEGO franchise's usual gameplay structure for a more dynamic experience. From more intricate boss battles to the ability to dive into any Star Wars film in any order, TT Games created a greater sense of freedom and agency that allowed players to explore the Star Wars galaxy however they wish.

If TT Games decides to pursue another LEGO Star Wars game, it can use The Skywalker Saga as a reference to determine how big or small it wants to go. The most likely path at this point would be to focus on Disney+ shows like The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, and it would just be a matter of determining what scale befits those projects. There's also room to fine-tune The Skywalker Saga's new features, such as expanding lightsaber combat to make duels even more sensational. Whatever the direction, TT Games has given itself a large canvas to work with, it just has to decide what it wants to paint.

Star Wars' Expansion Offers A Wealth Of Opportunities

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga encompassed every mainline film from the franchise to make for an impressive package. In a new LEGO Star Wars game, TT Games has an opportunity to focus on Star Wars' newest area of expansion, the Disney+ shows. From the smash-hit Mandalorian to the upcoming Skeleton Crew,Star Wars' continued growth only gives LEGO Star Wars more to play with. With current plans leading toward an eventual Mandoverse movie that brings all threads together, there's no better way for LEGO Star Wars to get in on the action than with a Mandoverse game of its own.

Whatever the direction, TT Games has given itself a large canvas to work with, it just has to decide what it wants to paint.

Star Wars Shows That Could Go LEGO

  • The Bad Batch
  • The Mandalorian
  • The Book of Boba Fett
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Andor
  • Ahsoka
  • Skeleton Crew

LEGO Star Wars is how the current LEGO franchise got its start, and it was gratifying for many to see the culmination of TT Games' hard work with The Skywalker Saga. It's currently unclear what direction the LEGO series plans to go in right now, but if fans are clamoring for more brick-based fun in a galaxy far, far away, there's no shortage of content for TT Games to lean back on.