LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is releasing in just a few weeks from now, and all signs point to it being the largest LEGO video game title yet – marketed by Traveller's Tales as a wide, open-world sandbox set in the Star Wars universe. Traveller's Tales is no stranger to making Star Wars video games – as its first ever LEGO project happened to be an adaption of the prequel trilogy – released on March 29th in 2005.
Ever since this particular subgenre of LEGO games was conceived, one of its highest strengths was the chance to play as almost any character, no matter how minor, from one's favorite franchise. Latter games, starting with LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, even allowed players to create their own custom character to roam the game world with. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be no exception in this regard, and will feature a stacked cast of characters from all three Star Wars trilogies.
Even though playable characters that would show up in The Skywalker Saga were purely a point of speculation until now, thanks to the efforts of a user on Instagram named Falcon Fan 1414, the full list of characters has been leaked. From the Twi'lek Jedi Master Aayla Secura, to even the most obscure of background characters like Willrow Hood, the game offers a lot of options for the players to explore this tightly-connected open-world sandbox.
An abundant cast means that players will have a lot of parts to choose from when it comes to building their custom LEGO characters in The Skywalker Saga, and once combined with the free roam game mode allowing them to take those characters to many iconic Star Wars locations across a numerous list of planets, the game's potential skyrockets to its peak.
Perhaps the most disappointing yet completely reasonable omission is the lack of Clone Wars, Rebels, Rogue One, Solo, or The Mandalorian characters, given the popularity some of them have achieved over the years such as Ahsoka Tano, Din Djarin, Grand Admiral Thrawn, or K-2SO. Thankfully, Traveller's Tales has left the door open to introduce those characters through post-launch character packs or DLCs.
Between a complete rework of the HUD in The Skywalker Saga, a large cast of characters, and the promise of the game's open world, there's a lot to be excited about for fans of LEGO video games, or even Star Wars fans.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga releases April 5, 2022, for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.