The announcement of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens might have been predictable, but that doesn't mean we're not excited about the prospect of playing through the latest block-based adventure - especially as the movie on which it is based remains so fresh in our minds.
Game Informer has been chatting to TT Fusion's lead story designer Graham Goring and cutscene director Phil Gray about the title, specifically about how certain scenes are adapted to ensure they stay true to the original yet contain plenty of the trademark humour that the franchise has become famous for over the past few years.
Naturally, one of the more shocking moments in the movie crops up (needless to say, don't watch the video below if you've yet to see the film itself), and both Goring and Gray admit that tackling such an event is tricky in the context of a LEGO game, because characters don't actually "die" as such - they simply fall apart, and the studio has used this mechanic to create numerous funny moments in each game.
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is coming to the Wii U and 3DS on June 28th.
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They should go off the track and have Chewie carry Han's parts like he did to 3po in the ESB...
Enjoyed the film - This is looking good was always going to get it but Just nice to see it is looking good.
Looking forward to seeing how goofy TR-8R is in the game
It was an enjoyable film but it's basically an Episode IV: A New Hope remake. Plus there are eyebrow-raising plot holes which I hope they'll tackle in episodes VIII and IX.
I wanna see nines in this
Been playing the old lego star wars games on gamecube recently and can't wait for this to come out.
I hope that, since this is a new Lego Star Wars game, they return to the miming-style Lego game cutscenes used to go by rather than voice acting of more recent games. I always like the humor more when they're silent. I'm really tempted by this game since I grew up with the Lego Star Wars games, so I really hope it's good!
@shaneoh Here's hoping he's playable.
@kocazerzei
Yes. That would be awesome! Nice little bit of humor and a nod to the earlier movie.
@ChuJelly I wouldn't mind the voices if they didn't rip it right from the movies. I would have preferred new voice actors reding the lines with a more lighthearted/ humorous tone.
@Captain_Gonru
Lol, some here grew up with the games. The rest of us grew up with the original films.
Yikes!
@Splatburst
what plot holes?
@Legromancer More importantly: what plot? 😜
@Captain_Gonru
Indeed.
I was born the same year Return of the Jedi released, and I can't count how many times I watched the VHS tapes of all 3. Those movies were my childhood, along with Mega Man and Sonic
I hope they sort out prior to release the Miiverse connection issue that some people (myself included) have for Lego Marvel Avengers and Lego Dimensions. For some owners of these two recent TT Lego games trying to connect to the Miiverse in game to post screen shots etc doesn't work with the player receiving a Nintendo error code 115-0103.
The problem is definitely created by the game as quitting the game Miiverse access is restored, and using a different game (including older Lego games) allows Miiverse connection.
The only difference with these games compared to the others is that when the game loads it tells you it is connecting to the TT servers and something about taking part in helping TT make better Lego games. I wonder if this causes the issue.
What ever they need to get on top of this for this next release to prevent disappointed children.
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