Star Wars fans are in for quite the treat this Spring when LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga arrives on Nintendo Switch.
During a recent interview with the Official PlayStation Magazine, the game's Lead hub designer, Dawn McDiarmid, confirmed the number of playable characters you'll be able to take control of in this epic saga. There are "around" 300 playable Minifigures and "about 800 unique characters" all up have been constructed.
"There were around 300 playable characters made for this game but altogether about 800 unique characters were made. Our character team did a truly amazing job."
The planet count is just as impressive. There are "23 planets/moons" and 28 unique locations to explore.
"There are 23 planets/moons with 28 unique locations that the player can visit, each full of quests, challenges, items, and characters to find. If you have a favourite Star Wars location it's pretty likely you can visit it in-game."
The delay also appears to have paid off, with McDiarmid mentioning how it's allowed the team to further "polish and refine the systems and features that needed that extra little bit of love".
Are you looking forward to getting your hands on the next Star Wars LEGO game? Have you played any of the previous entries? Leave a comment down below.
[source gamesradar.com, via purexbox.com]
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I can’t wait for this game. Sounds great! And, I mean, I’ll play anything Star Wars.
what if the delay makes the game bug free!!?!?!?
Day One purchase for me. Can’t wait.
More content? Polish? This doesn't sound like a modern Lego game
I guess they realised how good the Complete Saga was back in the day, hopefully they can beat it (somehow).
Yeah, this looks amazing...
So...by “Skywalker Saga” they mean the first 6 films right? 😂 sorry, I had to be “that” guy...
And “Dawn McDiarmid”...any relation to Ian McDiarmid of Palpatine fame? Probably not but still.
I will play as Max Rebo. No question about it.
@Sourcecode Well Ben is technically 1/2 Skywalker
I might get it but will wait for reviews, i loved the ones on the wii back in the day
This looks cool. Hope we get a release date soon. Suspense isn't marketable imo.
The first lego game played was a lego starwars game I cant remember witch one but it was one of the classic ones on the wii.
@Yanina yeah but I was hinting at the fact that many diehards discount the sequels as being canon and I can certainly see why.
Yes, I am a diehard. I was even named after Star Wars in the early 80’s...
@Sourcecode Man...I love the sequels. Especially Last Jedi.
I just wish there wasn’t any voice acting. The games haven’t been as funny since they introduced it.
The two starwars trilogies are going to be fun to play. Can't wait to see what they have in store for the original Trilogy and the Prequel Trilogy.
No matter how many characters they add, it won't replace Clone Wars. God, can we please just get a full game based on the RTS sections from Clone Wars. I'd buy that in a heartbeat.
The last lego game I played was DC Super Villains and it was surpringly open world and diverse. I will probably have to pick this up for all the variety it shows off. Would be cool if they did multiplayer space battles.
@Krambo42 😂 please don’t open THAT can of worms...
@Sourcecode Hey, just speaking up for the sequel lovers! I have no intention of getting into it beyond that. I stopped having fun talking about Star Wars with strangers on the internet a long time ago.
@alexybubble Totally agree, I played that mode to death on the Wii.
@Juga well Grogu will be the best selling DLC then.
A shame Rey isn't a Skywalker. I don't care what sort of fancy storytelling they contrived, reality is she's the offspring of a failed Palpatine clone. It's a joke. Anyhow, the game looks good and it's a definite purchase for me. Hoping the Switch version isn't compromised as bad as the Rey trilogy was.
@Sourcecode I'm that guy too. Facts are Rey isn't a Skywalker... regardless of the BS contrived to make her so. She should have been Leia's daughter and the father be "no father", just like with Anakin. That would complete the circle and match the prophecy of the force that was the foundation of the entire saga.
@Krambo42 it’s by far the best one.
@Juga Thanks for the info. So now I am wondering if the ‘around 300 playable characters’ include the character packs or not. I am getting the game regardless. Just curious.
Apparently the Standard Edition is $60 and the Deluxe Edition is $70. Not too much of a difference.
The only two thing the sequels got right, the music and the LEGO. TLJ and TRoS are simply the worst.
The Thrawn trilogy will always be the true sequels in my mind.
“There’s no source material” - BS from Kathleen Kennedy.
Thank goodness for people like Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, for fixing Star Wars.
I still haven't got it : is it a remix/compilation of the past games (I swear I can recognise some cut-scenes) or did they start from scratch again?
@echoplex It is supposed to be all new designed levels. The game play mechanics are also being enhanced.
From Wikipedia: “Each episode will have five story missions, making a total of 45 levels, contrasting from six levels per episode in previous games. Combat has been revamped from previous titles, such as lightsaber wielders now using a variety of combos with light attacks, heavy attacks, and Force moves, and blaster characters having an over-the-shoulder camera (angle featured in many third-person shooter games).”
Looking forward to it. Loved the Complete Saga game on the Wii. So this will be the "true" complete saga then!
Ahhhhh can’t wait! Loved the originals. Sadly giving the series to people who lacked the reverence did not pay off until Favreau and Filoni steered things back on track. That said, I did enjoy Rogue One. The rest felt like well funded fanfics to me.
Probably my most anticipated game as well as mass effect can’t wait xxx
Awesome. Can we have lord of the rings Lego game on switch that would also be cool
@Krambo42 I love the sequels too. I went nearly two decades growing up as a prequel fanboy. It baffles me how quickly people forget the hate those films received. Sequel hate is nothing in comparison to that. Also a big thing that likely helped endear the prequels in the hearts of young fans was Lego Star Wars. So it’s surprising to see so many make unnecessary attacks against the sequels. They have plenty of fans, and if someone isn’t one of them, that’s fine, but they clearly have people that enjoy them and I wish more would acknowledge that
@HalBailman facts are Rey IS a Skywalker, it’s canon dude. Chosen family is her main arc. You don’t have to like it for it to be true
@Yanina Grogo's a little s**t. That episode where he eats a ton of that Lizard lady's babies! And Mando was a totally useless Dad about it - just like 'Kids eh, what can you do'. What an a****** (Grogo not Mando). And before we get into 'aww. he's just a baby, he didn't understand' He's 50 years old, has VERY clear comprehension by the end of the show - he knew exactly what he was doing. Worse Star Wars character ever - cute sure, but a subtly evil little b*****
I want lego Breaking Bad
This may be a noob question, but will this be like the original lego star wars games which i thought were awesome, or more like the modern lego games? I got Marvel lego superheroes two and I honestly felt like it had lost so much of the humour with having voice acting etc.
23 planets/moons, huh? Let's see...
Naboo
Tatooine
Coruscant
Kamino
Geonosis
Utapah
Kashyyyk
Mustafar
Yavin IV
Hoth
Dagobah
Bespin
Endor
Jakku
Takodana
D'Qar
Ilum (AKA Starkiller Base)
Ahch-To
Canto Bight
Krait
Pasaana
Kijimi
Exegol
@Sourcecode just because you don't like a movie. It doesn't make you "diehard" not to count it. Lol
@Alienfreaks04 we are many. We are legion.
@locky-mavo original Thrawn trilogy was absolutely fantastic and then it was just carelessly tossed away. So far the only movie Disney has gotten right is Rogue One. The Mandalorian is awesome as well but that credit goes to Favreau/Filoni and not Kennedy.
@Sourcecode that is very sad, I’m glad I am not that kind of fan of anything
I'm very excited for this game
I'm not sure whether it's a good thing they're remaking this. Is there a current system that has the original lego star wars (Xbox/PS)? Obviously it's day one purchase. I love Lego Harry Potter, but it's still got some annoying bugs in it that mean I can't 100% unless I start all over again!
I've got no issues with the prequels, really though. I mean they're super cheesy but I still love them. Even the sand speech.
I've played only one Lego game, when I was a kid. It was the Star Wars prequel trilogy, on GBA. It was the first Lego Star Wars game ever, wasn't it? Anyway, it was nothing special, but it was my first contact with the Star Wars franchise. This Skywalker Saga seems pretty interesting, I'll wait for the reviews.
@Alienfreaks04 I’m glad you’re not as well 👍🏻
@Sourcecode Most definitely. The mere statement of “there is no source material” all the while turning said source material into non-canon “Legends” (not saying all of the Star Wars EU was good, just that it existed), among other things, like the sequel movies themselves and the EA exclusivity deal, just shows how unfit Kennedy is to be the head of LucasFilms.
I guess the next (and hopefully the last) thing we’ll see from her team is Acolyte and the High Republic comic.
@Sourcecode if watching the shows and movies many times, and reading novels and comics makes my opinion not count, then you belong at the front of r/gatekeeping. You can't handle this star wars rejection so you make believe it doesn't count, that's some interesting coping mechanic.
Ima hyped for this it better be good, YOU CAN LITERALLY BUY THE DEATH STAR AND DRIVE AROUND IN IT
@Alienfreaks04 👍🏻 I’m not getting into an argument with some stranger on a gaming site. I’m too old for such nonsense. I think you just need to come to terms with the fact that there’s a great many people/fans that were seriously displeased with the sequels and the handling of them and that everyone is entitled to their own opinion whether you agree with that opinion or not. It’s no reason to call them out on it or cause public outcry over differing views. No one in the history of this world has ever been of the exact same opinion as everyone else. So with that, let’s just agree to disagree and move about our day shall we?
Last year I started playing Movie Lego games and now I love them!!!
This one will be awesome!!!
@locky-mavo if we are lucky enough! I really hate that they wiped away such a great trilogy though only to have Zahn come back with a new trilogy (actually two since he is currently working on the second) that’s in a completely different timeframe. I must confess though that I did like Thrawn and Thrawn Alliances but Treason not so much. Still, they don’t hold a candle to the original trilogy.
On the one hand, my kids - now older teenagers - have played most of the Lego games but outgrown them now. On the other hand, my wife may play this. If it comes out May 4th like it should like @Juga said I'll get it for us as a stocking stuffer for $10 Black Friday.
i am so glad it finally has a release date kind of - i just want to know when spring month they will release it on??? i have been waiting so happily for this game ;;w;; reminds me of my childhood <3.
if anyone knows at all on what spring date they would release it e,e.
Definitely going for the DX edition, if I pick this up, which I probably will.
@Tandy255 Thanks for the clarification!
@Sourcecode I agree they aren't as good. But you can't say they don't count lol
Glad to see they didn't forget about this game! Any word on the multiplayer options for this game? I haven't played a Lego game since the original Complete Saga so I have no idea how multiplayer works in these games nowadays. Hoping for splitscreen and online, lol.
@Sourcecode completely agree. I’ve read both the old and new Thrawn trilogy and currently reading Ascendancy, while I think the new books are good, as you said, they don’t hold a candle to the original EU trilogy. That cliffhanger at the end of Dark Force Rising, nothing in Star Wars has been able to those levels of hype, imo. And Thrawn in general was better in the EU.
Looking forward to this, but I'm generally a fan of the LEGO games anyway. Hoping this isn't heavy on the "flying/driving" scenes, but I understand that's part of the genre. Just wish they had a more concrete release date, but it comes when it comes.
@WindWaker95 I wouldn't care if George Lucas himself says Rey is a Skywalker. It's not about "like" either; it's about "fact", or even a "plausible story arc". To me, to be a Skywalker, there must be a bloodline. Rey is the offspring of a failed Palpatine clone. She's no more a Skywalker than I would be if bestowed myself with the name.
Lego games are about 1000% better for me if there is a giant hub world you can just explore outside of missions. Anybody know if you can just free roam explore these planets?
@HalBailman People are adopted or otherwise change their last name (and not just through marriage) all the time in real life. Heck, slaves were often given their master's last name, which continued through the family even after slavery was abolished. Bloodline doesn't necessarily mean anything where a family name (or family in general) is concerned.
In this case, Rey rejected the name Palpatine, so it was perfectly plausible for her to choose a new one, and what other name would've been a better choice? If you were a blood relation to Hitler with the same last name, would you have kept it after WWII?
@gavin_is_gavin "Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens" uses a number of smaller explorable hub worlds instead of one big one. If they repeat that structure, would that work for you?
@BulbasaurusRex This isn't people; it's a movie. Rey did nothing; the writers concocted this nonsense. The entire Skywalker saga is about lineage, not "whatever I feel like". Rey is the offspring of a failed Palpatine clone. Once the writers made that step, the jump to Rey as a Skywalker has no rational, logical or plausible basis.
I'll emphasis, that is to ME. I don't care if you accept their bull. To me, Rey is not a Skywalker. She's a nothing. She's actually a side effect in the Star Wars universe. It's a great shame because I loved the character.
@gavin_is_gavin Already confirmed as far back as the original announcement. This isn't a normal game where the major story beats are just confined to the levels. The open world plays just as much a part in telling the story as those levels, and you can explore the galaxy freely whenever you want.
@DarkRula oh awesome! Thanks for the info!
I hope they give some good representation to the clone wars era, I loved that show
@HalBailman Rey is a person in a movie, and she did plenty to deserve the name. Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it shouldn't still accept reasonable facets of real life behavior. There's certainly no rational reason for her to keep the name Palpatine of all things! That would've been much worse than taking the name Skywalker. What should she call her family name then if not Skywalker? Or are you saying that just because she's the daughter of a failed clone that she doesn't deserve a last name at all? How prejudiced!
Also, the Skywalker Saga is not all about lineage. Where the heck did you come up with that nonsense?! Sure, the blood relation between Anakin and Luke is a major subplot, but it's overall a story of family irregardless of direct lineage (like Obi-Wan being Anakin's "brother," certain droids being like family, or even Boba being Jango's son despite being a clone). (Technically, when the saga was just 6 films, the biggest theme was actually the life story of just Anakin Skywalker.) In fact, part of the reason the 9 main films are dubbed "The Skywalker Saga" in the first place is due to Rey being included as an adopted member of the family.
@BulbasaurusRex I don't care what she "did" to deserve the name. For the third time, TO ME, she is not a Skywalker, and never will be one, as the Skywalker name is about lineage, not "I feel like I deserve it". Wrong again. Rey is a fictional character. "She" did not decide anything. The writers concocted this nonsense and it has nothing to do with prejudice. In fact, I personally took my mother's surname despite officially having my father's. So there! We are talking rational, logical or plausible.
Wrong for a third time. The initial saga (first 6 films) was about Anakin Skywalker - the rise, fail and redemption. That carried on with Luke Skywalker into the final trilogy, and was meant to terminate with the final film. It was called The Rise Of Skywalker for a real reason and, as you say, you have this game about the 9 film Skywalker saga. These are obvious facts that no petty arguing can change. Sounds like you've been overdosing on sea cow milk!
@BulbasaurusRex sounds better than no open world. I mean I will get it and enjoy it no matter what, I will just enjoy it a lot more if there is plenty of open areas to explore
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