LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, available now, isn’t just the latest chapter in the beloved, brick-busting series based in the galaxy far, far away. It’s an entirely built-from-the-ground-up re-imagining of the franchise that first saw fans blasting minifig stormtroopers 17 years ago. Game development has come a long way since LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game blistered thumbs way back in 2005, and LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is leveraging all the medium’s advancements to deliver the biggest, best entry in the series.
To help us wrap our heads around how LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is literally changing the game — while retaining all the appeal and charm that’s made the series a favorite among Star Wars and LEGO fans alike — StarWars.com spoke with TT
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has officially arrived in our galaxy. Available now for the Xbox One family of devices, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC, the game allows fans to play through all nine Episodes of the core saga, travel through hyperspace and explore over 20 unlockable planets, and experience an exciting mix of gameplay, from chaining attacks in lightsaber combat to space battles. Players can also unlock and choose from more than 300 characters, the most ever in a LEGO Star Wars game.
So punch it, LEGO Star Wars fans. It’s time to build and blast.
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We’ve all had to practice patience, but Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 is finally around the corner. For some of us who are planning to attend, that means another looming topic is on our minds: Costumes!
Do you want to go as something classic like Princess Leia or Han Solo? Or do you want to properly honor the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones with a Count Dooku or Zam Wessell costume? Or maybe casual is more your style and you and two friends want to go as modern versions of Rey, Finn, and Poe? The options are endless!
Undoubtedly, some of the people reading this have been working on their costumes for this Celebration since dates were announced at the last Celebration. For those of you
The design of the Star Wars galaxy — so often marked by the distinctly used-future feel of cobbled-together freighters and ancient architecture — posed a challenge for the creators of the Halcyon starcruiser. The high-class cruise ship inside Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, now open inside Walt Disney World Resort, called for something more akin to Lando Clarissian’s polished and pristine Millennium Falcon than Han Solo’s hard-used version.
“The design aesthetic actually bridges the prequel era with the original trilogy,” says Doug Chiang, vice president and executive creative director at Lucasfilm. “You have a combination of old forms, old materials with sleek materials and sleek forms. It’s very unique in the sense that this is one of the first ships that actually combine those two aesthetics.”
The Star Wars galaxy has no shortage of heroes. From the legendary Jedi to the freedom fighters of the Rebel Alliance and the Resistance, the stories from a galaxy far, far away prove that any of us can rise to the challenge. But if you’ve ever wondered which Star Wars hero you would be, the latest StarWars.com quiz is here to settle the debate.
StarWars.com is pleased to announce that even more celebrity guests will appear at Star Wars Celebration this May, including some infamous ex-Imperials from The Mandalorian. Giancarlo Esposito, who played the memorably villainous Moff Gideon in the Disney+ series, is now confirmed to attend. Joining Esposito is Omid Abtahi, a.k.a. Doctor Pershing, the cowardly scientist tasked with conducting nefarious research. This will be the first Star Wars Celebration appearance for both, and there’s more reason to get excited.
Let out a Wookiee roar: Joonas Suotamo, known to fans as Chewbacca in the sequel trilogy and Solo: A Star Wars Story, will be heading to Anaheim, as is Carey Jones, the actor behind the towering Krrsantan
We’ll soon say “Hello there!” to Obi-Wan Kenobi — a little later than expected, but with a surprise bonus.
Ewan McGregor, star of the Disney+ limited series as the titular Jedi Master, announced today that Obi-Wan Kenobi will now premiere on Friday, May 27. Instead of just one episode, however, fans will be treated to the first two installments at launch, with subsequent episodes debuting each Wednesday. Watch McGregor’s message below:
The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, in which Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat — the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side and became the evil Sith Lord, Darth Vader.
Obi-Wan Kenobi and Asajj Ventress have been enemies and uneasy allies.
And soon we’ll learn about the genesis of their strained relationship, as the secret Sith apprentice to Count Dooku and Kenobi are both called into action on Cato Neimoidia.
In the first excerpt to be released from Star Wars: Brotherhood, the new novel by Mike Chen arriving this May, the Nightsister and the Jedi Knight join forces to survey the damage to the wealthy colony world…
“This is interesting,” the woman said. She stood up, her cloak flowing back down to rest, and she presented the device in front of the gathered Neimoidians. “I’ve never seen such elaborate plating on a scanning device.”
“It was custom. A gift from a friend. Consider it,” Obi-Wan said, “a bit of a
Nothing’s ever easy when Crimson Dawn is involved.
Former bounty hunter T’onga finds herself leading a mission on Corellia to capture Vukorah, leader of the Unbroken Clan — with the hopes that the crime lord will help her save Cadeliah, heir to the syndicate. Unbeknownst to T’onga and her crew, however, Vukorah has aligned with Crimson Dawn, who currently hold Cadeliah. In StarWars.com’s exclusive first look at Marvel’s Star Wars: Bounty Hunters #22, T’onga finds that securing her target is going to be tougher than she thought…
Before our sneak peek of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, TT Games’ studio head Michael Denny introduces the game as the series’ “biggest” and “best” entry yet. Thirty or so minutes later, as I watch a playable rancor tear through Coruscant’s Federal Square, sending scared citizens scurrying in every direction, I realize he’s not kidding.
Of course, Denny’s claims are further confirmed during StarWars.com’s hands-on time with the game, where I take a number of the title’s new features for a test drive. While LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga adapts many of the same films that have already received the LEGO treatment in previous games, it’s offering an entirely fresh, updated take on the galaxy far, far away. Rebuilt and re-imagined from the ground up, it not only
