LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Looks Like a Definitive Celebration of Star Wars
A game first announced in 2019, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has received delay after delay. With an initial rumored release date of October 2020, the game has now finally been given a release date of April 5, 2022, alongside a new trailer that showcases a whole host of gameplay mechanics and features.
It seems like all those delays were worth it, because the latest trailer points to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga being not only the most ambitious LEGO game ever made, but perhaps the most ambitious Star Wars game entirely. With over 20 fully explorable planets, over 300 unlockable characters, and all nine films being fully playable, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga looks as though it's going to be a true celebration of all things Star Wars.
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The LEGO games have had quite a few attempts at the Star Wars license, with the first game collecting the prequel trilogy, the second entry using the original trilogy, and the third game focusing on the Clone Wars spinoff TV show. Currently, if a player wanted to play through the saga in cutesy LEGO form, then they'd have to pick up LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, which combined the first two games into one, giving a few extra bonus levels and refining some gameplay elements to make one smooth Star Wars video game experience.
But times have changed, and The Complete Saga is no longer complete. With Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012, it was only a matter a time before new movies started to release. Flash forward 10 years and audiences have now seen an entire sequel trilogy, along with a few spin-off titles and a handful of shows to boot. Like it or not, Disney has added a lot to the Star Wars canon, and any contemporary
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