LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagahas gotten a ton of attention partially because of its scope. Traveller’s Tales has set out to make a biggerLEGOgame than ever before, and from the looks of things, it’s on track to accomplish that.LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagawill combine all nine of the coreStar Warsmovies into one game, resulting in aLEGOgame with a staggering 45 levels. Such a vast collection of films also means thatThe Skywalker Sagawill have a huge library of playable characters, truly representing the length and breadth of theStar Warsuniverse in one game.
The overworld has also received a lot of attention for its size. Since players can explore theStar Warsgalaxy freely inThe Skywalker Saga,exploring about two dozen planets and moons featured in the films, it promises to be a truly staggering overworld that could hold vastly more content than the levels themselves.LEGO Star Warsfans may have overlooked a major part of the overworld’s scale, however. WhileThe Skywalker Saga’s many planetsdefinitely contribute a lot to the overworld’s size, the player’s ability to simply fly around in outer space could mean that the overworld is an even bigger entity than some have realized.
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The Bounty of The Skywalker Saga’s Overworld
From the moment Traveller’s Tales toldLEGO Star Warsfans what it had in mind for the next game’s map, many were astounded.PreviousLEGOgames have allowed players to explorewhole cities or visit parts of distant planets before, but the sheer number of worlds thatThe Skywalker Sagaplans to include is staggering. Everything from Coruscant to Tatooine to Exegol will form some part of the world, and trailer suggest that players have a lot of freedom to roam these worlds, potentially needing mounts and vehicles to reachThe Skywalker Saga’s far corners quickly.
Those vehicles play a crucial part in fleshing out the overworld, however. Traveller’s Tales plans to let players explore the space between planets by hopping intoStar Warsspaceships and taking to the skies. If every planet and moon inThe Skywalker Sagahas a slice of outer space that players can fly around in, then there’s vastly more room for Traveller’s Tales to hide secrets and collectibles around every corner. It wouldn’t be surprising to see asteroid mazes or space races that players can participate in whilewandering theStar Warsgalaxy.
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What’s more, Traveller’s Tales has also said that it wants to give players opportunities to board other space ships. WhileexploringThe Skywalker Saga’s overworld, players might come across random encounters with warring factions battling in space. If players participate in one of these battles, then they can attack the flagship in an enemy fleet, then board that ship and explore it on foot. Previous games have allowedStar Warsfans to run around an Imperial Star Destroyer on foot before, but ifThe Skywalker Sagadoes so as a part of an already impressive overworld, then it’ll take a long time forLEGO Star Warsfans to run out of things worth exploring.
The Skywalker Saga’s Ambition is Good
The Skywalker Saga’s series of delayscertainly cause some concern for its progress in development, but for the time being, there’s still hope that these ambitious spacefaring features will make it into the game. The large scope is one ofThe Skywalker Saga’s biggest selling points, after all, so these space mechanics are a core part of the game’s identity. If they do survive to release, then that’s a great sign for the future of licensedLEGOgames developed by Traveller’s Tales. There’s lots of other IPs out there that deserve world maps as expansive as this one, so hopefullyThe Skywalker Sagawill set a new status quo for Traveller’s Tales' work.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagareleases in spring 2022 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
