I’ve recently been watching episodes of the Clone Wars cartoon series, and it came to mind while playing a near-final build of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Both offer their own riffs on the series’ established film stories, weaving in and out of Lucasfilm’s vision (or Lucas’ most recent revision since). Both are clearly built with a real love of the source material. And both have bits which feel like filler – but when things work, they work well.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga arrives after a protracted development and after a rare, brief pause in Lego game releases. Development has been tough – especially so on its team, as a recent report highlighted – and lengthy – around five years in the making.