LEGO has had a long history in the video game industry. Beginning all the way back in the late 1990s withLEGO Island, LEGO has had a prominent presence in many gamers' lives over the last two and a bit decades. Of course, most gamers will rememberLEGO’s licensed gamesthe most, with titles likeLEGO Harry Potter,LEGO Indiana Jones, andLEGO Star Warsstill being fondly remembered today. Earlier this year, LEGO tried to capture the magic once more, releasingLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, which continues to expand its content even months after launch.
Released in April,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagais the biggest and boldest LEGO game yet, with over 300 playable characters, 27 massive open-world planets to explore, and missions based onall nine mainlineStar Warsmovies. Despite the abundance of content already present, fans are still desperate for more, and TT Games has obliged, bringing some more DLC to the game in November. But it isn’t quite what some fans were hoping for.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s Current DLC Line-Up
In the weeks that followedLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s initial launch, TT Games released a handful of DLC Character Packs, adding a slew of new playable heroes to the game. The first two DLC Character Packs launched alongside the game on its April 5, bringing characters from bothThe MandalorianSeason 1andSolo: A Star Wars Story. Soon after, the Classic Character Pack was released, adding a bunch of designs based on the originalLEGO Star Warsseries. The Trooper Character Pack came next, bringing some new Stormtrooper variants to the game, such asRogue One’s Death Trooper andSolo’s Mimban Stormtrooper.
TheStar WarsspinoffRogue Onethen received its own dedicated Character Pack, adding iconic characters like Jyn Erso, Director Krennic, Cassian Andor, and K-2SO to the roster.The MandalorianSeason 2 received a DLC, bringingAshoka Tano, Bo-Katan, Boba Fett, and Giancarlo Esposito’s Moff Gideon to the game. The final DLC that came toLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagasoon after launch was aBad BatchCharacter Pack, tying in with theClone Warsspinoff of the same name.
In the recent Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, TT Games announced that a new wave of Character Pack DLCs were on their way toLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagaon November 1. The first DLC pack is based on the immensely popularClone Warsanimated show, and is set to bring Clone Captain Rex to the game, along with a few other unconfirmed characters.Star Wars Rebels, another animated show, is also getting a DLC pack, likely bringing the whole of Phoenix Squadron to the game, including Ezra Bridger, Kanan Jarrus, Hera Syndulla, and Sabine Wren. The new DLC wave will also include skins based on the Disney PlusStar Wars Summer Vacationspecial, with Darth Vader in a Hawaiian shirt being the clear standout.
The other three new DLC Character Packs are all based on the recent Disney PlusStar Warsofferings, with characters fromAndor,Obi-Wan Kenobi, andThe Book of Boba Fettall coming to the game. Though most of the characters haven’t been confirmed yet, the Inquisitor Reva is a definite inclusion, as is Obi-Wan, Andor, and Fennec Shand.
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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Needs More Expansive DLC
The current line-up ofLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaDLC has been nice, but it hasn’t really been what fans have been asking for. While new playable characters are always welcome, the DLC packs haven’t been cheap, and they don’t really add any substantial content to the game, especially when it shipped with over 300 characters from across the entireStar Warssaga. Instead, fans are longing for some truly expansive DLCs that add some real meat toThe Skywalker Saga.
For a start, fans are desperate for some new levels. By bringing together all nine mainlineStar Warsmovies,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s campaignfelt pretty rushed in some places. While the original trilogy’s missions had decent pacing and length, the prequel’s felt extremely rushed, skipping over some major set-pieces and plot points and relying too heavily on open-world exploration to pad out the runtime. Fans have wanted future DLCs to add some new levels to the game, either expanding on the mainline movies or drawing inspiration from the numerousStar Warsspin-offs. Missions based onClone Wars, Rebels, Andor, Obi-WanandThe Mandalorianwould all be very welcome inThe Skywalker Saga.
On top of the missions, a handful of new open-world planets wouldn’t go amiss. Lothal fromRebels, Christophsis fromClone Wars, Nevarro fromThe Mandalorian, andFortress Inquisitorius fromObi-Wanwould all make for some great open-world locations, with plenty of opportunities for new side missions. On the subject of side missions, fans are hoping that futureSkywalker SagaDLC can add some new variation to the game’s side missions, with many in the base game feeling like simple fetch quests. This is especially true for the space missions, which boil down to either shoot this thing or travel through three loading screens to shoot something else.
Some new space vehicles would also be a great addition alongside these DLC Character Packs.Andor’s Luthen Rael has a very sleek ship, as do the Inquisitors fromObi-Wan. For ultimate fan-service, futureLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaDLC could even add in some characters and ships based on theStar Wars Legendsuniverse, like the Ebon Hawk andRevan fromStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, or Kyle Katarn and the Moldy Crow fromJedi Knight.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagais available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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