There are entire levels where, aside from a few particle effects or a skybox, players will only see virtual plastic.
Just about everything that can be made from Lego bricks is made from Lego bricks. Fans of Clone Wars are sure to pick out Dee Bradley Baker and Matt Lanter’s definitive takes on the Clone Troopers and Anakin, Shelby Young mirrors Carrie Fisher’s accent change in A New Hope, and Helen Sadler’s Rey is nearly indistinguishable from Daisy Ridley’s.Īttention to detail feels endemic to this iteration of Lego Star Wars.
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Rushed pacing aside, these cinematics are defined by loving and detailed casting, directing and acting choices throughout that make playing the game with full voice acting all the more worthwhile. Line deliveries and beats that would otherwise capture a greater sense of emotion-be it amusement or something else-are truncated by this accommodation. The only knock against the cutscenes is that they feel made to accommodate both the voiced and mumbled versions of each narrative beat.
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Even when the game sticks to a movie scene’s dialogue verbatim, you’re sure to spot something happening in the background. Sometimes it’s to make sure that there are always two playable characters in any level so that every level supports co-op, but it’s usually to flex the writers’ well-trained comedic timing and writing. Cutscenes still retread the same scenes most players have seen at least once or twice, many with the same main beats and memorable lines, but they manage to deviate from the path-or at least riff on it-frequently. Starting my journey across The Skywalker Saga, I felt nostalgically compelled to make that same mistake, but the game makes a case for its default, fully-voiced mode almost immediately. For those quick to turn on the game’s ‘mumble mode,’ I recommend that you don’t. For people who grew up playing older Lego games, this might come as a shock, especially if they’re just jumping in for the first time since Lego Star Wars III: The Complete Saga. Of course, most of these bits would still work in the series’ classic mumble-led cutscenes, but for the last few years, a majority of Lego games have featured voiced cutscenes.
A cutscene might reference the infamous ‘Ben Swolo’ meme as Kylo Ren flexes so hard that his “I love Darth Vader” t-shirt rips right off, where others might constantly poke fun at and inflate Luke’s obsession with different colors of milk. As the first Lego Star Wars game to exist in a post-r/PrequelMemes era, that’s only natural, but rest assured, every trilogy gets its fair share of laughs. Naturally, of all the movies, Attack of the Clones and the other two prequels are joked about the most in the game. Outside of a Tusken Raider camp, for example, a protocol droid (think C-3PO) remarks how not just the men live there, but the women and the children, too, in reference to Anakin’s infamous line from Attack of the Clones after wiping out an entire settlement that kidnapped his mother. Jokes made at the expense of some of the saga’s most grating moments don’t feel like they’re laughing at the films, but rather laughing with the fans. Instead, they take joy in recreating some of Star Wars’ most memorable moments with comedic aplomb, even if they’re not the most enjoyable cinematic experiences. If they wanted to, Traveler’s Tales easily could’ve leaned into this underlying cynicism that permeates a lot of fan-led discussion around the franchise online and still made a hilarious, fun game. Social media has only inflamed the situation perhaps the most consistently frustrating conversation in pop culture the last few years has been about Star Wars, with a fan reception to the most recent films that has made even thinking about this galaxy far, far away the most exhausting thing you could possibly do. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga breaks the mold to deliver welcome upgrades to gameplay that’s barely changed since 2005 while also flirting with the least interesting sides of contemporary AAA game design.īetween George Lucas’ twilight years directing the Star Wars prequels and the disappointing end to Disney’s trilogy, the beloved franchise’s main films have been lightning rods for controversy since 1999. Lego Star Wars, like most other licensed Lego games, have always been heartfelt love letters to their source material, rich with goofy charm, collectibles, and Easter eggs.
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