Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is a game of gargantuan size. If players were to compare the title to the classic Lego Star Wars, then the new one is the Exogorth worm from Empire Strikes Back. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has almost every planet across the nine movies in the Star Wars saga, all explorable with side quests, easter eggs, and secrets galore.
Players might find themselves missing out on a secret or two, purely because there are so many of them scattered throughout the game. Even the cutscenes in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga have a plethora of easter eggs and references to other pop culture icons for eagle-eyed fans to pick out.
9 Secret Messages On Exegol
First appearing in The Rise of Skywalker, Exegol was an entirely new planet to the Star Wars lore. It is described within the movie by C-3PO as the hidden world of the Sith, and the game seeks to prove just that. The planet is brimming with Sith loyalists, and the recently unveiled and alive Emperor Palpatine.
As players travel to the planet located in the Unknown Regions, they’ll be able to discover more about the planet: There are ten golden plaques around the Sith Citadel on Exegol titled “Contingency Operation Plaques.” Finding them all is part of a challenge, but just one of many awesome things that players can do in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.
8 A Wandering Wookiee
Upon each planet, and each ship available and accessible to the player in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, players can stumble across, or hunt down the infamous Wandering Wookie. This beige-coated walking carpet can be found in a total of 33 different locations around the galaxy.
The Wandering Wookie is a secret that most players can't miss, considering the Wandering Wookie is everywhere. The character doesn’t exactly wait around for the player either though, since the Wookie usually stands in a hard-to-reach secret spot, adding to the challenge of finding all 33 locations, an essential for those seeking all trophies and achievements.
7 Clone v Droid: Dawn of Order 66
At the beginning of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s third episode, Revenge of the Sith, there’s a great gag involving a clone trooper and a droid. Within the cutscene, Anakin and Obi-Wan’s Jedi starfighters maneuver through the war-torn space above Coruscant. If they look to the left of the screen at this moment, keen-eyed players will be able to spot a clone trooper screaming as he hurls into space whilst punching a B2-series super battle droid.
It's one of many very silly and hilarious gags placed in iconic Star Wars scenes. Traveller’s Tales really does outdo itself with this Lego Star Wars title. Each cutscene is brimming with jokes like these, and players will have to rewatch them multiple times in order to spot them all.
6 Jabba Apologizes To Leia
When players are exploring planets in the freeroam space, they can select any characters that they want; providing, that is, that they have already unlocked and purchased them. This can be done through story missions or side quests. Most of the iconic Star Wars characters have a special line when they spawn in, and a secret conversation with another.
One of the most interesting secret conversations is between Jabba The Hutt and Leia Organa. If the player selects these two characters to be on-screen next to each other, Jabba will speak Huttese, prompting subtitles to appear to understand him. He will tell Leia “I am both ashamed and embarrassed of my actions. Please accept my apologies.” It’s nice to see that even people like Jabba can change.
5 Secret Boss Title Jokes
When players encounter bosses, the character that they will fight has their name in bold red letters, along with the boss posing for added intimidation factor. What players might not realize, however, is that the seemingly random squiggles underneath the boss title text are the Star Wars written language known as Aurebesh.
Aurebesh is fully translatable, and has 26 letters in its alphabet, much like the Roman alphabet used by English-speaking countries. For some examples, Count Dooku’s boss title translates to “Never loses his head” Darth Sidious’ translates to “Also known as the Senate,” and Anakin Skywalker’s translates to “Ex-Podracer and current Sith apprentice.” There are plenty of boss fights, so players should be sure to try them all out.
4 Clever AFK Animations
Since players are more than likely to be busy collecting Kyber Bricks and enjoying the array of content in Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, they may have missed a fun little detail in the idle animations. If players become absent from their controller for too long, some characters will have a fun AFK animation that will play.
These animations are often symbolic of the character that is performing them. For instance, Anakin Skywalker’s animation has him ignite his blue lightsaber, only for it to come out as a crimson red. This symbolizes the Jedi Knight’s transition into the Sith Lord Darth Vader, as he frantically slaps the lightsaber like a malfunctioning remote to turn it back to blue.
3 The Sarlacc Pit
On Tatooine, in the Jundland Wastes, players can find the infamous Boba Fett eater, the Sarlacc Pit. The developers have put in great detail about the almighty Sarlacc and it’s as grotesque as ever, even in Lego form. Fans first saw the Sarlacc in Return of the Jedi, where Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and Han Solo were set to be digested for over 1,000 years. The last anyone saw of the Sarlacc was in The Book of Boba Fett, in which the former bounty hunter uses his ship to blow it up in revenge.
In Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, players can jump into the Sarlacc if they so wish, though doing so will result in them being killed instantly and then exploding into a bounty of studs. There’s also a desperate Jawa waiting by it, who needs the players’ help feeding the Sarlacc MRRs to make it throw up the Jawa’s droid.
2 Playable Rancor
After players complete the sixth episode’s first mission, Return of the Jedi, players will be able to open the character menu and select extras. From here, they will be able to purchase the Rancor for a whopping 500,000 studs. Obtaining studs can be difficult, so players should be sure to use Datacards to purchase Stud Multipliers.
The Rancor is a great character, but can only be used in large open spaces since he is so huge. It’s rather fun to run around, roar, and swing with big Rancor arms. The game is great at making players feel like kids again; playing with their first LEGO set.
1 The Snoke Army
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There are plenty of boss fights in the open world of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, yet none are quite as bizarre as the Snokes. Whilst on the Sith planet Exegol, players can find a Sith Scientist in the Sith Citadel, and start the side quest “Attack of the Clones (Again).” The mission is ridiculously funny, as 5 Snokes need disposing of. It's a shame that these Snokes aren't a part of the incredible roster of playable characters.
There’s Droid Snoke, Intellectual Snoke, Speedy Snoke, Backwards Snoke, and finally, Funky Snoke. Each Snoke has a unique personality and voice lines. For instance, Intellectual Snoke speaks like a fancy Englishman and comes complete with a top hat and cane. Funky Snoke is always ready to boogie and rhyme, sporting a red afro and star sunglasses.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.