Although the basics of the LEGO game formula stays the same, the licensed LEGO franchise is always trying new ideas. For instance, the LEGO Harry Potter games invented a clever spell wheel that resulted in gameplay feeling totally different from other LEGO games. Another title that wants to push limits and reinvent gameplay is LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. The upcoming title is famously trying to rewrite the script when it comes to LEGO combat, and fans will have more levels than ever to get a feel for the third-person shooting and enhanced lightsaber fights. There's a lot of changes coming to LEGO Star Wars to be excited about.

While an expansive overworld isn't a new idea for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga to tackle, it seems to be pushing the limits on what's possible. Previous LEGO games let players visit planets in the DC Universe or roam freely around Hogwarts, but in The Skywalker Saga, there's a staggering amount of planets getting hubs that players can visit and explore. Each planet plays an important role in some part of the nine central Star Wars movies, which means The Skywalker Saga is practically a museum of Star Wars history that players can run around in, destroy, and then build back up again.

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LEGO Star Wars: Prequel Trilogy Planets

The Skywalker Saga wouldn't be complete without the likes of Naboo and Coruscant. Naboo is the home planet of Padme Amidala, who represents Naboo as its senator and serves as Anakin Skywalker's ally and love interest throughout the prequel trilogy. Much of The Phantom Menace takes place on Naboo, as the planet's humans and Gungans fight the rising Separatist droid army. Coruscant, meanwhile, is the ecumenopolis that serves as the hub of the prequel trilogy. This planet-sized city is home to both the Jedi Order and the government of the galaxy's Republic, making it central to the prequel trilogy's political drama.

Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones introduces Kamino and Geonosis. Kamino is a water planet where the movie's titular clones are created to serve the Republic; Obi-Wan Kenobi travels here and meets the clones as well as bounty hunter Jango Fett. Geonosis takes up the third act of Attack of the Clones and is parallel to Kamino because the Geonosians are major producers of droids for the Separatists. This is where Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker finally challenge the Sith lord Count Dooku.

The Skywalker Saga picks up a few more planets from Revenge of the Sith, including Kashyyyk, which is the home of the Wookies first established by Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy. Some newer planets introduced by this movie are Utapau and Mustafar. Utapau is a barren, sinkhole-covered mining planet where Obi-Wan Kenobi defeats Separatist leader General Grievous. Mustafar, meanwhile, is a volcanic world where Obi-Wan and Anakin duel after Anakin turns to the Sith and becomes Darth Vader. Naboo, Coruscant, Kamino, Geonosis, Utapau, Kashyyyk, and Mustafar are all overworld planets in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, and there's many more beyond that.

LEGO Star Wars: Original Trilogy Planets

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Tatooine is one of the most important planets that comes from the original Star Wars trilogy. Although it appears in the prequel trilogy as well, it's been in Star Wars from the very beginning as the first planet viewers visit. It's the home of both Anakin and Luke Skywalker, it's where Luke met Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi, it's where Luke and his friends battled Jabba the Hutt, and more. Naturally, it can be visited in The Skywalker SagaPlayers can also travel to Yavin 4, the moon which holds the Rebel base from which the Rebellion plots to destroy the Death Star.

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The Empire Strikes Back contributes Hoth, Dagobah, and Bespin to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga's overworld. The icy Hoth housed a Rebel base until the Empire pushed them out. Luke Skywalker then traveled to Dagobah, a desolate swamp planet where he trained with Jedi Master Yoda after Obi-Wan's death. Meanwhile, Leia Organa and Han Solo traveled to Bespin, a gas planet that housed Cloud City: a floating city and gas mining operation run by Han's old friend Lando Calrissian. The only Skywalker Saga overworld added by Return of the Jedi is the lush forest moon of Endor, but the plucky Ewoks that live there and the Battle of Endor waged to defeat the Empire once and for all speak for its value as a major Star Wars planet.

LEGO Star Wars: Sequel Trilogy Planets

Although the previous six Star Wars movies visited plenty of worlds, the sequel trilogy contributes a ton of locations to the Skywalker Saga map. Jakku, Takodana, D'Qar, Starkiller Base, and Ahch-To all first appear in The Force Awakens, and they're in The Skywalker Saga. Jakku is a harsh desert planet like Tatooine that Rey once called home, whereas Takodana is the forest world where Rey and company meet the 1,000 year old Maz Kanata, who provides them valuable information before Kylo Ren attacks Maz's castle. D'Qar is Leia Organa and the Resistance's hub of operation in The Force Awakens, and from there the Rebels attack Starkiller Base, a kyber-rich First Order planet-turned-superweapon where Rey and Kylo Ren duel before it is destroyed.

Ahch-To only appears briefly in The Force Awakensbut it's very important in The Last Jedi. This is the ocean planet where Luke Skywalker hides from the galaxy's conflicts; eventually he agrees to oversee Rey's Jedi training on Ahch-To. The Last Jedi contributes Cantonica and Crait to The Skywalker Saga too. Cantonica is a dry world home to Canto Bight, a gambler's city where Finn and Rose secretly seek help for the Resistance. The Last Jedi's climax takes place on Crait, a red-soiled and mineral-rich planet covered in salt. Rey reunites with the Resistance on Crait.

The Rise of Skywalker, the ninth and final movie in the central Star Wars saga to date, adds quite a few more planets too. There's Ajan Kloss, the jungle planet that becomes the Resistance's new headquarters; and there's Pasaana, a desert world which Rey and company travel to in search of clues for overthrowing the First Order. The snowy, rocky, and seedy world of Kijimi offers insights into Poe Dameron's backstory before it's destroyed by the First Order. Kef Bir, another moon of Endor, houses some wreckage of the Second Death Star and contains the information that Rey is questing for. Most important of all, The Rise of Skywalker contributes the distant malevolent world of Exegol, a barren wasteland with a deep connection to the Sith that serves as the stage for the ending of the Star Wars sequel trilogy.

The Skywalker Saga Bursts at the Seams

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It's crazy to imagine how many settings Traveller's Tales packed into The Skywalker Saga. Fans have yet to see the final version of the game, so it's hard to say how much they can see of each of these worlds. However, since The Skywalker Saga appears determined to go big or go home, there will probably be some sizeable slices of each planet that encourage exploration and perhaps offer collectibles. No matter what the final result looks like, this overworld initiative will set a new standard for LEGO Star Wars games. Part of the magic of the Star Wars universe is the diverse range of worlds that fans encounter, and The Skywalker Saga is poised to let fans explore those games like few other games have.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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