Fans of the LEGO video games have gotten used to new titles in the series coming out on a near-annual basis, so it's been an especially long wait for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Luckily, the wait is nearly at an end, and soon those who have been looking forward to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga can play through LEGO versions of the entire main series Star Wars film franchise with over 300 characters to choose from.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has over 300 characters for players to select come launch, but there are those who would rather mix-and-match the characters to make their own unique creations. Previous LEGO games have allowed players to customize characters by mixing and matching parts, and so it was assumed by some fans that the feature would return in the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Unfortunately for those hoping to see character customization in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, it seems that the feature will not be in the game come launch.
This was confirmed by the TT Games Twitter account, responding to a tweet from an interview in 2019 between TT Games designer Mike Consalvey and HipHopGamer. In the interview, Consalvey seems to confirm that character customization will be in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, but the TT Games Twitter clarified that plans changed during development. Sometime between the 2019 interview and now, the decision was made to cut character customization, though an exact reason why wasn't provided by the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga developers.
Some fans may be disappointed to learn that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will not have character customization, but the bright side is there will be no shortage of characters to choose from. Besides the 300+ LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga characters that will be available in the base game, even more playable characters will be added as DLC. And as a matter of fact, the curtain has already been pulled back on what fans can expect from LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga DLC characters.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga DLC will largely revolve around Star Wars media outside the main series films, with DLC packs based on The Mandalorian, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and more. So anyone left unsatisfied by the 300+ characters in the base game will be able to expand their roster in due time.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga launches April 5 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: ComicBook