It’s no secret at this point thatLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagais filled to the brim with content. Traveller’s Tales has pulled out all the stops for this newLEGO Star Warsentry, overhauling every department of the franchise and improving on its foundations.LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagahas detailed levels with branching paths, character classes with upgradable abilities, overworld planets littered with sidequests, and hundreds of collectible characters from across theStar Warssaga. In spite ofThe Skywalker Saga’s ambition, however, Traveller’s Tales has managed to preserve many core tenets ofLEGO Star Wars,like its sense of humor and the importance of building.
Unfortunately, there’s one core feature that didn’t make the cut inThe Skywalker Saga.For many years, character customization has been a core feature ofLEGO Star Warsand otherLEGOgames, allowing players to make custom playable minifigures using the parts of other characters. Unfortunately,The Skywalker Sagahas dropped character customization, according to a new statement from Traveller’s Tales. The loss of character customization is sad because it had a ton of potential withinThe Skywalker Saga,and it could suggest that this classic mechanic is on its way out of the TTLEGOgames in general.
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The Loss of LEGO Character Creation
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagawas remarkably well-equipped to deliver a character customization system that broke new ground for theLEGOfranchise.The Skywalker Saga’s colossal character rosterwould’ve supplied a bounty of parts to make a character with, and the RPG-like character classes and skills would’ve made it easier than ever to give a custom character a specific moveset. Sadly, it looks like Traveller’s Tales won’t capitalize on this potential. Unless character customization joins the game later in a DLC or a free update,The Skywalker Sagawill only feature its official roster of characters.
Not only is this a loss of a great feature forThe Skywalker Saga,but it could send a sad message for fans ofLEGOgame character creation.The Skywalker Saga’s sheer scale is likely to inspiresimilarly ambitiousLEGOgamesfrom Traveller’s Tales in the future, but if all games are ofThe Skywalker Saga’s scale from now on, then there’ll be a consistent risk that Traveller’s Tales doesn’t have room for character creation among each game’s new features. Its omission fromThe Skywalker Sagacould be a sign that character customization is a low priority for Traveller’s Tales, meaning it may bow out of the franchise permanently to make room for other content.
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The Skywalker Saga’s Character Content
Traveller’s Tales has yet to explain why character creation got cut fromThe Skywalker Saga. It merely clarified that a 2019 statement that the feature would appear is no longer accurate. It’s possible that there simply wasn’t time to get character creation right amongThe Skywalker Saga’s other features. Sadly, there have been reports thatThe Skywalker Sagadevelopers suffered from major crunchduring the process; hopefully the feature’s removal at least provided a bit of relief for the game’s developers.
While the loss ofThe Skywalker Saga’s character customization is sad, the game makes up for it in other departments. Players may not be able to mix and match character parts, but a list of more than 300 playable characters offers a ton of gameplay variety, especially when that list includessome surprisingStar Warscharacterslike Salacious B. Crumb.The Skywalker Saga’s RPG mechanics also offer players a little customization throughout the official cast of characters, since fans can prioritize unlocking and upgrading the abilities that appeal to them most. All in all,The Skywalker Sagahas a solid amount of character options, but the loss of character creation still casts the feature’s future in doubt.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagareleases July 23, 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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