Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga gets new character packs for Star Wars Day
Mandalorian and Bad Batch characters incoming
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May the 4th, orStar WarsDay, has rolled around once more and, as part of the celebrations, two new character packs forLego Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagahave been released.
These new DLC packs introduce characters from The Mandalorian season two and theDisney Plusanimated series, The Bad Batch. In the Mandalorian season two pack you’ll find the characters Ahsoka Tano, Boba Fett, Bo Katan, Fennec Shand and Moff Gideon. Then, in The Bad Batch pack, there’s Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo.
Both packs can be purchased individually but they’re also part of the Character Collection Pack, which now comprises seven character packs in total.
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The base game already included hundreds of unlockable characters from across the nine Skywalker Saga films on release but these DLC character packs add familiar faces from other stories in the Star Wars universe.
Previous packs which have been released over the last month, for instance, feature characters from The Mandalorian season one, Rogue One, and Solo, as well as various Troopers and Classic characters. Just as with today’s new releases, these packs can be purchased individually or all together in the Character Collection Pack.
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga launched only a month ago, on April 5, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC. We wereimpressed by the gameand were left hungry for more after ten hours of its “lovingly crafted world”.
Analysis: Any more?
With the launch of these two packs, TT Games has now released all of its previously announced post-launch content for Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Whether or not it could have any more post-release plans up its sleeve remains to be seen.
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Regardless of what the future holds, it’s safe to say that Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been a significant success for the studio. In late April, Warner Bros Gamesannouncedit to be “the biggest launch in Lego game history”.
As for other Star Wars day announcements, Disney releaseda second trailerfor its upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series which is due to start streaming on Disney Plus later this month, whileGarminreleaseda pair of newVivofit Jr 3fitness trackers based around characters fromThe Mandalorian.
Emma Boyle is TechRadar’s ex-Gaming Editor, and is now a content developer and freelance journalist. She has written for magazines and websites including T3, Stuff and The Independent. Emma currently works as a Content Developer in Edinburgh.
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