I strongly recommend: Lego Star Wars - The Skywalker Saga (Review)

[@SkillUp]

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[@-Scrapper-]

Ok boomer

[@stephendrobinski2426]

Skillup, did you happen to watch Jay Exci's video on this game? I think you might enjoy it!

[@aussieseal9979]

@@stephendrobinski2426 different game lol

[@digital-underworld]

Jirard 100% completed BotW. I would be not surprised if he 100% completed Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. I've been playing for 17 hours and I think I've got to roughly 15% fully completing the game

[@tumblingworm737]

This is the Power of crunch

[@Agentcoolguy1]

As someone who grew up with the original Lego Star Wars games, I've been immensely enjoying The Skywalker Saga. It's been a huge nostalgia trip, and honestly even without the nostalgia the game is incredible. However, I have one major gripe with the game: I REALLY miss the large, linear levels the originals had. Don't get me wrong, the sprawling hub worlds are awesome, and the actual levels are still some quality stuff, but I can help but feel disappointed when a great level from the original like the droid factory from Ep. 2 or the Trade Federation battleship from Ep. 1 have been cut down to bite sized pieces. The devs really had to make some comprises to fit all nine movies in here, and it shows despite the mostly polished technical side.

[@kylerobinson6102]

It'd be cool if they did some DLC's with some "Legacy Maps" style experiences.

[@ParadiceLost]

I honestly love this game. Honestly in my opinion the Skywalker saga is played out but this game reminds me of why I love it. I can't believe I'm saying this but I honestly wouldn't mind more DLC levels and characters for this game. It's so good.

[@thatrandomnoob8611]

The game feels heavily inspired by Jedi Fallen Order with its semi - open world design with smaller levels. The levels in the old games still had many short levels. Podrace level about the same length. The Grievous level in the complete saga was just one arena. And the game wanted to cover events not covered in old games which is why Jedi temple level was replaced with senate showdown.

[@green-pig]

@@thatrandomnoob8611 you have named the only 2 short levels in the entire game.

[@AdamSandal83]

@@green-pig All boss and most of the vehicle levels were pretty short.

[@TheFrogEnjoyer]

As someone who was skeptical of getting this game I was completely wrong it's a really great experience. What surprised me most was that the jokes/gags are legitimately funny 90% of the time.

[@R.MaxumOff]

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[@GradietPanda12345]

They really aren’t that funny. More annoying if anything

[@pikkip5613]

@@GradietPanda12345 Amazing, every word that you just said was wrong.

[@smittenmittens1364]

@@sound4117 45 sounds like a lot to me

[@clark2109]

After playing through Episode 1, I actually went back and rewatched the movie because I forgot just how much world building and political story was going on. Plus the pod racing, the space battle, and the DUEL OF FATES. And yeah, Anakin was still cringe as hell but the rest of it really surprised me after all these years. This game totally reinvigorated my love of the franchise, and the prequels in particular.

[@MythicalSkull13]

Prequels will forever be my favourite Star Wars trilogy

[@itszaque]

I was talking with some coworkers last week about the movies as one of our coworkers hasn’t seen them and isn’t sure if she wants to. We all agreed that while 4-6 is the greatest segment of Star Wars, if all she wanted was a sample of what the series has to offer then she should watch The Phantom Menace. It really is an excellent stand alone movie.

[@AxxLAfriku]

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[@seanjenkins5505]

When i started episode 1 after having not watched the movie in some years I thought "wow this was worse than I could have ever remembered."

[@vercogaming3997]

Same. There is some good in the prequels. And let’s be honest, Obi-Wan is fantastic.

[@euphoriantremedy]

He needed this review to get out his sequel trilogy thoughts just as much as we needed it to see if this Lego game was any good.

[@SkillUp]

My man

[@zuko9085]

Honestly though, the sequel trilogy being included kinda pushed me away. Glad to hear the rest of the game is so good. I love the originals, and actually liked the prequels a lot (though recognize they aren't the masterpieces they are prequeling). But the sequels.... broke my heart.

[@Ashamedofmypast]

Hahaahah great statement to be fair plenty of great reviewers came out before this one. All the same good video.

[@SirShadeyy]

@@zuko9085 it’s a Lego game. You are beefing over a trilogy of movies in a Lego game.

[@zuko9085]

@@SirShadeyy it's a KZbin comment about a trilogy of movies in a Lego game. You are beefing over a comment about a trilogy of movies in a Lego game.

[@neighborofthedevil]

That first sequence in Phantom Menace where you rearrange the chairs to make them dance to the cantina music took me right back to when I first found that easter egg while playing through a a demo of that first lego star wars game for PS2 all those years ago. I've had the cantina music in my head ever since...

[@JohnDBlue]

I was just playing that PS2 game like 2 weeks ago and accidentally stumbled into that chair easter egg! I hadn't played it for years, certainly had no memory of how anything works.

[@derekhofstetler3998]

@@JohnDBlue it's not an Easter egg if you have to do it to continue the story.

[@neighborofthedevil]

@@derekhofstetler3998 I think in the original version it wasn't a requirement. It is for sure in the skywalker saga though.

[@derekhofstetler3998]

@@neighborofthedevil Yes, in The Complete Saga, you have the ability to go through the door at any time. In The Skywalker Saga, you need to do this to get a tutorial for force powers as well as making TC-14 come in and show you the way. It's more of a reference.

[@JohnDBlue]

@@derekhofstetler3998 Oh yeah, I meant the PS2 game! In that, it's an easter egg. Haven't played Skywalker Saga yet (tho it is high on my to-do list)

[@louisreeve7692]

When you sit down on the loo and this pops up. Talk about perfect timing. Thanks ShillUp

[@InsidePhil]

May your stool smell like calzone grease same as mine

[@gtrrohit5078]

You have hella long loos mate

[@marcusmoore7600]

Ditto

[@R.MaxumOff]

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[@onlyhunnertv]

Bro, that's what I was just thinking

[@kaliban2747]

The hardest decision to make it whether to start with Episode IV or Episode I. Having a great time with this game!

[@ComiccollectorGamer]

I played episode I-IX

[@GLC48]

I started with 789 to get them out the way

[@kaliban2747]

We started with IV, looking forward to doing some pod racing though

[@mkpieris1]

I started with 1, the prequels are actually not that fun in this game, the originals are much better to play

[@emmanuelmolina836]

@@GLC48 thats what i'm planning to do lol, getting rid of the worst part first

[@AdamSmasherReal]

I like how there's been a bit of a return to just making a good game in the past couple months with a lot of companies. No bullshit, just a fun, good experience. People are getting tired of being toyed with.

I know it's so goddamn annoying. Wish we could get more stuff like Gran Turismo 7.

[@AlanPayne.]

@ what?

[@rexthewolf3149]

@@AlanPayne. micro transactions are kinda scumy. That’s literally the only flaw with the game. And they just doubled all of the rewards last week. So yeah game is still good tho.

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

@@ThwipThwipBoom your username is good

[@BlueisNotaWarmColour]

@@ThwipThwipBoom it is reference to color theory

[@dog-xq5jw]

5:05 It actually does skip over a few missions from the movies. Like the space battle over death star II is a cutscene instead of a mission like in the complete saga. When you consider that there are 9 movies of missions, side missions and open areas to explore though, its forgivable.

[@FlynnTaggartGuy]

The lack of the Jedi space battle is the biggest disappointment for me. So many great ships you should be able to use during that. Probably why the space battle in Phantom Menace is playable but not that one.

[@anguscross1824]

It also basically shortens most levels into hallways. I would say it's pretty unforgivable.

[@JainaSoloB312]

And also the Battle Over Coruscant, and the duel between Mace Windu and Palpatine. Is there seriously not a Battle of Endor space mission? (I'm only through the prequels so far)

[@dog-xq5jw]

@@sound4117 If this game didn't have a ton of side missions and 24 planets to explore then it would be unforgivable. But I can forgive shorter missions when there's a lot of side content.

[@magvad6472]

@GamerKat'71 I really don't think anyone genuinely thinks the DS2 space battle was "the most important battle" the only battle that mattered in that movie was Endor. Having yet another fight around a death star would be redundant given you already got to play the space battle over the first death star. Given the games focus is variety hour...yet another of a near identical fight with a few new characters wouldn't be that compelling.

[@hypnotichistorian8152]

This really warms my heart, because growing up, the LEGO games were the only video game I was ever allowed to play. So I'll ALWAYS have a soft spot for the games.

[@erikm8373]

I gotta say, I was really pleasantly surprised with the humor. I was worried it wouldn't live up to nostalgia or it would be too childish, but it was actually really good. There were a lot of times I actually laughed at something in a cutscene, or at some dialogue a character shouts in battle.

[@themostdistinguishedsnek6856]

I laughed a lot during the prequels and (spoiler alert) when Rey was listening to the Jedi talking to her when anakin simply said “I don’t like sand”. It surprised me so much I laughed for nearly a minute.

[@nat040496]

Only finished the first level but holy hell i love it. Reminds me of playing these games as a child. And the graphics are stunning, some of the lego bricks and characters have the perfect texture and lighting so they almost look like a photo of an actual lego piece

[@nota444tm2]

Some characters even have the lego text on the underside of their arms, and you can even see the seams in hair and other parts. They didn't need to do that.. But for some reason it just looks super good.

[@camma12]

Been playing this with my 7yr old son who's just started getting into Star Wars. After over 200hrs of Elden ring I'm having such a good time with this one!

[@unnamed3086]

How you got that much time tf

[@callmeviper7723]

@@unnamed3086 Probably gay

[@buckyhurdle4776]

@@callmeviper7723 Do gay men have more free time in your mind?

[@Kn1ght1k]

@@buckyhurdle4776seems to be the case

[@dsquare3033]

YOOOO IM so happy to know that Ralph and Jirard are friends, I’d love to see them work together on something.

[@SkillUp]

Stay tuned :P

[@ThatGuyThatGames24]

Oof

[@dsquare3033]

⁠@@ThatGuyThatGames24Haha Omg I completely forgot I commented this, Yea this one aged like milk😅😅.

[@jeremykopatz4760]

Its cool to hear your take as someone that doesn't seem to actually be into Lego. As a adult fan of Lego and someone that tries to collect all the cool Lego Star Wars ships and stuff, the game is an amazing experience to feel like your "playing Lego" like a kid again. It is also really cool to see the awesome and true to life recreations of different Star Wars sets. I wish I didn't jump unto the Lego train so late in the Star Wars life cycle, I would have a collection worth the value of my house if I got involved with collecting 10 years back.

[@shadowtitan8545]

Absolutely beautiful game the devs put so much time and care into it but remember the devs put a lot of blood sweat and tears into this project I heard the development of this game was really rough I'm very surprised it turned out this amazing. The crunch time and the new engine made development a real pain so I applaud all of their work and this amazing product and game we got in the end.

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[@shadowtitan8545]

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[@jonr7364]

Watch the video next time before commenting

[@shadowtitan8545]

@@jonr7364 What exactly are you criticizing.

[@zeratul____1228]

this game is amazing and I love how they have the voice actors from the Clone Wars series to voice the prequel characters.

[@DetectivePikachu37347]

Please don't make fun of children they deserve better than The Rise of Skywalker

[@zedrake]

I worked at TT. Worst 6 months of my working life.

[@GeremyG]

I really hope that online multiplayer makes its way to the game at some point.

[@NoahDaArk]

Man I want full on multiplayer game modes! The shooting mechanics in this game are really awesome so just imagine how cool Deathmatch or a Battlefront 2 style Conquest game mode would be. They have all the elements, they just need to bring it together

[@inoob26]

Apparently you can use Remote Play on Steam to play and only one person needs to own the game

[@NoahDaArk]

@@sound4117 Yeah I know, but they’re still really fun. And the game already has unique weapons in it that all operate differently, so it wouldn’t be too hard to implement a loadout system that lets you change out what weapon you use

[@GradietPanda12345]

There won’t be any.

[@yousuck8068]

@@sound4117 dude just let him enjoy. why you trying to argue with the kid. he enjoys it.

[@coasterfreakawesome]

After debating getting this game for a few days, this review convinced me to get it. I rarely buy games at brand new prices, but this one looks absolutely worth it!

[@maxmasse1029]

Do it man I believe in you

[@GradietPanda12345]

I wanna see how fast this opinion changes when you get soft locked out of progressing and then you have to restart

[@maxmasse1029]

@@GradietPanda12345 get gud kid

[@maxmasse1029]

@@Stephen_Black I know man and that’s a serious problem I was making a joke

[@synnical77]

Why not wait. It'll be just as good next year.

[@garrettviewegh677]

I still can’t believe how far TT games has come. Their lego games have evolved to where the characters speak, and there are large open worlds to explore. As well as the games looking more and more like legos. They’ve certainly improved their style to be very unique, and it shows looking back at the original Lego Star Wars from the early 2000s.

[@jamesb7205]

I would love to see them do a "Lego Star Wars The Clone Wars Series" and follow the animated shoe. That would be fucking awesome

[@jamiekelly6851]

@@jamesb7205 they did

[@jamesb7205]

@@jamiekelly6851 no that was the movie

[@linuxlonestar4796]

@@jamesb7205 bruh. LEGO Star Wars the clone wars. Play it.

[@TheBenjaman]

@@jamesb7205 they did that, only the first 2 seasons of the clone wars tho... it has this super awesome massive ground battle mode in it. Definitely reccomend you getting it

[@mikev8746]

Now that I'm seeing the video instead of just listening to the review to avoid spoilers of all the set pieces and locations I've to say that the editing is beyond excellent. It really does an incredible job showing the game off and it's so word for word with the script of the review itself. Man some big game media outlets could learn a thing or two from this channel in terms of video capture and editing. I've yet to see something eclipse it on KZbin.

[@ladyhoratia1709]

I'm glad you acknowledged crunch at the start of the review. thank you. we need more reviewers like you who acknowledge industry problems.

[@olee6607]

Buyers beware, at the time of writing this there are at least 2 game breaking bugs which soft lock you out of 2 or more episodes (1/4 of the game). Would definitely recommend waiting for a patch before buying this.

[@smittenmittens1364]

On what system

[@MrXiminoes]

@@smittenmittens1364 seems like all of them. I got the bug on steam but ive seen others report it on xbox

[@GradietPanda12345]

There’s multiple. The fact that he fails to mention has plagued this game is with bugs makes me dislike this video

[@GradietPanda12345]

@@smittenmittens1364 all of them.

[@olee6607]

@@smittenmittens1364 All afaik

[@GrahamScott155]

I appreciate the fact that you drew attention to the crunch that was involved in delivering this product. I wish all reviews took a moment to do the same when it's relevant. Some might find it irrelevant to the final piece, but I factor it in when deciding to play a game or not.

[@GradietPanda12345]

He still ignored the amount of bugs that plague the game.

[@GrahamScott155]

@@GradietPanda12345 Okay?

[@MichaelFormoso]

The choice of music if perfect. It felt like I was experiencing Star Wars all over again in this review. Childhood memories refreshed... Great video as usual Ralph, and great editing Austin. Phenomenal job!

[@LordofAoD]

I'd already decided to buy this game. This review just reaffirmed that decision. Thank you, Ralph, for being one of the few reviewers out there who actually has the balls to bring up developer abuse in reviews.

[@rihasanatrofolo2472]

You decided to buy the game because of developer abuse?

[@LiraeNoir]

I _strongly_ appreciate that you open the review with the conditions it was made in. It's definitely important.

[@Malek-dg4gh]

I grew up with the complete saga lego game, and I fully expected this game to just be that + the sequel trilogy and maybe new graphics. I was fine with that and was still willing to play it. But the fact that it has so many new features, both presentation wise and gameplay wise is what makes me so excited to try this game out. It just sounds perfect to me.

[@GradietPanda12345]

@@sound4117 Kinda sad that everyone thinks this game is perfect in every way. While it’s a step forward for all Lego’s games, it’s a few steps back compared to TCS

[@Malek-dg4gh]

@@sound4117 wait really? How are the levels structured

[@GradietPanda12345]

@@Malek-dg4gh run from point a to point b in 30 seconds. 40 second unskippable cutscene pops up. Repeat step 1

[@jman2856]

@@Malek-dg4gh Levels are paced in a way that prioritizes the new action game mechanics as opposed to pace breaking puzzles. It’s different but each level tries to offer some variety as opposed to every level following the same formula like the older games. If you’ve played several Lego games, this is refreshing and so much better.

[@channel45853]

@@jman2856 no, it's dissapointing and so much worse.

[@JTsavage7577]

They have laid a great groundwork for the potential of a full Infinity Saga game

[@theguywhowentthere3346]

oh dear lord. I would happily pay 200 US dollars for what... 21-22 damn movies lego style?!?! With this amount of content and quality?!!??!! Yes, and I will gladly wait patiently for it and hope they triple the size of the team to make it.

[@KingShibe]

Lego Avengers is a better Avengers game than Marvel's Avengers

[@cfighter95]

As much as I would love it, I doubt it would ever happen. For starters, there's no way we get something like that as a single game. It would be broken up and sold as three games, one for each Phase. The devs were pushed to their limit making 9 movies for this game, no way in hell do they do 21 movies in another. Even Phase 3 most likely wouldn't be a single game. I also don't see them doing more than 5 levels per film, so people would still have the same issue as they do with this game where you have big hub worlds and smaller levels dedicated to set-pieces.

[@cbandit7715]

that would take 10 years to make

[@ZachBobBob]

Oh good god that would be amazing. Maybe they'd have to split them up into phases though instead of doing an entire 23 movie saga. Just doing 9 star wars films nearly killed TT.

[@salagayikes4016]

The fact that this game lived up to the hype is outstanding

[@GradietPanda12345]

Fanboy

[@salagayikes4016]

The levels in the prequels are kinda short but the world's are gorgeous, a metric ton of characters, actually exciting bosses (not all of em but even the bad ones are a big step up for lego games), puzzles and collectibles everywhere that's all optional up to you, tons of fan service and genuinely funny moments you'd have to be pretty soulless to not crack a smile at the charm of this game

[@ExtraordinaryFate]

@@salagayikes4016 No one said anything about the game not being humorous, no need to call anyone soulless.

[@JoesGuy]

It didn't, though.

[@TrippyTheShroom]

I wanna know how the editor managed to use officially licensed Star Wars music without being copyright claimed?

[@mysticwizard1943]

This game is great in a lot of ways but for one, there's absolutely some phoned in parts, specifically main story missions. They all boil down to 5-minute hallways or forced lock-on fight scenes. You'll have way more fun just exploring each planet. Like for instance, the level on Mustafar is just the battle between Anakin and Obi-Wan and player 2 is forced to float above them as R2-D2 for almost the entire level (player 2 gets shafted A LOT in this game), but when you go back there it's a completely different open hubworld for some reason and is way more fun. At some point Skill Up mentions something like "you'll eventually get to the part where Anakin introduces himself to the locals" (as in Anakin going to murder the sand people). That never happens. It is - no exaggeration - a 10 second cutscene (there's even a functional Tuskan raider camp in the game but the story never has you go there, just side missions). But there are a LOT more instances of that. Huge plot moments from the movies are just... not there. For another, I have been experiencing a ridiculous amount of glitches on PC. The port is fucking atrocious. Crashes, game breaking glitches, massive fps drops on some planets, all occurring every hour or so requiring quitting out and restarting the game. So that's yet another game that this channel gives glowing reviews, that they definitely played on PC, and there's barely a mention of bugs... I'm pretty sure this is the third time I've seen Skill Up fail to mention bugs in their review and it's becoming pretty damn concerning. And before anyone says anything, I've been seeing a lot of people seeing similar bugs on both PC and console, and my system far exceeds the recommended specs... he had to have seen them.

[@super1million11]

the problem I have with this game is it just feels like i'm going from check point to check point. And instead of meme-able moments the game is full of old tired memes and they aren't subtle at all.

[@Grim_Pinata]

Surprisingly, this review was more of a loving look back at Star Wars and it's legacy as a whole than it was a full-on review of the game itself. Not that it's a bad thing; I am very pleased by Shill Up's surprise defense of the prequels, and it's pretty easy to tell the quality of the game by just well, looking at it. Even if crunch sadly played a large factor in the game's scope and overall quality, it's still worth celebrating how much effort Traveller's Tales have put into it regardless.

[@ATDumbass]

You hit the nail on the head with how inviting the puzzles are because they are not too difficult. Ive been playing through this with my girlfriend who pretty much only played the sims up to this point and I love the fact that she can get used to using the controller and actually acomplishes stuff. Basically what I want to say is that this is also a superb entry point for complete non-gamers to get introduced into gaming, controlling etc. while still being super chill fun for people with thousands of hours of experience. And you just dont see that often enough

[@timmy3822]

I read about the masses of crunch that was required to get this game out of the door. I commend their efforts, but we could've held out a little longer. The team should be rightfully proud of what they've created here however, it's a really wonderful adventure that's taken my attention far more than Elden Ring has (a great game, but a very different kind of audiance). Great review!

[@BrainWasherAttendent]

Sorry but the real world keeps on doing what is necessary to make things happen. Crunch is a thing. It’s part of life.

[@filmetiquette2409]

I just can’t agree here. The excuse that it’s just a kids game, doesn’t make it immune to the same criticism that a lot of other games get. It’s simple really. Tt games cut corners. Many of the missions/ levels are just running from point A to paint B with the same rehashed combat sections, while missing out on the best and most memorable moments from the movies and the original game. Then the cool moments that are there, like the battle of geonosis, aren’t all that cool. I mean in the Star Wars clone wars game, there are like 500 enemies in the geonosis arena, with dozens of npcs backing you up, but here there is about 30 enemies scattered around the arena with a few npcs that literally just stand there. I watched them for 2 minutes stand in one place and do nothing. The exploration is really no better than any other game nowadays, with cookie cutter puzzles and nowhere near the amount of space that Tt games promised. The character roster is huge, but it’s still just basically 9 different classes that have no variation within them apart from ascetics. Also I can’t remember one time where I actually built something in the game, I mean seriously that’s pathetic in a Lego game. Overall it’s just incredibly rushed and each film feels like a walking simulator while cutting out on the cool and important moments that we’re present in the original game, and don’t even get me started about the difficulty, dude my friends little brother, who is 6, died once to count doofus, and he has only ever played the Harry Potter Lego games. It’s just boring having no variation between bosses or encounter, with them all being incredibly repetitive and introducing no new concepts between the saber fights. The nostalgia is good but that hold up the whole game with all of the dumb shit that is in it.

[@jakejameslugo]

I’m with you on this. The game has SO MICH to do, and it feels fun without getting boring. I still think there were a few parts that got a lil shortchanged (final Death Star 2 run in ROTJ) but just about everything is else top notch. I hope a lot of people don’t skip out on this game, because it really is one of the best this year.

[@hobbesnonumbers]

my like and comment come from your mention of "CRUNCH" because it deserves to be mentioned every time it happens and for every product it happens to

[@JoesGuy]

Are you joking? This is, without any doubt, the blandest, emptiest Lego game to date.

[@micklucas1451]

i agree

[@garfieldfan925]

lego 2K racers would disagree

[@JoesGuy]

@@garfieldfan925 I meant the modern platformers.

[@garfieldfan925]

@@JoesGuy You didn’t say that, you just said “Lego game”

[@JoesGuy]

@@garfieldfan925 Okay, hair-splitter. XD

[@Aussie_Tom]

Been loving this game right from the start, but what hit me the most in regards too the scale of this game was when I reached the Gungan City....... A location that I never thought would be seen outside a cut scene is now a fully explorable hub, and the whole game is filled with locations like this. Lego Star Wars has always been a very solid franchise, this game is an incredible evolution of that solid base.

[@GradietPanda12345]

Yes! I love the lackluster open world that everyone’s drooling about! The backwards progression with AI with them being statues instead of actually doing things. I love the mediocre ass levels

[@S.I.S]

Loving the open world

[@GamingOptimist]

I do feel, especially as kids get introduced to the whole saga without all the “discourse” that came with the prequels and sequels, that “magic” of Star Wars will continue. Hopefully this game is a step down that path.

[@bricktop.]

This game is my 2 kids first exposure to star wars, so far they love it. And I love it as well.

[@GamingOptimist]

Also good on you for calling out Crunch!

[@pagatryx5451]

I don't think so. The 'magic' of Star Wars will never return to what it used to be. Sure, us fans of the OT might give our kids it to watch. And they might enjoy it. But most kids will be introduced to Star Wars through the sequel trilogy, and those movies just are ass. Even as an independent trilogy. I went to watch TLJ with a much younger cousin who had only watched TFA and I never saw someone so young, hate a movie so much.

[@GamingOptimist]

I grew up with the prequels and had fun with them as a kid. The sequels are going to have the same effect. Rise of Skywalker is messy but TFA and TLJ were/are fine enough for casual watchers (i.e. not people who debate a silly movie on the internet). Time will prove one way or another.

[@pagatryx5451]

@@GamingOptimist TLJ was the worst of the lot. I can understand TFA having some following, but the latter two were pretty abysmal. And, I can't even blame Abrams too much for Rise of Skywalker because he was just in the mess that Ryan put him in. And, time doesn't have to tell. Ticket sales and merch have already shown that there wasn't much interest. But if you're going to jump on the 'silly movies' argument, I can tell you're REALLY confident in your taste in film.

[@pizzagamecube2564]

Ok, that scene where Anakin pulls out a coloring book and crayons after Mace Window tells him to take a seat fucking kills me. 😆

[@Czejenesku]

You forgot random dialogue between characters that appear on screen which is depended on what combination of those you have.

[@zachbailey5260]

I LOVE that you started with crunch. Good for you for prioritizing the human beings.

[@jonasdiaz8615]

Always great to hear another balanced and well-informed review that’s as great to watch and listen to as much as ShillUp’s!

[@dannoisaac]

Music joke alone made this the best youtube video produced today.

[@_walruseater]

(to answer your question) As a 16-year game dev, I can say that when a product we put so much time, effort, and passion into is given such an amazing amount of love when it's released (like this game), it almost always makes the crunch time worth it. I can't speak to the dev team at TT Games, but in my experience it has been worth it. This game is so good, btw.

[@NoahDaArk]

I agree. While it’s horrible they had to endure the horrors of crunch time just to finish this game… the fact they still made a game that is fun to play AND feels like it was made by people who love both LEGO and Star Wars means that we’d be insulting the devs if we *don’t* buy this game!

[@channel45853]

no, are you an indie dev? either way, crunch is not a good thing, it's like adding hours to school just because you need to study more for a test

[@Ashurman666]

Two things disappointed me in this game: No custom character creator which was one of the biggest appeals of previous titles and you can't actually fly the Capital Ships, they basically function as extra hubs for Kyber bricks and such.

[@arturobelano6243]

Capital ships work the same way they did in clone wars 3 I don't know what you expected

[@Ashurman666]

@@arturobelano6243 You mean LEGO Star Wars 3 The Clone Wars? That's a game I never played, thus I expected you'd be able to, ya know, actually fly the capital ships around.

[@mistertwister2000]

I think it’s a strong testament to the quality of this game that Sequel haters and Sequel apologists both vastly enjoyed it, it was nice to play a game where they poked fun of the ridiculous moments without it devolving into “______ movie is so dumb haha”

[@disturbedpyro4511]

I was 16 when Phantom Menace came out. I remember going to see it with my mom’s cousin. He was about 10 years older than me so I looked up to him. He and I are massive Star Wars fans. We also were worried about our tickets. He bought them for us prior to going but we went to the premiere at midnight at our local theater. He said “ make sure you keep your ticket in your pocket until we get to the ticket person. Just because someone is in line doesn’t mean they actually have a ticket,they could try and take yours.” Even though I think he was worrying too much he did have a valid point.😂

[@Bimbus225]

It’s a shame to hear about the crunch. Had I known the game would be this good I would’ve gladly waited longer for it.

[@theweddingsinger1970]

Great game. I do feel crunch issues are an internal matter and should absolutely be sorted, but I don't feel guilty for playing games that have had it (probably all of them). I'd feel guilty for anything I do if I thought like that, food, clothing, fossil fuels etc

[@bricktop.]

I could not care less about crunch to be totally honest.

[@MuriloRiFO]

@@bricktop. I don't think anyone cares much, people just comment something empathetic to earn internet points, it's good for their self-esteem.

[@AC-rj1cq]

Couldn’t agree more with your take on this game! It is a treasure and it gives Star Wars the love it deserves. And thank you for being real about the last three movies. I grow so weary of the crowd praising anything Disney does. Great synopsis!

[@lexiakali]

I have to say I disagree with saying that it covers everything major, there are a few major battles or events that should have been main missions in my opinion but instead they were made cutscenes. For example the opening space battle for Episode 3, or blowing up the second Death Star in Episode 6.

[@JainaSoloB312]

The Battle Over Coruscant, Arresting Palpatine, and the Battle Over Endor are really significant losses for me, I don't understand why any of them were cut.

[@mysticwizard1943]

Literally the thing he uses as an example, Anakin going after the Tuskan raiders, never actually happens in a mission. It's a 5 to 10 second cutscene. I've started to notice that this guy may not be such a reliable reviewer.

[@jeveritt8398]

Respect for pointing out the crunch at the start it's been pretty buried as a story

[@bretttheillustrator]

I hope you know all the food you eat, someone crunched to make it.

[@omensoffate]

The iPhone you use or android is made by a slave

[@Purpletrident]

@@bretttheillustrator Oh cool crunch is awesome then. Crunch is obviously a good thing. Thanks, Brett the Illustrator.

[@conor6436]

@@bretttheillustrator dumbest comment I've seen today, well done

[@jeveritt8398]

@@bretttheillustrator bold of you to assume that I'm not against that too

[@gncuenca]

I gotta say, I can't remember the last time Ive played a video and didn't fast forward or moved through the time slider, ive watched whole... Very nice editting and recording, amazing video! Congrats and thank you

[@thedudeabides3138]

You knocked it out of the park again Ralphie with a typically brilliant review, thank you. Crunch issues notwithstanding, can I give kudos to the developers for making such a comprehensive game and avoiding the temptation to not milk the franchise by making the prequels / sequels extra cash making DLC. They seem to have fully delivered a huge, immersive, well designed, beautiful looking game and given the consumer the full package rather than teasing us with wallet mugging…that’s just SO rare these days.

[@SJSharkByte]

The amount of people in the comments who think crunch is okay and/or encourage it is concerning. How can you be 'working class' but also be okay with fellow working men and women being pushed to the limit for the sake of the executives in suits? The lack of human empathy is ridiculous. I would wager a lot to say that people who encourage crunch are the same people who don't have any personality beyond "grrr I work 80 hours a week I'm such a badass." Like sick dude, the rest of us aren't don't want to wage-slave and would like to be with our friends and family and enjoy our hobbies

[@ladyteekitty]

This is one of those rare 10/10 games. I only wish that some missing characters like Ahsoka, Captain Rex and Admiral Thrawn get added

[@otakumusprime7745]

Ahsoka is DLC. She's in the Mandalorian Season 2 pack.

[@GradietPanda12345]

This game is far from 10/10 lmao. Has gaming standards really dropped this low?

[@BucklingSwashes]

Wow okay I guess I'm almost crying at the end of a SkillUp review.

[@DJcystrom]

I've been on the borderline on whether or not I was going to play this game, and this review has definitely pushed me over the edge. I'm definitely going to be giving this a shot, now I just need to figure out what I want to play it on.

[@PulseBladeenjoyer]

Indecisive you are, decision you must make. Then and only then become Jedi Knight you will. Choose whatever pleases you the most my Padawan.

[@mitchellkaiser4553]

The men and the woman too joke immediately made me click the like button.

[@intigim5861]

I've been looking forward to this

[@Hepburner]

Really should have thrown a shout-out to the voice acting in this game, Shill! It's astounding.

[@Evanz111]

The new camera perspective is HUGE. I never liked the Lego games, and I haven’t even seen Star Wars, but I love this game. It reminds me of Ratchet & Clank. I really hope they adapt this style moving forward.

[@jamer25]

When I heard they were adding a mumble mode, I immediately knew I’d fall in love with this game.

[@vintageoriginallegit]

I don’t get the mentioning of crunch. Do you want us not to support the devs who had to do overtime and put more in than the average person does for their job. Some devs get bonuses based on sales and reviews trying to knock the game down a peg for crunch only hurts them more than the mandatory overtime.

[@seanw1783]

Thank you for opening with a crunch warning. It's important to provide that kind of context

[@frankreynolds4413]

I never buy new games because they are so expensive and I typically stick with cheaper, older games…but for this one I bought the Deluxe edition because the idea of playing thru all 9 films was too compelling. Loving this so far!!

[@HondoJarrus]

Great review, Skill Up! Beautifully written as always.👏 The context in which you set this game and your discussion of your experience with the part of the game handling the sequel trilogy have sold me on the game more than any other review or KZbinr. Cheers!

[@Matt-bg5wg]

The best thing this has going for it is that they brought all the Clone Wars voice actors back.

[@shayfabrizio3107]

Would love if they did this treatment to their Lord Of The Rings games

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

Can't wait for my grandson comes over so we can enjoy this masterpiece of a game together.

[@yuranabdul7081]

This game is absolutely massive

[@TheItalianPlaystationdude]

Just bought the game yesterday and I can't get over how amazing this game is. The amount of content that was put into this game is insane. So much replay value with free mode that you can easily spend hours playing in free mode just collecting stuff with so much to do. Best Lego Star wars game ever made

[@marcusmoore7600]

This the first game I wasn't gonna buy that he convinced me to do so. Great review 👏

[@SpagmanAus]

I also once hid a Star Wars movie ticket in my sock. It was for Rise of Skywalker. I still got mugged, but when I came to someone had put 3 extra tickets in my sock. Worst day of my life.

[@thezaraph]

I hope they do a Clone Wars DLC! I'd buy that in a heartbeat!

[@Matt-bg5wg]

especially considering all the Clone Wars voice actors are playing their characters in this game.

[@teenycaribou7128]

I really hope we get season 7 at least

[@cameronpavelic500]

This gave me hope for the future of splitscreen multiplayer. It’s crazy to see the level of fidelity a modern split screen game is capable of that isn’t a shared camera or boundary restricted experience. If game developers ever start to pick up on the split screen trend again, this is a great modern foundation to work off of.

[@robbybevard8034]

It Takes Two also did really amazing split screen couch co-op. It's like 80 games in one, it never sticks with one gameplay style for more than a few minutes.

[@MrEDK1985]

I really don't understand the love this game is getting. Compared to "The Force Awakens" or even "The Complete Saga", this is a huge downgrade in every possible way, except graphics. Short levels, lack of meaningful co-op (or just co-op in general), blink-and-you-miss-it storytelling pacing, pointless open world environments, pointless collect-a-thons, an upgrade tree that makes an easy game even easier, 300 characters that are mostly just palette swaps of each other, boring side quests, and activities, and sequences that should be playable, but only happen in cutscenes. Like, I don't get it.

[@SqueebPlays]

Fun fact! Every structure, ship, building, etc is all build accurate to Lego. Like the X-Wing you fly around is sitting on my shelf right now. It's amazing what these games can do. Can't wait to finally play.

[@IgnisMorgan]

Oh my god thank you, THANK YOU. I was seriously worried that this review would sidestep the absolute crunch hell that its development went through.

[@mrwhocares3931]

Poor people they had to work hard 🤣🤣🤣

[@omensoffate]

People need to stop caring about people doing a job lol

[@metallicfingers]

@@omensoffate yeah just like how your parents clearly stopped caring about you after you hit age 3

[@GrahamScott155]

The first two replies to this are perfect examples of how gamers don't have the first clue about the human cost that goes into making video games.

[@aussieseal9979]

@@omensoffate fine. Make a game

[@plo617]

Padme - Sometimes developers just can't finish in time? Anakin - Then they should be made too. Padme - That sounds like crunch to me. Anakin - If it works..

[@Argonian0727]

I like knowing the developers had to crunch. Makes me want to play the game knowing they suffered

[@northwestclasspnw7974]

Waking up to a Skill Up Video is the best way to start a Monday. Gonna be tough between this and Forgotten Lands for what I'll get, both just look inherently "fun"

[@lambseuslocated8069]

Starting to get very opposite opinions to skill up recently lol. I'm in love with Weird West right now but with the Skywalker Saga, sadly, I do not see why its getting that much praise as it pains me to say. Just massive bloated open worlds with not much to do apart from collecting bricks, going from point A to B every mission, stories feel really rushed and the story missions themselves are way too short; I miss the linear nature that I loved from the priors.

[@somedude1324]

I agree with you.

[@GradietPanda12345]

Exactly. He fails to mention how lackluster everything is. He didn’t even mention the bugs that plague the game. Hell, there’s 2 right now that halt progression

[@gdoumit]

I'm absolutely loving this game. I took a chance on it when I was bored a week ago and man was I happy with this game. So much content. It's INSANE how much this game covers.

[@GradietPanda12345]

Delusional as fuck judging by the “it’s insane how much this game covers”.

[@squeaks5677]

@@sound4117 completely forgetting the fact that every planet is jam packed with collectables and missions for the player to explore which more than makes up for the story bits that were lost.

[@AJ_Ol]

This has been a good year for video games. If Starfield and Ragnarok live up to the hype then this’ll be one of the best in awhile.

[@yudhveer99]

Best since 2017 already. Played Elden ring and I think that’s the greatest game I will Play for some time to come

[@GradietPanda12345]

This isn’t even close to being up there with games like those

[@Handonforehead]

@@Stephen_Black thats just how bethesda does marketing, they only start showing stuff like 4-6 months before launch. Happened with fo4 and fo76 too

[@italianspiderman5012]

@@Handonforehead and both of those games were broken beyond belief,that’s how Bethesda makes games.

[@Handonforehead]

@@italianspiderman5012 Fo4 was definitely not broken beyond belief, where did you get that?

[@jg932]

I can see why they didn't include character creation in this game, Between the sheer amount of content and the crunch, by the time they were ready to ship it, they probably like "Fuck it we're done here"!

[@hikkikimori]

I love the sequels! I'm so glad I got to play as Rey on Exogul!

[@arturobelano6243]

said no one ever

[@mat3714]

There's always one...

[@hikkikimori]

@@arturobelano6243 nope! I said it! :)

[@JainaSoloB312]

@@arturobelano6243 The first Lego Star Wars game was based on the most hated trilogy of movies in history.

[@raghav1026]

@@JainaSoloB312 not anymore lol, sequels have taken that position

[@TheEpicMind]

But what about no Theed Palace assault level, no Battle of Endor or Death Star II assault

[@Willz828]

I absolutely love this game and am astonished at the scale of a lot of the worlds but even after 2 years of delays, it feels unfinished and heres why: 1. SO many bugs, characters getting soft locked, every time i do a space mission theres a bunch of visual glitches as if im inside a star destroyer (has happened literally every time i get pulled out of hyperspace), many game crashes, other people (not me personally) have even had game breaking bugs making them restart 2. Missing fan favorite characters, even ones from the movies in favor of characters i haven’t even heard of and im a HUGE star wars fan so that was pretty surprising 3. Missing many battles, and only one large scale battle the whole game (which is the gungan battle like the least fun one, although obviously it was still very fun). How can u miss battles like the space battle over coruscant!! Or even missions like the death star trench run are ridiculously short. There should have been way more or longer on rail space battle missions 4. Short missions. Yes i know the game is huge and there is a lot of collecting, but most of the puzzles are so boringly simple even for the games target audience that im surprised that 200 or more of those kyber bricks werent moved to missions 5. Missing capital ships. This ones a bit selfish but i just want to own a venator lmao. 6. Difficulty slider. This one is a minor critique and understandable why its not there. The game is for kids. But the fact that the game is way to easy before upgrades shows that with upgrades its a joke. Why not add a difficulty slider so that the game doesnt change for kids, but the upgrades become meaningful for anyone who wants them to. Or even just for free play to make free play more interesting. Overall the game is amazing and the hard work of the developers clearly shines through, but it would have been nice to get some of these features, and/or had this developer hard work and care gone to places that would have been more impactful. I will still be playing the game for a long time however, and encourage anyone who hasnt bought it to do so.

[@mysticwizard1943]

Pretty much agree with everything here, especially about the bugs. I have yet to play a session of this game without a bug that brings everything to a screeching halt. It also seems to be really poorly optimized, with some planets going from over 100fps down to 20 or less. Bugs are a big deal when they are this frequent and its not cool that they just ignored how many this game has.

[@myownego]

Lego Star Wars :"they do not make mini games like this anymore" Lost Judgement: "I do not recommend" Shill Up, I'd bully you if you were a Japanese high school student!

[@jpope125]

I've only seen the original trilogy (and one movie from the sequel trilogy). I think this might be a nice way for me to experience the other movies.

[@KrellenFireball]

You should really watch the prequels, I really think they're great! They definitely have a different tone, so in some sense your perception of them will depend on what kind of person you are when it comes to star wars. I love that they take time to set everything up and have a blast finish at 3, but you might not like that, and that's fine. But if you have time, highly recommend the Clone Wars series (the clone wars movie might not give you the correct first impression 😅). They are a big reason why more and more people accept the prequels, because they expand that era, so it give everyone something to like in that part of star wars. But it is 7 seasons, so that's up to you. Personally I wouldn't rewatch the prequels without the clone wars, but you can just watch the three movies and that's fine. Then the sequels, they're OK at the end of the day, couldve been better, but could've been much worse too 😅

[@DigiNiverg]

Don't watch the prequels, just watch the original trilogy, those are the good movies

[@jpope125]

@@KrellenFireball got ya! Thanks for sharing :)

[@danieldumile7914]

Watch the prequels. Don't be a sheep and listen to people that think it's bad. Make your own opinion after watching.

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

amazing video Skill Up. I broke the thumbs up on your video. Always keep up the brilliant work.

[@Icepick614]

I love Force Awakens and really like Last Jedi and I'm exist to jump in. I have fond memories from my childhood playing the original Lego Star Wars on my Ps2 even before the original trilogy was available. The I played the original trilogy when it came out and the complete Saga when that released. I never got around to play Lego TFA so I'm excited to check out the whole ST even though I'm not a fan of RoS.