Even disregarding its expanding network of TV shows and other spin-offs, theStar Warsmovie franchise is really long. Sitting down to watch all nine core movies takes a lot of time, but for fans that’s often a good thing. TheStar Warsfranchise is filled with memorable characters and compelling lore; longStar Warsmovies have more opportunity to introduce concepts, characters, and storylines that flesh out the universe. That dense story structure is whyLEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagais such a compelling sell. In spite of the scale of its source material,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagais determined to capture all of it.
Asrecent trailers forThe Skywalker Sagahave made clear, Traveller’s Tales' nextLEGO Star Warsgame has done more than just retell the core story of theStar Warsfranchise. It has expanded everything into a playable experience across 45 levels, as well as a huge overworld. Traveller’s Tales has been so ambitious in developingThe Skywalker Sagathat the game’s campaign may end up being longer than the nineStar Warsmovies themselves. That growth is a great indication of just how much theLEGO Star Warsbrand has grown.
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Comparing Star Wars and The Skywalker Saga’s Lengths
Star Warsmovies have always offered long watch times. While their lengths vary significantly, they generally land between two and two-and-a-half hours. Watchingall nineStar Warsmovieswould take at least 25 hours. For the sake of comparison toThe Skywalker Saga, one could round all nine movies up to a full three hours, which comes up to 27 hours of viewing. With that in mind, it’s no surprise thatThe Skywalker Sagais such a huge game; Traveller’s Tales has a lot of source material to work with.
Still, the structure ofThe Skywalker Sagameans it could readily surpass the length of the nineStar Warsfilms.LEGO Star Warsgames usually break up movies into about six levels, butThe Skywalker Sagaonly uses five.The Skywalker Saga’s levels are likely to take at least half an hour to complete, since each level has to containmoreStar Warsstory content. They could be much longer thanks toThe Skywalker Saga’s branching paths, reworked boss battles, cutscenes, and more. A total of 45 story levels that possibly take half an hour each would mean thatThe Skywalker Saga’s campaign takes around 23 hours to complete.
Yet it seems likely thatThe Skywalker Sagawill take even longer to complete. If Traveller’s Tales tries to put the majority ofStar Wars’events into its levels, they could take well over half an hour to complete thanks toThe Skywalker Saga’s mechanical innovations. What’s more, players have to factor inThe Skywalker Saga’s overworldwhen considering the campaign size. Players will likely spend quite a bit of time traveling through theStar Warsuniverse in search of the next story level. Between potentially huge levels and overworld navigation, it wouldn’t be surprising ifThe Skywalker Saga’s campaign takes a good 30 hours or more to get through, thoroughly beating the actual films.
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The Significance of The Skywalker Saga’s Possible Length
The potential length ofThe Skywalker Saga’s story levels isn’t particularly surprising given just how much growth Traveller’s Tales has showed off, but it’s still a big deal for theLEGO Star Warsfranchise. Historically, theLEGO Star Warsgames aren’t known for their length. Even the story mode ofLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga,which features 36 levels, only takes around 14 hours to get through on average.The Skywalker Sagahas the potential to reach new heights for the franchise in terms of sheer playtime, and by a very wide margin. As a result,The Skywalker Sagacould be a more thorough, detailed representation of theStar Warsstory.
This change also matters becauseThe Skywalker Sagais likely to set the bar forthe next fewLEGOgames, whether they’re alsoLEGO Star Warsor not. It’d be wasteful if Traveller’s Tales came up with so many bold mechanics and world design concepts forThe Skywalker Saga, then abandoned them in favor of a simpler model when making the next game. It’s more likely that its nextLEGOgame will borrowThe Skywalker Saga’s dense levels and new mechanics, getting longer moving forward. Traveller’s Tales’LEGOgames may no longer be short, simple action-adventure games that release annually.
The Skywalker Saga’s Wealth of Content
Even ifThe Skywalker Saga’s level designresults in slightly more modest level length, fans should still expect getting through all the game’s story levels to take some time. Not only do players have to navigate the overworld to find new levels, but they’ll likely get distracted in the process. In the overworld, players can spend time collecting Kyber Bricks, playing minigames, or completing side quests, all of which are bound to take players away from the plot now and again. It’s clear that Traveller’s Tales doesn’t wantThe Skywalker Sagato be carried by its narrative alone.
It will be interesting to see how the story campaign’s length sizes up compared to the mainStar Warsmovies.The Skywalker Sagahas the resources to shave off less corners than its predecessors. Instead, it can revel in the many storylines that construct the actual Skywalker saga which spawned the rest of theStar Warsfranchise. In the process, it may very well offer fans moretime spent in theStar Warsworldthan even the movies can muster. If the campaign falls short, Traveller’s Tales has at least ensured that players will be battling and exploring theStar Warsgalaxy for many more hours after the campaign is through.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagareleases June 30, 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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