According to a leak from the LEGO website, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will be delayed from a reported 2020 launch until 2021.
The upcoming LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been delayed until 2021 according to a leak from the official LEGO website that has since been taken down. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga was first shown at E3 2019 and was set to explore the entire Skywalker Saga in an ambitious attempt to bring all the narratives into one title. Players will be able to choose where they wish to begin and complete the nine episodes in any order they desire, which makes the collection even more appealing, as it will allow players to proceed through their favorite stories first - or last, depending on their disposition.
While it took a while for a solid LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga release date to be attached to the title, previous reports had indicated developer TT Games planned for an October 2020 release date. In fact, the game is set to get a gameplay reveal trailer at Gamescom 2020 Opening Night according to event host Geoff Keighley, which caused fans to speculate that the title was nearing its launch. According to previous descriptions of the game, it will feature almost 500 characters, many of whom will be playable, and will have at least 25 different planets and moons for players to explore.
Unfortunately, however, excitement for the upcoming gameplay trailer has been dulled somewhat by the potential of a LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga delay. According to a leak that came from the official LEGO website, a splash page for the game revealed a 2021 release date. Although the page has since been taken down, it was preserved by industry analyst Wario64 on Twitter, and given where the information came from, it seems very likely this leak is true.
It's unfortunate news for fans of the LEGO Star Wars series, which has consistently produced some of the most fan-conscientious material in gaming for the long-running franchise. The series is known for its reverence of its source material and its amusing interpretations of canonical events. Of course, a delay isn't that surprising if it's true - very little information has been made available about the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga release date prior, and with the October 2020 window closing in with little extra information provided, it seemed almost an inevitability at this point.
If the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga delay is real, it's almost assuredly the right move from TT Games. The game will likely be the most ambitious yet for the LEGO Star Wars series, and with recent events causing plenty of workplace complications for everyone, taking extra time to get it done to the high bar set by the developer in past iterations is wise. Fans will soon forget a delay if the finished product is good, but releasing a bad Star Wars game can cause some serious long-term image problems - one need look no further than EA's handling of the license to see how long people's memories are when it comes to disappointing Star Wars titles.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga will release on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
Source: Wario64
