LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga gets April 2022 release date

What you need to know

• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is a LEGO game being developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
• The game has been delayed multiple times over the last two years.
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is now scheduled to launch on April 5, 2022.

Lucasfilm Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games announced today that the long-delayed LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga finally has a release date. The game is now slated to arrive on April 5, 2022. First announced all the way back at E3 2019, the game has been delayed numerous times, partially due to the pandemic that affected game development over the last two years.

You can take a look at the gameplay overview below:

As the name implies, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga takes place across all nine mainline Star Wars films, with over 20 planets to explore and over 300 characters to unlock, making this the biggest LEGO Star Wars game ever in multiple ways.

This news comes as a report from Polygon alleges that the development team at TT Games has suffered for the last five years, with excessive crunch, limited time off and poor work-life balance as the team had tried to make this ultimate LEGO Star Wars game.

When LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga arrives, it'll be available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, PC, PS5, PS4 and Nintendo Switch.