LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagafeatures ambitious growth in many core departments, including its character roster. With more than 300 playable characters,LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagaappears determined to capture the breadth of theStar Warsuniverse, giving fans as many playable characters as possible. If that’s not enough for fans, they can also invest in some ofThe Skywalker Saga’s paid expansions. Players have seven different DLC packs to look forward to, each adding iconic playable characters fromStar Warsshows and movies; many of which don’t appear in the core ninefilms.
The Skywalker Saga’s DLC lineupfeatures representatives from all kinds ofStar Warsmedia likeRogue OneandThe Mandalorian,but not every pack is focused on a film or a TV show. One expansion is simply called the Trooper Pack, and it adds a few niche varieties of Imperial stormtroopers toThe Skywalker Saga’s library: the Death Trooper, Incinerator Trooper, Imperial Shore Trooper, Range Trooper, and Mimban Stormtrooper.LEGO Star Warsoften features many clone trooper and stormtrooper variants, but the Trooper Pack seems like an odd addition toThe Skywalker Sagabecause of the media Traveller’s Tales could have drawn from instead.
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Why The DLC Trooper Pack Stands Out
The Trooper Pack feels a little out of place amongThe Skywalker Saga’s DLC expansions because there are a few importantStar Warsshows that probably should have occupied that slot. For instance, neitherStar Wars: The Clone WarsnorStar Wars: Rebelsappear, even though both animated shows have had a major impact onStar Warscanon in recent years. They’re each littered with important characters that seem like potential DLC additions, from Ezra Bridger to Cad Bane.
The stormtrooper-heavy pack is also strange because many of the Trooper Pack’s members will probably play similarly. Even though these stormtrooper variants have distinct aesthetics due totheir various roles within the Galactic Empire, many of them are still just stormtroopers. Death Troopers might wield heavy weapons and explosives inThe Skywalker Saga, while Incinerator Troopers will probably carry their signature flamethrowers, but the other DLC troopers have significantly less unique training to distinguish themselves. The Trooper Pack might turn out to be pretty bland compared toThe Skywalker Saga’s other expansions.
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The Skywalker Saga’s DLC Potential
Asa definitive manifestation of theStar Warsseries,The Skywalker Sagareally seemed like the perfect place to add representatives ofStar Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Rebels,and other stories that didn’t make it into the base game. The Trooper Pack’s stormtroopers might be interesting to play, but as long as they take up space that aStar Warsshow could have occupied, they feel out of place.The Skywalker Sagaprobably has its fair share of stormtrooper variants anyway, so it’s hard to say if the Trooper Pack is necessary.
Hopefully Traveller’s Tales has at least conjured up some unique mechanics for each of the Trooper Pack’s members to better justify their appearance in the place ofanotherStar WarsTV show. Ideally, the Trooper Pack won’t prevent otherStar Warsmedia from appearing inThe Skywalker Sagaat all. Traveller’s Tales could very well come back toThe Skywalker Sagain a few months with more paid expansions that bring missingStar Warsstories into the game. For now though, fans will just have to wait and see what kind of long-term supportThe Skywalker Sagamight get.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagareleases August 04, 2025 for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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