May the Fourth be with you, Star Wars fans. Warner Bros. games is celebrating the Star Wars holiday with a big sale onLego Star Wars: The Skywalker Sagaover on Steam. Get 60 percent off any version of the game, including the massive Galactic Edition with all the character packs. Or, if you already have the game, you can enjoy 33 percent off all character packs.
And if you’re not in the mood to spend money on this auspicious day, we got more good news for your May the Fourth. There’s a brand-new free character available for all players and platforms of Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.
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His name is Luke Starkiller, an early version of Luke Skywalker based on concept designs by Ralph McQuarrie, a concept artist who worked on the original Star Wars trilogy. Luke Starkiller was the star of Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode I: The Star Wars, an early first draft that would eventually turn into Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope.
The plot of Adventures of the Starkiller generally follows A New Hope, with a rebel alliance battling an evil Galactic Empire for control of the galaxy, but there are some bizarre twists. For example, Luke Starkiller had an older brother who was killed by Darth Vader, Owen was actually a Jedi, and Han Solo was a space pirate instead of a dashing rogue. Luke also flew a fighter that looked a lot like the Naboo fighter from the original Episode 1 of Star Wars rather than an X-Wing.
Starkiller would eventually return as a totally new character, Galen “Starkiller” Marek of The Force Unleashed series of games. A “dark negative” of Luke Skywalker, this Starkiller would start out as a Sith and murder the Emperor in an alternate version of Star Wars.
Anyway, Luke Starkiller is sort of an amalgamation of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, and Starlord from the Guardians of the Galaxy. I’m digging the gas mask and glasses combo, plus he gets to wield both a lightsaber and a blaster just like a certain other fallen Jedi.
You should already have Luke Starkiller available on your character select screen. Just go to the Jedi subcategory and you’ll see him.
In other Lego news, Lego Mario will soon receivea full-on Donkey Kong family set, which is expected to arrive sometime over the summer, and Fortnite is also expected to haveits Lego crossover sometime later this year. We’re still not sure if it’ll be a bunch of Lego cosmetics in Fortnite, a Fortnite-themed real-life Lego set, or both.
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