Mando, Grogu, The Bad Batch and many more come to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is already going to be an enormous game, with tons and tons of characters available for players to discover and unlock. But...but...what about Mando? He wasn't in the Skywalker Saga. 

Don't worry, TT Games and Lucasfilm Games have you covered. Mando, Grogu, The Bad Batch, the folks from Solo, Rogue One characters and a bunch more are all coming to LEGO Star Wars as either paid DLC or as part of the "Character Collection". The Character Collection is essentially a paid Season Pass, which will offer players a ton of scheduled content that will release over the months following release.

Here's the breakdown, which I'm totally cribbing from a recent press release (because it's a lot):

At launch, The Mandalorian™ Season 1 and the Solo: A Star Wars Story Character Packs will be available for purchasers of the Character Collection or via standalone purchase. The Mandalorian Season 1 Character Pack will include the Mandalorian and non-playable Grogu, Greef Kara, Cara Dune, IG-11 and Kuiil, and the Solo: A Star Wars Story character pack will include young Han Solo, young Chewbacca™, young Lando Calrissian, Qi’ra, Tobias Beckett and Enfys Nest. 

Also available at launch will be The Classic Characters and The Trooper Pack. The Classic Characters Pack will include Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Darth Vader and Lando Calrissian. The Classic Characters Pack will be available for those who have early access from select retail partners and will be available for everyone on April 19th who purchases the Character Collection or via standalone purchase. The Trooper Pack includes Death Trooper, Incinerator Trooper, Range Trooper, Imperial Shore Trooper and Mimban Stormtrooper. The Trooper Pack will be available in early access for consumers who pre-ordered the digital version of the game, and available on May 4th for everyone who purchases the Character Collection or via standalone purchase.

On April 19th, the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Character Pack will be available for purchase and will include Jyn Erso, Bodhi Rook, Cassian Andor, K-2SO, Chirrut Îmwe, Baze Malbu and Director Krennic. On May 4th, Star Wars Day, The Mandalorian Season 2 and Star Wars: The Bad Batch Character Packs will be available. The Mandalorian Season 2 Character Pack will include Ahsoka Tano, Boba Fett, Bo Katan, Fennec Shand and Moff Gideon. Star Wars: The Bad Batch Character Pack will include Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Crosshair, and Echo.

So yeah, did you get all that? I can speak from experience that A) I usually only lock in on a few characters to actually play with during the game and B) that doesn't change my psychotic need to collect them all to satisfy my weird video game completionist urges. So yeah, I'm getting the Character Collection. For sure.