Nearly 5 years after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker arrived in theaters, the franchise remains to be attempting to rebuild the momentum that was misplaced by the divisive finish to the Skywalker Saga. Between lackluster live-action sequence, and cancelling their most fun High Republic period sequence, this period of Star Wars storytelling wants one thing to reignite the spark — and it has discovered that spark in the impossible of locations.

LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy follows in the footsteps of a few of the biggest Star Wars tales (particularly, LEGO Star Wars Summer Vacation, LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales, and LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special), bringing new life to fan-favorite characters from all eras, previous and current, and poking enjoyable at a few of the goofiest features of the canon with out demeaning anybody in the course of. The four-episode miniseries is a breath of recent air that provides wing to nonsensical plotlines like Darth Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) and Greedo (Jake Green) capturing his shot first to win Princess Leia’s (Shelby Young) hand in marriage, the place the earlier films largely reckoned with the finish of the Skywalker Saga by means of extra humorous means.

Written by the inventive duo Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, who not too long ago introduced the world Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, and directed by Chris Buckley, who has an extended and storied profession with each LEGO and Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is a welcome balm for Star Wars followers each new and outdated.

What Is ‘LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy’ About?

Set in a distant nook of the galaxy, Rebuild the Galaxy focuses on Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo) and his older brother Dev (Tony Revolori), a pair of odd nerf-herders who’ve their whole world, nay galaxy, turned the wrong way up when Sig finds the “cornerstone,” a robust artifact hidden inside a long-forgotten Jedi temple. While every part is out of kinds in the new galaxy that Sig finds himself in, he not less than takes consolation in the incontrovertible fact that his buddy (and crush) Yesi Scala (Marsai Martin) exists to assist him conquer the unhealthy guys and attempt to save not solely his galaxy however each different model of the Star Wars universe on the market.

As is the norm inside the LEGO Star Wars universe, Sig is aware of all about every part that has ever taken place inside the Star Wars canon, from Rey bringing a shirtless Ben Solo again into the gentle, to Darth Vader’s true identification, to Nubs being the cutest pint-sized Jedi in the galaxy. Before he finds himself thrust right into a do-or-die journey of his personal, Sig depends upon these epic tales and grand myths to flee from his mundane existence, a lot to the chagrin of these round him. His storied information of the Star Wars universe is useful when he falls right into a twisted model of his world, through which Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine are two of the surviving “good guys” in the Jedi Order, and Rey and Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) live their greatest lives as Sith baddies.

Rebuild the Galaxy embraces the most iconic parts of Star Wars storytelling as Sig finds himself beneath the sage tutelage of Jedi Bob (Bobby Moynihan), a staple of the early days of LEGO Star Wars minifigs, in a battle in opposition to the darkish aspect of the Force that has already claimed his brother, now generally known as Darth Devastator. It’s spectacular that LEGO Star Wars has managed to inform a few of the most Star Wars-y tales, and but, time and time once more, this nook of the franchise proves that it is aware of precisely learn how to take damaged hearts and switch them into artwork. We don’t want a Star Wars model of What If…?, we merely want LEGO Star Wars to maintain spinning twisted tales in brick type.

‘Rebuild the Galaxy’ Brings Back Beloved Star Wars Characters With a Twist

With the cancellation of The Acolyte final month, Star Wars followers have been reminiscing about how poorly the franchise handled a lot of its Sequel (and Prequel) period characters and solid members, together with Ahmed Best’s Jar Jar Binks and Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico. Both return for Rebuild the Galaxy as Sith variations of their characters, and it looks like a candy homage to each actors. Best had beforehand returned to the franchise for a small, however pivotal, position in The Mandalorian, whereas Tran has reprised Rose Tico in the LEGO-verse earlier than, however right here, it’s nice to see their characters embrace the darkish aspect and trigger somewhat mayhem.

There are different extraordinarily enjoyable riffs on beloved characters, like “The Landolorian,” voiced by the one and solely Billy Dee Williams; a seaside bum chilled-out model of Luke Skywalker, voiced by Mark Hamill; a goody-two-shoes model of Darth Maul, voiced by Sam Witwer, reverse Ross Marquand returning as a nasty boy model of Han Solo. In addition to making a seemingly evil Grogu and turning candy child Nubs right into a red-eyed menace, Rebuild the Galaxy additionally pays homage to current live-action plotlines by outfitting all the imprisoned rebels in Narkina 5 uniforms; tragically, there was no “one way out” joke to be discovered.

On the floor, LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy appears to be like like pure comedic nonsense packaged into 4 twenty-five-minute episodes, however with every new episode, it’s clear that this sequence has the ethos of Star Wars storytelling constructed into each brick-sized piece. The stakes are impossibly excessive for Sig as he has to beat his private shortcomings and embrace his Force-given talents, and identical to each traditional story that has come earlier than, this can be a story about self-discovery, neighborhood, and discovering the solar on the horizon after the darkest night time. Don’t be deceived by the packaging this story is available in; the greatest issues typically are available sudden designs.

All 4 episodes of LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy are streaming now on Disney+.

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