9 Obscure Facts you missed in Lego Star Wars Games 

WOOOOOW ITS ALMOST LIKE THEYRE THE SAME PLANETS???

​​​@@emmavfarrellfrost Same planet doesn't always mean the same map. Bf2 was an online multiplayer shooter and its maps were designed for that purpose. lego is a completely different game using some* maps from bf2👌

@@invaderIRK1 excuses excuses

@@emmavfarrellfrost I think you mean logic* my guy. There have been heaps of Starwars games that feature the same planets and locations, doesn't mean they feature the exact same map design, layout and even in engine global lighting physics. Classic bf1 and classic bf2 (two games from the same series) are a perfect example, same planets and locations but completely different maps and design 🤷

@@invaderIRK1 fair played.

Copy of another comment of mine: It makes sense that all of the maps share similarities... stsr wars Battlefront 2 made all these map Layouts canon... why not take over the canonical designs? Especially the maps aren't the same, obviously it shares similarities as stated, its the canon layout. The lego SW devs created these maps, if you actually play the lego game and you have as much hours as me in SWBF2 you instantly realize that all these maps are created from scratch, with inspiration taken from SWBF2, the game that made ALL these map layouts canon...

@@MeisterSchwabbo Do you believe Traveler's Tales could've lifted some textures and models from Dice's Battlefront duology?

YES! They do look similar...but it's because they're meant to replicate the movies they're based on. But they really have their own differences that make them stand out

clone wars is my favorite lego star wars game, tbh. Love all of the characters and content in that game

But that causes players using phase 2 clone troopers become hostile against their own faction during space battle and other encounters. Which doesn't make any sense at all. So there was obviously an oversight or mistake when considering the coding for the characters. I think the intention was for the Phase 2 trooper to be coded the same way as the 41st scout trooper since he is the only (phase 2 Variant) that is coded to still be considered a 'hero faction' during encounters (even though he is listed as a villain) and therefore can fight for the republic during space battles etc. Whereas this is not the case for any other phase 2 clone (besides the commanders).

They’re not, the Lego maps were made from scratch and you can tell. There are similarities but they are not the same

I don’t think that Jedi is supposed to Shaak Ti

The Jedi had a green or purple hand

I thought that too but it isn't Shaak-Ti. The hand is the wrong color, the saber is the wrong design, and the character has their own wiki page as unidentified Jedi master

100% they did the clones dirty in SWS

True I didn't notice that actually

Probably ay

It probably has less to do with if its Canon or not and more to do with the fact that it's a third party franchise that retains all rights to its material and therefore is able to freely share assets between companies that are creating projects for their IP.

Wow I didn't know this! Thanks for sharing!

ahah glad you liked it! Thanks for the tweeting the dev about the map similarity as well, really cool insight!

wow I didn't know thats awesome!

Its rumoured to have been one if the next maps planned to be released along with Ahsoka ad Asajj. Denis the lead game designer hinted at it in a post years ago. We already released a video about cut content for dice's Bf2 on this channel. You can check it out for more info 👍

As invader said, fWe explain more about the unfinished content from BF2 in this video we did here - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fdh7YJJYGOo.htmlsi=-OEV3F7DEPGm8-iw

Ahh yep true, I haven't played the first original Lego star wars so thanks for letting me know!

Both in the same bf game would be crazy!

Was thinking the same thing of course they take Inspiration on an existing game its the same universe and in my eyes it looks different enough

Not every map is the exact same as the battlefront2 version, and its not just about "being accurate". Because Dice took alot of creativity liberty when designed their maps. Creating layouts that compliment and balance gameplay as well as reference the source material. So the fact that some of the lego maps have the exact Same layouts as bf2 means that those maps were directly copied or converting assets from bf2 itself over to the lego game. Which is very interesting because we've never seen assets from a completely different game used in a lego game before this instance. Ever. In the past, Lego usually tailors their maps to suit their own games needs which leads them to be very different from other Starwars games.

CS was so good, one of the best story mode Lego SW game for sure

It makes sense in my mind. Since everything is under Disney and all Star Wars games were then contracted under EA exclusively for the duration, it’s not shocking they’d have EA outsource their engine/maps for a lot of areas. Lego games have been striving to be more realistic looking with each iteration, and copying over the maps A) makes the maps look the most realistic to date and B) saves a lot resources from having to build maps from pure scratch. C) establishes a sense of familiarity into the players’ minds if you’ve played Battlefront before The game is still crazy massive with a lot unique maps made like Mustafar, Dagobah, Kef Bar etc, and they do look really good. Also delays weren’t anything specifically due to the Maps. It’s more so poor management and project execution. Moving staff to other projects, trying implement content only for it to get cut, etc

​@@lawrencetalbot8346 plus there is one thing all the kiber bricks and all misions characters and idle animations in characters and characters themselfs

I see this more as a case of fixing what’s not already broken. It works well for the level design of Lego. I also think they do at least a bit to make the maps have their own flavor by introducing more verticality than BF2 had if anything.

Developing the Skywalker Saga game sounds like it was an absolute nightmare. Can’t blame them honestly. I’m actually impressed they were able to take maps made in the notoriously difficult Frostbite engine and recreate them in the so-bad-we-will-only-use-this-once NTN engine.

It doesn’t look exactly like it they probably just took the maps then changed them a lot

If you are aware, EA said during the development of Battlefront that they had access to the cancelled Battlefront 3 game. Thus EA has to provide the builds to Disney because regardless of them developing the game, Disney holds the rights over the product, as they got a license from Disney. Battlefront 2 went into end of support because Disney decided to pull the plug. EA made these assets for Disney's IP, thus Disney gets full control and ownership of the assets after the contract ends and EA has no say on it. These assets can be retooled into different things and also the maps that you see in battlefront normally come in other softwares like Maya, 3DSMax or Blender, easily being able to be ported into any engine on demand. If you have the SOURCE files which EA has the legal obligation to provide the IP holder copies of all the source files except their proprietary code (Frostbyte). So you just load the entire map on a 3D software and start messing with it. So yeah EA can't provide frosbite access not engine files, but the source 3D files and texture files must be provided to the client no matter what.

@@Xaleya I stand corrected. Thanks for clarifying.

Ahhh true ay! I haven't played the original lego game so forgot it reused alot of missions from then

100%

I will post another copy of my comment here: For information purposes only. It makes sense that all of the maps share similarities... star wars Battlefront 2 made all these map Layouts canon... why not take over the canonical designs? Especially the maps aren't the same, obviously it shares similarities as stated, its the canon layout. The lego SW devs created these maps, if you actually play the lego game and you have as much hours as me in SWBF2 you instantly realize that all these maps are created from scratch, with inspiration taken from SWBF2, the game that made ALL these map layouts canon...

@@MeisterSchwabbo I should clarify that alot of the textures & map layout isn't the exact same, but they defs reused some things as it would save alot of time, a Lego def even confirmed it when asked about Kashyyyk as I said in the vid so its not completely impossible.

What we are referring to is the fact that Phase 2 clone troopers are coded as Villain characters (even though they are listed under the hero category) which makes them hostile against their own faction when engaging in space battles. Leading to the player joining the CIS and shooting down other clones and republic faction characters during encounters while playing as Clone troopers themselves

I said in the video before its live service cancelation

Its completely possible, EA don't own those assets at all, they made them in contract with Disney (the third party) and depending on that contract it can be completely possible that Disney wanted the right to share and use assets made by Dice for their IP with other projects relating to the same IP. Disney retains the rights to those assets after all.

To each their own. But we can agree that Skywalker saga is still better than most AAA games out there. Personally I love TSS because of the open world fr