Real Lego Figures Vs Skywalker Saga’s Digital Recreations

Let’s start the list off with a fan favorite: the galaxy’s favorite Wookiee and co-pilot, Chewbacca. You can see how TT Games has perfectly replicated the figure’s hair print and molding. Of course, the real figures aren’t quite as vibrant and don’t have all the flexibility of the video game minifigs. Still, side-by-side it’s impressive how close TT Games gets to copying the figure.

Included in Skywalker Saga via a DLC character pack, this is the classic version of the Episode IV-era Obi-Wan Kenobi. Once again, TT Games does a great job matching the details perfectly, including the crude but charming chest print. Oh and if you notice any white dust on the digital figures, that is just snow from hanging out in Hoth during the photo shoot.

Also added via DLC pack, Mando is featured in Skywalker Saga wearing his iconic Beskar armor. My figure, on the right, isn’t wearing his cape because I totally meant to show you how it looks without that piece of fabric installed and not because I just realized, as I write this sentence, that I forgot to put his cape on before the photo. Moving on!

Bib Fortuna, the former lackey of Jabba the Hutt and poster boy of nasty teeth, is one of my favorite minifigs because Lego went and made him his own custom headpiece. And the game recreates it perfectly, but his blue body color is a bit too vibrant in the game compared to the real figure.

Fun fact: C-3PO is named Star Wars character that I have the most copies of in my Lego collection. And I’d don’t mind at all. It’s a good, detailed figure that looks great in the game, too. However, the new 3PO fig released this month looks even better with new dual-molded legs. That new iteration of the classic droid isn’t in Skywalker Saga.

It’s always a shame that Mace Windu didn’t get to do all that much in the prequel films. But you can fix that in Skywalker Saga. Mace Windu can do everything now! And thankfully, his digital minifig is a perfect recreation of the original.

One of the most iconic villains in all of film history and also one of the coolest looking bad guys ever created, Darth Vader is one of the most popular Lego figures out there, and for good reason: Look at that cool helmet and all of those tiny, printed details. Just ignore the dust on my minifig. Instead, imagine it’s also snow, like on the digital Vader to the left.

The original Princess Leia minifig is so charming and simple. A few black lines on her chest, two little dots for eyes, and bright red lips are the features you need because that hairpiece is so instantly and recognizably Princess Leia. Also, while I prefer the newer, more authentic Lego blasters of today, it’s always fun to see the ol’ big tin can and megaphone design from the past show up again.

Look at that dashing smile and those roguish eyes. Who else could it be, but Han Solo the galaxy’s most heroic (if not always successful) smuggler. It’s amazing how much swagger Lego was able to squeeze out of that face print and hair, but it works and continues to work in the game, too.

With the Darth Maul minfig, the devs at TT Games cheated a bit. And I get why they did it. If you look at the real-life figure, you’ll see a very obvious gap between the bottom head and the upper horns piece. In Skywalker Saga, this gap has been magically erased and the headpiece looks much better as a result. Take note, Lego, and maybe release a new, one-piece molded head for Maul and other zabraks in the future!

The humble Stormtrooper. Nothing fancy about this grunt and that means the digital version is a nearly perfect duplicate of the original toy. However, it seems like TT Games used the black hands from the original trilogy troopers for the First Order variant, which isn’t accurate to the fig and its white hands. Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder.

Due to a lack of a photo mode, it’s tricky to get nice comparison shots for Lego Star Wars vehicles, like Luke’s famous landspeeder. But with a bit of work and editing magic, I was able to create this comparison image of the digital speeder and the real-world Lego version. Unless you look very closely, it’s hard to notice any difference. (Stare a bit longer and you might spot the missing studs on the windshield piece.)

Let’s end this list with another famous vehicle piloted by Luke Skywalker. This time it’s his X-Wing from A New Hope. Again, TT Games mostly nails the digital version of this fantastic Lego set. Just don’t look too closely at the nose piece. Stop. I told you to NOT do that...

This is of course not all of the figures or ships in the game, but even with this limited sample, you can see just how great TT Games is at recreating Lego figures and pieces in a video game. Sure, there are some minor differences and cheats, but by and large, most of the sets and figs are 1:1 copies of their real-life counterparts.

This is all very awesome and impressive, but also very annoying as a Lego fan because whenever I play the game I just get sad about not having all of these sets and figures. Then I go on eBay and buy some of the older sets and... well this is an expensive hobby.