LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga uses a new viewing angle than previous games in the series, which means that the days of same-screen LEGO co-op are over. Instead of same-screen co-op, the entire LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga co-op experience is played in split-screen, which isn’t a bad change. The problems arise with the performance of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga when playing in co-op, as the co-op experience is poorly optimized, resulting in all kinds of technical issues and headaches.

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When playing LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga in co-op, fans can count on the game crashing at regular intervals, at least as it pertains to the Xbox Series X version. When playing the game in co-op for a few hours, it’s highly likely that it will crash at least two to three times within that period of time. Other glitches arise as well that may not cause crashes in and of themselves, but still require players to restart the game if they hope to proceed normally.

Most of the LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga co-op crashes seem to be random, but there is one character that can cause the game to crash consistently, at least in our testing. When playing in co-op, if the co-op partner tries to play as Jedi Master Shaak Ti, the game crashes every single time. The first-player can choose Shaak Ti and play as her as much as they want, but the second-player is out of luck. It’s possible that this issue could happen with other members of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’s massive roster as well, but it for sure happens with Shaak Ti.

Another issue that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga players will experience when playing the game in co-op is the character select menu popping up constantly. Certain actions done by the co-op partner seems to trigger the character select menu popping up for the other player. Sometimes this happens when talking to LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga NPCs, other times it seems to be triggered by the other player making a character change.

Whatever the reason for the problem, it’s clear that LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga co-op still needs a lot of work done. The LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga release date was delayed a number of times, but it still could have benefited greatly from some more time in the oven.

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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