LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has a Xenoblade Easter egg
Posted on April 5, 2022 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released on Switch this week, and Nintendo fans might be interested to know that the game has a pretty amazing Xenoblade Easter egg.
Adam Howden is the voice of Shulk, the star of the original Xenoblade Chronicles. Howden also ended up working on The Skywalker Saga and you can hear his voice by talking with the “Disco Director” NPC. Speak to him and the character will say, “Now THIS is a party! I’m really feeling it!”
Xenoblade fans will definitely remember “I’m really feeling it” as one of Shulk’s classic battle lines in the RPG. Nintendo even featured the quote when Shulk was announced for Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS a few years ago.
Here’s a look at Howden saying the Xenoblade line in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga:
We also have some apparent insight into the situation from someone claiming to have worked on LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga. Reddit user DideoVameGeveloper said:
I worked on LSWTSS. When I heard that Adam Howden would be providing his voice to the game, I tried to work in a Xenoblade reference somewhere.
I managed to get this one in on the last puzzle I worked on.
I wasn’t in the booth when he was recording, but I had an email from the script editor at the time. He said that Adam was initially unsure about the line, but after being told that it was a Xenoblade reference, he nailed it. He was happy to hear that it was indeed a Xenoblade reference.
DideoVameGeveloper later added about the Xenoblade Easter egg in LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga that it “took a long time and a handful of failed attempts before we found a place where we could put it”.
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga can be purchased now on Switch. Check out our review of the game here.
