LEGO Star Wars’ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku

LEGO Star Wars’ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku

Crash-landing on Jakku after escaping The Finalizer, rebellious Stormtrooper FN-2187 fears his newfound Resistance friend dead. But Poe Dameron survived to fight another day, and the latest LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens DLC explains how. It’s pretty dumb.

There was much hyping of the special missions in LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how they would fill in gaps and lore the movie didn’t touch. Some of them, like Rathtar Hunting with Han Solo or finding out how C-3PO got his red arm, are pretty great.

The one I was most looking forward to however, was the DLC showing how Poe Dameron survived the crash on Jakku. Was he swallowed by the sand and forced to survive a harsh underground environment? Did he somehow eject before impact?

Nothing quite so exciting. It turns out Finn is just really bad at rescuing people.

LEGO Star Wars’ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku
I mean yeah, comedy, but still.

I mean yeah, comedy, but still.

Basically left for dead while Finn runs off to hang out with his platonic soulmate, Poe must struggle to…

LEGO Star Wars’ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku
That’s the luck of the incredibly handsome and charming for you.

That’s the luck of the incredibly handsome and charming for you.

OK, an alien finds him. A nice alien, who is more than willing to take Poe to his village to call for pickup.

The developers try to make Poe’s “Quest” for survival exciting. There’s a short vehicle chase in which Poe and his new friend must escape from raiders. Then the pair must liberate the village from those same raiders, which involves both a single multi-build puzzle and a cover shooting sequence with 10 whole enemies to dispatch.

LEGO Star Wars’ Lame Explanation Of How Poe Survived Crashing On Jakku
Six more to go.

Six more to go.

Ultimately it’s all padding, and not a whole lot of it. The entire mission, which cost $4.65 (free to season pass holders), was over in about 12 minutes. That’s the whole thing in the video atop the post.

I suppose I shouldn’t have expected too much adventure and excitement in a level bridging a movie gap for a character that was originally supposed to die. Still, this is kind of silly and sad.

At least it isn’t console exclusive?


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