The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey To Batuu boldly goes to an outpost on Batuu, a popular holiday planet for Federation officers seeking a walk on the wild side. There, you can flirt with fascism for funsies, join a rebellion, or just hang out being a scoundrel (the Riker approach). You can befriend famous folks like Rey Palpatine Skywalker and Kylo Ren, though you can’t really Riker it up with them - unless you use cheats. You can even build your own laser sword, which I imagine will be useful for any Vulcan pon farr ritual combat. Then you get to bring keepsakes home with new items and character customisation doodads. The Sims 4 Star Wars: Journey To Batuu is available now on Steam and Origin for £18/€20/$20. The Origin page details all the Create-A-Sim and Build Mode items in the pack. It’s also on Xbone and PS4. The Sims veering into Star Wars is not what anyone expected, and not what many fans desired. This combined with other concerns and boiled over, leading EA to make a statement acknowledging discontent. They noted that yes, “cars, babies, farms and bunk beds” are requested frequently and tried to defuse future disappointment by saying no, they’re not in the next expansion either. They noted that sometimes there is “foundational technology we need to work through” before they can add certain big new features. And yup, they said they have plans for representation beyond the improved skin tones coming later this year.
