New Lego Star Wars’ ‘child flight’ exploit lets you hover by attacking a kid

In an era of speedrunning, social media, and walkthrough videos, it’s easy to find tricks to get ahead in a game. Maybe that’s a broken build that allows you to use a great weapon, or a secret wall hiding loot. Or, if you’re an enterprising Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga player, you can use this cool new feature called “child flight” to cross distances by whaling on an unkillable baby Anakin with a lightsaber.

In action, it’s truly a sight to behold. This is how it works. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaWe see Qui-Gon Jinn crossing a chasm with Anakin, a propeller that is fueled by lightsaber strikes. Probably not the most ethical thing, might rack up some Dark Side points, but it’s undeniably effective.

It is often difficult, or even impossible, to kill or harm children through video games. However, there have been clever ways to get around the restriction for as long as they exist. Fallout For example, players would steal children from their homes and stash timed explosives inside to detonate later.

“I play a lot of [Devil May Cry] and other combo games and saw this game had similar combat,” Red Orb told Polygon through Twitter. “Was trying stuff on enemies at first, they don’t have enough health, tried on the AI player 2 and that worked better but still too short to be fun. Eventually, I accidentally hit the child Anakin and he didn’t take damage. From there I just used him as a dummy and found the easiest air loop.”