Directed by Ken Cunningham from a script by David Shayne, it is produced by Lucasfilm Animation and The Lego Group alongside Atomic Cartoons.

On the first Life Day after the defeat of the First Order in The Rise of Skywalker, Rey trains Finn to be a Jedi,[a] but becomes angry with herself for their lack of progress.

[b] On Kordoku, Rey finds the "key", which she discovers is a crystal capable of time travel to previous Life Days via a portal.

This includes Luke Skywalker training on Dagobah with Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi on their trade dispute mission in The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan and a young Anakin Skywalker on their way to protect Padmé Amidala in Attack of the Clones and Luke blowing up the first Death Star in A New Hope.

After Rey sees these events she and BB-8 accidentally end-up hearing Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine plotting inside the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi.

Luke and Rey defeat Palpatine, who is thrown into the reactor shaft by Vader, as in the original timeline, due to his mistreatment after learning of their fates.

[2] The concept for the special was conceived by director Ken Cunningham when he was requested by The Lego Group and Lucasfilm Animation to help develop content based on the Star Wars franchise.

[4] The writers drew inspiration from several Christmas specials, such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Planes, Trains and Automobiles, as they felt their storytelling and lessons about family were "inherent" to the Star Wars franchise, and choose to explore Rey's burden as the last Jedi and how that isolates her from her friends.

[3] According to director Ken Cunnigham, the animators wanted the special to have as much of a cinematic quality as possible, having been inspired by the videogame Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

The site's critics consensus reads: "The Force isn't fully with this Lego Star Wars adventure, but its affectionate franchise callbacks and self-aware humor should please fans looking to spend their holidays in a galaxy far, far away".