workaround for the Takodana “Finn / Han / Chewie” soft-lock on PS5 (I finally recovered my save)
After spending days trying to fix this bug, I wanted to share everything I learned in case it helps someone else.
The bug
I accepted a side mission on Naboo that required me to travel to Takodana to recover an artifact.
While searching for the artifact, the game unexpectedly triggered the Episode VII Takodana sequence with FN-2199 (“TRAITOR!”), even though I was NOT playing the Episode VII story.
After that:
I became permanently stuck as Finn, Han Solo and Chewbacca.
Character switching was completely disabled.
The game behaved as if I was still inside a story mission.
Restarting the game, restarting the PS5, replaying missions, traveling to other planets, etc. did not help.
Episode VII was already completed 100%, and I had no active missions left.
WB Games Support
I contacted WB Games Support.
They replied that they had no additional troubleshooting steps to offer. They forwarded my report to the developers, but they also said they cannot guarantee that the game will receive another patch or that this issue will ever be fixed.
What finally worked
Fortunately, I had a backup save from about two months before the bug occurred.
After restoring that backup, I intentionally reproduced the bug again.
This time I did something different:
Flew to Takodana.
Collected the artifact.
Let the FN-2199 (“TRAITOR!”) fight trigger.
Finished the fight.
Do NOT fly away. Do NOT continue exploring.
Immediately open the Episode menu and choose Switch to Free Play.
That immediately restored character switching.
Current state
The major soft-lock is gone and my save is playable again.
Takodana is still partially bugged:
Every time I travel to Takodana, the game automatically spawns the Millennium Falcon.
Finn, Han Solo and Chewbacca are automatically selected, even if I arrived with different characters and another ship.
However, I can freely switch characters again, so the game is completely playable. The only remaining issue is that Takodana always loads with that default trio.
Hopefully this helps someone
I found many old Reddit posts where people never found a solution.
This is not a perfect fix, but it completely removed the character lock for me and saved my playthrough.
If you have this exact Takodana bug, I’d really like to know whether this workaround also works for you.