head to head
Neither is meaningfully harder - they pose close to the same test. The widest gap is execution, and it is a single point.

Optimization · Practiced Mastery
All six Star Wars films compiled into one forgiving LEGO action-adventure collection.

Optimization · Pure Optimization
Comedy adventure puzzles solved by matching the right sticker to the right head.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans Optimization (Practiced Mastery); Stick it to the Man! leans Optimization (Pure Optimization).
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga leans a little harder on execution, though the gap is small.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Simple combat and jumps, death barely punished
Stick it to the Man!
Simple platforming with no twitch ceiling
Same score on reads - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Fixed enemy scripts, nothing models you
Stick it to the Man!
Mind-reading is a story device, not opponent modelling
Same score on variance - which means the number cannot separate them. The difference is in what each one asks of you.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Deterministic levels with known secrets
Stick it to the Man!
Every gag and sticker puzzle is scripted
Stick it to the Man! leans a little harder on optimization, though the gap is small.
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Completion routing, stud multipliers and unlock order
Stick it to the Man!
Matching stickers to puzzle locks is the core test
A matching score does not mean a matching test. Two games can both sit at 10 on execution and demand completely different things of you - which is why the reasoning above matters more than the number beside it.