What is Your Favorite Lego Star Wars Year?

[JackJonespaw]

I've been wondering, what is everyone's favorite Lego Star Wars year? I've composed a list to see what sets came in which year.

1999

7101 Lightsaber Duel

7110 Landspeeder

7111 Droid Fighter

7121 Naboo Swamp

7128 Speeder Bikes

7130 Snowspeeder

7131 Anakin's Podracer

7140 X-Wing Fighter

7141 Naboo Fighter

7150 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing

7151 Sith Infiltrator

7161 Gungan Sub

7171 Mos Espa Podrace

2000

3343 Star Wars #4

7115 Gungan Patrol

7124 Flash Speeder

7155 Trade Federation AAT

7159 Star Wars Bucket

7184 Trade Federation MTT

8000 Technic Pit Droid

8001 Technic Battle Droid

8002 Technic Destoryer Droid

3340 Star Wars #1

7144 Slave I

3341 Star Wars #2

3342 Star Wars #3

7104 Desert Skiff

7134 A-Wing Fighter

7181 TIE Interceptor

7190 Millennium Falcon

7191 X-wing Fighter

2001

10018 Darth Maul Bust

10019 Rebel Blockade Runner

7106 Droid Escape

7126 Battle Droid Carrier

7127 Imperial AT-ST

7146 TIE Fighter

7166 Imperial Shuttle

7186 Watto's Junkyard

8007 TECHNIC C-3PO

8008 TECHNIC Stormtrooper

2002

7103 Jedi Duel

7113 Tusken Raider Encounter

7119 Twin-Pod Cloud Car

7133 Bounty Hunter Pursuit

7139 Ewok Attack

7142 X-Wing Fighter

7143 Jedi Starfighter

7152 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing

7153 Jango Fetts Slave I

7163 Republic Gunship

7194 Yoda

7200 Final Duel I

7201 Final Duel II

7203 Jedi Defense I

7204 Jedi Defense II

8009 TECHNIC R2-D2

8010 TECHNIC Darth Vader

8011 TECHNIC Jango Fett

8012 TECHNIC Super Battle Droid

10026 Special Edition Naboo Starfighter

10030 Imperial Star Destroyer

2003

4475 Jabba's Message

4476 Jabba's Prize

4477 T-16 Skyhopper

4478 Geonosian Fighter

4479 TIE Bomber

4480 Jabba's Palace

4481 Hailfire Droid

4482 AT-TE

4483 AT-AT

4484 Mini X-Wing Fighter & TIE Advanced

4485 Mini Sebulba's Podracer & Anakin's Podracer

4486 Mini AT-ST & Snowspeeder

4487 Mini Jedi Starfighter & Slave I

4488 Mini Millennium Falcon

4489 Mini AT-AT

4490 Mini Republic Gunship

4491 Mini MTT

4502 X-wing Fighter

10123 Cloud City

2004

10129 Rebel Snowspeeder

10131 TIE Collection

10134 UCS Y-Wing Attack Starfighter

4492 Mini Star Destroyer

4493 Mini Sith Infiltrator

4494 Mini Imperial Shuttle

4495 Mini AT-TE

10129 Rebel Snowspeeder

4501 Mos Eisley Cantina

4502 X-Wing Fighter

4504 Millennium Falcon

6963 X-Wing Fighter

6964 Mini Boba Fett's Slave I

6965 Mini TIE Interceptor

7262 TIE Fighter & Y-Wing

2005

6966 Mini Jedi Starfighter

6967 Mini ARC-170 Starfighter

6968 Mini Wookiee Attack

7250 Clone Scout Walker

7251 Darth Vader Transformation

7252 Droid Tri-Fighter

7255 General Grievous Chase

7256 Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid

7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel

7258 Wookiee Attack

7259 ARC-170 Starfighter

7260 Wookiee Catamaran

7261 Clone Turbo Tank

7263 TIE Fighter

7264 Imperial Inspection

7283 Ultimate Space Battle

10143 Death Star II

10144 Sandcrawler

2006

6205 V-Wing Fighter

6206 TIE Interceptor

6207 A-Wing Fighter

6208 B-Wing Fighter

6209 Slave I

6210 Jabba's Sail Barge

6211 Imperial Star Destroyer

6212 X-Wing Fighter

7261 Clone Turbo Tank

10174 Ultimate Collector's AT-ST

10175 Vader's TIE Advanced

2007

10178 Motorized Walking AT-AT

10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon

7654 Droids Battle Pack

7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack

7656 General Grievous' Starfighter

7657 AT-ST

7658 Y-Wing Fighter

7659 Imperial Landing Craft

7660 Naboo N-1 Starfighter and Vulture Droid

7661 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring

7662 Trade Federation MTT

7663 Sith Infiltrator

7664 TIE Crawler

7665 Republic Cruiser

7666 Hoth Rebel Base

2008

10186 General Grievous

10188 Death Star

20006 Mini Clone Turbo Tank

7667 Imperial Dropship

7668 Rebel Scout Speeder

7669 Anakin's Jedi Starfighter

7670 Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid

7671 AT-AP Walker

7672 Rogue Shadow

7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter

7674 V-19 Torrent

7675 AT-TE Walker

7676 Republic Attack Gunship

7678 Droid Gunship

7679 Republic Fighter Tank

7680 The Twilight

7681 Separatist Spider Droid

8019 Republic Attack Shuttle

8028 Mini TIE Fighter

8029 Mini Snowspeeder

8031 Mini V-19 Torrent

2009

10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT

10198 Tantive IV

20007 Mini Republic Attack Cruiser

20009 AT-TE Walker

20010 Republic Gunship

30004 Battle Droid on STAP

30005 Imperial Speeder Bike

30006 Clone Walker

7748 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid

7749 Echo Base

7751 Ahsoka's Starfighter and Vulture Droid

7752 Count Dooku's Solar Sailer

7753 Pirate Tank

7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser

7778 Midi-scale Millennium Falcon

8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack

8015 Assassin Droids Battle Pack

8016 Hyena Droid Bomber

8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter

8018 Armoured Assault Tank (AAT)

8019 Republic Attack Shuttle

8031 Mini V-19 Torrent

8033 Mini General Grievous' Starfighter

8036 Separatist Shuttle

8037 Anakin's Y-Wing Starfighter

8038 The Battle of Endor

8039 Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser

2010

10212 Imperial Shuttle

10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter

8083 Rebel Trooper Battle Pack

8084 Snowtrooper Battle Pack

8085 Freeco Speeder

8086 Droid Tri-Fighter

8087 TIE Defender

8088 ARC-170 Starfighter

8089 Hoth Wampa Cave

8091 Republic Swamp Speeder

8092 Luke's Landspeeder

8093 Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter

8095 General Grievous' Starfighter

8096 Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle

8097 Slave I

8098 Clone Turbo Tank

8099 Midi-Scale Imperial Star Destroyer

8128 Cad Bane's Speeder

8129 AT-AT Walker

2011

10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer

7868 Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter

7869 Battle For Geonosis

7877 Naboo Starfighter

7879 Hoth Echo Base

7913 Clone Trooper Battle Pack

7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack

7915 Imperial V-wing Starfighter

7929 The Battle of Naboo

7930 Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship

7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle

7956 Ewok Attack

7957 Sith Nightspeeder

7959 Geonosian Starfighter

7961 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator

7962 Anakin Skywalker and Sebulba's Podracers

7964 Republic Frigate

7965 Millennium Falcon

2012

9488 Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack

9489 Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack

9490 Droid Escape

9491 Geonosian Cannon

9492 TIE Fighter

9493 X-wing Starfighter

9494 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor

9495 Gold Leader's Y-wing

9496 Skiff

9497 Republic Striker Starfighter

9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter

9499 Gungan Sub

9500 Fury Class Interceptor

9509 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

9515 Malevolence

9516 Jabba's Palace

9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter

9526 Palpatine's Arrest

9674 Naboo Starfighter & Naboo

9675 Sebulba's Podracer & Tatooine

9676 TIE Interceptor & Death Star

9677 X-wing Starfighter & Yavin 4

9678 Twin-pod Cloud Car & Bespin

9679 AT-ST & Endor

10225 R2-D2

10227 B-Wing

I know this is a long list, but you don't have to read it all. It's just for clarifying.

[StoutFiles]

2006, for its devotion to the OT. Every set from that wave was a winner.

[prateek]

2006 for the same reason as StoutFiles. Every set that year was pure awesome

[fyrmedhatt]

2006 and 2007 were both great years from what I see with some notable sets, the 62xx line of 2006 is especially great, but 2007 had the UCS Falcon plus a good all-around selection of sets.

If one thinks about the single greatest year to buy Lego Star Wars it would have been 2008, everything converged on that year, where arguably the three best Star Wars sets were available; 10030, 10179 and 10188!, plus all the sets from 2006-2008, maybe even the 10144 Sandcrawler and 10143 Death Star II.

2000 was also a good year, with the advent of the UCS series, as well as the first Falcon.

I have a feeling that 2012 will also be considered a great year for Star Wars, with the incredible winter line-up already released, plus all the great summer sets with Jabba's Palace, the Skiff and Gungan sub, hopefully the UCS sets will also be memorable. I'll be voting for this year, if only to make me feel better about all those years I've missed....

[Brickmamba]

2006 for the same reason as StoutFiles. Every set that year was pure awesome

Anymore room on the wagon? For the same reasons 2006, 05 and 03 come a close 2nd

[Toa_Of_Justice]

Hmm... tough choice!

1999 was the year I introduced myself to LEGO Star Wars, with the simple yet appealing Landspeeder.

Despite having a relatively simple design, the A-Wing of 2000 appeals to me (and has no stickers, unlike the 2006 version).

2002 brought lots of new curves and angles into LEGO sets in general, and I really like the Jedi Starfighter.

2003 had the Minis and the T-16 Skyhopper. I really liked those.

2005's Episode III sets (especially the Droid Tri-Fighter) were very well designed in my opinion (except for the stickers).

I enjoyed 2006's V-Wing Fighter.

2007 brought the UCS Millennium Falcon, which I enjoyed building with my dad over many weekends.

2010 had the awesome TIE Defender.

In the end, I chose 2003, since that's the year in which I own the most LEGO Star Wars sets.

-Toa Of Justice

[Lord Of The Fries]

2008 was my favourite. The Death Star came out then as well as the CW sets which look pretty awesome (apart from the minifigures )

[WampaStomper]

2012, for serious attention to detail and quite a few great sets

[CaptainCRO]

Probably 2007- MTT + UCS MF

[MstrOfPppts]

I'm more into Clone Wars from these series and a big minifig fan, so I'd have to go with either 2010 or 2011. All the cool characters from the series that were released in these years ... but I think 2010 wins it for Aayla and Bane!

[lego envy]

6 for me too...

[JackJonespaw]

I'll have to go with 2004, since that was when I really started to get into Lego Star Wars, with the Mos Eisley Cantina.

[tafkatb]

Not to get all hipster on you ("Their first album was better!") but I gotta say 1999. That was before my dark ages, and I got nearly the entire first wave (looking back I wonder how the hell I afforded it all), so there's significant nostalgia value. I remember saving up all summer to get the Mos Espa Podrace and TIE Fighter & Y-Wing sets and staying up late into the night building them.

Edited February 16, 2012 by Tragic Banjo

[Poison Ivy]

2008 was my favourite. The Death Star came out then as well as the CW sets which look pretty awesome (apart from the minifigures )

I agree, LOTF. Maybe 2013 could prove to be better (Especially if it has Nightsisters sets ), but 2008 is the winner for me.

[Brickdoctor]

'03. The MINI sets came out, and there were a number of OT sets with rarer minifigs (Skyhopper pilot, Jabba, Bib Fortuna, Dagobah Luke, yellow Slave Leia, etc.), plus only three of the System sets were PT, and those were all sets I wouldn't mind having. (big grey Technic wheels, original Clones clones, and original Geonosians) And even though I don't have it, I think the '03 AT-AT was the best AT-AT TLG's done yet.

[Nom Carver]

2006 for me, a good selection of OT sets still with the lego feel on them and all before the CW curse

[Mr Man]

I'm certain there has been a similar thread in the last year, but I can't for the life of me find it . Anyway 1999 for me.

[Otum]

2011, because TLC gave a free 10221-UCS Super Star Destroyer to our magazine for review.

[LegoDad]

I went with 2007, but '06-'08 were all good years. The 6200 series and 7600 series were great. 10179 just pushes it over the top, greatest set of all time.

[Commander_Rob]

Anywhere from '05 to '08 really, but went for 2008 in the end: Death Star, Imperial and Rebel BPs, AT-TE.

[Mr.Macgyver]

I would say 2006 which brought us a wonderful B-wing, Star Destroyer and Sail Barge but, with the fantastic new TIE this year, new X-wing, Y-Wing, Jabba's Palace AND a new B-wing (which I am assuming will be great if it's anything like the new TIE) I will say 2012 does it for me!

[Fuppylodders]

2008 does it for me... That is the year the republic gunship was released, and although I started collecting (with that as my first item) at about 2010, its the year that has my current most favs in it... the RGS, AT-TE, V19 torrent, republic fighter tank... I just think they were really good designs/builds

[Commander Colt]

Ehh...after much consideration I'd have to go with the year 2006 because of its great V, X, and A-Wing which I got all of as well as the spacious and excellent Star Destroyer and the first good Slave I. The best part about it was how back then they all also had decent prices on the sets...before this new inflationary craze. Although the two UCS sets from that year did not seem to sell too well, they went on sale, and then sold well. I do regret not getting that TIE Advanced... Another set I missed that I have regretted is the tie interceptor that I soon jealously saw at a friends house. Of course no crazy clone wars madness was also nice and the small number of sets made sure the ones that remained were good. I have to say though among all of those sets I have become most enthused with the tiny little v-wing which was so cheap, but with a few modifications, was so great! At this point however, mine has little left of the original.

[aoxoa]

2010!!! Bought Vader's Tie Fighter first and have spent a fortune since. Loved the Slave I and the Tantive, and since I missed the UCS MF, the shuttle is my favorite set. Had not built any Lego since I was a Lego manic as a kid and had always wanted to buy some Star Wars stuff. (My EX wouldn't let me) But, I sure had a lot lego fun in 2010!!!

[Blondie-Wan]

It's so hard to choose a year solely for the sets; each year has something great that the other years don't (though part of me is tempted to go with 2007 just for the UCS Millennium Falcon, a set I desperately wish I'd been able to get).

I think I may go with 2002, simply because that's the year I finally succumbed and started getting LEGO sets again for the first time in eons, and did so thanks to Star Wars; it's also a year for which, remarkably, I've managed to get most of the sets (even though I didn't get all of them that year).