LEGO Star Wars 2025 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[CloneCommando99]

3 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

There's also a possibility that we get George Lucas thrown into the Death Star as well. Feige was with the Avengers Tower, so there's a non-zero chance it could happen. 

I doubt it. Kevin Feige blended in as a civilian minifig.

The Death Star has no such excuse to include a George Lucas in his iconic shirt.

[TotoMagnus]

14 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I doubt it. Kevin Feige blended in as a civilian minifig.

The Death Star has no such excuse to include a George Lucas in his iconic shirt.

Only possibility for me would be a stormtrooper with his head. 

[Flawless Cowboy]

14 minutes ago, TotoMagnus said:

Only possibility for me would be a stormtrooper with his head. 

George Lucas DOES make a cameo in Episode III, they could kill two birds with one stone in another set

[Darth_Bane13]

I feel like a lot of people here are being a dramatic when it comes to the number of Clone Wars sets, We don't even have pictures yet and people are already saying it's the worst year of Lego Star Wars. We've had a decent number of OT sets the past 5 years so I don't think anyone is really starved. There were years when we had mostly Sequel and OT sets, it's just how it is sometimes.

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

There were years when we had mostly Sequel and OT sets, it's just how it is sometimes.

We never had a year where 90% of the playsets were based on the same subtheme though  And they dropped the ball on the minifig selection of some of the sets as well, which we can judge even without pictures. Clone Bros ate way better in the last 10 years that non-Clone Bros eat this year

[JohnTPT17]

44 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I doubt it. Kevin Feige blended in as a civilian minifig.

The Death Star has no such excuse to include a George Lucas in his iconic shirt.

He could always just hang out on a plaque - most of the UCS Star Wars ships have had them, and I don't see them making one that would sit 40 minifigs.

3 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I feel like a lot of people here are being a dramatic when it comes to the number of Clone Wars sets, We don't even have pictures yet and people are already saying it's the worst year of Lego Star Wars. We've had a decent number of OT sets the past 5 years so I don't think anyone is really starved. There were years when we had mostly Sequel and OT sets, it's just how it is sometimes.

This is basically how I feel too. 2026 could very well go back to more OT stuff. We still have an X-Wing, TIE Fighter, TIE Bomber, a Tannitive Boarding set, the 40755 "Battle Pack," Jabba's Sail Barge, and more still available on store shelves - OT fans aren't exactly starving in the way that Sequel Fans are, who only have  the UCS Falcon as a way to get Rey and Finn (not counting Sith Rey).

2 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

And they dropped the ball on the minifig selection of some of the sets as well, which we can judge even without pictures.

That I will agree with you on. The "Golden Age" Clone Wars/Episode III sets had 2-3 unique Jedi per ship, plus Battle Packs which were much cheaper.

[Brickwraith]

I truly think the issue with this wave lies with the fact that so much of it is 18+ sets. We've never had them this dominant before and thus there is less playsets to have variety with in the first place. When we got 35 playsets a year it didn't matter if 20 were based on one thing, there were still lots of slots to go around. But when there is only what, like 10 playsets in a year, having 8 be prequel era sets hurts more for people who don't want them.

[Flawless Cowboy]

47 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We never had a year where 90% of the playsets were based on the same subtheme though  And they dropped the ball on the minifig selection of some of the sets as well, which we can judge even without pictures. Clone Bros ate way better in the last 10 years that non-Clone Bros eat this year

We’re getting a thousand-dollar OT set with (allegedly) 40 figures. Price aside, the collector subthemes skew very heavily in favor of the OT. Playsets are designed for new generations of kids, what released five to ten years ago will have no bearing on what releases today, because today kids want clones, and they’ll want clones tomorrow, and the day after that they’ll want even more clones. So the market responds. The “adult who has tons of playsets from ten years ago and wants different playsets now” is a tiny fraction of the buying base especially ever since Lego introduced curated lines for “adults”.

Edited January 28 by Flawless Cowboy

[Rwbricks]

5 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Balance is the key word here. Star Wars films / shows / media in general has such a wide breadth that you’ll have fans of everything. For the most part, Lego have been doing a good job catering to fans of all eras and new media over the past few years which is why the almost singular focus of this summer is giving whiplash to quite a few of us.

Anyway, basing the majority of the summer sets on TCW isn’t so much the problem, but it’s the seeming lack of new characters outside of new clone leaders and legions (and no, Aayla Secura and Ki-Adi Mundi aren’t exactly anything to write home about). A new Dooku, Magnaguard, Separatist Leaders etc. would’ve gone a long way in making these sets far more interesting than just more clones in more colours, and I say this as a big TCW fan.

I definitely agree with your first paragraph. Hopefully 2026 is more balanced.  

In regards to the second paragraph, I do like the fact that this year, we’re getting Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Ki-Adi Mundi, Aayla Secura, Plo Koon, and Asajj Ventress. Granted, I will not be getting the sets with them (except for Plo), and more new/overdue characters would be even better. Still, part of me is glad not all sets are solely clones, and that characters are returning after being unavailable for a while. 
 

The new Slave I is interesting. As someone who doesn’t have Jango but was not going to get the UCS, I am happy at this opportunity. However, I wonder how they’ll handle the minifigures, specifically Jango. Will it be like Rex, where the same Jango is reused? Or will it be like C-3PO, where they create a new part so that the more detailed one remains exclusive?

[ArrowBricks]

So, it seems the rumours are true. 75433 is a play-scale Jango’s Slave One. 707 pieces, $70 certainly suggests a better version than Boba’s latest one from the Mandalorian S2. 

I have seen some suggest this move will see LEGO is “Cannibalising” their own UCS sales and then will be used against UCS Prequels sets.

I think this is a logical assumption to make. Obviously, given the time between the previous release of Jango’s Slave One there is an appetite for all things Jango, Slave One, Attack of the Clones. Naturally, if the UCS existed on its own, fans are more likely to channel their fervour into purchasing the UCS set. But with a playscale version over a quarter the price, fans could well decide the playscale set meets their demand. 

I do think these suggestions are borne from fear. After all, in a UCS context LEGO handled the Gunship poorly. More broadly, Prequels fans are frustrated at the quality of sets being released - inaccuracies, downsizes, minifigure quality, all whilst prices are increasing. We know the drill and arguably this is happening across the board but it feels more prominent given the proliferation of Prequel sets in this decade. 

However, I actually think it will increase UCS sales. That is because the playscale set won’t satisfy some teenagers and most AFOLs given its predicted size vs the sheer scale and detail of the UCS set. Even if Jango and Boba are exactly the same versions in the UCS set, fans will want the Kaminoan. Moreover, I think fans will take the opportunity to display both sets next to each other. Hence, I think fans will channel their love for Jango into both the playscale and the UCS set. Furthermore, this will give fans with a lesser budget, a great opportunity to enjoy this iconic ship - a prequel set, too. 

Combine that with the helmet - you’ve got yourself a Jango Fett collection. I have no idea for the rationale of this collection, but I am not complaining one bit. It’s refreshing. 

Edited January 28 by ArrowBricks

[Lobot]

I'm going to be in the minority, but I'm really hoping that the new UCS Death Star will be an upgraded 10143 (i.e. purely a display model, based on Return Of The Jedi). My concern is that if LEGO try to integrate any sort of internal sections or 'play' features it's likely to heavily compromised.  In addition, if they do I'd guess that they'll base it on the original Death Star simply to ensure that the weight will be distributed more evenly.  The second Death Star would make a far more interesting model, with all of the exposed inner structure; I'll be amazed if a fully enclosed/plated version will look anywhere near as amazing as that would be.  40 minifigures though sounds incredible - all we need is a nice display for them - similar to the one with Jabba's Sailbarge! 

It could be a great year for LEGO Star Wars - I can't wait for the first images of the UCS Slave 1 

[Swordy]

4 hours ago, TotoMagnus said:

Some context regarding the Chewbacca info:

His cohost (who doesn’t have any leak information whatsoever) was assuming that we could get new alien moulds with so many figures to which Max replied that the Empire does not have that many Aliens within their ranks and the only Alien minifigure is Chewie. 

Thank you for the context, that makes more sense.

3 hours ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

1. Because they haven’t done one since 2002 and they’ve done like five Boba’s in a row.

2. Because they already did in 2015, a set that retired relatively recently in 2018. 
3. Because playsets and UCS sets are marketed towards completely different demographics with little overlap. 

 1. Yes, but isn’t that the point of the UCS Slave 1? I mean, it is moreso adults than kids (the different demographics with little overlap, as you call it) who remember Jango’s Slave 1 from Episode 2. I can see an argument for a playscale version in absence of a UCS version. That scenario would be the result of TLG believing a playset Jango Slave 1 won’t sell as well as a UCS version would, which is contradicted by the set choice.

 2. You know how many presidents ago 2015 and even 2018 are? I love (Boba Fett’s) Slave 1, but I can’t and won’t shell out any sort of money when I know I’m overpaying, no matter what it is. The 2015 Slave 1 will keep going up in value anyway, so TLG could “generously” offer a new Boba Slave 1 (again, the more iconic of the two, which will draw in both Prequel and Original fans) and make just as much, if not more than with a Jango Slave 1. This case assumes TLG believes a UCS Jango Slave 1 won’t sell as well as a playset version would, which is contradicted by this set choice.

 3. Then what kid wants a blue version of the cool ship that Boba flys in The Mandalorian? It’s pointless to me to offer to versions of the exact same ship in the exact same colour scheme in the exact same year.  No, this isn’t a case similar to the Batman Tumbler—in that scenario, the larger was a display model with no intention of minifig compatibility, while the smaller offered that very thing. The more expensive (and one tha takes up more shelf space) set had less value than the less expensive and more easily produced one. The Slave 1 is a unique kind of ship where a smaller set is less character-compatible than a larger version, which defeats the entire purpose of a playset. It’s supposed to be a large, hefty spacecraft, not some nimble starfighter.

To summarize, one can make the argument for a playset Slave 1 OR for a UCS Slave 1, but one can’t make the argument for BOTH in the same year. It’s a waste of a slot in a year full of wasted slots. More creativity in set choice could’ve been taken to avert this outcome.

[Mandalorianknight]

4 hours ago, Swordy said:

My speculative mind now latches onto “singular focus of this [year]”. Could this be a new strategy going forward, even if it is a poor one? I wonder what I’ll be saying next year if that summer wave is all the OT sets I’m dreaming up this year.

Started thinking about the figs in the Maul mech. If mechs are starting to come with two figs, maybe we could see a surprise second in the Maul mech? It’s allegedly TCW-based, which would imply potentially Obi-Wan as a “villain” (but let’s not go there again)—perhaps an earlier seasons reuse from the V-19 or a new latter seasons version? Maybe the Obi-Wan in the V-19 is from Season 3 to match with the Ahsoka and Anakin from January?

Realistically I hope not- imbalance is a bad thing even if it's imbalance in terms of the stuff I want- but I also would 100% enjoy the schadenfreude of all the clone bros melting down over a different part of the fandom getting what they got the previous year.

3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

There's also a possibility that we get George Lucas thrown into the Death Star as well. Feige was with the Avengers Tower, so there's a non-zero chance it could happen. 

Unfortunately I do not think this ends up happening. IIRC they couldn't get the rights to Stan Lee for the AT. George doesn't work with Lucasfilm anymore, so while possible (I don't think he has a personal licensing agency like stan) it's not nearly as simple as it was with Kevin.

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We never had a year where 90% of the playsets were based on the same subtheme though  And they dropped the ball on the minifig selection of some of the sets as well, which we can judge even without pictures. Clone Bros ate way better in the last 10 years that non-Clone Bros eat this year

Yeah- clone bros keep talking about this horrific drought of sets, usually implying it lasted from Disney buying SW to 2020 (if they're being reasonable, but I've seen claims that we'll STILL BE in a clone drought until this wave), and that it was OT domination, but

-The lowered number of prequel sets was 2015-2019 (and let's not forget 2015 still included multiple clone battle packs)

-Those same years, over a full wave of sets each year, sometimes more, was dedicated to the year's new movie.

-There was never a time where clone troopers weren't on shelves at all. The ratios were lower than I'd like to see, but it's not like we went a half decade without clones.

2 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

That I will agree with you on. The "Golden Age" Clone Wars/Episode III sets had 2-3 unique Jedi per ship, plus Battle Packs which were much cheaper.

Did it? the most I can remember is getting a rarer jedi alongside anakin/obi-wan/ahsoka in the larger sets (granted that may have been what you meant, but it's reading to me like "2-3 jedi that were unique")

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

We’re getting a thousand-dollar OT set with (allegedly) 40 figures. Price aside, the collector subthemes skew very heavily in favor of the OT. Playsets are designed for new generations of kids, what released five to ten years ago will have no bearing on what releases today, because today kids want clones, and they’ll want clones tomorrow, and the day after that they’ll want even more clones. So the market responds. The “adult who has tons of playsets from ten years ago and wants different playsets now” is a tiny fraction of the buying base especially ever since Lego introduced curated lines for “adults”.

First of all, the Death Star is one set, out of the price range (or space range) of a huge number of fans, especially children.

Plenty of kids love the OT, and a huge chunk of the clone stuff is coming from young adults who grew up with the prequels as kids and have the specific drive to army build every legion. The general audience still knows Luke/Vader/Yoda more than the prequel cast or ANY clone trooper.

I think furthermore, even if the clone stuff is their unanimous best seller (which I'm not confident on- every clone battle pack released recently sells out day 1 from the clone bros army building, then gets put on 30 discount a few months later at every retailer near me and lags on shelves. I don't think they do poorly per se, but most lego sets around me NEVER go on sale at retailers...), they've overextending by assuming these kids' parents have infinite wallets. Timmy can probably get some sets for his birthday, and Christmas, but when I was a kid, even though lego was pretty much all I asked for, I never got close to buying a full wave, and while my mom wasn't a millionaire or something it's not like we were impoverished. They're going from the nice mix of the last few years of "clone fans buy clone sets, OT fans buy the OT sets, fans of both get a mix, etc" to expecting the clone fans to somehow absorb the market cap of anyone who isn't interested in even more clones. Also they're releasing two Jango's starships in the span of 3 months, which isn't the same exact issue, but is still very funny to me because they're going to cannibalize sales.

3 hours ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

relatively recently in 2018. 

If seven years is relatively recently, no clone fan should be complaining about that dark age because for the entire "dark age" clone sets had released relatively recently. The 2014 stuff would have retired with only a few years between them and the 2020 era starting, meaning that's like, what, yesterday on this scale?

(clearly there was a lack of prequel sets during that time, but now that I've used your timescale on that, could you see how a set retiring 7 years ago might not be all that recent?)

[Flawless Cowboy]

57 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Thank you for the context, that makes more sense.

 1. Yes, but isn’t that the point of the UCS Slave 1? I mean, it is moreso adults than kids (the different demographics with little overlap, as you call it) who remember Jango’s Slave 1 from Episode 2. I can see an argument for a playscale version in absence of a UCS version. That scenario would be the result of TLG believing a playset Jango Slave 1 won’t sell as well as a UCS version would, which is contradicted by the set choice.

 2. You know how many presidents ago 2015 and even 2018 are? I love (Boba Fett’s) Slave 1, but I can’t and won’t shell out any sort of money when I know I’m overpaying, no matter what it is. The 2015 Slave 1 will keep going up in value anyway, so TLG could “generously” offer a new Boba Slave 1 (again, the more iconic of the two, which will draw in both Prequel and Original fans) and make just as much, if not more than with a Jango Slave 1. This case assumes TLG believes a UCS Jango Slave 1 won’t sell as well as a playset version would, which is contradicted by this set choice.

 3. Then what kid wants a blue version of the cool ship that Boba flys in The Mandalorian? It’s pointless to me to offer to versions of the exact same ship in the exact same colour scheme in the exact same year.  No, this isn’t a case similar to the Batman Tumbler—in that scenario, the larger was a display model with no intention of minifig compatibility, while the smaller offered that very thing. The more expensive (and one tha takes up more shelf space) set had less value than the less expensive and more easily produced one. The Slave 1 is a unique kind of ship where a smaller set is less character-compatible than a larger version, which defeats the entire purpose of a playset. It’s supposed to be a large, hefty spacecraft, not some nimble starfighter.

To summarize, one can make the argument for a playset Slave 1 OR for a UCS Slave 1, but one can’t make the argument for BOTH in the same year. It’s a waste of a slot in a year full of wasted slots. More creativity in set choice could’ve been taken to avert this outcome.

1. The UCS set isn’t “moreso” for adults than kids, it’s explicitly for adults in its price, in its attention to detail, and in its fragility and lack of interactivity. It’s for adults nostalgic for the Jango ship from the film. 

2. They’re making a new variant instead of rehashing something that, in UCS years, is indeed “recent” (given that most UCS remakes release over a decade after the retirement of the last version). They’re redoing the same ship, but still offering variety in its color scheme. Collectors who have the 2015 model wont have theirs replaced, and those who don’t have one will have a new UCS Firespray.

3. What kid would want a red version of a gunship that makes an on-screen appearance for all of thirty seconds in a single CW episode?  Lego designers get set fatigue too, so they redo the same sets like the Slave I and Gunship with some variety. I think Lego knows what kids like, and I doubt they didn’t take into consideration the possibility that kids wouldn’t like a blue slave I. I doubt most nine year olds care as much as we do.

43 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

First of all, the Death Star is one set, out of the price range (or space range) of a huge number of fans, especially children.

Plenty of kids love the OT, and a huge chunk of the clone stuff is coming from young adults who grew up with the prequels as kids and have the specific drive to army build every legion.

I already said this. And I’m sure many kids like the OT, but Lego wouldn’t be putting out this many clone sets if kids weren’t loving them even more than the OT sets. And they won’t change their product lineup until their bottom line reflects changing consumer tastes. As for adults bemoaning the clone bros era, I’m pointing out that adult-oriented sets are indeed still dominated by the OT. 

43 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

If seven years is relatively recently, no clone fan should be complaining about that dark age because for the entire "dark age" clone sets had released relatively recently.

Well I’m no clone superfan, but Lego’s timeline for collector and kids sets is radically different. Put differently, there are a lot more seven year olds flooding the market every year who missed out on the last 501st/332nd/41st/whatever set seven years ago, than new adult fans who are entering the market with the same desire to buy a collector set they missed out on years ago. 

Edited January 28 by Flawless Cowboy

[Darth_Bane13]

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

We never had a year where 90% of the playsets were based on the same subtheme though  And they dropped the ball on the minifig selection of some of the sets as well, which we can judge even without pictures. Clone Bros ate way better in the last 10 years that non-Clone Bros eat this year

2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 would beg to differ. Over the last 10 years overall I still think the OT has had the most consistent amount of sets on shelves, especially considering many sequel sets were just recolors of the same vehicles. 

3 hours ago, Brickwraith said:

I truly think the issue with this wave lies with the fact that so much of it is 18+ sets. We've never had them this dominant before and thus there is less playsets to have variety with in the first place. When we got 35 playsets a year it didn't matter if 20 were based on one thing, there were still lots of slots to go around. But when there is only what, like 10 playsets in a year, having 8 be prequel era sets hurts more for people who don't want them.

Yeah pretty much my thoughts as well.

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Realistically I hope not- imbalance is a bad thing even if it's imbalance in terms of the stuff I want- but I also would 100% enjoy the schadenfreude of all the clone bros melting down over a different part of the fandom getting what they got the previous year.

Are the clone bros with us in the room right now? Seriously though I've seen more complaining about clone bros on this forum then actual clone bros. Last year the only clone wars sets we got were a clone battle pack and a micro fighter,  no one was melting down like people on this forum. It's just one year of Lego Star Wars, if you walk into a store the variety is still pretty good, which at the end of the day is more important for the average LEGO fan.

[Mandalorianknight]

29 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 would beg to differ. Over the last 10 years overall I still think the OT has had the most consistent amount of sets on shelves, especially considering many sequel sets were just recolors of the same vehicles. 

Are the clone bros with us in the room right now? Seriously though I've seen more complaining about clone bros on this forum then actual clone bros. Last year the only clone wars sets we got were a clone battle pack and a micro fighter,  no one was melting down like people on this forum. It's just one year of Lego Star Wars, if you walk into a store the variety is still pretty good, which at the end of the day is more important for the average LEGO fan.

2005 only had 12 playsets total (and I'm counting the one that's two other sets repacked with Obi-Wan's fighter) , and the majority prequel sets probably had something to do with the new movie coming out. I don't think it's comparable to it getting the lion's share of sets two decades later. 2006 only had 8 playsets (I won't count the turbo tank where they just swapped out Mace's lightsaber), which is bad, though I also assume it was sort of "catching up" for a prequel heavy 2005 (If 2026 is majority OT playsets, I'll still be confused why they didn't just swap half each year around for variety, but I'll agree it won't be as bad as if next year we just continue the current trend). 2008 (props for skipping the near 50/50 2007 instead of lumping it all together). 2008 was also a new content year (but still has a better ratio of it's 14 playsets), and 2009 doesn't have a terrible ratio either, about a third of the 17 playsets being OT. This year's only sets from other eras are based on new content, sort of the inversion of how previous years where one era dominated were due to new content from that era releasing. 

If 2026 is OT dominated (For the sake of comparison ideally being heavily stormtrooper variant dominated with almost every set including stormtroopers and/or their vehicle, but I'd accept just general rebel/imperial focus), I would be glad we're getting some year-to-year variety, though still confused as to why they wouldn't just swap half the sets from each year.

There aren't many on eurobricks but dear lord, every other discussion platform... everytime I see news on instagram, reddit (ew), youtube, etc, it's like every other comment. (Also, sure, only two "sets based on the clone wars tv show with clones" sets, but not the only sets with phase 2 clone troopers, or the only prequel ones. Don't pretend last year was OT domination.)

[Llewop]

34 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Are the clone bros with us in the room right now? Seriously though I've seen more complaining about clone bros on this forum then actual clone bros. Last year the only clone wars sets we got were a clone battle pack and a micro fighter,  no one was melting down like people on this forum. It's just one year of Lego Star Wars, if you walk into a store the variety is still pretty good, which at the end of the day is more important for the average LEGO fan.

Clones bros don’t exist in the real world they are a boogeyman created by the rest of AFOLs. They only come out in the form of wannabe you tubers/tik tokers and influencers. 

I think this whole argument is all on everyone’s own perception. Most of us on here share a concern about the number of 18+ buildable sets coming but there might be some who are creaming their pants over it and that’s good for them, only good for us in the sense we save some money. 

The nature of the beast now is what limited sets we get more will be disappointed rather than happy. Star Wars is massive just think of how many eras there are, old republic, high republic, PT, CW, Empire, Mandoverse, Sequel Trilogy and it’s only ever going to grow. We can all agree that there is at least something in SW we don’t like.

im far from a clone bro im viewing these sets more from a ROTS kind of view rather than CW. I’ve wanted galactic marines since old Battlefront 2 came out. I guarantee they will never do some of these sets/vehicles again. This year is an oddity in the sense that we’ve been spoilt with SW content for years on end and this year we’ve already had 50% of the new stuff coming out. I expect next year to be more normal with the Mando film coming and possibly/hopefully other series coming.

I despised last years summer wave and I only picked up a few figures that I wanted I saved so much and I think for those who are disappointed I’d do the same and if you guys are truly annoyed at the clown focused sets show Lego by not buying them it’ll only be when sales are down that they might look and see/realise that sometimes they can take things too far (5 buildable figures at the same time)(4 clone focused sets) 

also tbf this year we’ve got a couple of CW sets, a few ROTS, a couple of AOTC, an ATST so that ROTJ, a battle pack from Ahsoka, and an Andor set, that’s not the worse spread in sets in the world over a whole year.

i also find it hard to compare Lego year by year purely because last year was an anniversary other years had new films, new series so no two/theee years will ever be the same.

long story short we will never be happy and unfortunately we will have to accept it 

[JohnTPT17]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Did it? the most I can remember is getting a rarer jedi alongside anakin/obi-wan/ahsoka in the larger sets (granted that may have been what you meant, but it's reading to me like "2-3 jedi that were unique")

I was thinking of sets like 75151 (2016 Clone Turbo Tank with Luminara and Quinlan Vos), 75182 (2017 Republic Fighter Tank with Aayla), and 9526 (2012 [older than I was thinking] Palpatine's Arrest) - which, to me, felt like a good balance of Jedi, good sized vehicles, and lower price points, which were largely complimented with battle packs like 75035 (though that was 2014). In short, I think I'm just mixing up dates/misremembering what  was in some of the sets.

[BrickBob Studpants]

21 minutes ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I was thinking of sets like 75151 (2016 Clone Turbo Tank with Luminara and Quinlan Vos), 75182 (2017 Republic Fighter Tank with Aayla), and 9526 (2012 [older than I was thinking] Palpatine's Arrest) - which, to me, felt like a good balance of Jedi, good sized vehicles, and lower price points, which were largely complimented with battle packs like 75035 (though that was 2014). In short, I think I'm just mixing up dates/misremembering what  was in some of the sets.

There was also the Republic Frigate in 2011 that came with Yoda, Eeth Koth, & Quinlan Vos, and the Jedi shuttle (also in 2011) that came with Obi-wan, Anakin, Saesee Tiin, & Shaak Ti  Having that many Jedi in a set is quite the anomaly nowadays, but that's not really a bad thing. For the kiddos, it’s probably preferable to have Jedi spread across smaller sets (like the 2018 BP) than multiple in a larger one ^^

Edited January 28 by BrickBob Studpants

[Darth_Bane13]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

2005 only had 12 playsets total (and I'm counting the one that's two other sets repacked with Obi-Wan's fighter) , and the majority prequel sets probably had something to do with the new movie coming out. I don't think it's comparable to it getting the lion's share of sets two decades later. 2006 only had 8 playsets (I won't count the turbo tank where they just swapped out Mace's lightsaber), which is bad, though I also assume it was sort of "catching up" for a prequel heavy 2005 (If 2026 is majority OT playsets, I'll still be confused why they didn't just swap half each year around for variety, but I'll agree it won't be as bad as if next year we just continue the current trend). 2008 (props for skipping the near 50/50 2007 instead of lumping it all together). 2008 was also a new content year (but still has a better ratio of it's 14 playsets), and 2009 doesn't have a terrible ratio either, about a third of the 17 playsets being OT. This year's only sets from other eras are based on new content, sort of the inversion of how previous years where one era dominated were due to new content from that era releasing. 

If 2026 is OT dominated (For the sake of comparison ideally being heavily stormtrooper variant dominated with almost every set including stormtroopers and/or their vehicle, but I'd accept just general rebel/imperial focus), I would be glad we're getting some year-to-year variety, though still confused as to why they wouldn't just swap half the sets from each year.

There aren't many on eurobricks but dear lord, every other discussion platform... everytime I see news on instagram, reddit (ew), youtube, etc, it's like every other comment. (Also, sure, only two "sets based on the clone wars tv show with clones" sets, but not the only sets with phase 2 clone troopers, or the only prequel ones. Don't pretend last year was OT domination.)

Yeah it definitely made more sense for those years to have a dominant subtheme since it was new content as opposed to 2025. My point was just that it has happened before, granted probably not 90% as Mr Studpants said but I don't think this year is 90% clone wars either.

 

Yeah I'm not on Instagram or any social media accept Youtube and Reddit(yeah I know it sucks), Eurobricks is my main source of community opinions from the Lego community, maybe it's different on Tik Tok. 

 

Last year definitely skewed OT though, we got two UCS sets, a $160 set in the summer wave, multiple buildable characters, Desert skiff, boarding tantive, 2 Midi scale, $40 battle pack, mech...

Edited January 28 by Darth_Bane13

[Lordhelmet]

I’m late to the party but 40 minifigs in the Death Star is awesome!  That just went up on my likelihood to buy it, maybe my first ucs set.  Hopefully they are good quality, and I am hoping for a range of imperials on it.  Hoping to get some named imperials from both death stars, and some others like sim aloo.  Could be awesome with a bunch of unique figures. 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I was thinking of sets like 75151 (2016 Clone Turbo Tank with Luminara and Quinlan Vos), 75182 (2017 Republic Fighter Tank with Aayla), and 9526 (2012 [older than I was thinking] Palpatine's Arrest) - which, to me, felt like a good balance of Jedi, good sized vehicles, and lower price points, which were largely complimented with battle packs like 75035 (though that was 2014). In short, I think I'm just mixing up dates/misremembering what  was in some of the sets.

No you're not wrong I hadn't thought about those- Turbo Tank and Palpatine's arrest definitely had multiple unique jedi.

 

2 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Yeah it definitely made more sense for those years to have a dominant subtheme since it was new content as opposed to 2025. My point was just that it has happened before, granted probably not 90% as Mr Studpants said but I don't think this year is 90% clone wars either.

Yeah I'm not on Instagram or any social media accept Youtube and Reddit(yeah I know it sucks), Eurobricks is my main source of community opinions from the Lego community, maybe it's different on Tik Tok. 

Last year definitely skewed OT though, we got two UCS sets, a $160 set in the summer wave, multiple buildable characters, Desert skiff, boarding tantive, 2 Midi scale, $40 battle pack, mech...

That's fair, it has certainly happened before. I'd still argue it's a different situation, but on a sheer proportion level 06 is roughly equivalent with 25. (Also like man, 8 playsets for the whole year SUCKS. It's sad that we're closing back in on that number.)

Similar here- I only had an Instagram because they blocked full access to the hashtag for non-users or something at some point on the browser (I should probably delete it, I just use R/legoleaks now since the feed isn't full of unrelated posts). I have youtube, which is where it's worse- I spam the "don't reccomend channel" button like a fiend in general, so none of the youtubers for it pop up, but literally any lego star wars video or community post invariably has a number of comments saying borderline nonsensical things about how whatever clone sets we're getting aren't enough or are being deliberately sabotaged. We haven't had anyone say that on here in a good while, but it's all over youtube. As mentioned with R/legoleaks I do have an account there too- I think i made it to sell a moc or something- but I'm deleting it as soon as I find the time since there's nothing really stopping someone from browing legoleak or legodeals without an account. And yeah the comments are bad there too, not even clone bro specific, it's just a cesspool in general.

Sure, there were more OT sets than prequel/clone sets, I just don't think it was on the level this year is. There were still a number of options for clones, OT, Mando, or lego's RTG stuff. (I keep expecting the bob fighter and dark falcon to go on sale, and I've seen incredible one-copy deals in-store for the DF but never anything past the standard 20% for the bob fighter, and never anything online/full retailer for the falcon.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Jedi spread across smaller sets (like the 2018 BP)

Do not remind them they did that. The only good one of these they've ever done is the bounty hunter one, just because it was essentially a scalper stomper battle pack. (The Inferno Squad pack wasn't awful either, despite including a random made-up member of the squad- and they even HAD a fourth member in a book, but she was a girl and wasn't at Endor so it isn't her- but with what they've done to the BPs at this point I do not need another one that comes with unique jedi wearing nonstandard robes.

(Though, if they did a $40 "battle pack" with 4 jedi, would we even notice if they didn't label it? 4 figures and a few B1s in a $40 set is just a normal set)

[JohnTPT17]

16 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

(Though, if they did a $40 "battle pack" with 4 jedi, would we even notice if they didn't label it? 4 figures and a few B1s in a $40 set is just a normal set)

I would be all over a $40 Battle Pack, or whatever it would be called, if it had Kit Fisto, Shaak Ti, Stass Allie, and Coleman Trebor. Or at least those first two. Or, heck, switch out Coleman for Dooku and justify the set by saying it's based on Yoda's vision quest from Season 4 of The Clone Wars, if you're really wanting me to wish list.

In all honesty, though, I think Shaak Ti could maybe be next to get one more use out of the long torgruta head tails before that mold gets any older. Otherwise, probably Kit Fisto, since Lego seems to be listening to fan requests with Plo Koon.

[Zap Rowsdower]

2 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I would be all over a $40 Battle Pack, or whatever it would be called, if it had Kit Fisto, Shaak Ti, Stass Allie, and Coleman Trebor. 

In all honesty, though, I think Shaak Ti could maybe be next to get one more use out of the long torgruta head tails before that mold gets any older. Otherwise, probably Kit Fisto, since Lego seems to be listening to fan requests with Plo Koon.

There are a few Geonosis Jedi who have fallen on the wayside. Bultar Swan and Pablo-Jill both got some shots during the "this party's over sequence" and never have received minifigures. Bultar wouldn't require any new molds.

(They haven't had many noteworthy appearance, but I like obscure characters getting figures.

[wesker]

3 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

I would be all over a $40 Battle Pack, or whatever it would be called, if it had Kit Fisto, Shaak Ti, Stass Allie, and Coleman Trebor. Or at least those first two. Or, heck, switch out Coleman for Dooku and justify the set by saying it's based on Yoda's vision quest from Season 4 of The Clone Wars, if you're really wanting me to wish list.

In all honesty, though, I think Shaak Ti could maybe be next to get one more use out of the long torgruta head tails before that mold gets any older. Otherwise, probably Kit Fisto, since Lego seems to be listening to fan requests with Plo Koon.

We need Adi Gallia first before another Stass Allie minifigure.