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

[CloneCommando99]

8 hours ago, Llewop said:

Does anyone know how much the U wing will be in GBP? 

this is my wild prediction (well I have two) one we are going to get one of those ISB troopers in a magazine next year. And 2 we will get another Andor set in 2026 probably the reaper. We get follow up sets all the time 6-18 months after release I wouldn’t be surprised if we got one or two more. 

Looking at the ARC-170 it’s probably going to be £59.99 for us. Pretty reasonable if you ask me when looking at the new/resurrected moulds and relatively large parts.

I hope so. But the Clone sets are like an itch, Lego cannot help it.

7 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

 Also if we do have a massive Death Star coming out this year having an imperial battle pack seems like it should have been a no brainer (like two storm troopers, a navy trooper and an officer).  Would have been a good companion battle pack.

Would have worked extremely well with Andor as well.

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Interesting point that "night troopers are (basically) stormtroopers". By this logic, in august 2025 we'll have had 4 battle packs of the same figure released over the course of two and a half years. After all, just like night troopers are the same as stormtroopers, all clone troopers are the same, right? All it is is a difference in some colors on the armor For that matter, we don't need galactic marines. If kids want them, they can just get snowtroopers, since they're the same. (This might be a bit blunt, but to be fair so were you. Point being, any kid over the age of 8 can see that stormtroopers usually don't have red cloth, gold cracks, and grey plating all over them.)

Exactly.

 

No faction should have supremacy over the others (unless it’s the aftermath of a year where the opposite faction starred in a movie and got loads of the tie-in sets) and I say this as an empire fan.

As far as I’m concerned Lego should focus on these 4 factions: Rebels (this includes mandalorians and other anti imperialists), Empire, Separatists and Republic.

Here’s my proposed formula. Regardless of content being released.

• Every year 2 of these factions get individual starfighter sets, the other 2 factions get incorporated into 1 starfighter duel pack.
• Every year 2 of these factions get a Battlepack of some sort.
• Every year each faction gets a 2nd sort of set. Either a ground vehicle, location, Main Character’s vehicle or a Dropship.
• The  2 UCS of the year rotate between factions.

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

There are then a further 2 sets to cover pirates, bounty hunters, monsters and mandatory Baby Yoda.

[MKJoshA]

12 hours ago, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

I see. I had assumed there would be Bad Batch stuff, due it being current.

I mean THIS Imperial Commando polybag that's listed on Brickset.

Ah, so it's only image leaks that are forbidden here then and list leaks are still fair game? I was going off Brickset, where the majority of the 2025 range is still in the "dot dot dot question mark" state for want of official reveal.

I bring it up because it kinda feels like a factor people aren't considering in why the OT (which is evergreen) might be at the bottom of the priority list compared to current stuff and the need to honor the 20th Anniversary of Revenge of the Sith.

Speaking of, was there any RotS stuff in that list leak? Not counting the ARC-170, because that's already out and known. Also wondering if there's any TFA stuff, since it's also the tenth anniversary of that.

You'll have to forgive our American readers. They aren't fortunate enough to get the magazine single figure bags and it's easy to forget they exist. Having moved from the States to Europe I can say it's amazing to have easy access to those magazine figures.

As for leaks, we just ask that you don't post leaked images here or the links to those images. That could damage our partnership with TLG. However you are more than welcome to talk about all kinds of leaks. And if you're copying and pasting a list of leaked sets that's fine. But again, don't link to leaked posts.

[TotoMagnus]

@CloneCommando99

How can your proposal be perfectly balanced when you are missing 2 major factions?

Personally, I would amp up the factions to 6 (including First Order and Resistance) and subtract Mandalorians out of the factions and put them next to Bounty Hunters. 
 

[Tariq j]

Little late to the party but that U Wing does look really nice. Seems a little smaller than the 2016 one but a good amount of detail for its size. The hat/hairpiece looks excellent. 

[CloneCommando99]

8 hours ago, TotoMagnus said:

@CloneCommando99

How can your proposal be perfectly balanced when you are missing 2 major factions?

Personally, I would amp up the factions to 6 (including First Order and Resistance) and subtract Mandalorians out of the factions and put them next to Bounty Hunters. 
 

Good question.

Here’s a few reasons for my reasoning:

1. The last First Order/ Resistance sets were in 2020. I’m pretty sure there is a reason for that. (FYI, I do feel sorry for sequel fans they should get something but I’m just using logic here)
2. The majority of starfighters for both Resistance and First Order are rehashes of more iconic OT starfighters. PO’s X-Wing might be able to get away with it, but a basic FO Tie would require a basic imperial tie to be off shelves entirely. Which will probably not happen within the next 2-3 years.
3. Neither the Resistance or First Order are actually currently relevant in any way at all right now. The Empire is the antagonistic force for the Mando-verse, other TV shows and literally all current video games. With Rebels being the faction going against the empire. Even clones have shown up in recent live action and animated projects. ST troopers have not.
4. While I do believe that there should be something for ST and Legends fans, they just aren’t as popular as the PT, OT and TCW whose fans make up the vast majority of Lego’s consumerbase.
5. Character designs are practically indistinguishable between Empire/ Rebels and First Order/ Resistance to casuals. “Bad guys in white or black armour led by a man with a mask and red lightsaber flying tie fighters and 4 legged walkers? Good guys in Orange jump suits flying X-Wings and A-Wings? They look great for fighting for the Death Star.” — 6 year old and their mother probably.

From these reasons I have deduced that the Sequels primarily suffer from A) a general lack of interest (yes I know there are sequel fans, but there just aren’t enough) and B) not enough unique designs. Sure there are Kylo Wren’s shuttle, FO Troop Transport, Resistance Bomber (absolutely useless starship BTW, there’s a reason they brought back the Y-Wing’s rebel design) and maybe Rey’s speeder. But those would only amount to two years of my proposed formula before we hit remakes.

 

But that’s enough yapping. To sum up, my formula is an attempt to balance the current Lego status quo. Sequels aren’t part of the current status quo because they aren’t popular enough, and therefore not incorporated into my proposed formula. (Sorry, you guys do deserve some sets though. It does suck that circumstances make it this way.)

[Agent Kallus]

It's easy to think of series fitting in with these military factions ( and many recent clone sets have) but really not every set will, it's more about parts of the stories. Like take Jabba's Barge or Yoda's Hut they're not part of any of these factions you've outlined but they're important parts of the star wars story that wouldn't fight into this way of looking at it.

The Jedi themselves are really the most iconic faction not the empire but they're not a cohesive military faction and vary wildly across the setting both in-universe and out.

Many main characters and there ships  don't fit neatly into one faction either, take the Zeta class from rogue one it's main showing is as a ship used by the rebels but it is a stolen imperial ship.

Honestly in terms of just the movies and shows the factions aren't at all even in terms of what sort of equipment they have and such like. The empire, republic and CIS have plenty of ground vehicles that get a decent showing, the rebels and sequel factions only really have the battle of Crait

Honestly I'd personally rather and Ewok pack over a Rebel trooper pack (though including a decent amount of aliens like the Battlefront BP might change my mind)

 

[Lordhelmet]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

The last First Order/ Resistance sets were in 2020. I’m pretty sure there is a reason for that

I’d be good with some ST sets every year, makes those fans happy and gives me some slots for sets I know I won’t buy to save some money.  Just like I am sure some fans don’t want any OT sets and they would think similarly.

i do think there should be at least one OT playset released every year.  I don’t care what they do with the rest of the theme but at least one would be good.

i do find it interesting that the last time we had no direct OT sets corresponded to a Death Star release.

We are two years out from the 50th anniversary of a New Hope, it might make sense for them to maximize Episode IV sets on the shelves for 2027 so assuming we will see a lot (and Mando for the movie) over the next two years.

 

[joebiwankenobi]

I’ll be curious to see if the rumored UCS Death Star will have the same shelf life of the 2008 model instead of the 2016. 

[NoOneOfImportance]

1 hour ago, joebiwankenobi said:

I’ll be curious to see if the rumored UCS Death Star will have the same shelf life of the 2008 model instead of the 2016. 

I'm sure that LEGO is planning for this to be a long-term set. It's obvious that they would want this around for the 50th anniversary of ANH in two years, and I'm sure they are hoping that this will have enough buyers to push into more $1k range sets. All of this is obviously dependent on sales though. 
 

4 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

I’d be good with some ST sets every year, makes those fans happy and gives me some slots for sets I know I won’t buy to save some money.  Just like I am sure some fans don’t want any OT sets and they would think similarly.

i do think there should be at least one OT playset released every year.  I don’t care what they do with the rest of the theme but at least one would be good.

i do find it interesting that the last time we had no direct OT sets corresponded to a Death Star release.

We are two years out from the 50th anniversary of a New Hope, it might make sense for them to maximize Episode IV sets on the shelves for 2027 so assuming we will see a lot (and Mando for the movie) over the next two years.

 

Frankly I don't think a formula directly works well for releases. There are movies coming out on occasion, and new shows, and other new content that LEGO may or may not make sets for (please Jedi III, LEGO, whenever it releases). The biggest thing is that there should be variety and accessibility with what is on shelves, in my opinion. I don't care if there are 10 clone sets around, but I want to be able to get the main characters from trilogies easily for kids, and to have options of what era and movies I want with more than minimal numbers of sets for important periods of the universe.

For example, I feel like right now, there is a relatively good amount of variety. There is a number of clone wars sets (including some unexpected ones like the Gunship), some great OT sets like the ISD and Tantive, some PT sets like Obi Wan's Delta-7 and the AT-TE, and a mix of 18+ buildables from mulitple eras for fans of those (plus UCS, but looking at non-D2Cs here). You can dispute on quality of sets and certain things you may want, but there is a mix of everything at this time, which I think is good.

On the PT and Clone Wars end, you can also get Cody, Rex, Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Ahsoka on shelves right now, with all except Cody in relatively cheap sets. The OT doesn't have this, which I find to be a fault with the current lineup. 

Part of the reason why people are upset with this summer is that there isn't variety. Sure, you get some cool buildables for fans of those, including ones from multiple eras, but it's mostly TCW (desirable sets or not, it's one era for most all playsets). This doesn't fix the issues with lack of available OT figures, not to even mention the fact that ST fans are getting almost nothing, and no figures. 

[Mandalorianknight]

20 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

No faction should have supremacy over the others (unless it’s the aftermath of a year where the opposite faction starred in a movie and got loads of the tie-in sets) and I say this as an empire fan.

Yup. Way, way back in the day, before I was even on here, I was one of the people asking for more clones. I won't deny my favorite era is the OT, but that's not to say I don't love the republic, and regardless, I also can step back and recognize that the best move is balance, not "the stuff I specifically want dominates the line".

The most pressing issue and easiest fix to all of this is just that we stop sacrificing half our playset shelf space to 18+ gimmick sets, but I want to pick the fight I can win. Those 18+ sets do numbers with people who wouldn't normally buy playsets. But with the clone sets this year, on the other hand, I think they're overplaying their cards and the dilution should really show up in force.

16 hours ago, TotoMagnus said:

@CloneCommando99

How can your proposal be perfectly balanced when you are missing 2 major factions?

Personally, I would amp up the factions to 6 (including First Order and Resistance) and subtract Mandalorians out of the factions and put them next to Bounty Hunters. 

To be fair, I'd argue neither sequel faction should get the same coverage as the empire/rebels/republic. The support just isn't there yet. It needs a Clone Wars to save it like the clone wars saved the prequels. Especially since with how young kids get on the internet now, only people who watched the sequels as young kids are going to form opinions not influenced by the dominant online opinion (one that I share, but a clouding factor nontheless.)

I've outlined my proposal before, but it stems something like this:

Roughly 75% of sets are playsets and 25% 18+. Out of that 75%,

1/3 of the sets are based on the original trilogy, with some overlap from related areas like Mando and RO. (I could see an AT-ACT counting here for instance, but not something like a Jyn Erso Mech.)

1/3 of the sets are based on the prequel trilogy or Clone Wars.

1/3 of the sets are based on other content: the Mandoverse (at least what of it that doesn't overlap with the OT) or sequels, as well as the occasional set from other shows.

The ratios wouldn't be 1-1-1: if there happened to be 8 OT sets, 11 PT sets, and 7 "Other" sets, it wouldn't be cause for alarm- but ideally any significant swings would be noticed and curbed in the idea phase before actual sets are designed and produced.

In a year with new content, a new show gets 0-3 sets depending on the size and compatibility with the lego audience. A new movie gets a wave, ideally one added on to whatever the standard number of playsets is. In both cases, the ratio could acceptably skew significantly due to said new content.

13 hours ago, Tariq j said:

Little late to the party but that U Wing does look really nice. Seems a little smaller than the 2016 one but a good amount of detail for its size. The hat/hairpiece looks excellent. 

I agree, the more I look at it while it does have issues like the engines (which is an issue for me, not sure how they downgraded the look despite the engines being the same size and nearly a decade later), overall it's a much better job at downsizing than many other recent sets. I can understand people wanting a larger one at a higher price point, but for the $70 they're asking, I don't have a problem.

1 hour ago, joebiwankenobi said:

I’ll be curious to see if the rumored UCS Death Star will have the same shelf life of the 2008 model instead of the 2016. 

A $1000 set, I'd be annoyed if they spent the resources that went into that and didn't design it for a shelf life as long as something like the 17 falcon or 08 death star.

[Swordy]

Welp, here’s another long post I sat on for a day too long.

 

On 3/5/2025 at 1:00 PM, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

I think it's worth noting that iconic though the OT may be, there seems to be plenty of 2023 and 2024 OT stuff still in stock both in stores and on Lego's website.

Finally, someone brings up the counterpoint I’ve been dreading for months now.

However, there are also plenty of clone stuff of 2023 and 2024 CW stuff still in stock there as well. What is it that suddenly gives the TCW (not the PT; these are strictly CW sets, no matter what the box art says) precedence over any of the nine Star Wars films, much less the three of the most iconic films in cinema history? Tell me, because I can’t figure it out.

On 3/5/2025 at 2:25 PM, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

I bring it up because it kinda feels like a factor people aren't considering in why the OT (which is evergreen) might be at the bottom of the priority list compared to current stuff and the need to honor the 20th Anniversary of Revenge of the Sith.

LEGO has never cared about anniversaries outside of LSW and the OT films—and, mind you, the latter two got recognition only by their 30th anniversaries. None of the prequels have reached that point, and there isn’t much demand for a celebration for each film outside of the hardcore SW fan. Nothing wrong with celebrating, of course; just don’t hold your breath for accommodative brick or spiffy logo on the side of a box.

On 3/5/2025 at 5:44 PM, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

I think that's just a side effect of a lot of the uncovered or revisit-overdue (The 327th Star Corps haven't had new minifigs since the 2006 Clone Battle Pack set) ground happening to involve Clone Troopers & the Clone Wars.

Uncovered? Only one of these CW sets is brand new. Minifig-wise I’ll give you, yet do any of those legions justify a full BP? What about an assortment pack to cover their bases? Could one clone legion be sacrificed to allow for the OT cast (at least just Leia) to be readily available? Could it be argued that all of them could be given up if need be?

Overdue for a remake? I give you the B-Wing, the Y-Wing, A-Wings, Resistance X-Wings, Duel on Geonosis, Palpatine’s Arrest, Gungans, Sandcrawler, Vader’s TIE, TIE Defender, TIE Your Shoes, Vulture Droid, Tri-Fighter, a brown MTT even! Minifig-wise, we haven’t had anyone from Cloud City since 2020! (Even then it was but Vader and Luke.) Most of the Ewoks haven’t been seen since 2013, (I can pass on most of them but Wicket, but so can others on any clone legion besides the 501st,) and Padme just barely inched her way into the Coruscant Gunship.

 

 

On 3/5/2025 at 3:11 PM, Llewop said:

I agree with most people about the lack of empire and OT stuff and also those who says about the lack of ST and CIS sets/figures but the bigger problem is that there are fewer sets that are in the traditional system scale and more gimicy and adult focused ones and when there are more content each area has a smaller window to be represented. 

Agreed. Arguably a MTT and UT-AT dominating in the summer wouldn’t be the worst offense ever. The true offender is when the only other minifig-scale sets are primarily those with mainly clone minifigs, while the buildable sets continue being as diverse as ever. TLG knows other fans exist, so why not cater to them too?

(Well, ‘cause it’s cheaper to develop twelve similar looking minifigs than twelve individual minifigs. I believe this is why we’ve seen less aliens in recent years, outside of the fringe scenario.)

I’m excited for these upcoming sets purely for the builds (besides the U-Wing—I love almost everything about that set). Obviously, I like cool minifigs, but unless it’s a beloved character from one of the movies or TV shows (i.e. Lando and only Lando), I couldn’t care less.

 

7 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

We are two years out from the 50th anniversary of a New Hope, it might make sense for them to maximize Episode IV sets on the shelves for 2027 so assuming we will see a lot (and Mando for the movie) over the next two years.

 

Then by 2028, once all these clone sets retire, we’ll face the opposite problem: No kid would be able to watch TCW, walk to the store, and pick out a CW-based set. (Now, I argue we should get more than just BPs at the price range in which most parents will make an impulsive purchase, but rather at least a battle in a box. Ninjago does this extremely well, to the point that it feels like sabotage on TLG’s end.) I will still argue that the OT will be more likely what a casual fan will show their kid, but I agree CW is just as likely as a first exposure to SW. The issue still remains, even at the moment for CW fans: Ahsoka and Anakin are only available at $45–a price that no kid’s birthday money can afford—and only Obi-Wan is fortunately available in the usually-discounted $30 SF—which would be most of the kid’s birthday money.

If you want kids to play with LEGO, then TLG should encourage that. If they believe it’s not worth reaching for that core demographic, in such manner accepting defeat, then that will be their loss, both today and in the not-too-distant future.

[TotoMagnus]

8 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

To be fair, I'd argue neither sequel faction should get the same coverage as the empire/rebels/republic. The support just isn't there yet. It needs a Clone Wars to save it like the clone wars saved the prequels. Especially since with how young kids get on the internet now, only people who watched the sequels as young kids are going to form opinions not influenced by the dominant online opinion (one that I share, but a clouding factor nontheless.)

 

That’s were Disney fumbled the ball in my Opinion: Catering for the new young fans, like LF did with Clone Wars. 
 

Both times had a movie trilogy which wasn’t well received by the majority of people. Back then they still served to the children a TV show for them to grow up with content. 
 

Disney tried it with Resistance but failed to „stay on target“. 
 

I like your proposal. Give at least something for everyone. Give some water to Sequel love, let it grow so in a couple of years we can achieve an equality of the movie trilogies and their factions. This should be the goal in my opinion. 
 

Also @CloneCommando99

The heart and soul of Star Wars are the movies, I think we can agree on that. Therefore I think some form of coverage should be mandatory, even if the dose is small. Sure, of the 3 trilogies , the ST is the least popular atm. Let’s make her popular again, I say. 1st step: Don’t forget. I think LSW could handle 1-2 playsets a year. 
 

On a side note: Yeah, the ST Starfighter design was kinda lazy. There is a video from EC Henry on YT describing the situation which I like.

Still I don’t see the problem of a kid using an OT TIE with a Special Forces TIE to defend Starkiller Base, or the other way around. 

More and More I get messages of friends telling me something like „I showed my son/daughter all the Star Wars movies and the liked the Sequels“. Normally it ends with a „Help me“ but for me it reads like children would also play with ST stuff, if they would get a chance. 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, TotoMagnus said:

Disney tried it with Resistance but failed to „stay on target“.

This is going to get a bit off topic but I think Resistance's two biggest mistakes were:

1. Releasing DURING the sequels instead of after, like TCW 2008 did. (Now TCW2008 was also hated by a lot of fans early on but people eventually came around.) The gap between the end of the prequels and the start of TCW 08 allowed them to fix some issues, consciously or not- Anakin is actually likeable and charismatic and his fall is a lot more fleshed out by all the extra screen time, we actually get to see more than the start and end of the namesake Clone Wars, the Clone Troopers are developed and the chip concept introduced which gives order 66 a better tragic feel rather than "oh no the clones were all evil", etc. Resistance couldn't fix issues that hadn't even occurred yet.

2. Taking the rebels approach of "small group of new characters starting out isolated from the main conflict" rather than the TCW approach where the main prequel cast were major players. Rebels didn't need to be a Han/Luke/Leia show because it didn't need to "fix" the OT. One of people's biggest issues with the ST was the characters and how underdeveloped many were. Seeing Rey have to go through training throughout the series, Poe become a strong leader rather than get crap from his commanders all through TLJ and then given command in TROS, Finn actually have a stormtrooper rebellion or something rather than be "the guy who screams REY", and/or Rose getting... literally anything... would go a LONG way to "fixing" the sequels. Along that same point, featuring all the ships and troopers from the ST from the get-go would help enhance their recognizability and iconicity, especially those that weren't just recolors of OT ships.

The good thing is since they made both mistakes, all a series taking place between TLJ and TROS would overlap with would be a couple of the comics, and we've seen firsthand that lucasfilm creatives have zero issue retconning them at the drop of a hat. (I mean, not good for the comics or health of the canon, but good for this hypothetical show.) That said, as hilarious as it would be to see if the "It's the clones' turn right now" argument remained logically consistent with an ascendent ST era, I don't think we see any significant sequel coverage in playsets anytime soon. Partially because I don't think the two 18+ sets they chose will do well, and partially because even with the billion projects in development, as far as I know we don't have any evidence of a ST clone wars being worked on.

TLDR: I don't think the sequels get any significant playset coverage until new projects "fix" them or the kids who watched them when they were little get old enough to campaign for sets online like the prequel fans did. It'd be nice if we could at least get a diorama or 4+ or something to throw the main cast out there, though.

[Kaijumeister]

4 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That said, as hilarious as it would be to see if the "It's the clones' turn right now" argument remained logically consistent with an ascendent ST era, I don't think we see any significant sequel coverage in playsets anytime soon. Partially because I don't think the two 18+ sets they chose will do well, and partially because even with the billion projects in development, as far as I know we don't have any evidence of a ST clone wars being worked on.

TLDR: I don't think the sequels get any significant playset coverage until new projects "fix" them or the kids who watched them when they were little get old enough to campaign for sets online like the prequel fans did. It'd be nice if we could at least get a diorama or 4+ or something to throw the main cast out there, though.

Very quickly going off topic, but from a narrative standpoint, it confounds me that the entirety of the ST takes place over the span of just over a year. It makes it hard to observe any substantial and believable changes in the characters. Compare that to the time covered within the PT and OT - you can see changes in characters. Especially Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Luke. 

I suspect the Midi-Scale Command Shuttle and Kylo's Helmet are a way for Lego to gauge interest in the ST without needing to use any budget for new minifigure prints / moulds / etc. The problem is most people who want some level of ST representation probably desire it in the traditional playset format rather than just one-off display pieces. It speaks to the wider problem with Lego now that even though they could choose to cover media, the monkey's paw curls and 'cover' means helmets/ midi-ships / Brickheadz etc. I don't necessarily mind more 18+ stuff covering something, as long as that media is also represented via at least one 'proper' system set too. 

It's like with Jedi: Fallen Order. The only official set we got was the buildable BD-1, then Lego made (a thoroughly half-baked) Cal as an anniversary figure without bothering to include BD-1 after the set containing BD-1 retired. BD-1 was an amazing model by all accounts, but it stings when we get so close to Lego representation over something but it's in the buildable <thing> format only. At this rate I'm crossing my fingers Micro Galaxy Squadron puts out a Stinger Mantis because Lego sure as hell won't be bothering. It's a damn shame too; characters like the Second Sister, Purge Troopers, etc. would kill as Lego minifigures - far more than yet more P2 clones in different colours, and I say that as a massive TCW fan.

Edited March 7 by Kaijumeister

[icm]

Does it? Clearly TLJ follows right on the heels of TFA, but I don't know what the time gap between TLJ and TROS is in the lore. I figured it must be at least a couple of years.

[Swordy]

45 minutes ago, icm said:

Does it? Clearly TLJ follows right on the heels of TFA, but I don't know what the time gap between TLJ and TROS is in the lore. I figured it must be at least a couple of years.

Other source material have pegged RoS one year after TLJ, which is the same gap between TESB and RotJ. Like @Kaijumeister said, it is confounding to limit the timeframe—but hey, if Marvel Comics can come up with twenty different galaxy-scale events in that one year between the latter two Originals, I’m sure we could get an seven-season show sandwiched between the later two Sequels.

(If you think about the where the show starts, TCW can’t take place immediately following AotC, meaning that the period the show covers is closer to two years than three. Compare that to Rebels, which took place over a nearly five-year period, yet only ran for four seasons.)

 

[Rwbricks]

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

2. Taking the rebels approach of "small group of new characters starting out isolated from the main conflict" rather than the TCW approach where the main prequel cast were major players. Rebels didn't need to be a Han/Luke/Leia show because it didn't need to "fix" the OT. One of people's biggest issues with the ST was the characters and how underdeveloped many were. Seeing Rey have to go through training throughout the series, Poe become a strong leader rather than get crap from his commanders all through TLJ and then given command in TROS, Finn actually have a stormtrooper rebellion or something rather than be "the guy who screams REY", and/or Rose getting... literally anything... would go a LONG way to "fixing" the sequels. Along that same point, featuring all the ships and troopers from the ST from the get-go would help enhance their recognizability and iconicity, especially those that weren't just recolors of OT ships.

The good thing is since they made both mistakes, all a series taking place between TLJ and TROS would overlap with would be a couple of the comics, and we've seen firsthand that lucasfilm creatives have zero issue retconning them at the drop of a hat. (I mean, not good for the comics or health of the canon, but good for this hypothetical show.) That said, as hilarious as it would be to see if the "It's the clones' turn right now" argument remained logically consistent with an ascendent ST era, I don't think we see any significant sequel coverage in playsets anytime soon. Partially because I don't think the two 18+ sets they chose will do well, and partially because even with the billion projects in development, as far as I know we don't have any evidence of a ST clone wars being worked on.

Even though I watched it after it’s release, Resistance felt like it could’ve been setting up a scenario where this small group of characters meet up with the main Resistance and the scope of the show gets larger from there. Of course, that didn’t happen, and it would have been a feat to include the main ST characters but still keep the focus (of the show and the audience) on the original characters, but it might have been interesting. 

Oh well. As you said, they have free rein now to do something in that time, too. 
 

43 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Other source material have pegged RoS one year after TLJ, which is the same gap between TESB and RotJ. Like @Kaijumeister said, it is confounding to limit the timeframe—but hey, if Marvel Comics can come up with twenty different galaxy-scale events in that one year between the latter two Originals, I’m sure we could get an seven-season show sandwiched between the later two Sequels.

(If you think about the where the show starts, TCW can’t take place immediately following AotC, meaning that the period the show covers is closer to two years than three. Compare that to Rebels, which took place over a nearly five-year period, yet only ran for four seasons.)

 

I’m sure if they really wanted, they could retcon it outright, or they could say something like “it’s a year, but that’s a year as in the rotation of this particular planet, for which a ‘year’ is 1,138 days.”

 

While we’re on the topic of the Sequels, another look at the TRoS Palpatine minifigure is up on the discord. It was nice to be reminded that he’s coming, and I really like how he looks, especially the white.  

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

Very quickly going off topic, but from a narrative standpoint, it confounds me that the entirety of the ST takes place over the span of just over a year. It makes it hard to observe any substantial and believable changes in the characters. Compare that to the time covered within the PT and OT - you can see changes in characters. Especially Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Luke. 

I suspect the Midi-Scale Command Shuttle and Kylo's Helmet are a way for Lego to gauge interest in the ST without needing to use any budget for new minifigure prints / moulds / etc. The problem is most people who want some level of ST representation probably desire it in the traditional playset format rather than just one-off display pieces. It speaks to the wider problem with Lego now that even though they could choose to cover media, the monkey's paw curls and 'cover' means helmets/ midi-ships / Brickheadz etc. I don't necessarily mind more 18+ stuff covering something, as long as that media is also represented via at least one 'proper' system set too. 

It's like with Jedi: Fallen Order. The only official set we got was the buildable BD-1, then Lego made (a thoroughly half-baked) Cal as an anniversary figure without bothering to include BD-1 after the set containing BD-1 retired. BD-1 was an amazing model by all accounts, but it stings when we get so close to Lego representation over something but it's in the buildable <thing> format only. At this rate I'm crossing my fingers Micro Galaxy Squadron puts out a Stinger Mantis because Lego sure as hell won't be bothering. It's a damn shame too; characters like the Second Sister, Purge Troopers, etc. would kill as Lego minifigures - far more than yet more P2 clones in different colours, and I say that as a massive TCW fan.

It is difficult, and one of the examples of the ST's failure to really think about worldbuilding despite being made under the most "spinoff content" management of any trilogy. They did manage to cram 7 seasons and a number of other books and comics into 3 years of the clone wars though, so I think it'd be OK if we got three seasons or so of a sequel trilogy show.

It's an issue due to lack of commitment- lego, like you said, is testing the waters, but they don't want to do one of the higher budget sets with a number of new prints/minifigs/molds/etc. A buildable, which has none of these and assumably a higher profit margin as a result- so lego could still scrape some money out of it if it has to go on a significant discount. But by only making sets like this, rather than minifig ones, it could be argued lego's setting the sets up for failure.

1 hour ago, icm said:

Does it? Clearly TLJ follows right on the heels of TFA, but I don't know what the time gap between TLJ and TROS is in the lore. I figured it must be at least a couple of years.

Multiple official sources have stated it's a year- almost exactly so IIRC.

34 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Other source material have pegged RoS one year after TLJ, which is the same gap between TESB and RotJ. Like @Kaijumeister said, it is confounding to limit the timeframe—but hey, if Marvel Comics can come up with twenty different galaxy-scale events in that one year between the latter two Originals, I’m sure we could get an seven-season show sandwiched between the later two Sequels.

(If you think about the where the show starts, TCW can’t take place immediately following AotC, meaning that the period the show covers is closer to two years than three. Compare that to Rebels, which took place over a nearly five-year period, yet only ran for four seasons.)

Oh man don't remind me about all those events- I'm glad the comics are getting retconned because none of that should be canon in the first place. There are things that happen that logically would have been referenced IN ROTJ, much less later on- nobody's going to acknowledge in mando that there was a droid zombie apocalypse? Nobody in ROTJ brings up the massive battle and ordeal over Han Solo in carbonite that occurred a few months ago (not that it wasn't a thing in legends, but it was much worse in canon.)

And yeah Clone Wars is pretty stuffed too- being an anthology series you can at least assume we're seeing some arcs that occur simultaneously, but it's still really full of events- especially when IIRC Luke and Leia aren't conceived until after the Clovis arc in season 6, so not only does it start sometime partway through the three years, the last nine months take place in 1.5 seasons max. 

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Oh man, having to re-type a long post because you accidentally bumped the F9 key. Can users turn that feature off?

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

What is it that suddenly gives the TCW (not the PT; these are strictly CW sets, no matter what the box art says) precedence over any of the nine Star Wars films, much less the three of the most iconic films in cinema history? Tell me, because I can’t figure it out.

First, you're dead wrong about these being strictly CW. Ahsoka's interceptor is strictly CW (but also adjacent to current stuff, because Ahsoka), but the ARC-170 (a ship that debuted in Episode III and is most prominent in Episode III) is obviously designed with Episode III in mind - put Oddball in front for the Battle of Coruscant, put Jag in front for Order 66. The UT-AT (which for reference is the ski-legged trident walker seen on Mygeeto, with one of them doing a missile-induced backflip courtesy of getting shot by a Tri-Droid) is strictly Episode III - the UT-AT has literally only ever appeared on-screen in two places: Revenge of the Sith, and The Force Unleashed (and only as wreckage, in the latter). I don't count its appearance in OG Battlefront II, because that was purely via recycled RotS footage. The MTT set is an RotS-Clone Wars hybrid, and it honestly makes sense: A. a CIS MTT is something we haven't had before despite it being in demand (custom ones fetch a good penny on eBay, and tend to get snapped up from what I've seen) & appearing somewhat frequently in TCW, and B. they probably don't want to do an AT-OT remake at the same time they're doing the UT-AT, because then they'd have two big grey pricy things with minimal screen time sharing the shelves. And Jango Fett's Slave I is obviously Episode II and will probably be strictly so.

Second, the Original Trilogy more than any other part of Star Wars can handle a break from constant attention. Because it's so iconic (for better or for worse), they can easily come back to it whenever they want as if they never left. Whereas stuff like the clones, if they drop the momentum it's harder to get back to it.

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

LEGO has never cared about anniversaries outside of LSW and the OT films—and, mind you, the latter two got recognition only by their 30th anniversaries.

I think you're mistaking a lack of fanfare for a lack of acknowledgement. Just because LEGO doesn't call an anniversary out doesn't mean it's not on their minds.

1. It's true that ESB's 20th anniversary didn't get any acknowledgement as such, but that's because it fell during Lego Star Wars' second-ever year. The range was too new and too universal in scope to be paying special attention to any anniversary (and FWIW we did at least get the Slave I that year, as well as the first Lego AT-AT by way of the Dark Side Developer Kit). RotJ's 20th was likewise early in the range's lifespan, but I'd say it got at least a little acknowledgement in the form of the Jabba's Palace, Jabba's Message, and Jabba's Prize sets.

2. There may not have been fanfare for it, but they clearly seem to have been celebrating ESB's 25th anniversary early (because the actual anniversary overlapped with the upcoming Episode III) over the course of 2003 and 2004. Those years were very ESB-heavy, with ESB getting multiple big sets: Cloud City, the first System AT-AT, the second (and worst, he said from experience) version of the Millennium Falcon, the first UCS Snowspeeder, Luke's X-Wing and Yoda's Hut ($50 counts as a big set by the standards of the day)...

3. Speaking of overlap, you know what LSW's anniversaries overlap with? The Phantom Menace. You know what LSW have made sure to give love to on both the 20th and 25th anniversaries? The Phantom Menace. Hell, TPM even got some love for its fifteenth anniversary, by way of a big MTT set with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in the otherwise RotS-centric 2014 line.

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

Uncovered? Only one of these CW sets is brand new.

Really? I count at least three cases of uncovered ground: Ahsoka's Interceptor, the CIS MTT (all three previous Minifig-scale MTT sets are brown), and the UT-AT (which again, is strictly Episode III).

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

Minifig-wise I’ll give you, yet do any of those legions justify a full BP?

I'd argue that the 327th, the ones getting a BP, do - they feature prominently in the Order 66 sequence. Also, they're more in the "overdue for a remake" category - the last time they were done was the original Clone Battle Pack set, so not only has it been a hot minute... they've only ever been done with the original fat, misshapen helmet with the hollow visor. As for the Galactic Marines... who else would really go with the UT-AT?

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

What about an assortment pack to cover their bases?

That wouldn't be a bad idea. That or a generic pack with stickers for legion markings, which would cover most groups. Wouldn't work for Kashyyk troopers, but it would cover a lot of bases.

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

Could one clone legion be sacrificed to allow for the OT cast (at least just Leia) to be readily available?

Thing is, the OT cast ARE readily available, whether on shelves or secondhand. And since (unlike the prequels and TCW) most have been done so many times that you're spoilt for choice, they're even reasonably-priced secondhand.

17 hours ago, Swordy said:

Overdue for a remake? I give you the B-Wing, the Y-Wing, A-Wings, Resistance X-Wings, Duel on Geonosis, Palpatine’s Arrest, Gungans, Sandcrawler, Vader’s TIE, TIE Defender, TIE Your Shoes, Vulture Droid, Tri-Fighter, a brown MTT even!

While many of those are indeed overdue (though at least the Resistance X-Wings and some versions of the Y-Wings, along with I believe some versions of Vader's TIE and the A-Wing, haven't hit "Oh god, why" prices the way the frigging Vulture Droid has), especially the Vulture Droid and Tri-Fighter (especially since these new), they still aren't as overdue as:

Jango Fett's Slave I. Which has been done at minifig scale exactly once vs. the umpteen times Boba's has been done, was a little scuffed on the in-flight wing height, and has a price tag of "Oh god, WHY." The lack of a new version has stood out all the more in the wake of us getting two remakes of Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter within five years of each other.

and

The ARC-170. Last done at minifig scale in 2010, and both that and the 2005 version are painfully-priced secondhand. I am VERY happy we got a new one this year.

While we're listing stuff that's overdue for a remake: Bounty Hunter Pursuit, Tusken Raider Encounter, Boga, Dooku's Solar Sailer, the V-Wing, the V-19 torrent (perhaps forgoing gear-driven wings this time), Magnaguard Fighter, Obi-Wan's blue Jedi Interceptor, Ahsoka's Delta-7B, Mace Windu's Delta-7B, the Blade of Dorin (while not necessarily a priority, all of them could certainly use a re-do; the first four Delta-7B sets were scuffed even by the standards of the time and only one has been redone), Anakin/Vader's green Jedi Interceptor, Gasgano, Mawhonic, and Aldar Beedo's podracers (not that I expect these lol), UCS Naboo Starfighter (the original... Well, you know the buildable models that there's a glut of in the line currently? It's basically one of those)... I think I had more on this list, but am blanking on them in the rewrite.

Side note: I personally would rather not see any new Imperial TIES until Lego re-learn that Imperial TIEs are supposed to have blue hulls.

11 hours ago, TotoMagnus said:

On a side note: Yeah, the ST Starfighter design was kinda lazy. There is a video from EC Henry on YT describing the situation which I like.

Considering most of his complaints about Porsche's custom ship design seem to revolve around it not being a slave to the the OT fighter aesthetic sensibilities, does he really have a right to play the "lazy" card for the ST fighters? :P The dude comes off to me like that smug novelist git from Gentlemen Broncos.

I'd argue that looking to the X-Wing's concept art and reimagining that as a next-gen, more streamlined version is a lot more effort than what Legends did for new X-Wings and looks a lot cooler than the smegging E-Wing. And the MG-100 Star Fortress bombers were really cool and original, and in line with Star Wars fighters drawing on WW2 for inspiration. As for the First Order and Final Order fighters.. Those are less fresh but TIEs are kinda limiting, especially if your idea is to look like next-gen TIEs. Kylo's TIE Silencer was pretty cool though, and the TIE Daggers aren't the most unique but look less weird than the TIE/d fighter from Legends. And the FO troop transport was something new, and also in line with WW2 inspiration.
And at least the ST doesn't have Jon Favreau's seeming allergy to accent colors :P

One thing that is not in dispute about ST fighters, and the main thing people want a do-over for, is that LEGO have yet to do a T-70 X-Wing where the upper and lower S-foils merge flush when closed. It'd be tricky - the anchoring for the cannons on the lower S-foils gets in the way a bit, plus you wouldn't want them to snag on each other when opening or closing (probably the main reason Lego avoided it on all three thus far) - but it can probably be done. Unlike flush S-foils on a gear-driven ARC-170 - that ain't happening outside a UCS set.

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And now I think I should resume focusing on appreciating a set.

I love Ahsoka's Jedi Interceptor. In many respects, it's the best version of the Eta-2 to date. The wings are solidly built, and the use of Technic angles to slope them eliminates the flopping issue that has haunted the hinged versions (albeit less so on the triple-hinge ones) - it should also prevent video game artists from incorrectly modelling the ship with the wings straight rather than sloped. The astromech socket puts the astromech's shoulders at a good height relative to the wings, and the matching pod under the other wing isn't needlessly hollow like it was on the 2020 version of Anakin's interceptor, and thus looks infinitely better. It also avoids the problem the 2016 and 2020 sets had of the cockpit front window being free-spinning (Which was extra-dumb on the 2020 set - that one used a dish with a hollow stud, so they could have used an axlehole brick and a 2L bar with stop to attach it). The proportions are good, the new slopes used make for the best depiction yet of the cockpit fence (an aspect of the design that has proved perennially troublesome to capture in Lego), the gap between the wings and the cockpit has been eliminated, the mid-wing notches are even better done than on Anakin's 2020 interceptor, and it accurately depicts the livery of Ahsoka's fighter. The engine spacing is good, and it's also the first Jedi Interceptor since the 2005 version to not have a Technic hinge tumor behind the cockpit (and thus, is the first version since then to be able to rest the canopy in more positions than "closed" and "thrown fully back"). The minifigures are also excellent, with Anakin being a standout - I think this is the first time since the Police Gunship set that someone has recognized that the only black parts of Anakin's outfit are his jerkin and glove(s). It is a bit disappointing that R7-A7 doesn't have back printing, considering the 2022 version of R4-P17 did have it, but that's a minor quibble.

I do have some complaints: The back of the cockpit is too rounded (although I don't know if the bricks needed to nail it just right currently exist), it's disappointing that the engine glow parts are the only thing holding the rest of the engine detail to the axles, the side cannons are too stubby and plain (they needed lightsaber hilt pieces), there's yet again no control levers, and shouldn't one of Ahsoka's sabers have used a 3L bar for the blade instead of a 4L bar? It's also disappointing that the S-foil piece still hasn't been reworked with reinforced clips, it sorely needs them. Those clips are just too delicate. I've had to repair them enough - and in multiple cases, resort to gluing them to the 4L bar - to know that for a fact.

But still, it's a great set and one I'm happy to have. I'd kinda like to see a Saesee Tiin recolor of it. I'll try to get some pics posted of it soon.

Edited March 8 by ZeldaTheSwordsman

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2 hours ago, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

It is a bit disappointing that R7-A7 doesn't have back printing, considering the 2022 version of R4-P17 did have it, but that's a minor quibble.

Unfortunately not even R4 had it, the only astromechs to get it so far, afaik, are R2, swamp R2, holiday R2, and Chopper (but his was on a different piece so does it really count?)

LEGO really needs to commit to giving astromechs back printing at some point, but it's quite frustrating that they haven't already, considering how many astromechs we've gotten over the past couple of years that now probably won't be able to get an update with back printing for a far longer time now that they've been on shelves recently (R4-P17, QT-KT, R7-A7, R4-P44, the imperial one from the TIE interceptor, R2-BHD, and probably more that don't come to mind (not really counting the IKEA and Maccas ones that probably aren't significant enough to deserve it tbh)).

[Brickwraith]

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Oh man don't remind me about all those events- I'm glad the comics are getting retconned because none of that should be canon in the first place. There are things that happen that logically would have been referenced IN ROTJ, much less later on- nobody's going to acknowledge in mando that there was a droid zombie apocalypse? Nobody in ROTJ brings up the massive battle and ordeal over Han Solo in carbonite that occurred a few months ago (not that it wasn't a thing in legends, but it was much worse in canon.)

Yeah I absolutely agree with that. A large part of what I liked about canon originally was that the books and comics they were releasing early on actually felt like they made sense in the timeline, rather than being way larger events than would be logical in between films. The original canon marvel star wars run was way better at that than the new run, which just feels like more of what I didn't like about the legends continuity. 

[CallumPears]

4 hours ago, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

Side note: I personally would rather not see any new Imperial TIES until Lego re-learn that Imperial TIEs are supposed to have blue hulls.

YES. Make them sand blue you cowards! They did it for the mini sets in the early 2000s. 

 

4 hours ago, ZeldaTheSwordsman said:

shouldn't one of Ahsoka's sabers have used a 3L bar for the blade instead of a 4L bar?

Yeah it's ridiculous that they haven't been doing this since she first got the second saber back in 2013. They've had the piece available this whole time! Sadly it doesn't exist in the more accurate trans neon green colour (since her shoto has a slight yellow tint to it) but a regular trans bright green one would still be better than the 4L one they're currently using. I'm fortunate enough to have a few of them in green and blue (used a blue one for S7 Ahsoka) from old CMFs; I wouldn't want to pay the modern Bricklink prices for them!

And they should make a trans-clear one for the Mandoverse Ahsoka.

[Mandalorianknight]

16 hours ago, Brickwraith said:

Yeah I absolutely agree with that. A large part of what I liked about canon originally was that the books and comics they were releasing early on actually felt like they made sense in the timeline, rather than being way larger events than would be logical in between films. The original canon marvel star wars run was way better at that than the new run, which just feels like more of what I didn't like about the legends continuity. 

Yeah it fell into the marvel issue of "we need massive event crossovers every two seconds" as well as just taking place over less time in-universe yet taking place over more time out-of-universe than the original canon run. Like the stuff that went on between IV and V in the comics was believable because it was like three years and pretty standard fare for star wars, but then they crammed a ton of galaxy spanning crossovers into the year between V and VI. Vader Down was a good crossover that didn't stretch belief- vader getting shot down and the rebels trying to finish him off is a cool premise yet not something it feels like would need to be brought up in ESB. On the other hand, the droid apocalypse feels like something that would have impacted how ROTJ plays out, or you think Jabba would have mentioned "you guys already tried to save Han, there was a whole big thing where Darth Vader fought Han's old girlfriend"

 

What are we at for new molds, then? I'm counting the following:

2 confirmed:

1 new: Dedra Hat

2 resurrected: Clone P2 pilot helmet, K2 torso/head

 

3 assumed:

1 new: Bacara Helmet

2 new OR resurrected: Plo head, DT helmet. (Figure Plo's could go either way, it'll probably be made out of the harder rubber but it's possible they use the same design for it. DT helmet depends on whether or not it includes the missing jaw)

 

2+ possible:

P1 clone pilot helmet

The funny hats from the purple guys who meet with palpatine.

 

That's pretty low compared to previous years: 2025 is 6-8 compared to (and I might be missing some resurrections here):

2024: 15 (8 resurrected: 3 SBD molds, Jar Jar head, Upper Jabba, Lower Jabba, Leia ponytail, Max Rebo head & 7 new: Neel head, beskar trooper helmet, malgus jaw, Nien Numb head, Nubs head, Praetorian helmet, Skiff Guard hat)

2024: 12 (1 resurrected: Hera tails, 10 new: clone visor, Bo hair, darksaber, Luke hair, greenhandsboy hair, thrawngirl hair, ketamine yoda head, Huyang Head, Marrok helmet, Ahsoka tails, Morgan hair)

2022: 13 (1 resurrected: Gammorean head/fat, 12 new: Cad Hat, Cad Tubes, Todo... everything, BD-1... everything, Fat Bib Tails, Quarren Head, droopy Kuill head, Kaminoan head, droidiforgotwasinobiwan head/body, inquisitor armor, Hanbutnotthathan's hat, Obi-Wan mullet.)

2021: 5 (0 resurrected: 5 new: Tech Helmet, Wrecker/Paz Armor, Dark Trooper Helmet/head, Fennec Helmet, Horny Mando helmet.)

2020: 12 (4 resurrected: Dewback, Dewback jaw, Airborne helmet, ithorian head, 8 new: Leia Hologram, KoR helmet 1 (I'm not googling the names), Jannah Hair, KoR helmet , KoR helmet 3, Devoronian head, Aqualish head, Baby Yoda head.)

2021 has even fewer molds, but in general we get double or triple this year's number in the modern era.

Edited March 8 by Mandalorianknight
Forgot K2- thanks Forged

[ForgedInLego]

15 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah it fell into the marvel issue of "we need massive event crossovers every two seconds" as well as just taking place over less time in-universe yet taking place over more time out-of-universe than the original canon run. Like the stuff that went on between IV and V in the comics was believable because it was like three years and pretty standard fare for star wars, but then they crammed a ton of galaxy spanning crossovers into the year between V and VI. Vader Down was a good crossover that didn't stretch belief- vader getting shot down and the rebels trying to finish him off is a cool premise yet not something it feels like would need to be brought up in ESB. On the other hand, the droid apocalypse feels like something that would have impacted how ROTJ plays out, or you think Jabba would have mentioned "you guys already tried to save Han, there was a whole big thing where Darth Vader fought Han's old girlfriend"

 

What are we at for new molds, then? I'm counting the following:

2 confirmed:

1 new: Dedra Hat

1 resurrected: Clone P2 helmet

 

3 assumed:

1 new: Bacara Helmet

2 new OR resurrected: Plo head, DT helmet. (Figure Plo's could go either way, it'll probably be made out of the harder rubber but it's possible they use the same design for it. DT helmet depends on whether or not it includes the missing jaw)

 

2+ possible:

P1 clone pilot helmet

The funny hats from the purple guys who meet with palpatine.

For minifig molds? I assume K2-S0 is also resurrected 

Other molds, the Technic, Liftarm Thick 1 x 3 - Axle Hole from the ARC-170 and Ahsoka's Interceptor cockpit piece are both unique as far as I can tell, but will probably be reused fairly quickly.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

2024: 15 (8 resurrected: 3 SBD molds, Jar Jar head, Upper Jabba, Lower Jabba, Leia ponytail, Max Rebo head & 7 new: Neel head, beskar trooper helmet, malgus jaw, Nien Numb head, Nubs head, Praetorian helmet, Skiff Guard hat)

Leia’s ponytail is a new piece (unless you count a new design of an older piece among the resurrected ones) and you forgot Gideon’s helmet, which is a distinct piece from other horned Mando helmets  Also, Salacious B. Crumb returned, unless you don’t count him as a minifig-related piece.