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

[Llewop]

53 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

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IIRC he claimed he was talking about the Death Star, which personally seems a bit flimsy to me. (I want to make clear I can't 100% remember if he was saying he meant the death star, or if people here just assumed that's what he meant.)

I remember it being the Death Star 2 as what he was hinting at the time. The redwood was a red herring because it was a picture on Endor with the DS2 in the sky if I remember right? Think the confusion was why redwood if it had nothing to do with Endor 

 

[Darth_Bane13]

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

[Kit Figsto]

35 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

Most of what I've bought in the past year, Star Wars or not, has been older stuff (I think the only recent stuff I've purchased in this calendar year has been some polybags and one of the F1 blind-box cars).  This isn't to say that I dislike modern LEGO, because there's quite a bit of stuff that I do like and would like to own (again, some Star Wars, some not), but it's primarily the price that's turning me off from it.  Because of that, I've sort of taken the mindset of "Well, if I'm going to be paying a premium price regardless, I'd rather do it for older sets that I've wanted for a while." 

That said, I think collecting older sets from Star Wars (and some other licensed themes too) is tricky because the old stuff, at times, just has insane prices.  It's possible to get lucky for sure (even in this day and age, I've managed to find some deals, though it's nowhere near as prominent as it was 5-6 years ago), but that's the biggest prohibiting factor for me personally.  To me, there's a difference between "I'll pay $50 for a set that originally cost $13" and "This set is now $350 and originally cost $30."

[Sucram]

I don't knoiw about yall, but personally I think we ABSOLUTELY need a proper UCS Tantive IV for 2027. On the level of the UCS star destroyer and Venator. The very first ship we see in Star Wars, and it's a capital ship - esque design. It's the only UCS from the OG movie they could do that hasn't already been done to a high standard (Falcon, Star Destroyer, X Wing, TIE Fighter,  Y Wing) Although now that I think about it a new UCS TIE Advanced could also be great. Do both!

[Darth_Bane13]

4 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

Most of what I've bought in the past year, Star Wars or not, has been older stuff (I think the only recent stuff I've purchased in this calendar year has been some polybags and one of the F1 blind-box cars).  This isn't to say that I dislike modern LEGO, because there's quite a bit of stuff that I do like and would like to own (again, some Star Wars, some not), but it's primarily the price that's turning me off from it.  Because of that, I've sort of taken the mindset of "Well, if I'm going to be paying a premium price regardless, I'd rather do it for older sets that I've wanted for a while." 

That said, I think collecting older sets from Star Wars (and some other licensed themes too) is tricky because the old stuff, at times, just has insane prices.  It's possible to get lucky for sure (even in this day and age, I've managed to find some deals, though it's nowhere near as prominent as it was 5-6 years ago), but that's the biggest prohibiting factor for me personally.  To me, there's a difference between "I'll pay $50 for a set that originally cost $13" and "This set is now $350 and originally cost $30."

Older Sealed sets are definitely costly, Used on the other hand can be pretty reasonable unless the set is in high demand. I think for Used sets you just have to watch out for yellowing, missing pieces, stickers and overall poor condition. I have gotten used sets that are as good as new though and saved me $100+ for not getting to open a sealed box basically. 

[TheScaryDoor]

12 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

I still find sets which I like (e.g. 2025: UCS AT-ST, AT-AT helmet, K2SO, U-Wing, Home One). But I'm focused on OT, Andor and Rogue One. Therefore with Ahsoka S2 and the Mando Movie for 2026 I might have to find some sort of alternative (or I might be positive surprised from those two). But I would rather check alternative builds or maybe rebrickable instead of buying older sets (e.g. I really want a B-Wing and hope more for a new set in the next years instead buying the old one which for me has an outdated design).

Edited Sunday at 09:33 AM by TheScaryDoor

[CloneCommando99]

I've been cheated of you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how, but I suddenly lose control
There's a fire within my soul

and I can hear a claxon ring
(One more look) and I forget everything, whoa

Tie Avenger, here I go again
My, my, how can I resist you?
Tie Avenger, will it show up again?
My, my, just how much I've missed you?

Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day Andor ended
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Tie Avenger, now I really know
My, my, I could never let you go

I've been angry and sad about things that you flew 
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
And when you go, when you slam Andor
I think you know that you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong

and I can hear a claxon ring
(One more look) and I forget everything, whoa

Tie Avenger, here I go again
My, my, how can I resist you?
Tie Avenger, will it show up again?
My, my, just how much I've missed you?

Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day Andor ended 
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Tie Avenger, even if I say
Bye-bye, leave me now or never
Tie Avenger, it's a game we play
Bye-bye doesn't mean forever

Tie Avenger, here I go again
My, my, how can I resist you?
Tie Avenger, will it show up again?
My, my, just how much I've missed you?

Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day Andor ended
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Tie Avenger, now I really know
My, my, I could never let you go

 

(Day #115 of asking Lego to make a Tie Avenger play-set)

3 hours ago, TheScaryDoor said:

But I'm focused on OT, Andor and Rogue One.

Similar preference here.

I’m happy with anything imperial at large. As long as it’s versatile. Night Troopers aren’t exactly versatile. So it’s been a rough year bar the U-Wing. A set which I think myself and @Swordy have a consensus on being the best set of the year.

@THELEGOBATMAN too. But for more personal reasons.

Edited Sunday at 01:10 PM by CloneCommando99

[THELEGOBATMAN]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m happy with anything imperial at large. As long as it’s versatile. Night Troopers aren’t exactly versatile. So it’s been a rough year bar the U-Wing. A set which I think myself and @Swordy have a consensus on being the best set of the year.

@THELEGOBATMAN too. But for more personal reasons.

In fairness, even without taking Dedra and my love for Andor as a series into account, it's still easily the best sets of the year. 

The build is amazing and really detailed, the minifigures are great, and the price is actually almost fair. Can't really complain.

[Tariq j]

19 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

I think there has been decent stuff but yeah I have found myself looking more and more at a lot of the older sets to buy. I agree with Kit Figsto about the pricing and I think I may wait until certain sets go on discount before purchasing them. 

 

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

In fairness, even without taking Dedra and my love for Andor as a series into account, it's still easily the best sets of the year. 

The build is amazing and really detailed, the minifigures are great, and the price is actually almost fair. Can't really complain.

As someone who owns neither I think it's between that and the Torrent. Maybe the ARC-170?

22 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

Sort of- I like visual consistency in my collection, so jumping back two decades in design language would be offputting to me. I just buy parts for MOCs. But yeah, my spending on modern on-shelves sets has tanked. It's looking like I'll close out the year without buying a single 2025 LSW set, and there's currently one single SW set on the docket for 2026 that I MIGHT be interested in, if it doesn't have a smart brick stuffed into it. (And I can find it on sale- 473 pieces for $70 isn't as bad as some of the stuff this summer, but I'm still not paying it.)

[Llewop]

22 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

My early 30s has caused a shift in to my desire to build on my castle collection. The lion knights castle probably my favourite Lego set and probably one of the best ever. Also picked up the ideas blacksmith, the medieval town square and ideas Viking village as well as the last 2 BDP castle sets port and siege encampment. With the factions all being non licensed army building is easy with PAB and with the help of other themes like city, ninjago and dreamzz you can get extras as well on PAB. It’s a simpler and stress free life compared to SW. the future looking good as 4 new factions hopefully to pick up on PAB so by next year I’ll have armies for Lions, Falcons, Wolfpack, Forestmen, Griffins, Krakens, Horse Knights, and Serpents as well as a horde of Vikings. Couldn’t be happier with my collection now and I do have to thank SW for producing sets that I’m not keen on as I’ve been able to put my money in other sets. As a kid it was one of the other I had to choose between SW, Harry Potter and other non licensed themes and the idiot in me choose SW and Harry Potter. Glad I’ve had a chance as an adult to make up for that mistake. 

I still don’t hate SW and I will always have hope for it but these days I’d choose a grey castle over a grey ship/vehicle in a heartbeat. And I’d choose a shiny new knight faction over a shiny new clone legion 

[Shaak]

This year has been good for me. Between the Starship Collection and the clone sets I will add vehicles and troopers missing in my collection: Home One, Acclamator, Jango’s Slave I, Star Corps, Galactic Marines, Bly, Bacara and clone cadets.

[CloneCommando99]

Day #116 of Tie Avenger lobbying 

[BrickBob Studpants]

23 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Day #116 of Tie Avenger lobbying 

Man, we‘re getting TIEs, we‘re getting Avengers, but mash them together and we’re getting nothing  Hope you‘re in this for the long run because I feel it‘s gonna be a while

[THELEGOBATMAN]

12 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

As someone who owns neither I think it's between that and the Torrent. Maybe the ARC-170?

Yeah, the Torrent is a very close second. The price is just as good, the build is also amazing, and the minifigures are still great. Just a matter of preference in this case, really.

ARC-170 has a hundred pieces less for the same price, and the minifigures are frankly boring and unexciting.

[Jdbrickstudios]

On 8/16/2025 at 9:48 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

I’ve actually been doing that the last few years, especially around January-May where there seems to be the biggest reduction in play scale sets. I’ve been filling in gaps from 2010-16 in my collection but they’re starting to get pricey, is very nostalgic but makes me wish we LSW as still like that now

[Lordhelmet]

7 minutes ago, Jdbrickstudios said:

I’ve actually been doing that the last few years, especially around January-May where there seems to be the biggest reduction in play scale sets. I’ve been filling in gaps from 2010-16 in my collection but they’re starting to get pricey, is very nostalgic but makes me wish we LSW as still like that now

I did pick up a few here and there, but thankfully the list is finite and I don’t have to buy a lot of these at crazy prices.  I have had more fun finding deals on the pieces and building the sets myself (and saved a lot) than the nostalgia or opening a an old box at a premium (I currently have a half a b-wing).  I don’t have many left that I really want though which makes it nice (it was not a long list for me to begin with).

[brimbolet]

On 8/16/2025 at 10:48 PM, Darth_Bane13 said:

Has the poor state of modern Lego Star Wars made anyone else go back and collect older LSW sets? Personally I'm done collecting and caring about newer sets, the issues have been talked about ad nauseam at this point so I wont elaborate.

Unfortunately older sets are much more expensive than new releases, so usually I'm waiting for an official remake and the following discount. 

23 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

As someone who owns neither I think it's between that and the Torrent. Maybe the ARC-170?

U-Wing and the Torrent are the best ships from the past 2-3 years imo. ARC-170 isn't even close because of the stickers on the cockpit. That's absolutely unacceptable for me.

[Darth_Bane13]

On 8/17/2025 at 3:00 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Sort of- I like visual consistency in my collection, so jumping back two decades in design language would be offputting to me. I just buy parts for MOCs. But yeah, my spending on modern on-shelves sets has tanked. It's looking like I'll close out the year without buying a single 2025 LSW set, and there's currently one single SW set on the docket for 2026 that I MIGHT be interested in, if it doesn't have a smart brick stuffed into it. (And I can find it on sale- 473 pieces for $70 isn't as bad as some of the stuff this summer, but I'm still not paying it.)

I definitely understand the need for visual consistency. I don't collect anything pre 2007 which I'd consider classic era LSW, old sets look out of place next to newer sets.

On 8/17/2025 at 3:29 PM, Llewop said:

My early 30s has caused a shift in to my desire to build on my castle collection. The lion knights castle probably my favourite Lego set and probably one of the best ever. Also picked up the ideas blacksmith, the medieval town square and ideas Viking village as well as the last 2 BDP castle sets port and siege encampment. With the factions all being non licensed army building is easy with PAB and with the help of other themes like city, ninjago and dreamzz you can get extras as well on PAB. It’s a simpler and stress free life compared to SW. the future looking good as 4 new factions hopefully to pick up on PAB so by next year I’ll have armies for Lions, Falcons, Wolfpack, Forestmen, Griffins, Krakens, Horse Knights, and Serpents as well as a horde of Vikings. Couldn’t be happier with my collection now and I do have to thank SW for producing sets that I’m not keen on as I’ve been able to put my money in other sets. As a kid it was one of the other I had to choose between SW, Harry Potter and other non licensed themes and the idiot in me choose SW and Harry Potter. Glad I’ve had a chance as an adult to make up for that mistake. 

I still don’t hate SW and I will always have hope for it but these days I’d choose a grey castle over a grey ship/vehicle in a heartbeat. And I’d choose a shiny new knight faction over a shiny new clone legion 

Castle is cool but I wish we would get a full line again.

10 hours ago, Jdbrickstudios said:

I’ve actually been doing that the last few years, especially around January-May where there seems to be the biggest reduction in play scale sets. I’ve been filling in gaps from 2010-16 in my collection but they’re starting to get pricey, is very nostalgic but makes me wish we LSW as still like that now

2010-2016 were some great years for the theme.

[AD_Bricks]

4 hours ago, brimbolet said:

ARC-170 isn't even close because of the stickers on the cockpit. That's absolutely unacceptable for me.

Have you ordered your free replacement trans-clear cockpit pieces and sticker sheet? (Assuming you have the set)

Mine arrived the other day, and though I still despise clear-backed stickers, the colour swapped windscreens are a drastic improvement and they make the printing on the stickers look a lot more white. I'm much happier with the set overall after that little fix.

[CloneCommando99]

23 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Man, we‘re getting TIEs, we‘re getting Avengers, but mash them together and we’re getting nothing  Hope you‘re in this for the long run because I feel it‘s gonna be a while

“Bricks gather, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until Tie Avenger is a set. I shall take no clone sets, hold no buildable characters,  no knockoffs. I shall buy no helmets and win no prize draws. I shall live and die at my post. I am the keyboard in the basement. I am the poster on the forum. I am the piece that clicks in the night, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the designers, the shield that guards the dreams of Andor AFOLs. I pledge my life and honor to the Tie Avenger’s Watch, for this set and all the sets to come (until Tie Avenger).”

(Day #117)

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

(Day #117)

Impressive! This is what true dedication looks like! Campaigning for a set with humour and creativity!

…or you could just use your young and impressionable fanbase to spam a stupid hashtag on social media and harrass TLG until they give in to your demands (which would sadly be more effective) 

 

[Kaijumeister]

@CloneCommando99 Fighting the good fight as always.

I’m inclined to agree that the U-Wing and V-19 are this year’s strongest non-UCS / non-buildable whatever sets, and it further goes to show that the £60 pricepoint is the gem of this theme as of this year:

- ARC-170 (the build actually surprised me, quite a fun set to swoosh around)

- U-Wing

- Jango’s Slave I (not a fan of undersizing ships but it’s a decent set all in all)

- V-19 (my personal favourite)

I really hope this pricepoint and its format (well-built ship, 3 solid minifigures and a potential droid character) are here to stay.

I’m also tempted to add the MTT to this list too, but the egregious price point holds it back. The droid deployment rack function is a breath of fresh air when Lego Star Wars sets often tend to be a case of ‘what you see is what you get’, and the character selection is decent although not including more minifigures in a £140 set isn’t great.

I wonder what the likelihoods of a Vulture Droid or Tri-Fighter are in the near future. Something for the V-19 and ARC-170 to actually dogfight against, and a great excuse for inserting a General Anakin Skywalker and Count Dooku minifigure.

@Llewop The prospect of getting an initial TMaG wave in spring and potentially a follow-up / spoiler wave in summer makes me think of how the Solo sets were handled in 2018. I guess I’m just feeling a little saturated after the fairly solid Mando Season 2 and Season 3 sets, but hopefully getting a movie-level budget will mean these sets will surprise us for the better.

I’m sure the Ahsoka S2 sets will be great too. Plenty of new and novel things we’ve seen going by the concept art alone.

Edited 6 hours ago by Kaijumeister

[Mandalorianknight]

24 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

- ARC-170 (the build actually surprised me, quite a fun set to swoosh around)

- U-Wing

- Jango’s Slave I (not a fan of undersizing ships but it’s a decent set all in all)

- V-19 (my personal favourite)

I have to agree, and I also have to think it's intentional.

Though I'd definitely consider Jango's Slave One the lowest on the list, just because it's essentially a 2021 recolor with a $15 price hike post-inflation.

[Llewop]

37 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

 

@Llewop The prospect of getting an initial TMaG wave in spring and potentially a follow-up / spoiler wave in summer makes me think of how the Solo sets were handled in 2018. I guess I’m just feeling a little saturated after the fairly solid Mando Season 2 and Season 3 sets, but hopefully getting a movie-level budget will mean these sets will surprise us for the better.

I’m sure the Ahsoka S2 sets will be great too. Plenty of new and novel things we’ve seen going by the concept art alone.

I expect 2 “big” sets and a whole load of smaller ones in one or two waves, even though we have a million Mando and Grogu figures hoping that the support characters will get loads of figures at least. Rumors of characters appearing does mean that we should get something different from what we’ve had before. 

With Ahsoka coming as well I’m expecting 2HY sets to be better. 

13 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

 

Castle is cool but I wish we would get a full line again.

Unfortunately don’t think there is room for it’s own theme. City, Duplo and Ninjago, Dreams only seem to be only original themes that can stand against all the licensed themes.

they could make like a weapons forge and so many other little castle builds but ninjago would have the same kind of thing. Castle is incorporated into all themes really, we’ve got the 3 in 1 Castle released now, few ideas sets with figures in and I MOC certain things to go with the castle out of other themes like Ninjago. Relying on BDP for the big sets or icons or just MOCs and rebrickable. It’s tough but more enjoyable than SW collecting atm

Edited 6 hours ago by Llewop