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

[CloneCommando99]

17 hours ago, Meaf said:

Yeesh that's rough, especially since I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if both of those are buildable figures.

(Also unrelated but great edit as always)

I just remembered that there may be a Maul Shadowlord set as well. One free set slot. Almost definitely a Buildable character. Perhaps a Lego exclusive can save us?

Thanks.

12 hours ago, Llewop said:

I agree BUT the last time a particular vehicle was featured so prominently in trailers and released materials and posters, Lego forgot to make the set. Hoping 2026/7 they’ll remember to make that TIE Avenger! 

Day #157

8 hours ago, Swordy said:

Should the U-Wing do well enough (which I do believe it is) then I believe we’ll see the Avenger as soon as possible.
Like I said last year (I think it was last year—time flies [like a bee]), if Twilight could get a LEGO set, then all bets are off—so long as the media isn’t adult-rated.

Don’t stop believing. Hold on to that feeling.

[Renny The Spaceman]

As someone who saw the campaign for that Tie Fighter from CloneCommando before having seen Andor I really expected it to be more prominent. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

As someone who saw the campaign for that Tie Fighter from CloneCommando before having seen Andor I really expected it to be more prominent. 

It was the focal point of the first arc, that‘s plenty prominent I‘d say  In absolute numbers it probably had the most live-action screentime among all the specialised TIE fighter models!

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It was the focal point of the first arc, that‘s plenty prominent I‘d say  In absolute numbers it probably had the most live-action screentime among all the specialised TIE fighter models!

I mean is it? The Andor part of the first Arc feels very much like the B or C plot between the wedding and Cass's friends needing to avoid having their visas checked and most of the TIE plot is actually focused on the rebel infighting. More an inciting incident than a focal point to me.

IDK if it's just me but most of the specialised TIE models are very samey, Like the interceptor, Avenger, Defender all make the wings triangular, adds more of them and keeps them at an angle, I feel they kinda all eat into each other a bit in a way something like the Bomber doesn't. Doesn't really matter for this one because it's a prototype you can imagine evolves into the others but I struggle to care about them individually

None of this means it's less likely to get a set though as way more minor or same-y designs have before

[icm]

6 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I mean is it? The Andor part of the first Arc feels very much like the B or C plot between the wedding and Cass's friends needing to avoid having their visas checked and most of the TIE plot is actually focused on the rebel infighting. More an inciting incident than a focal point to me.

IDK if it's just me but most of the specialised TIE models are very samey, Like the interceptor, Avenger, Defender all make the wings triangular, adds more of them and keeps them at an angle, I feel they kinda all eat into each other a bit in a way something like the Bomber doesn't. Doesn't really matter for this one because it's a prototype you can imagine evolves into the others but I struggle to care about them individually

None of this means it's less likely to get a set though as way more minor or same-y designs have before

Agree with the first paragraph, agree with the second. The TIE Avenger has always seemed to me like just another spikey super TIE. They're like the Death Stars of the starfighter world: the first one is really cool, the later ones are derivative and boring. Not to mention that the TIE Avenger is absurdly overpowered compared to the TIE Advanced that's five years later in the timeline. It's got the spiky wings! It's armed to the teeth with heavy weaponry! It can operate without a base! It can eat standard TIE fighters for breakfast! It has a hyperdrive! It has life support so our hunky hero can fly it without a big ugly helmet! And did we mention it conveniently has three seats so our hunky hero can save the day and fly away with his bodacious babe and his sidekick? Our rebel spy's stolen starfighter is ten times better than big bad Darth Vader's boring old ship, so take that! 

I'd be happy to have a TIE Avenger as a $70 starfighter set, because it would make a good playset and Lego has made plenty of playsets from pretty obscure Star Wars material, but I didn't like the ship in Andor season 2. It seemed like overpowered fan fiction narrative convenience, not something that actually fit with the setting. Pretty disappointing compared to how meticulously the rest of the Rogue One and Andor productions fit with the OT.

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, icm said:

It seemed like overpowered fan fiction narrative convenience, not something that actually fit with the setting. 

BLASPHEMY!!

I think it fits well. It kinda has to be overpowered, because if it wasn‘t, the mission wouldn‘t have been that important. Stealing the prototype prevented a mass production, removing a huge disadvantage the rebels would‘ve had to face.

And „focal point“ might have been a poor choice of words on my end. I meant it drove the plot of the first arc and was featured a lot throughout the arc. Of course the thematic focal point was to show how chaotic and disorganised the rebels were at this point and the same story could‘ve been told with another stolen vehicle. Still, it‘s a cool design and the idea of one group using the stranded Avenger‘s advanced weapon system against the other made for a tense scene!

My point is, it’s an awesome design, features in plenty of scenes, and is important for the plot of that arc, so a set is more than justified. We‘ve had sets of vehicles before that fulfilled not a single one of these points

Edited September 28 by BrickBob Studpants

[Mandalorianknight]

31 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I think it fits well. It kinda has to be overpowered, because if it wasn‘t, the mission wouldn‘t have been that important. Stealing the prototype prevented a mass production, removing a huge disadvantage the rebels would‘ve had to face.

I think the avenger is cool and can be headcanoned into the theft making sense, but the idea that stealing a single physical prototype would prevent production is laughable. Cassian would have had to also have gone in and deleted all data relating to the project, probably assassinated the lead designer too if the ship could actually have been mass-produced at anywhere near the quality we see in the show. The way I imagine it is that the avenger just had some major drawbacks as a counterbalance to it's immense firepower/hyperdrive/etc. The specific ones I would guess are that it's absurdly expensive, even compared to the defender, and that due to all the weapons and the hyperdrive, they can't fit shields on it, so a single A-wing shot could put all that money down the drain. Andor thinks he made a difference, and maybe he does by being able to save Bix and Wilmon with it, but it's another scale-of-the-enemy thing- the empire was never going to mass-produce the avenger.

12 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I just remembered that there may be a Maul Shadowlord set as well. One free set slot. Almost definitely a Buildable character. Perhaps a Lego exclusive can save us?

8 sets feels small for me, and I think at least one of these shows is going to get the shaft as a result. Hopefully Ahsoka still gets three sets.

20 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

In my eyes, this doesn't imply that the older model outlasted the later one, but more that the Imperial remnants have to work with whatever they can find, including older equipment  I doubt they'll address it directly in the movie, but there could be a story reason too (like the AT-ATs seen in M&G coming from a previously abandoned base or something).

Yeah, exactly. This is a common thing in real life, where guerrilla/terrorist groups use older models of military equipment because they can't get their hands on the new stuff. Assumably since the Empire's lost facilities like Correlia, Fondor, and Kuat, their manufacturing capacity is almost gone, so we see it crop up in stuff like the remaining warlords having to use the old AT-AT models because the new ones that were actively on the front lines have all been destroyed already.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think the avenger is cool and can be headcanoned into the theft making sense, but the idea that stealing a single physical prototype would prevent production is laughable.

I don‘t think it‘s that far-fetched  Prototypes are super expensive because of all the research and development that goes into them, and while one can theoretically be replaced, it‘s still expensive. Plus we‘re talking about good ol’ Sheev here, who’s the personification of vindictiveness and would absolutely divert the money to another project after this failure, like his pet project. After all, the TIE Defender project found its demise in a similar fashion with its budget getting siphoned away to project Stardust 

That said, maybe the TIE Avenger really was too expensive for mass production in the first place, but then why risk so much to steal its prototype?

[Darth_Bane13]

6 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

I mean is it? The Andor part of the first Arc feels very much like the B or C plot between the wedding and Cass's friends needing to avoid having their visas checked and most of the TIE plot is actually focused on the rebel infighting. More an inciting incident than a focal point to me.

IDK if it's just me but most of the specialised TIE models are very samey, Like the interceptor, Avenger, Defender all make the wings triangular, adds more of them and keeps them at an angle, I feel they kinda all eat into each other a bit in a way something like the Bomber doesn't. Doesn't really matter for this one because it's a prototype you can imagine evolves into the others but I struggle to care about them individually

None of this means it's less likely to get a set though as way more minor or same-y designs have before

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

[Renny The Spaceman]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That said, maybe the TIE Avenger really was too expensive for mass production in the first place, but then why risk so much to steal its prototype?

I suppose it could it could have be that if they had the prototype they might work to see if they can make it work, or even if it was too expensive to produce normally could have been given the one they had to Vader or some other great pilot as a squad leader.
 

35 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

Granted, they're all smart brick ones for 700 quid each 

[CloneCommando99]

17 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

As someone who saw the campaign for that Tie Fighter from CloneCommando before having seen Andor I really expected it to be more prominent. 

But do you want one as a set? That’s the question.

 

Day #158 of Tie Avenger requesting.

[betaplayer]

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

 Of course the thematic focal point was to show how chaotic and disorganised the rebels were at this point and the same story could‘ve been told with another stolen vehicle.

I absolutely loved Andor. And I'm very much rooting for a set of that TIE, simply because it's a no-brainer that has a wide enough appeal, audience-wise.

But honestly that entire opening scene seemed like something demanded by the higher-ups in order to appeal to a wider action-oriented audience.

It's fine by all means, as you said, it's a prop to tell a larger thematic story.

And it doesn't really break lore/Cannon imo: we don't know if the specifications are really better than the tie advanced in terms of flight characteristics, shields, power output etc. All those things matter.

So yeah, where is our Tie avenger, Lego? 😭 

 

[Sucram]

9 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

I did a TIE Advanced recolour that I'm gonna build IRL, looks pretty cool. Would be great if Lego made more sand blue parts though.

Edited September 29 by Sucram
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[Darth Malgus]

11 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

100% behind this!

[BrickBob Studpants]

12 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

Eh. The OT models do have somewhat of a bluish tint to them, but I think sand blue isn’t subtle enough

[Renny The Spaceman]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But do you want one as a set? That’s the question.

 

Day #158 of Tie Avenger requesting.

I wouldn't scoff at it, you are right, it's not a very toyetic show really what we have is all that'd feel right besides the TIE Avenger (and a buildable B2, I guess) it's a shame it couldn't include like Kleya or Lonni, there's no real set that could include them or most of the characters. 

I think it'd also make sense if they were gonna do an imperial vehicle from Andor it'd be the one no Imperial ever got to use. LEGO's whole war rules don't apply obviously as it's Star Wars but it's weirder in a way the designers probably register to make imperial sets for Andor where they're a very real depiction of Fascism compared to when they're a very comical, fantasy-y, cartoonish evil in pretty much everything they're in. I feel like they're not gonna do like a work camp playset, or the very WW2 looking transport. The TIE Avenger is probably the best shout 

[Llewop]

For anyone in the U.K. who was wanting some of the summer sets and not happy to pay full price Very have got a good sale on. Just picked up the MTT, CTT and the battle pack all about 30% off. Which for me I think for now is probably the lowest they’ll go for a while. It’s very rare to see LSW sets go much lower than 30% off unless they are absolute garbage (4+ sets I’m talking about you). 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Cad Bane’s head has leaked!  About time we get some new leaks

[BrickPrick]

On 9/27/2025 at 9:31 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

As per @BrickPrick’s request:

Day #156 of the Tie Avenger movement.

Ha, nice one, you keep them coming, man. Though given i am on the quieter side as of late, i kinda feel extra humbled right now. 

18 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don‘t think it‘s that far-fetched  Prototypes are super expensive because of all the research and development that goes into them, and while one can theoretically be replaced, it‘s still expensive. 

Lego be like... We can do a set based on a super expensive prototype? Say no more... if only. 

17 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

Yep... Sand blue makes everything look better. Not really, but still... I like some sand colored accents here and there. 

8 hours ago, Sucram said:

I did a TIE Advanced recolour that I'm gonna build IRL, looks pretty cool. Would be great if Lego made more sand blue parts though.

Looks great! 

18 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Cad Bane’s head has leaked!  About time we get some new leaks

Yes! Oh my Bane boyo baby... finally. Now please don't let me wait a lot for the rest of the body. 

 

I WANT THEM PRECIOUS PLASTIC PIECES AND I WANT THEM NAAAAOW! 

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Eh. The OT models do have somewhat of a bluish tint to them, but I think sand blue isn’t subtle enough

I agree that in general, and especially for anything not based explicitly on the OT films themselves, LBG is the way to go.

However, for sets based on the films themselves... maybe with some sort of special event like an anniversary... sand blue every once in awhile certainly wouldn't be unwelcome.

18 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don‘t think it‘s that far-fetched  Prototypes are super expensive because of all the research and development that goes into them, and while one can theoretically be replaced, it‘s still expensive. Plus we‘re talking about good ol’ Sheev here, who’s the personification of vindictiveness and would absolutely divert the money to another project after this failure, like his pet project. After all, the TIE Defender project found its demise in a similar fashion with its budget getting siphoned away to project Stardust 

That said, maybe the TIE Avenger really was too expensive for mass production in the first place, but then why risk so much to steal its prototype?

They're definitely expensive, but given how OP this was shown to be in the scenes it was in, I can't imagine Sinear wouldn't have kept pushing it- or at least incorporated all those crazy weapons into future models. Which is another important thing. With the Defender, aside from suffering the triple blow of the factories all being destroyed, their star pilot being killed, and the presumed death of the main guy pushing for it, it also appeared to be a direct government pet project of a guy directly serving the emperor. Now, while I'm sure the empire had some pretty aggressive command economy attributes, they certainly seemed to have some favored corporations, and Sinear was one of them. Even if Palpatine was aware of the avenger in the first place, which I kind of doubt, I don't think the theft of a prototype would be enough for him to personally step in and prevent Sinear from continuing with the project.

Wookiepedia does list manufacturing cost rather than the theft of the prototype as the reason it was never put into production, although it seems like whoever wrote that was just speculating. (And again, if it was just manufacturing cost and no other drawbacks, why does the X1 not have all these weapons on it? Hence the headcanon that it had some other drawback like being unable to incorporate shields)

As for risking so much... it was just one rebel spy. Aside from all the scale of the enemy stuff, as valuable as Cassian was to Luthen, he's just one asset to a man used to trading them. It didn't seem much riskier than most of his missions, so I think sending a guy to delay the production of a new OP starfighter and ideally use the prototype to reverse-engineer it into their own stuff would have been worth it from his perspective. (And this would, one more, tie into the idea that the avenger had some other drawback, as it ends up in rebel hands and yet no rebel starfighters end up using those weapon designs. Maybe whatever techs Luthen passed it off to realized they couldn't fit shields and all those weapons into a starfighter, and we know the rebels shield even their smallest fighters, so it was a wash.)

18 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just want sand blue Tie Fighters

*insert Mr. Incredible "me too, kid, me too" meme*

Edited September 29 by Mandalorianknight

[BrickBob Studpants]

45 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes! Oh my Bane boyo baby... finally. Now please don't let me wait a lot for the rest of the body. 

Reminder that Cobb Vanth’s helmet has leaked months ago without any other parts from that set, until today  It might still be a while, unfortunately!

[BrickPrick]

20 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Reminder that Cobb Vanth’s helmet has leaked months ago without any other parts from that set, until today  It might still be a while, unfortunately!

Ach Mensch... Scheibenkleister! You are right about that one. Then it's probably gonna be a while until the next leak. Seems like i got swept up in excitement for a moment. 

Edited September 30 by BrickPrick

[Darth_Bane13]

12 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Eh. The OT models do have somewhat of a bluish tint to them, but I think sand blue isn’t subtle enough

Fair but I think sand blue would look better, even if not totally accurate. Similar to the bad batch shuttle

[eldiano]

I’m the weird Star Wars fan that loves the space sequences but does not get the space ships. However I’m a sucker for the playsets, I’m currently building the old 2016 Death Star and getting hyped up for the new one that comes out tomorrow. Granted, not looking forward to the price but still, my entire collection is minifigures from lego either way, I”m sorry lololol I wanted to stand against the expensive price, but fomo on the ridiculous GWP that I’ll regret brick linking later. LEGO has me. 

[CloneCommando99]

May the Tie Avenger be with us all (day #159)