LEGO Star Wars Set Discussion 2026 - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Tariq j]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Therapist: Mid-leg Yoda isn‘t real, he can‘t hurt you!

Smart Yoda:

I think the AT-ST actually looks pretty decent! …Minus the open back.

It does look a bit better on the Box Art actually. The open back is what’s throwing me off.

The Falcon actually looks good actually once you remove the red levers and knobs. And it looks like they’ve managed to get a decent interior in there too (granted not as accurate as the previous versions but still).

The Cantina looks a bit meh. It is kind of comical having Greedo just sitting there without Han. It would be like doing a Home One set and then not including Admiral Ackbar or something  I’m guessing they want people to the buy the Falcon as well to get Smart Han? And then on top of that you’d have to get either the X-Wing, Tie or Throne Room since they come with the Smart brick. 

 

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Tariq j said:

That Bane figure looks excellent, I forgot they did a Bad Batch version. Happy for you!

Well, thank you. 

 

Given the BS Cantina's design originates straight out of hell, I wholeheartedly applaud Lego for their honesty in terms of nailing the perfectly fitting piece count. 

Likewise, I still stand by my point that even the "optional" sets are not working that well as standalone releases, because the aesthetics are compromised too much to make space for all this BS. 

Edited 13 hours ago by BrickPrick

[CallumPears]

(Bit of a messy ramble- was more organised but then I kept adding stuff as I saw more pictures. Also the page refreshed so I had to retype some things a few times haha)

When I first saw the box art for the AT-ST I thought it looked pretty good. Then I saw the back... 

Also the top hatch doesn't open; you have to lift up the whole roof. 

There are definitely aspects of it I prefer over the Rogue One set, but overall the 2009 Battle of Endor version still reigns supreme. And the speeder bike is of course awful. 

Both Wicket and Yoda have the mid legs. I reckon this is purely LEGO being greedy. Whatever machine they have making the smart torsos is probably set up to put the standard hips in them, and it's cheaper for them to just put the mid legs onto the existing torso/hips than it would be to make a version with the short legs. 

Aside from those legs, is smart Obi-Wan in the Cantina the first new design to be made as a smart figure? We've never had him with dark brown legs to represent the robes before, and I'd love to get a regular version since doing that worked really well with the AotC Obi-Wan in his starfighter (as it hides the colour-matching issues we usually have when they print the robes on different-coloured legs). I guess Greedo or Dagobah Luke could have slightly different details but difficult to see for now. Also R2's spinning head of course but that's a little different. (Edit: just seen the clearer pictures and Greedo does indeed have some different details- most notably the hip printing)

Also curious whether Chewbacca and Wicket's heads will be removable or if their added thickness means the smart features had to be extended into them somehow. Also curious whether they have the ugly logo on the back (I still don't understand the point of that on the other smart figs anyway). 

I like the printed tile on the Gonk droid in the landspeeder, but I might mod the build a little bit. Nice Jawa too- I wonder if the same one will be used in the Sandcrawler- and I like the hut. 

Having Greedo but no Han, and Obi-Wan but no Ponda/Evazan, in the Cantina is just funny. We get 2 halves of 2 separate interactions. 

Looks like the booth where Han shoots Greedo doesn't even have a place to put the smart brick anyway. 

And yay! Another thing on the list of LEGO inaccuracies. As I've mentioned in the past, the Sandtroopers have been missing the grey squares on the back of the helmet since 2019 (as are the Artillery Trooper and Night Troopers)- a very annoying inconsistency (and more proof that the "consistency" argument they sometimes use is absolute rubbish). 

Now they've messed up a detail on the Sandtrooper torso which they'd been getting correct across 3 different versions of the print since 2012. The abdomen is supposed to have unique panel details on Sandtroopers and this was done correctly on the designs made in 2012, 2014, and 2018. But nope! The new one uses the Rogue One/Disney+ Stormtrooper design, as all of the Stormie variants have been using since 2022.  

And he doesn't have a backpack (granted, we see some Sandtroopers in ANH without their backpacks but would've been nice to get one, though tbh I've not been a fan of the modern backpack builds anyway with that awful transparent bracket piece). 

Edited 10 hours ago by CallumPears

[PlanetLEGO]

I think some of the builds are charming, but overall I think Smart Play is too expensive for its own good.

With LEGO Mario there was at least some price flexibility, but here you have an at least $70 for a starter set plus a minimum of $50 for any expansions.

If anything, this reminds me a bit of LEGO Dimensions and its over-priced Starter Packers which ultimately shelf warmed.

[BrickPrick]

Two more things about the BS line-up... One, if Luke's Landspeeder is like your most appealing looking set out of the whole bunch, you are in knee deep trouble. Here's hoping the actual commercial performance will reflect that sooner rather than later, so we can be done with this nightmare fuel. And second, giving Yoda mid legs is super stupid, regardless of reasoning. As he already is too tall with short legs to begin with! 

On a widely different note, I almost forgot my annual meme for newly obtained highlight minifigures. Started with Plo Koon, followed by Saw Gererra and then Jango Fett, may I now present to you...

Where are you, Cad Bane? You're here! You're not getting stabbed by good old righteous Boba and seemingly left for dead, because in the "no one's ever really gone" era of Disney nothing is set in stone anymore, which I may or may not perceive as a cheap excuse to be able to constantly bring back fan favorite characters at will. You're here! You're right here, and you're ready to fight! 

Last but not least, inspired by the honorable @Mandalorianknight, here's how my tiny dream come true is casually displayed on the big grey baseplate™. Two down, two to go! 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Kaijumeister]

23 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

And thank you, man. I appreciate your empathy. 

 I’m planning to get Cobb’s Speeder as well, although I’ll probably buy it with the rest of TMaG sets in May / June. 

These Smart Play expansion sets highlight two key failings IMO:

1) You specifically design entire builds around where to place the Smart Brick. Therefore the Smart Brick does not augment the play experience (which should stand up on its own without it), but instead becomes centre stage itself.

2) The methods of physically stimulating the Smart Brick in these Star Wars sets are very…feeble? Crude? Moving coloured levers / platforms etc.just to elicit some light and sound effects almost seems like taking two steps back for one step forward and isn’t the intuitive leap forward Lego’s marketing lingo is framing this as. The brick is smarter than the means these sets are employing to elicit some responses from it.

Just reinforces my sentiment that, again, debuting the Smart Brick in Star Wars was the wrong move.

Price (and ignoring the huge gaps allocated for the Genius Brick) aside, I will say that as simplified builds for younger audiences, some of these sets like the Falcon are quite charming. Plus the package art is genuinely awesome.

[ArrowBricks]

I have nothing meaningful to say apart from the weird-looking carousel type side-build in Yoda's Hut - how funny! 

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Two more things about the BS line-up... If Luke's Landspeeder is like your most appealing looking sets out of the whole bunch, you are in knee deep trouble.

 

I think this is the perfect summary for these compatible sets. I actually prefer the all-in-one sets and think there is a place for them, but these sets make no sense without the smart brick. I guess once you have one smart brick, it becomes a non-issue so to speak, especially over the years when you build up the total amount of smart bricks. It does just show the greed of LEGO.

I strongly suspect one of the following, if not both, will happen: 

- Cheap £20-£30 set to get a smart brick 

- Smart bricks will be sold separately, with the charger 

Edited 6 hours ago by ArrowBricks

[Kit Figsto]

36 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I think this is the perfect summary for these compatible sets. I actually prefer the all-in-one sets and think there is a place for them, but these sets make no sense without the smart brick. I guess once you have one smart brick, it becomes a non-issue so to speak, especially over the years when you build up the total amount of smart bricks. It does just show the greed of LEGO.

That's kind of my take as well.  The sets themselves don't look too bad - some of them are obviously way more kid-oriented, which is totally fine.  I think it's great to experiment and figure out different ways to appeal to kids.

The problem is that the price/"stuff" ratio still stinks, IMO (I also have no idea how that Falcon is almost 900 pieces - where are half of the parts even going in that set?).  Okay, if you're going to downscale and kid-ify some of the sets, that's a-okay, but you can't also charge a premium price and expect it to work.

[Darth_Bane13]

I wish Lego would print the AT-ST driver visor on their face again.

[Mandalorianknight]

On 1/26/2026 at 1:23 PM, Kaijumeister said:

@Mandalorianknight The lack of cool new trooper variants for TMaG is really odd. As much as new variants are driven by merchandising needs, I wouldn’t say no to cool new Lego minifigures with unique helmets.

Oh, I love getting new troopers- merchandising's always been a big part of star wars, and I have no issue with them making  some new variants every time they do a new film- real-world militaries have plenty of different uniforms that change plenty over the decades. I agree it's a really weird choice not to do any new trooper types- similarly, I think it's a major misstep not to give Mando and Grogu new outfits. Most kids who like those characters have minifigures, plushies, or action figures of them already. Same with collectors, as it seems to be an almost identical suit (And in lego's case, they don't seem inclined to make new minifigs for the slight changes to Mando's gear between seasons anyway). I have some hope the movie will be a fun adventure, but I do worry that the merchandise sales are going to be rough.

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Where are you, Cad Bane? You're here! You're not getting stabbed by good old righteous Boba and seemingly left for dead, because in the "no one's ever really gone" era of Disney nothing is set in stone anymore, which I may or may not perceive as a cheap excuse to be able to constantly bring back fan favorite characters at will. You're here! You're right here, and you're ready to fight! 

Last but not least, inspired by the honorable @Mandalorianknight, here's how my tiny dream come true is casually displayed on the big grey baseplate™. Two down, two to go! 

Great quote, great picture. The set may be overpriced, but they really went all-out on the two included characters.

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

 I’m planning to get Cobb’s Speeder as well, although I’ll probably buy it with the rest of TMaG sets in May / June. 

These Smart Play expansion sets highlight two key failings IMO:

1) You specifically design entire builds around where to place the Smart Brick. Therefore the Smart Brick does not augment the play experience (which should stand up on its own without it), but instead becomes centre stage itself.

2) The methods of physically stimulating the Smart Brick in these Star Wars sets are very…feeble? Crude? Moving coloured levers / platforms etc.just to elicit some light and sound effects almost seems like taking two steps back for one step forward and isn’t the intuitive leap forward Lego’s marketing lingo is framing this as. The brick is smarter than the means these sets are employing to elicit some responses from it.

Just reinforces my sentiment that, again, debuting the Smart Brick in Star Wars was the wrong move.

Price (and ignoring the huge gaps allocated for the Genius Brick) aside, I will say that as simplified builds for younger audiences, some of these sets like the Falcon are quite charming. Plus the package art is genuinely awesome.

Well said. And good callout on the packaging- whatever flaws the actual sets have, the packaging engineers pulled out the best work I've ever seen for lego sets. Get these guys on the 18+ sublines immediately.

Another major issue I've noticed with the smart brick is that you need to assemble it into a specific spot to use just one feature. For example, with the X-wing set, you have to put it in a different spot for the X-wing, Turret, or console. So unless you have 3 smart bricks you can't use the features in tandem with eachother. (The falcon is maybe the roughest example here- it looks like you can choose to either have the engines glow/make a noise or have the laser firing noise, but you need to build the smart brick into a different spot depending on which- and you have to open the falcon up to get at the engine spot too). As @Kaijumeister says it's a bit of a step backwards from some previous lights and sound systems, as you have an expensive piece of tech that can make only one light or sound at a time.

 

My thoughts on the sets:

Intellectual brick Luke visits space BP station: If it had just been Luke, the jawa, and speeder for $20ish it would have been a fine set. I usually like side builds, but the issue with a lot of the smart sets is their inclusion of side builds that clearly don't fit within the universe. It's fine for 4+ sets, but I think even your 6-8 year old is old enough to notice that it's weird the jawa has a green squeaky hammer (what's up with that, by the way, they're in a few sets. I assume the smart brick has a color sensor and that's why they're bright green, but it's still a strange choice). Also, as a certified GNK droid aficionado, you guys have to head back to the drawing board on this one. Even with the constraint of the tile needing to be on top, I think there were better ways to do it.

Astute brick Tall Wicket solos the entire galactic empire: I'll give praise where praise is due- this AT-ST has a lot of great things going for it. If it had legs more proportionate to the head, and a closed back, it would be one of the best we've ever had. When I find this on a 30% or more discount I will probably grab it to mod. Now, on the other hand, it does just have an open back and a chibi head, so as a stock set it's rough. And another situation where even as a 6 year old, I think most kids will dislike the fact that the AT-ST has an open side and can be defeated by wicket just waiting for it to turn around.

Genius brick Tall Yoda's carnival: I see the vision here, I get what they were going for, but I think they needed to use clear liftarms. It's a ROUGH build otherwise. The Hut is a nice size but unfortunately loses a lot of the advancements in shaping we'd made in the past few versions. 

Scholarly brick Greedo lives to watch the bith concert another day: I wonder if they had a mandate to avoid action-themed features as much as possible, because I feel like food is a lot more prominent in these than in the actual saga. I think making the focus of the set a stage that plays barely audible, non-cantina band music was a critical flaw, though I will assume the designers were making it on the assumption that it would be the actual music and had their legs cut out at the last second. The figure selection is also somewhat baffling, and the Dewback unfortunately will set back my campaign to make star wars creatures brick-built significantly. I know somebody's gonna point to this every time I bring up the concept...

Perceptive brick Millenium Falcon has an open cockpit and I really hope Han and Chewie can breathe in space: I'm not joking about that issue- this is something that bothered me with sets when I was the target age range of these. It would irritate me to no end that Han and Chewie are just exposed to the void here. I spoke already about the issue inherent in having to move the smart brick whenever you want to use a different play feature on the falcon as well. 

 

Overall there are some great designs here- elements of the AT-ST specifically look excellent- but the smart brick accommodations critically damage each set. If anything, I think these will end up having poorer sales than the actual smart sets.

[icm]

I'm surprised, these actually aren't too bad apart from the prices. 

Even though the Landspeeder still doesn't have a windscreen element designed for it, the element used here is much better than the one that they've used for the past decade and a half. I like the printed boat studs on the engines, and the Bluey seat element is a nice touch. The seats are too far forward apart to accomodate the Smart Brick, but it'll be an easy mod to take out the Smart Brick bed, move the seats and windscreen back two studs, and fill in the gap. I appreciate the simpler build compared to the 2020 version and the lack of flex tubes compared to the 2004, 2009, 2014, and 2017 versions. The 2020 version was more complex than it needed to be, yet without major improvements in proportions compared to the 2017 version, and the flex-tube build was getting old and tired. The Tatooine side build is fun and I don't have a Jawa minifig yet. The Gonk droid is fun too. But at $40 for 215p, this needs to be at least 30% off ($28) before it even approaches reasonable territory. Maybe I could get it half-price without figs and get a Jawa from Bricklink. It would be perfect at 40% off ($24).

On the one hand, the actual hut in the Yoda's hut playset looks great. It's a large build with plenty of interior and exterior detail and, more important, plenty of room inside, in front, and in the doorway to pose and play with minifigs. It's considerably more convincing than the 2018 version, which was a boxy little facade, and the colors are a little brighter, and it's light years better than the 2022 diorama version, which looked good on the shelf but had absolutely zero play value. I like the fact that we're getting big crates and boxes from Luke's camp for the first time ever, and I appreciate the extra scenery. I'm not convinced the play value of the big Technic juggling scaffold is worth the effort, though. I kinda like the mid legs on Yoda, even though it makes him a little taller, but I'm disappointed that the standard astromech body hasn't been redesigned to have a centered stud to allow head rotation like on the Smart Tag astromech body. Despite the PPP, I'd much rather pay $70 for this than $80 for the diorama version. (I ended up getting the diorama secondhand for $25, missing a few small pieces here and there.) At $70 for 440p with a build this size, this one seems reasonable (still overpriced, but not egregiously overpriced) once it hits 20% off or $56. It would be a good buy at 30% off or $49.

At first glance, the AT-ST doesn't look too bad. It doesn't look as good as the 2016 model, aka the GOAT of AT-STs, but not too bad. Of course, then you realize it has no rear wall. Leaving off the rear wall seems like the best way to make it Smart Brick-compatible, since that gives easy access to the interior, it has the least impact on the front-facing angles, and it's easy to add a rear wall back in. I don't mind the mid legs on the Ewok, but I think the mid legs work better on Yoda than on the Ewoks. The speeder bike is terrible. It's too small of a vehicle to effectively redesign to fit a Smart Brick. At $50 for 347p, this one would be reasonable at 20% off or $40, but better at 30% off or $35.

The Mos Eisley cantina isn't quite as terrible as I was expecting. The Smart Brick integration is still awful, but it shouldn't be too hard to remove it from the stage. The brick-built dewback is tiny and derpy, but it really isn't any worse than the microfighter version from 2019. The minifig selection still leaves a lot to be desired. It should have, in order of priority: Han, Wuher, and another Bith musician. Why doesn't it have Han Solo? How can you have a cantina scene with Greedo without Han Solo? That's an incredibly stingy move by Lego. But at least the whole scene put together is fairly large and easy to reconfigure in a line or a square. On paper, at $80 for 666p, this would be pretty good value at 20% off for $64, but the lack of a Han Solo minifiigure really drags the whole thing down and only makes it an acceptable buy starting at 30% off or $56.

The Millennium Falcon is really the highlight of the Smart Play sets. A lot of people on the forums, including me, have been saying for years (since 2022) that the next playscale Falcon should be smaller, cheaper, more accessible. We expected a "small Falcon" to use the windscreen introduced for the 2022 City Space sets and this one doesn't, but that's ok. The parts count, minifig count, built size, interior space, and swooshability compare favorably to most of the other $100 swooshy vehicle sets in Star Wars and Marvel from the past few years, such as the Inquisitor Transport Scythe and the Quinjet from the first Avengers movie. The proportions and angles of the ship suffer from the smaller format, but overall it's still finished fairly well. The new panels on double liftarms are a very practical solution to the roof problem, and I like the pull-out module for the hyperdrive repair. It's too bad this is the first playscale Falcon not to feature a gunner seat, but I guess something had to go. The pickup bed for the Smart Brick should be fairly easy to mod over. It's ironic that the mandibles on the older, larger playscale Falcons were too thin, while the mandibles on this version are too thick. At $100p for 885p, this is no more overpriced than is usual for Star Wars and Marvel sets of this format, and it'll be solid value at 20% off for $80.

 

Some more thoughts on the all-in-one sets:

Given that a regular X-wing is supposed to be coming later this year at $70, which is the new normal for starfighter prices, I don't resent the Smart Brick X-wing anymore. It's a fun playset for kids, and it's been ages since we've had an X-wing that came with a maintenance train. In fact, when I was a kid I thought the maintenance train was the best part of the OG X-wing set! My brother had the 7140 X-wing and I had the 4502, but I was still jealous of his maintenance train and I thought it was stupid that none of the other starfighters came with a little maintenance train. The Smart Brick maintenance train isn't as cool as the one in the OG 7140, but it's still fun. I used to build boarding stairs for all my starfighters out of basic bricks, so I always like to see boarding stairs in official sets. At $90 for 584p including one Smart Brick, the value isn't there, but it seems like it would be fair value at 20% off for $72, and legitimately good value at 30% off for $63.

The value of the TIE Advanced at $70 for 473p isn't much worse than the X-wing, but the ship is worse because it doesn't lean into its compromised proportions the way the X-wing does. It just looks bad, not cute in a caricatured kind of way, and it'll be hard to mod into a better version. This one would still be a bad buy at half off or $35 secondhand without minifigures or Smart Bricks.

The Throne Room Duel and A-wing set still makes no sense. It's a shame the complete package makes no sense, because on their own both builds are very good. The Throne Room window is an attractively downsized version of the form pioneered in the diorama version, and the duel arena and control sticks are sensible builds for the set concept. The A-wing is a little small, but its forward body has better angles and contours than any previous A-wing and a very simple and sturdy build to boot, while the lack of an aft fairing behind the windscreen for Smart Brick compatibility is easily fixed. It would have been better to release the A-wing separately, with no Smart Brick, for $30 and the Throne Room Duel separately, with the two Smart Bricks, for $120, if close to the same total retail price must be maintained for arcane accounting reasons. At $160 for 962p, the complete package makes no sense, but at least it's still somehow better value by PPP than the downsized Clone Turbo Tank from 2025! This price doesn't begin to become reasonable even by Star Wars standards until 25% off or $120, but below that I can start to see the value.

 

[Nobricksleft]

Recruiting Anthony Daniels and using his divine influence to promote BS just isn't proper.

[BrickPrick]

3 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

 I’m planning to get Cobb’s Speeder as well, although I’ll probably buy it with the rest of TMaG sets in May / June. 

Oh, I'm sure this set will pair quite nicely with some of the M&G offerings. Even if not, it will definitely do well with some good discounts. We were lucky enough to instantly get it at a much more reasonable price point. The speed at which Amazon DE slashes those euros off of LSW products has been greatly increased as of late. No need to wait more than just a few days anymore. 

And hey, having now inspected General Kenobi with my own eyes... Holy moly, what a magnificent minifigure all around. Yes, I thought this way since the first high-res pictures popped up. Yes, I joined your quest of wanting a General Skywalker next ever since. And yes, I intend to celebrate this particular minifigure upon leaks with you. But yeah... seeing it in person always hits different. As far as the Lego Star Wars quality standard goes, it could hardly be any better as is. 

3 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

These Smart Play expansion sets highlight two key failings IMO:

1) You specifically design entire builds around where to place the Smart Brick. Therefore the Smart Brick does not augment the play experience (which should stand up on its own without it), but instead becomes centre stage itself.

2) The methods of physically stimulating the Smart Brick in these Star Wars sets are very…feeble? Crude? Moving coloured levers / platforms etc.just to elicit some light and sound effects almost seems like taking two steps back for one step forward and isn’t the intuitive leap forward Lego’s marketing lingo is framing this as. The brick is smarter than the means these sets are employing to elicit some responses from it.

Just reinforces my sentiment that, again, debuting the Smart Brick in Star Wars was the wrong move.

Amazing... Every word you just said is right. 

2 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

I think this is the perfect summary for these compatible sets. I actually prefer the all-in-one sets and think there is a place for them, but these sets make no sense without the smart brick. I guess once you have one smart brick, it becomes a non-issue so to speak, especially over the years when you build up the total amount of smart bricks. It does just show the greed of LEGO.

Yep. From an parents perspective thinking about getting those things for their kids, might as well just to make them suffer, these optional sets are not problematic per se. Like you said, you get one of the three starter sets and you are good to go for the optional stuff. But as standalone sets, I don't see compatible sets standing on their own feet. There are just too many drawbacks to make them functional as your average system scale sets. Especially from an astehtics standpoint, which I feel has been greatly increased lately for what this aspires to be. 

2 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

The problem is that the price/"stuff" ratio still stinks, IMO (I also have no idea how that Falcon is almost 900 pieces - where are half of the parts even going in that set?). 

There must be many tiny pieces, I suppose. 

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Great quote, great picture. The set may be overpriced, but they really went all-out on the two included characters.

Oh, the set is most definitely overpriced. Like I was shocked how light the box was. Not that long ago, this would have been your typical 20/25€_ Duel set. Anything above is pushing it to the limit, but not surprising nowadays. To accommodate the higher price tag, a small side-build, maybe for a less oversized Speeder, and a third figure, like that deputy dude, would have been in order. But yes, the two included figures are the clear standouts... which unfortunately, Lego was aware of as well. 

As assumed, the brand new TBOBF Cad Bane is the best version they have ever done. Though it was a close call for me. As TBB Bane is no slouch either. It even has some areas, the legs and the back, that I prefer over the other. But yeah, the long awaited addition of arm printing ultimately edges it out ever so slightly. 

Edited 3 hours ago by BrickPrick

[Alex_South]

I am holding out hope for some pearl grey/silver use on the new N-1 and Razorcrest. Light grey just doesn't capture the model at all, the whole point of those ships and beskar was to show off the reflectivity of the volume providing environmental lighting.

Edited 2 hours ago by Alex_South

[Renny The Spaceman]

It's cool we now have a LEGO set with a piece count of 666. Sure it's happened before statistically but I've never seen one before so doesn't count 

[Meaf]

Don't have much to add regarding the Smart Bricks (I don't care about them at all but I suppose that's the majority opinion here). One thing I will say, though, is why did they make the technic bits on the yoda set black??? I guess maybe they don't make them clear but that would have made so much more sense.