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

[BrickPrick]

17 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It is, so it's definitely possible- but yes, it's concerning how 2027 is starting to fill up without any ANH anniversary sets yet.

Yup- or getting the "smart" X-wing and NR "dumb" X-wing only a month apart. I think the odds at getting a normal A-wing/Falcon/Advanced are probably not too bad.

I watch the 1978 holiday special every thanksgiving with my friends. It's so bad it's legitimately enjoyable. TROS I actually don't think is the worst film- I would place it around AOTC and potentially above TPM- but part of that is because I really disliked a lot of the choices TLJ made and respect TROS for trying to right the ship and undo some of those, even if the damage had already been done and TROS makes plenty of it's own unfortunate decisions along the way.

Okay, that actually makes me cautiously optimistic about there being a new one for next year. I swear to the maker, if it's gonna be another UCS model...

Oh yeah, you are right... add this latest example to the laundry list. 

Oh, really? That actually sounds like my cup of tea, then. I'm a sucker in a "it's so bad it's actually gets good" kinda way. Of course, contrary to actual main movies, having zero expectations helps a lot on this matter. I gove it a watch as soon as possible, then. 

This, however... Oh no, Mando man. Where did it all go wrong? Who's to blame for this? I'm gonna keep it short and simple, lest the Rancor comes for my soul. You know the exact thing any of TFA/TLJ/TROS lacks entirely. I will never ever understand how anyone could place the PT even in the same ballpark as the ST. Obviously, I don't have to, but... woah. I just can't wrap my head around it. 

15 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

TPM is so much better than TROS it doesn't even deserve to be in the same conversation.  

Exactly this. 

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Synergy War poster is in the pipeline. Don’t you worry.

I can reveal that Brickheadz Joker will be the villain of TIE Avengers: Release Day (unlike Marvel studios, I am capable of planning things in advance)

Ha, why would I worry at all? I just told you that I like both your memes as well as your casual TIE-IN Avengers postings. 

Please alter Joker's design with the megablocks brick or something. 

Edited March 11 by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

11 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Synergy War poster is in the pipeline. Don’t you worry.

Salvation must lie in 75458. 75450 seems to have been skipped. 

We’re more than meets the eye

Including the Battlepack and mech they’ve only made clone, Mandalorian and Smart Play sets this year (I miss the wide variety)

Lego is making a lot of mistakes this year for no reason. A full 8 sets for Smart Play instead of the main 3 to test the market? Another Buildables Grogu when last year’s one is still on sale? No sets for new content that isn’t Mando, when even during the ST years we got Rebels and Resistance sets? All the non-movie play-sets being based on the Mando series? No TIE Avenger?! I get there’s a movie coming out but they’re going a bit overboard.

Every day we get a step closer to the New TIE Avengers

Not to get your hopes up (I still think it's too early for them to have put one into the dev cycle but too late for it to have been planned before Andor's release) but $70 sets do tend to be those excellent "starfighter with 3 minifigures" spot

Excellent one today, always good to see Optimus.

Oh dear lord. It really might be worse than 2025.

Yeah it's weird how all-in they are on smart bricks and mando. And hilarious that, of course, the little bit that trickles through is clone trooper.

1 hour ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

Gosh, I just hope it won't be a brickbuild Rotta! A molded Hutt in a $50 set would actually be pretty good.

Would they use Jabba's mold for Rotta? I mean, he looks jacked, with abs showing... 

I've advocated for brickbuilt hutts for awhile (We have the technology. We can rebuild them- but no, seriously, I think it's brick-sheepa on instagram who's shown off how well it can be done with stability and articulation) but we haven't had many new molds this year so that's fairly likely. I think at the least they'd do new arm molds, but I could see him being a fully newly molded figure as well.

[Darth_Bane13]

20 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Exactly this. 

I just rewatched it the other night and now I really want a Boss Nass minifigure. We really need more TPM sets in general too.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I just rewatched it the other night and now I really want a Boss Nass minifigure. We really need more TPM sets in general too.

Yep... tell me about it. I won't change my profile picture permanently until there will be an official Boss Nass minifigure. In other words, I may be stuck on it forever. And yes, while AOTC was always considered the black sheep in terms of Lego Star Wars PT representation, I feel like the TPM sub-theme (considerably thanks to no Clone Bros™) is even more criminally overlooked and underused nowadays. We basically don't get anything outside it's respective anniversaries. And even what manageable amount we do get every five years is further shrunken down due to the overkill of several formats. I really hope there's something next year to mark the occasion. A new Gungan Sub would work wonders after all this time. But if we're indeed end up getting arguably the most overdue Remake aka the Bounty Hunter Pursuit, I can look past the next TPM no-show. 

[L-Gauger]

21 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is what makes me think it's not a good representation of the OT falcon, there's just too much DBG strewn about. I hope they weren't trying to model shadows, that would be kind of a strange choice.

True, the DBG does make the TROS Falcon look different. I guess the question is what exactly the set designers were trying to model by using DBG - a repaired-from-damage Falcon, shadows visible in a particular scene, or something else? Does anyone here have an idea why there's so much DBG on set 75257? 

[Yperio_Bricks]

18 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I've advocated for brickbuilt hutts for awhile (We have the technology. We can rebuild them- but no, seriously, I think it's brick-sheepa on instagram who's shown off how well it can be done with stability and articulation) but we haven't had many new molds this year so that's fairly likely. I think at the least they'd do new arm molds, but I could see him being a fully newly molded figure as well.

I have seen great mocs of brickbuild Hutts, brickbuild dragons and also brickbuild animals like horses or birds! But from an official set I expect molded animals, molded dinosaurs and a molded Rotta.

Somehow I am concered about the price tag. A molded Hutt in a $50 set in 2026 seems unlikely to me. I hope I am wrong! We'll see...

[Meaf]

15 minutes ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I have seen great mocs of brickbuild Hutts, brickbuild dragons and also brickbuild animals like horses or birds! But from an official set I expect molded animals, molded dinosaurs and a molded Rotta.

Somehow I am concered about the price tag. A molded Hutt in a $50 set in 2026 seems unlikely to me. I hope I am wrong! We'll see...

$50 is surprisingly cheap, but I could see it being a situation like the sets that include dinosaurs, where the build itself is more like $20-$30 of value? Star Wars usually isn't that bad with new molds imo but it's also rare that we get that big.

[BrickPrick]

A substantial, potentially brand new mould included in a $50 Lego Star Wars set in this day and age honestly sounds too good to be true. Especially with how aggressively priced the already revealed Mando & Grogu sets have been so far. Hopefully wrong on this one, though. As I always enjoy my Star Wars Aliens and their respective head moulds. Or in this case... full body. Come to think of it, I only own the Dewback as far as creature features are concerned. 

Edited March 12 by BrickPrick

[BrickBob Studpants]

We‘ve seen bigfigs in $50 sets before, Jabba and Rotta have always been moulded, and they must’ve had a lot of previously unused budget for new parts, so this wouldn‘t be that odd  It‘s definitely not a large-scale buildable figure at that price point.

Edited March 12 by BrickBob Studpants

[CloneCommando99]

23 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Please alter Joker's design with the megablocks brick or something. 

I can’t. He’s already an established character in the lore. He has been for years now.

23 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Not to get your hopes up (I still think it's too early for them to have put one into the dev cycle but too late for it to have been planned before Andor's release) but $70 sets do tend to be those excellent "starfighter with 3 minifigures" spot

I’m counting on it. For the sake of my sanity. Or what’s left of it.
 

 

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight (Ho, ho)
A weeeeeee woo woo a winbewe

(Day #321)

[BrickBob Studpants]

30 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I can’t. He’s already an established character in the lore. He has been for years now.

Ever heard of this magical storytelling device before? It‘s called… RETCON.

31 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m counting on it. For the sake of my sanity. Or what’s left of it.

You‘re one of the top lieutenants of the Aslume and have been requesting a TIE Avenger for almost a full year. Where we‘re going, sanity is just a rumour.

[BrickPrick]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I can’t. He’s already an established character in the lore. He has been for years now.

Aww, don't you go full calm and reasonable on me. Just pull a Disney and play the TROS card. Some people believe this is a pretty powerful trick to perform. You know? Trying to rectify past mistakes instead of focusing on making a better movie the next time... ultimately making it even worse. They seem to really enjoy this arms race between multiple movie directors. 

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight (Ho, ho)
A weeeeeee woo woo a winbewe

(Day #321)

This guy... This freaking guy. 

29 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Ever heard of this magical storytelling device before? It‘s called… RETCON.

I support and vibe with this sense of comedy gold. 

[Kaijumeister]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight (Ho, ho)
A weeeeeee woo woo a winbewe

(Day #321)

Replace ‘weeeeee’ with the engine noises of a TIE Fighter and we’re cookin’  Tell me you maintain an Excel / Google Sheet containing which day has used which meme towards your crusade.

Not surprised there’s another Mando set coming, I really want these post-April sets to be a little more interesting than the (IMO) very boring TMaG debut wave.

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I’m counting on it. For the sake of my sanity. Or what’s left of it.
 

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The TIE Avenger lands tonight (Ho, ho)
A weeeeeee woo woo a winbewe

(Day #321)

Even if it's not the avenger (I still think it's too early) I do have high hopes that it'll be within that subline. Y-wing would be nice given how much of 2027 doesn't seem to be ANH based, might as well give us it a year early. 

Solid meme today, good work.

7 hours ago, Yperio_Bricks said:

I have seen great mocs of brickbuild Hutts, brickbuild dragons and also brickbuild animals like horses or birds! But from an official set I expect molded animals, molded dinosaurs and a molded Rotta.

My personal benchmark is if it's bigger than a horse, it should be brick-built. These are legos at the end of the day, IMO, if they're big enough to brick-build with the neccesary detail they should be. For Jabba/Rotta I'd say he really only needs printed eyes and a printed mouth- maybe molded arms with pin connections.

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Where we‘re going, sanity is just a rumour.

Leaked Tower of Sanity set is coming 2023, I'm telling you.

1 hour ago, Kaijumeister said:

Replace ‘weeeeee’ with the engine noises of a TIE Fighter and we’re cookin’  Tell me you maintain an Excel / Google Sheet containing which day has used which meme towards your crusade.

I feel like Charlie from Always Sunny In Philidelphia combing over the conspiracy board here because I SWEAR @CloneCommando99's used "running up that hill" multiple times.

Come to think of it, that meme of him with the bloodshot eyes trying to explain his conspiracy board would make a good meme for the campaign, he could caption it something like "Me explaining how the $70 set this summer has to be a TIE avenger"

[Darth_Bane13]

30 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

My personal benchmark is if it's bigger than a horse, it should be brick-built. These are legos at the end of the day, IMO, if they're big enough to brick-build with the neccesary detail they should be. For Jabba/Rotta I'd say he really only needs printed eyes and a printed mouth- maybe molded arms with pin connections.

I disagree here, I thought the molded Jabba and Rancor were awesome.

31 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Come to think of it, that meme of him with the bloodshot eyes trying to explain his conspiracy board would make a good meme for the campaign, he could caption it something like "Me explaining how the $70 set this summer has to be a TIE avenger"

@CloneCommando99 Should take the Lego CEO out on a boat and ask him to make a Tie Avenger, he can't refuse... because of the implication.

[Kit Figsto]

I swung by Target the other night for a couple of groceries and noticed a Smart Brick display near the front of the store, as well as an endcap in the LEGO area.  It appeared that a single set, the Throne Room Duel, had sold, unless they had already sold through everything and restocked it.

[Sucram]

On 3/12/2026 at 9:19 AM, L-Gauger said:

True, the DBG does make the TROS Falcon look different. I guess the question is what exactly the set designers were trying to model by using DBG - a repaired-from-damage Falcon, shadows visible in a particular scene, or something else? Does anyone here have an idea why there's so much DBG on set 75257? 

Just a poor attempt at making the ship look “weathered” and because Lego doesn’t like making the whole thing one colour even when it’s accurate. Look how much dark bley they always use on TIEs.

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Kit Figsto said:

I swung by Target the other night for a couple of groceries and noticed a Smart Brick display near the front of the store, as well as an endcap in the LEGO area.  It appeared that a single set, the Throne Room Duel, had sold, unless they had already sold through everything and restocked it.

This is something I find really interesting- all the anecdotes I've heard from others, as well as what I've personally seen, are that the smart bricks have been in either their own new displays or endcap areas, never in the standard meat of the lego aisle. Optimistically I'd hope it's evidence that this isn't counting towards the normal shelf space and we'll get our august wave, but you never know. Obviously whichever it is, the reason is that lego's heavily invested in getting those primo storefront displays at retailers.

They're really going all-in on smart bricks, it'll be interesting to see if it works.

5 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I disagree here, I thought the molded Jabba and Rancor were awesome.

@CloneCommando99 Should take the Lego CEO out on a boat and ask him to make a Tie Avenger, he can't refuse... because of the implication.

Jabba I can slightly see in that middle horse area where it could go either way, but while the rancor's cool it can 100% be done at about the same size and with much more articulation as a brick-built model:

Spoiler

And this is a pretty old MOC, you could definitely do a lot better at the forearms/hands and of course take advantage of printed eyes.

This sounds more concerning than it is if someone doesn't know the scene being referenced, but I still wouldn't want to wish being on a boat with Dennis on anyone... because of the implication.

1 hour ago, Sucram said:

Look how much dark bley they always use on TIEs.

This does bother me quite a bit, its always something I've wondered about. There are plenty of examples of nearly-monochromatic lego models, why can batmobiles have large entirely black sections, but the "ball" of a TIE cockpit be fully light bley on the outside?

[BrickBob Studpants]

Aren‘t the Smart Bricks supposed to be pre-charged? I bought all 8 sets while I was in the US and they were not charged when I dumped everything into my suitcase

[Darth_Bane13]

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Jabba I can slightly see in that middle horse area where it could go either way, but while the rancor's cool it can 100% be done at about the same size and with much more articulation as a brick-built model:

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And this is a pretty old MOC, you could definitely do a lot better at the forearms/hands and of course take advantage of printed eyes.

This sounds more concerning than it is if someone doesn't know the scene being referenced, but I still wouldn't want to wish being on a boat with Dennis on anyone... because of the implication.

This does bother me quite a bit, its always something I've wondered about. There are plenty of examples of nearly-monochromatic lego models, why can batmobiles have large entirely black sections, but the "ball" of a TIE cockpit be fully light bley on the outside?

I still think the molded Rancor just looks better.

Well of course the CEO of Lego could always say no, but they're not going to say no... because of the implication.

The same thing happened to all the AT-AT's with bits of DBG until 2020.

[Murdoch17]

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Aren‘t the Smart Bricks supposed to be pre-charged? I bought all 8 sets while I was in the US and they were not charged when I dumped everything into my suitcase

I believe so, yes. (If I'm remembering the press release correctly)

It's not a good sign if they aren't doing what they're advertised as doing!

[BrickBob Studpants]

4 minutes ago, Murdoch17 said:

It's not a good sign if they aren't doing what they're advertised as doing!

Since the Smart Bricks are activated through shaking, I suppose they had a bumpy journey behind them

[CloneCommando99]

For the day, obligatory ‘F*** the 322nd, all my homies hate the 322nd’ for A) Getting a 2nd Battlepack this year while the TIE Avenger remains set-less (#322), B) Being reuses instead of TK Troopers (we literally see the Mauldalorians fighting some in the Shadow Lord Trailer) and C) They are not a great choice for BP remakes since they are a severely planet and timeframe locked unit.

22 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Even if it's not the avenger (I still think it's too early) I do have high hopes that it'll be within that subline. Y-wing would be nice given how much of 2027 doesn't seem to be ANH based, might as well give us it a year early. 

 

Leaked Tower of Sanity set is coming 2023, I'm telling you.

I feel like Charlie from Always Sunny In Philidelphia combing over the conspiracy board here because I SWEAR @CloneCommando99's used "running up that hill" multiple times.

Come to think of it, that meme of him with the bloodshot eyes trying to explain his conspiracy board would make a good meme for the campaign, he could caption it something like "Me explaining how the $70 set this summer has to be a TIE avenger"

If don’t want to run the risk of a Clone Wars Y-Wing until the other 3 Republic Starfighters retire. We are in desperate need of a villain starfighter of any sort as it is.

 

Now including Luigi’s pizzeria kiosk.

You sir are suffering from the Amidala effect (I looked through every single to Avenger post to make sure after you brought it up)

… That was the plan for Sunday. Damn you. I’ll have to postpone that one now.

7 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I bought all 8 sets while I was in the US and they were not charged when I dumped everything into my suitcase

Traitor!/s

But that ain’t good.

 

[BrickPrick]

12 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Aren‘t the Smart Bricks supposed to be pre-charged? I bought all 8 sets while I was in the US and they were not charged when I dumped everything into my suitcase

My heartfelt condolences. I hope you‘re getting well soon. And please tell your suitcase companion it won‘t have to take on this burden for too long. 

 

Ah, now eventually you do plan to have leaks on your... on your leaker tour, right? Hello...? Hello? Yes? 

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Traitor!/s

I‘m a Sith Lord, remember?

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

My heartfelt condolences. I hope you‘re getting well soon. 

I may never recover from this