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

[Kaijumeister]

Wow, talk about a lean minifigure lineup for these sets. That’s quite disheartening.

Anakin’s Delta-7b only having him and R2 is ridiculous. This would’ve been the perfect set to finally throw in a Count Dooku. That said, I am still really looking forward to seeing a General Skywalker on par with last year’s General Kenobi. If they get the colours right, give arm printing, and (stretch goal) a new shorter hairpiece, I’ll still be hyped for this set.

For Duel on Mustafar, Anakin and Obi-Wan better be damn good updates on the existing 2020 designs. Interesting that a quote tile is included too, so this will be a hybrid playset and diorama it seems. I hope there’s more to the set than a black slope and a lava river though; sure that specific part of the fight is the most iconic, but having part of the Separatist Command Centre would make for an infinitely more interesting and appealing build.

Duel on Bespin only having two main minifigures is a huge bummer, but then again this is not titled ‘Cloud City’ so I kind of get it. But the very principle of an $80 playset only having two minifigures sucks. I presume the build will be quite vertical, with sections representing the different areas the duel takes place on. If they get this right, I will still be excited and I presume a ‘No, I am your father’ quote tile will be included. A McQuarrie concept Vader figure sounds awesome too and I would hope this does get a new mould to capture the exaggerated and elongated proportions of his helmet.

Y-Wing sounds meh, interesting it doesn’t include an anniversary figure but it SEEMS like the anniversary sets are based on scenes rather than vehicles (hence quote tiles). I presume we can expect an anniversary ANH playset later in the year.

The Endor Battle Pack being $30 is a huge red flag. However the leakers haven’t confirmed whether this is simply a ‘normal’ battle pack like Siege of Mandalore being bumped in price again. I think it’s possible that this may include a more substantial build to justify the price-point but I’m not keeping my hopes high.

Edited June 23 by Kaijumeister

[ArrowBricks]

I can understand the current reaction here. Anniversary figures aside, it’s a safe figure lineup to say the least.

That being said, it’s the strongest (on paper) January wave we have had for several years.

This is not me saying I like the current state, nor that I love this wave. Rather, this wave fits entirely within my expectations and perhaps some here have wished things that were pretty much never going to happen. 

It is a shame they haven’t pushed the boat a bit more regardless of the anniversary figures. 

[Mandalorianknight]

6 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Both duel sets also have concept art figures, and the prior versions also only had the duelist. The JSF with 1 figure and an Astromech used to just be the standard, a third figure is cool but not really necessary. Both previous Anakin starfighters had the same figure selection. Like it would be cool to get these extra figures but I don't think they're super necessary to their respective sets.

The Endor battle pack is the most disappointing because it's so expensive to army build at $30 for 4 figs. 

I completely agree. Getting more in the duels would have been nice, but the real issue here figure wise is the endor battle pack.

39 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

Wow, talk about a lean minifigure lineup for these sets. That’s quite disheartening.

Anakin’s Delta-7b only having him and R2 is ridiculous. This would’ve been the perfect set to finally throw in a Count Dooku. That said, I am still really looking forward to seeing a General Skywalker on par with last year’s General Kenobi. If they get the colours right, give arm printing, and (stretch goal) a new shorter hairpiece, I’ll still be hyped for this set.

For Duel on Mustafar, Anakin and Obi-Wan better be damn good updates on the existing 2020 designs. Interesting that a quote tile is included too, so this will be a hybrid playset and diorama it seems. I hope there’s more to the set than a black slope and a lava river though; sure that specific part of the fight is the most iconic, but having part of the Separatist Command Centre would make for an infinitely more interesting and appealing build.

Duel on Bespin only having two main minifigures is a huge bummer, but then again this is not titled ‘Cloud City’ so I kind of get it. But the very principle of an $80 playset only having two minifigures sucks. I presume the build will be quite vertical, with sections representing the different areas the duel takes place on. If they get this right, I will still be excited and I presume a ‘No, I am your father’ quote tile will be included. A McQuarrie concept Vader figure sounds awesome too and I would hope this does get a new mould to capture the exaggerated and elongated proportions of his helmet.

Y-Wing sounds meh, interesting it doesn’t include an anniversary figure but it SEEMS like the anniversary sets are based on scenes rather than vehicles (hence quote tiles). I presume we can expect an anniversary ANH playset later in the year.

The Endor Battle Pack being $30 is a huge red flag. However the leakers haven’t confirmed whether this is simply a ‘normal’ battle pack like Siege of Mandalore being bumped in price again. I think it’s possible that this may include a more substantial build to justify the price-point but I’m not keeping my hopes high.

It is frustrating. It's not the worst thing ever if the General Skywalker figure is good, but Dooku should be here. (Maybe we'll get a Yoda vs Dooku duel later this year?)

Absolutely. They both need different hair- not necessarily brand new molds, but at the very least they should use more fitting molds. I do think three figs in a $40 duel set is fine, provided the fig quality is there. I'm sure it will be for mcquarrie Han, but they've certainly dropped the ball on the other two before.

This one, the more I think about the more I'm OK with it, depending on the build. Again, though, a situation where the figures that are included should be standout. They've perfected ESB Vader and gotten Bespin Luke almost down to a science as well (Though some boots would be nice), but mcquarrie vader should at the very least have a new helmet mold and navy blue linework, if not navy blue robes outright.

I honestly think the Y-wing will be a hit, the starfighters in this range all tend to be great sets. 

Sure, if it includes 250-350 pieces the set might be worth the price, but while that lessons the blow, it's still a blow. A battle pack should not be $30 for four figs. If it's a good, substantial $30-worthy build, it might be a good set, but still a very poor battle pack.

I agree about the anniversary sets being scenes/duels- this tells us what type of set gets anniversary figures and tells us some sets we might see later in the year. If we're doing one for each saga film, there are some movies where we're more or less guaranteed a specific set if it really is based specifically on the iconic duels. To speculate:

Duel of the Fates: I'd guess a $55-70 price point including both some laser doors, the catwalks, and the maul pit. Obviously includes Maul, Qui-Gon, and Obi-Wan, and then an anniversary fig. There's no particularly relevant anniversary fig to put here, but I'll say C-3PO.

Geonosis Duel: my guess is this'll be our second smallest, between $30-55. It'll probably include the pillar and some of the wall, maybe Dooku's speeder as well. Figures I would guess are just Yoda, Dooku (a massive win for fans), and the anniversary fig. Again, no particularly relevant mcquarrie fig here, but I'll guess Chewbacca.

Death Star Duel: By far the smallest we'll see, I could see it being $20-25. Battle between Old Ben and Vader, our first time getting a dedicated set for the scene. Anniversary fig would likely be the mcquarrie stormtrooper.

Throne Room Final Duel: I know, I know, it's becoming the new Luke's Landspeeder, but if this is how they're doing the anniversary this would be the ROTJ spot. I'm going to say it's our largest and is around $100 like the 2015 and 2020 versions, probably the spiritual successor to them. At the very least we should get the royal guards here alongside Vader, Palpatine, and Luke. If they want to add some value to this, maybe they could throw in Palpatine's bro with the funny hat, but given the january figure selection I wouldn't bet on it. The anniversary figure would of course be Luke Starkiller- aside from being the only other duel you can put Luke in (fitting with the two revealed anniversary figs being versions of the duel participants), on a cynical level it makes sense to put arguably the most striking and desirable mcquarrie fig in the most expensive and most-repeated set.

It would be kind of nice if we could get a starkiller base duel set as well, but given lego won't give the sequels any minifig sets I don't think there's good odds at that.

1 minute ago, ArrowBricks said:

I can understand the current reaction here. Anniversary figures aside, it’s a safe figure lineup to say the least.

That being said, it’s the strongest (on paper) January wave we have had for several years.

This is not me saying I like the current state, nor that I love this wave. Rather, this wave fits entirely within my expectations and perhaps some here have wished things that were pretty much never going to happen. 

It is a shame they haven’t pushed the boat a bit more regardless of the anniversary figures. 

This is a reasonable reaction. It's tough to have such a promising set lineup hindered by a few basic figure selections and the endor battlepack being murdered, but even after this it's still our best January of the modern era.

[ArrowBricks]

28 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I completely agree. Getting more in the duels would have been nice, but the real issue here figure wise is the endor battle pack.

I agree about the anniversary sets being scenes/duels- this tells us what type of set gets anniversary figures and tells us some sets we might see later in the year. If we're doing one for each saga film, there are some movies where we're more or less guaranteed a specific set if it really is based specifically on the iconic duels. To speculate:

I’ll reserve judgement until I know whether an Ewok Village is coming or not. Currently I think it will, and I assume that there will be plentiful Ewoks. 

I do like the idea and prospect of additional duel sets, I just don’t think it will happen because it will make the year too stagnant imo. However, I do hope it signals the return of duel sets, including the specific ones you mention. 

[Llewop]

33 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I can understand the current reaction here. Anniversary figures aside, it’s a safe figure lineup to say the least.

That being said, it’s the strongest (on paper) January wave we have had for several years.

This is not me saying I like the current state, nor that I love this wave. Rather, this wave fits entirely within my expectations and perhaps some here have wished things that were pretty much never going to happen. 

It is a shame they haven’t pushed the boat a bit more regardless of the anniversary figures. 

Let’s be honest though January waves have been poor for many years it’s only this year where they’ve been getting more substantial. It’s the strongest lineup for January in years in the same way that Kier Starmer was the best PM the UK had had in years but for context when you realise the people that preceded him done things like leading UK into the Iraq war, tanking the economy in 6 weeks and resigning, partying while people were in lockdown and creating policies that actually made Covid outbreak worse and then obviously Brexit then of course he’s great. I remember when one of the January waves was an overpriced 4+ set from an animated kids show that is still on the shelves at like 66% off and still nobody wants it. 

sorry it’s a bit ranty and a bit political but January for the longest time have been underwhelming and every year I almost get caught up in the delusion that this years will be better and Lego just find new ways to disappoint 

[ArrowBricks]

15 minutes ago, Llewop said:

Let’s be honest though January waves have been poor for many years it’s only this year where they’ve been getting more substantial. It’s the strongest lineup for January in years in the same way that Kier Starmer was the best PM the UK had had in years but for context when you realise the people that preceded him done things like leading UK into the Iraq war, tanking the economy in 6 weeks and resigning, partying while people were in lockdown and creating policies that actually made Covid outbreak worse and then obviously Brexit then of course he’s great. I remember when one of the January waves was an overpriced 4+ set from an animated kids show that is still on the shelves at like 66% off and still nobody wants it. 

sorry it’s a bit ranty and a bit political but January for the longest time have been underwhelming and every year I almost get caught up in the delusion that this years will be better and Lego just find new ways to disappoint 

I’ll refrain from commenting politically, including putting my response into any UK political context. 

As I said, this is not me saying I like the current state of Star Wars, nor that I love this current wave. Most people here will recognise that I am frequently more negative than positive. Heck, I felt my own pulse at long last when I saw the 14+ sets this summer! 

In LSW context, this wave in principle is ok, and stands out positively vs some of the more recent ones. But this is because the bar is so low. 

Some day the pendulum will swing the other way. We’ve all spoken many times about why LSW IS not what or where we want it to be currently. A lack of risk and “nicheness”, particularly in figures, is just another element of this current LSW climate. However, I don’t feel comfortable making that argument whilst we have concept art anniversary figures in the wave, even if they are only in a few sets so far. 

Realistically, we were never getting a 4th figure in the Duel on Mustafar set at that price point. No obvious figure makes sense in the Bespin Duel, and Yavin gave us a celebratory Leia a few years back negating the need for her inclusion in the Y-Wing. I don’t see any other choice especially as LSW these days is about popular figures and vehicles. 

The Endor BP is perhaps a little disappointing, but the only comparison is clone wars battle packs with battle droids that are far cheaper to produce. Anakin’s JSF is interesting because it’s a far lower price point than the Interceptor (and seemingly Obi-Wan’s Episode 2 version too) but the expectations of what third figure we could see demonstrated to me that there was no obvious, realistic choice - certainly I am expecting a new Anakin with the republic insignia and if we don’t get that then absolutely it should be hammered. At the rumoured price point, 2 figures should be expected. 

Edited June 23 by ArrowBricks

[RebelFriendRyan]

41 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I agree about the anniversary sets being scenes/duels- this tells us what type of set gets anniversary figures and tells us some sets we might see later in the year. If we're doing one for each saga film, there are some movies where we're more or less guaranteed a specific set if it really is based specifically on the iconic duels. 

I had been thinking about this too after the leaks. Oddly enough, Yoda vs Dooku actually seems the most likely out of the bunch. If I remember right that was supposed to be an anniversary set in 2019 before Obi-Wan got switched to being a polybag. I was thinking similarly about each movie getting an anniversary fig, but given that in 2019 we got the Slave I and the Snowspeeder, I almost wonder if they’d double up on Episode III, getting either a Grievous vs Obi-Wan or a Palpatine’s Arrest. Those both seem fairly unlikely though.

With it being the 50th anniversary maybe another route is a new playscale X-Wing to go with the Y-Wing like a repeat of 2012. (The Y-Wing even has a similar fig lineup already with Leia present) It just seems a little hard to fathom that they wouldn’t have an X-Wing better than the Smart Brick one on shelves for the 50th anniversary.

I’m guessing there won’t be a new Playscale Falcon just yet since a new UCS one seems more likely.

I’ll throw out one more idea that’s a bit out there for an anniversary set: ~$30 escape pod pseudo-diorama (same scale as whatever Mustafar Duel ends up being) with McQuarrie C-3PO just like the painting.

[Mandalorianknight]

31 minutes ago, ArrowBricks said:

I’ll reserve judgement until I know whether an Ewok Village is coming or not. Currently I think it will, and I assume that there will be plentiful Ewoks. 

I do like the idea and prospect of additional duel sets, I just don’t think it will happen because it will make the year too stagnant imo. However, I do hope it signals the return of duel sets, including the specific ones you mention. 

Oh, I didn't mean in terms of ewoks- the lack of ewoks in the BP and reserving them for the village was my ideal. I meant there only being 4 figs in a $30 battle pack.

It definitely could- the only one of those I'd like to see this year is the geonosis one, and that's really just for Dooku, who could easily be placed in any CIS or republic starfighter. I was just going off the two we know being duel sets- they could easily choose other scenes. An Endor Bunker facade, for example, could be an excellent ROTJ set, or Luke standing outside his homestead, staring at the Twin Suns for ANH.

29 minutes ago, Llewop said:

Let’s be honest though January waves have been poor for many years it’s only this year where they’ve been getting more substantial.

I'll refrain from commenting on the rest of that post, but as for the part that's about legos... I mean, yeah? January waves have been poor for the whole of the modern era. Nobody's saying this one could punch up to the august waves we'd been getting, when we say it's the best January wave in some time we mean precisely that.

Just now, RebelFriendRyan said:

I had been thinking about this too after the leaks. Oddly enough, Yoda vs Dooku actually seems the most likely out of the bunch. If I remember right that was supposed to be an anniversary set in 2019 before Obi-Wan got switched to being a polybag. I was thinking similarly about each movie getting an anniversary fig, but given that in 2019 we got the Slave I and the Snowspeeder, I almost wonder if they’d double up on Episode III, getting either a Grievous vs Obi-Wan or a Palpatine’s Arrest. Those both seem fairly unlikely though.

With it being the 50th anniversary maybe another route is a new playscale X-Wing to go with the Y-Wing like a repeat of 2012. (The Y-Wing even has a similar fig lineup already with Leia present) It just seems a little hard to fathom that they wouldn’t have an X-Wing better than the Smart Brick one on shelves for the 50th anniversary.

I’m guessing there won’t be a new Playscale Falcon just yet since a new UCS one seems more likely.

I’ll throw out one more idea that’s a bit out there for an anniversary set: ~$30 escape pod pseudo-diorama (same scale as whatever Mustafar Duel ends up being) with McQuarrie C-3PO just like the painting.

I hadn't heard about the Old Ben fig being intended for that set, but it makes sense. I think Yoda V Dooku would fit with what we're seeing so far.

We do have the New Republic one, but I wouldn't mind some representation of the Trench Run. I've said this before but I would love a big Trench Run set with Luke's X-wing, TIE Advanced, and builds for a turbolaser turret and the exhaust port for like $160. Give us everything.

I wish we could get a new playscale one. I didn't clock that we're up on that 10 year interval between the last two UCS falcons, though I think the 2017 one holds up and given how long it's been on shelves I wouldn't consider it a gurantee.

[RebelFriendRyan]

12 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

We do have the New Republic one, but I wouldn't mind some representation of the Trench Run. I've said this before but I would love a big Trench Run set with Luke's X-wing, TIE Advanced, and builds for a turbolaser turret and the exhaust port for like $160. Give us everything.

Ah yeah that slipped my mind. That certainly complicates things. It might be overkill to have that, the Microfighter, the Smart Brick one, and another Playscale one out at the same time haha. But yeah let’s go big and get X-Wing vs TIE Advanced for $160 with Starkiller thrown in, I wouldn’t be upset at that, and it’s certainly an iconic moment worthy of an anniversary set.

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I wish we could get a new playscale one. I didn't clock that we're up on that 10 year interval between the last two UCS falcons, though I think the 2017 one holds up and given how long it's been on shelves I wouldn't consider it a gurantee.

I think it'd be a bad idea to remake the UCS Falcon so soon. Most people who want it have had to the chance to buy it for 10 years, so they're probably not going to buy a remake. If they did remake it the improvements probably wouldn't be as drastic as it was from 2007-2017. I think they should retire it and wait 5-10 years to remake it.

[BrickPrick]

On 6/22/2026 at 4:03 PM, Mandalorianknight said:

Provided we get a TPM set. It's funny that her battle dress from Theed and pre-torn Geonosis outfit are probably her two most iconic ones that we haven't gotten yet, but the two sets that we know are coming that could hypothetically include padme would include her two least interesting outfits. (Plain pajamas and mustafar dress- which aside from being a less intersting outfit is also unfortunate because in the concept art of that scene she had a sick robe and hood instead and was going to try to stab Anakin)

Yes, exactly... We know there's two sets (well, one now) that could theoretically include one of her numerous variants. Yet her Theed outfit is more likely or needed given it's iconic in-universe status. And more unlikely at the same time given the rarity of TPM sets as of late. I don't know... It's an irony in and of itself, if that makes sense. 

19 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup, you were right on this one and my optimism was misplaced...  at the end of the day lego just likes being greedy with their battle packs.

Fully aware we all get to decide what stance we take on in here, but doesn't that speak volumes the way you phrase it? You have to be "optimistic" for not linking the leaked 30 bucks to yet another egregious price increase? And I actually have to be this "pessimistic" to trust Lego's ability to do so? It kinda shows how far we've come with all this economic madness. In the middle of it all lies the "realistic" expectation. But the lines between this and the former two were just never this blurred. 

19 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Both duel sets also have concept art figures, and the prior versions also only had the duelist. The JSF with 1 figure and an Astromech used to just be the standard, a third figure is cool but not really necessary. Both previous Anakin starfighters had the same figure selection. Like it would be cool to get these extra figures but I don't think they're super necessary to their respective sets.

Not really necessary for any given set is one thing. But you can't deny this hardly excites anyone who is collecting the theme for a while by now... which is partially why you see such a disappointing response from many users in here... understandably so. Lego actually showed time and time again that they're able to re-release iconic sets, while also sprinkle in some exclusive new minifigures, to entice more seasoned fans to double-dip. But when they don't do that now, for the 50th Star Wars anniversary they clearly acknowledge no less, yeah... this definitely becomes a topic of discussion. 

12 hours ago, ArrowBricks said:

I can understand the current reaction here. Anniversary figures aside, it’s a safe figure lineup to say the least.

That being said, it’s the strongest (on paper) January wave we have had for several years.

This is not me saying I like the current state, nor that I love this wave. Rather, this wave fits entirely within my expectations and perhaps some here have wished things that were pretty much never going to happen. 

It is a shame they haven’t pushed the boat a bit more regardless of the anniversary figures. 

Yep, and playing it super safe ain't gonna cut it for people who want be feel excited about what's to come.

Precisely. I'm still far from calling this one the "worst Lego Star Wars wave ever existed", when there wasn't much of a January wave the last couple of years to begin with. It's just that the minifigure selection can't match the set ideas on paper. I want to highlight the distinction between the two. 

I was at least expecting something less ordinary when it comes to the regular minifigures. Not necessarily counting on Count Dooku in an $30 Jedi Starfighter that historically never came with anything but Anakin & R2... but something more in sets where you might have other perception of value. 

That's the key word here... *Regardless* of the anniversary figures. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, BrickPrick said:

Precisely. I'm still far from calling this one the "worst Lego Star Wars wave ever existed", when there wasn't much of a January wave the last couple of years to begin with.

I wouldn’t go that far either. “The worst wave” would imply that all these sets are bad, which they surely aren’t. BUT, I will call it one of the most boring waves we’ve ever gotten, on par in that regard with this year’s SB wave and the 2021 January wave.

January waves being significantly less exciting than the 2HY waves has been a consistent thing for as long as the theme has existed, but most other 1HY had at least one or two interesting sets.

Yes, this January wave is the first one in ages to mostly consist of playsets, which is welcome, but would it have killed them to have at least one set that contains anything even remotely interesting or new?

To me, this year’s January wave is superior thanks to the Cobb Vanth set alone. One new highly-requested minifig, a cool new variant, and a vehicle we’ve never had before. Is it fair to judge an entire wave by one set? Probably not, but my perception can be skewed like that  If the 2027 January wave had, say, a Rotta set, I’m sure I’d be telling a different story now.

My thing is, I tend to focus on the things I like, so to make me dislike something, one easy way is to not give me anything new and shiny to latch onto  Throw in a new desirable minifig in a remake and I’ll be satisfied. Have one or two interesting sets in a wave and I’ll forgive all the remakes.

Edited June 24 by BrickBob Studpants

[BrickPrick]

10 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I wouldn’t go that far either. “The worst wave” would imply that all these sets are bad, which they surely aren’t. BUT, I will call it one of the most boring waves we’ve ever gotten, on par in that regard with this year’s SB wave and the 2021 January wave.

January waves being significantly less exciting than the 2HY waves has been a consistent thing for as long as the theme has existed, but most other 1HY had at least one or two interesting sets.

Yes, this January wave is the first one in ages to mostly consist of playsets, which is welcome, but would it have killed them to have at least one set that contains anything even remotely interesting or new?

To me, this year’s January wave is superior thanks to the Cobb Vanth set alone. One new highly-requested minifig, a cool new variant, and a vehicle we’ve never had before. Is it fair to judge an entire wave by one set? Probably not, but my perception can be skewed like that  If the 2027 January wave had, say, a Rotta set, I’m sure I’d be telling a different story now.

My thing is, I tend to focus on the things I like, so to make me dislike something, one easy way is to not give me anything new and shiny to latch onto  Throw in a new desirable minifig in a remake and I’ll be satisfied. Have one or two interesting sets in a wave and I’ll forgive all the remakes.

Yep, boring or uninspiring is a good way to put it. 

And the maker knows if substantial January waves are back for real, or if this is just a one and done deal for the occasion. In any case, we need more surprising aspects for the rest of 2027.

I completely agree with you on this sentiment. The meals may lay ready in front of you on the table. But as delicious as they look like... there are just a couple of ingredients missing to spice things up and make it special. 

I'm gonna be painfully honest with you, without the Cobb Vanth's Speeder set, I would perceive this year in another light entirely. At least as far as the calendar year is concerned. As I will still get some of the big sets later down the line. I obviously can't ignore the Sand Crawler and Imperial Shuttle being factually releasing in 2026 just because I receive them a year later or so. 

I wanted to touch on this topic when we got the leaked set list and you voiced your concern about it... The more stuff anyone owns already, the harder it may be to please that person. Like, how do you satisfy anyone who has the majority of sets released up to this point? But when you go a little bit more in-depth, your expectations doesn't exactly come across as rocket science. Like, you don't seem that hard to please after all, to be fair. Not that much harder than I am, at least. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

On 6/23/2026 at 12:07 PM, Swordy said:

The Endor BP at $30 is outright disgusting. BPs have been envisioned as cheap ways to obtain a lot of characters, and no amount of superlative bricks which can be provided in a more substantial fashion elsewhere will make up for the price increase. 

The funny thing is they won't even really do that. Like the Battle Packs keep hopping in price but they retain the builds that would be in a ~10, 15 at a push set if it was Ninjago or something. Battle pack builds back in the day were generally the sorta thing that would be a 10, 15 quid set even if it didn't have 4 minifigures. Now they're always like two price points above what they should go for. LEGO realising the way fans value Minifigures has been disastrous for everyone. 

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

33 minutes ago, BrickPrick said:

Like, you don't seem that hard to please after all, to be fair. Not that much harder than I am, at least. 

Exactly! This wave could be fixed very easily:

• Add a Rotta set to the line-up. Come on, January follow-up sets for new movies are a staple of this theme! Well, except for Solo.
• Replace Leia or the random pilot with Mon Mothma. Her last and only minifig was horrible, essentially just Leia with Anakin’s hair. She deserves a real minifig!
• Add Wat Tambor or Nute Gunray to the Mustafar Duel. The latter was included in the 2012 set, after all!
• Include Lando and/or an Ugnaught in the Bespin Duel. We’ve seen weirder things before.
• 2 more minifigs in the BP.
• And, how can I forget, a small little cute innocent TIE AVENGER

[BrickPrick]

24 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Exactly! This wave could be fixed very easily:

• Add a Rotta set to the line-up. Come on, January follow-up sets for new movies are a staple of this theme! Well, except for Solo.
• Replace Leia or the random pilot with Mon Mothma. Her last and only minifig was horrible, essentially just Leia with Anakin’s hair. She deserves a real minifig!
• Add Wat Tambor or Nute Gunray to the Mustafar Duel. The latter was included in the 2012 set, after all!
• Include Lando and/or an Ugnaught in the Bespin Duel. We’ve seen weirder things before.
• 2 more minifigs in the BP.
• And, how can I forget, a small little cute innocent TIE AVENGER

You're kinda making it tough to add more stuff with your suggestions being this reasonable and all. 

The only thing I would change is the two additional minifigures for the Battle Pack and rather stick with the old price point. And maybe throw a Lobot figure into the Bespin mix. 

Edited June 24 by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

11 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I think it'd be a bad idea to remake the UCS Falcon so soon. Most people who want it have had to the chance to buy it for 10 years, so they're probably not going to buy a remake. If they did remake it the improvements probably wouldn't be as drastic as it was from 2007-2017. I think they should retire it and wait 5-10 years to remake it.

I agree. I've been saying our 2027 fall UCS should be the Tantive IV, but even outside that, the fact that the 2017 falcon is still actively availible- and that the build still holds up- means it really doesn't need a remake yet. It's also been the only way to officially get normal versions of the sequel cast for half a decade...

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yes, exactly... We know there's two sets (well, one now) that could theoretically include one of her numerous variants. Yet her Theed outfit is more likely or needed given it's iconic in-universe status. And more unlikely at the same time given the rarity of TPM sets as of late. I don't know... It's an irony in and of itself, if that makes sense. 

Fully aware we all get to decide what stance we take on in here, but doesn't that speak volumes the way you phrase it? You have to be "optimistic" for not linking the leaked 30 bucks to yet another egregious price increase? And I actually have to be this "pessimistic" to trust Lego's ability to do so? It kinda shows how far we've come with all this economic madness. In the middle of it all lies the "realistic" expectation. But the lines between this and the former two were just never this blurred. 

Not really necessary for any given set is one thing. But you can't deny this hardly excites anyone who is collecting the theme for a while by now... which is partially why you see such a disappointing response from many users in here... understandably so. Lego actually showed time and time again that they're able to re-release iconic sets, while also sprinkle in some exclusive new minifigures, to entice more seasoned fans to double-dip. But when they don't do that now, for the 50th Star Wars anniversary they clearly acknowledge no less, yeah... this definitely becomes a topic of discussion. 

It is. They really could just throw her in an AAT or something, but it seems like our anniversary sets will be scenes/duels over vehicles.

I would remain optimistic that the battle packs are still the exception here, but yes, we've certainly gotten to the point where it's no longer optimistic to want battle packs to get better but simply for them to stop getting worse so quickly. Taking into account how few battle packs we get, I'd say value-wise the only good battle pack of the past few years was 2024's super pack, and I'm sure they'll never make that mistake again.

This disregards the anniversary figures, though. Two of these sets do include exclusive new minifigures, ones with radically different designs no less. (And the Y-wing likely does also include an exclusive new pilot, unless they're putting an X-wing pilot in the Y-wing set, which at this point... I don't know, maybe they will.)

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I wouldn’t go that far either. “The worst wave” would imply that all these sets are bad, which they surely aren’t. BUT, I will call it one of the most boring waves we’ve ever gotten, on par in that regard with this year’s SB wave and the 2021 January wave.

January waves being significantly less exciting than the 2HY waves has been a consistent thing for as long as the theme has existed, but most other 1HY had at least one or two interesting sets.

I don't think that's accurate- again, I think the anniversary figures along mean that if you're looking at it from a figure perspective it demolishes both January 2021 and March 2026, and from a build perspective... we haven't seen the builds yet, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say the only way the smart brick wave is more interesting is in the way that a house fire catches your eye faster than a non-burning house.

[Darth_Bane13]

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Not really necessary for any given set is one thing. But you can't deny this hardly excites anyone who is collecting the theme for a while by now... which is partially why you see such a disappointing response from many users in here... understandably so. Lego actually showed time and time again that they're able to re-release iconic sets, while also sprinkle in some exclusive new minifigures, to entice more seasoned fans to double-dip. But when they don't do that now, for the 50th Star Wars anniversary they clearly acknowledge no less, yeah... this definitely becomes a topic of discussion. 

I actually have every prior version of the sets that are being remade, but I'm still intrigued by this wave. I'm happy we're getting a wave of just episodes 1-6 plus Clone Wars; we've been getting too much Disney content. I feel like you guys are all just ignoring the concept art figs which will be super unique and obscure figures. 

Mustafar duel: bigger and hopefully less ugly build than 75269.

Bespin duel: will be the largest set of this scene we've ever gotten.

Y-Wing: deserved remake, will likely include a pilot we've never gotten.

Endor BP: Overpriced.

delta 7: A little boring but will probably have arm printed Anakin. Also this set is probably cheaper because they left out a third figure. This is a big win since we were getting $45 jedi interceptors.

So yeah besides the Endor BP, I have no problem with the figure selections.

[CloneCommando99]

9 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Y-Wing: deserved remake, will likely include a pilot we've never gotten.

C’mon Lego, give us Norra Wexley. Let the Y-Wing truly be the TIE Bomber’s counterpart.

It’s so hot in the UK today. But not as hot as the fires of my desire for a TIE Avenger.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

And, how can I forget, a small little cute innocent TIE AVENGER

HELL YEAH!

 

 

[ArrowBricks]

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Fully aware we all get to decide what stance we take on in here, but doesn't that speak volumes the way you phrase it? You have to be "optimistic" for not linking the leaked 30 bucks to yet another egregious price increase? And I actually have to be this "pessimistic" to trust Lego's ability to do so? It kinda shows how far we've come with all this economic madness. In the middle of it all lies the "realistic" expectation. But the lines between this and the former two were just never this blurred. 

Not really necessary for any given set is one thing. But you can't deny this hardly excites anyone who is collecting the theme for a while by now... which is partially why you see such a disappointing response from many users in here... understandably so. Lego actually showed time and time again that they're able to re-release iconic sets, while also sprinkle in some exclusive new minifigures, to entice more seasoned fans to double-dip. But when they don't do that now, for the 50th Star Wars anniversary they clearly acknowledge no less, yeah... this definitely becomes a topic of discussion. 

Yep, and playing it super safe ain't gonna cut it for people who want be feel excited about what's to come.

Precisely. I'm still far from calling this one the "worst Lego Star Wars wave ever existed", when there wasn't much of a January wave the last couple of years to begin with. It's just that the minifigure selection can't match the set ideas on paper. I want to highlight the distinction between the two. 

I was at least expecting something less ordinary when it comes to the regular minifigures. Not necessarily counting on Count Dooku in an $30 Jedi Starfighter that historically never came with anything but Anakin & R2... but something more in sets where you might have other perception of value. 

With the pace of new Star Wars media, in theory it has never been easier to release something completely new. At the same time, as each year passes and with each re-release, it becomes harder to provide something new for “old content”. I’ve always believed LSW will always leave space for improvement on the table otherwise they’ll never have anything old to iterate on. With niche sets, there’s less insensitive to re-release them as there’s less to change and/or less demand. 

However, if I was a designer and had some strategic say in LSW, I would be pushing for more risk to give the long time collectors incentive to buy newer sets. Realistic expectation is derived entirely from this. If we were in a time where a Coleman Trebor released in an AT-TE or a Neimodian Guard released in a Vulture Droid, then realistic expectations would be more favourable. But the reality is, LSW does not need to do this. It hasn’t been looking to push the boundary on figures for a number of years now; the only thing I can really see that LSW is doing in this regard is the sturdiness of sets. 

At the end of the day, I have personally felt for several years now that sets in practice haven’t been able to match sets on paper. But, no longer are my expectations mis-managed. 

Perception of value is a good way of conceptualising why we need more risk in terms of figures. 

4 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

If the 2027 January wave had, say, a Rotta set, I’m sure I’d be telling a different story now.

My thing is, I tend to focus on the things I like, so to make me dislike something, one easy way is to not give me anything new and shiny to latch onto  Throw in a new desirable minifig in a remake and I’ll be satisfied. Have one or two interesting sets in a wave and I’ll forgive all the remakes.

It’s becoming increasingly common for LSW to be well behind on the release of sets. The Mando series sets this summer are a great example of this. Your example of Rotta is another. I can think of Maul: Shadow Lord as another. 

Figures is the easiest way to give the impression of value, another is sizeable builds. We haven’t got either at the moment, for the most part at least. 

4 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

I wanted to touch on this topic when we got the leaked set list and you voiced your concern about it... The more stuff anyone owns already, the harder it may be to please that person. Like, how do you satisfy anyone who has the majority of sets released up to this point? But when you go a little bit more in-depth, your expectations doesn't exactly come across as rocket science. Like, you don't seem that hard to please after all, to be fair. Not that much harder than I am, at least. 

I don’t think LSW help themselves with this. Most people would appreciate something new in a re-design whether that a completely new technique, design or figures. LSW’s answer to this at the moment is more compact and sturdier but more expensive and smaller-sized. 

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Exactly! This wave could be fixed very easily.

• Replace Leia or the random pilot with Mon Mothma. Her last and only minifig was horrible, essentially just Leia with Anakin’s hair. She deserves a real minifig!
• Add Wat Tambor or Nute Gunray to the Mustafar Duel. The latter was included in the 2012 set, after all!
• Include Lando and/or an Ugnaught in the Bespin Duel. We’ve seen weirder things before.
• 2 more minifigs in the BP.
• And, how can I forget, a small little cute innocent TIE AVENGER

Mon Mothma is a fair point. 

The 2012 set was almost a combination of two sets, which is why it worked so well and felt refreshing. It sounds like this duel is rather one-dimensional. Even then, Gunray should never have been released which is why it’s amazing it did because it’s what LSW should be. 

Bespin Duel at the higher price point makes me wish we were getting more. It might be that the set is purely focused on the Duel and the figure would stick out like a sore thumb (especially as they have the anniversary figure). 

[CloneCommando99]

In honour of today’s announcement, here’s today’s meme:

#426

 

If I remember correctly, the 2023 332nd BP was rumoured to be $30 but was then bumped down to $20 by the time of reveal? So hopefully that happens again with Endor come January. Especially since it’s likely that Lego does listen to some public backlash. (Smart X-Wing was brought down £10 from its initial rumoured price point, and then there’s the question of how come so many desirable 2026-7 sets ‘accidentally’ leaked within an hour of Smart Play reveals.

Edited June 25 by CloneCommando99

[Darth_Bane13]

5 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

If I remember correctly, the 2023 332nd BP was rumoured to be $30 but was then bumped down to $20 by the time of reveal? So hopefully that happens again with Endor come January. Especially since it’s likely that Lego does listen to some public backlash. (Smart X-Wing was brought down £10 from its initial rumoured price point, and then there’s the question of how come so many desirable 2026-7 sets ‘accidentally’ leaked within an hour of Smart Play reveals.

That's what I'm thinking, I can't imagine they'd actually raise it to $30 before $25 or something. Or the build(s) are more substantial than the normal BP.

[Mandalorianknight]

On 6/24/2026 at 9:34 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

C’mon Lego, give us Norra Wexley. Let the Y-Wing truly be the TIE Bomber’s counterpart.

If they give us one who wasn't onscreen in the movies, especially given this is almost certainly an ANH set, I'd guess it would be Evaan Verlaine. But seeing as I don't think we've seen either of their helmets, I'd much prefer one of the pilots we saw in the trench run.

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

If I remember correctly, the 2023 332nd BP was rumoured to be $30 but was then bumped down to $20 by the time of reveal? So hopefully that happens again with Endor come January. Especially since it’s likely that Lego does listen to some public backlash. (Smart X-Wing was brought down £10 from its initial rumoured price point, and then there’s the question of how come so many desirable 2026-7 sets ‘accidentally’ leaked within an hour of Smart Play reveals.

I think it was $27, then $21 for god knows why, then finally they gave in and just did $20.

I will cope that they aren't just straight up jumping the battle pack price 50%, but I won't hold out hope that it's actually cheaper. If anything I'm going with @Darth_Bane13's theory that it's just got a larger build than normal.

3 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

That's what I'm thinking, I can't imagine they'd actually raise it to $30 before $25 or something. Or the build(s) are more substantial than the normal BP.

I could see the latter option. I hope it's the former and that it's really going to be $20 (Or more likely $23, though even there I'm not giving lego the sales until I see it for $20 or below), but for now I will assume it'll be the latter if anything so if it really is cheaper, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[Darth_Bane13]

I really hope Lego comes out with some cool box art on these 50th anniversary sets. Maybe Ralph McQuarrie Vader like 2007? 

[Swordy]

On 6/23/2026 at 9:13 AM, Darth_Bane13 said:

Both duel sets also have concept art figures, and the prior versions also only had the duelist. The JSF with 1 figure and an Astromech used to just be the standard, a third figure is cool but not really necessary. Both previous Anakin starfighters had the same figure selection. Like it would be cool to get these extra figures but I don't think they're super necessary to their respective sets.

The prior version of Bespin Duel was a display set and even half the price. Duel on Mustafar in 2005 had only two, but that was because those were the only two we knew were going to be on Mustafar. Meanwhile Duel on Mustafar in 2020 was $20 and, again, only two figures but at half the price of this new version.
It was interesting to look back on the pricing of Jedi Starfighters; a trend of price increases that's very similar to today until it dropped back to $20 in 2018. At least back in TCW era we got more builds and/or minifigs with each price increase (Plo Koon's SF being the exception); whereas just in 2022 we got a $30 SF with three all new figs (considering R4 as a fig for the sake of it), only to now expect a reused R2 and a hopefully deluxe Anakin. It's better than $45 for an Interceptor, certainly, but still feels stingy.
The trouble is we get tons of Anakins and Obi-Wans, and while we certainly need those characters to return regularly, I'd like to see a different cast each time to interest me in collecting. The lack of minifgs offers no suggestion of imaginative play too.

5 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

I really hope Lego comes out with some cool box art on these 50th anniversary sets. Maybe Ralph McQuarrie Vader like 2007? 

I imagine an all gold or black greebles and gold banner box-art with the "Star Wars at 50" logo as seen on StarWars.com. The McQuarrie figs seem like a novel way for TLG to celebrate and only that. The approach for branding this 50th anniversary seems pretty straight forward and formulated, for better or worse.

On 6/23/2026 at 7:38 AM, RyansRebuid said:

If we only get 3 sets for the big new movie, what are they doing with this theme, y'know? If the new stuff doesn't get sets anymore it's all remakes forever.

If they play the hits, there's no risk of failure, right? This movie has nothing going for it nostalgia-wise, and even with Ryan Gosling, who knows how it'll perform critically and financially. It's an untapped era… and the two previous times that happened in Star Wars were the Mandalorian and the Acolyte. (Ugh, I feel bad breathing those two in the same sentence.) For the former, it got one set—a redundant remake at that, and as for the latter, obviously it didn't perform well, and I think TLG avoided a shelf-warmer with that one.

We'll see the set potential of Starfighter upon the trailer release, so I'll hold my tongue for now.

On 6/23/2026 at 8:43 AM, CloneCommando99 said:

Swordy’d yet again!

It’s just abysmal. And I fear 2028 might be when I get priced out of the theme. (I mean, I could still afford some sets but then it just becomes a matter of: “can I really justify spending X amount of money on a set that only seems like it’s worth Y amount for what we’re getting?”) It would just be illogical.

Always glad to be of service.

Same. The increasing price per piece paired with skrinkflation… I already feel priced out of new LEGO across the board. (Call me crazy, but I might hop over to LEGO Minecraft.) There's a couple of decently-priced sets, but they're increasingly few and far in between—and generally niche too. I might turn to the secondhand market, providing they are more reasonable.

On 6/23/2026 at 9:08 AM, Mandalorianknight said:

I honestly don't mind it, it's the figures you would expect with a Y-wing. Wedge or Biggs would both be nice, though as a Y-wing I was kind of expecting it to be a new Y-wing pilot, which would also be nice.

In every economy. (I'm seemingly one of like three fans of the character... but given that all my previous favorites in that show were either gruesomely killed or rendered powerless I probably should just join in on the potential man memes)

I would say Sabine's the only member of the rebels crew that had much of a personality change there- Hera and Chopper felt the same, while not in the show Zeb feels the same, and like you said, it's like they were modeling Ezra after his live-action actor the whole time.

Bigfig Porkins or lego clearly doesn't care about the fans.

It's a case where, as much as people whine, lego clearly does try to cater to people who own previous versions of all the sets. It's the same with the MTT, going with the much less iconic grey version because they've done the more iconic brown one before. (And in both cases, realistically the fig selection would work with either color.)

I'm worried they won't do Mcquarrie vader justice, but the stormtrooper and Luke Starkiller should be sick.

I hadn't even thought about that particular way Lego could drop the ball, but you're right, the mcquarrie art doesn't really have any female characters. That said, Luke Starkiller is probably second only to mcquarrie vader in terms of the popularity and merch, and subjectively his design is the coolest and most different from the actual character. (Aside from Jedi Han. Or Alien Han) I think we still probably get him.

I guess I had expected some Death Star figs or a Shlup Gitto Rebel. I wouldn't mind a new Y-Wing pilot, especially if it's one seen onscreen in ANH. My thought was that we hadn't seen Biggs or Wedge in a minute and (thus I don't have them and I'm just greedy) so that'd be nice.

In every economy. Everywhere. All at once. (Legit, I thought up until now that Potential Man was a riff off Henry Cavill's Soup. So this is a whole canon with which I'm unfamiliar…?)

The Rebels Crew, perhaps; Ahsoka had the most unnecessary change in my opinion considering she was better off mentally in Book of Boba than in Ahsoka. Hera seems toned down in personality, Chopper is of course Chopper, I forgot about Zeb since he wasn't in the show but he is indeed perfect, and I don't know how you felt about Kanan, but to me he just felt… dead, you know?

Of course, the Y-Wing would need to be bigfig-accommodable… in fact, we'd need a whole new line of remade starfighters that can fit a new lineup of SW bigfigs. Obviously the first wave would be a TIE Advanced with bigfig Vader, a Millenium Falcon with a new canopy for bigfig Chewbacca (Han stays the same)—strike that; why go for all that effort when they can instead slap a "Smart Play Compatible" on the box and call it brand-consistent?
Long live the Aslume.

Agreed. At least the grey version of the MTT made some people happy… I think this Sandcrawler could've been brown and nobody would crying that it wasn't grey.

I mean, I wasn't going to say it outloud… but what are the chances LEGO just recolours the current Vader mold?

Well, McQuarrie did a particular artpiece that featured Jedi Han Solo, Zebbacca, and female Starkiller (Luke wasn't renamed Skywalker until the day of filming). I don't remember if Leia was included in any concepts during that stage. There's one black-and-white sketch that was adapted into Rebels, so maybe LEGO could go for that? Good point about Starkiller being highly merchandised over the years. It'd certainly be odd if TLG didn't go for him now.

On 6/24/2026 at 8:20 AM, Renny The Spaceman said:

The funny thing is they won't even really do that. Like the Battle Packs keep hopping in price but they retain the builds that would be in a ~10, 15 at a push set if it was Ninjago or something. Battle pack builds back in the day were generally the sorta thing that would be a 10, 15 quid set even if it didn't have 4 minifigures. Now they're always like two price points above what they should go for. LEGO realising the way fans value Minifigures has been disastrous for everyone. 

I've been noticing how many recent D2C's have a random single figure included, so I think you're on point. I believe TLG (after years of court battles, lol) has realized that the minifig is their one instant distinction from their brick-competitors. There's honestly not much difference between a brick from Billund or not, but the minifig has gained its status as a legitimate collectible. So with Ninjago versus Star Wars, it's almost as if an action figure company has both licensed and original characters on shelves; obviously the licensed has better recognition, so the non-licensed line has to offer better value for each figure and/or bundle those figures together.

I was envisioning this Endor BP as a 327th BP without the extra droids to "boost" value when I wrote what I did. If regular BPs go up to $30, though, then I think the world ceases to function as we know it.  I kid, I kid… but seriously.

On 6/23/2026 at 4:47 PM, ArrowBricks said:

That being said, it’s the strongest (on paper) January wave we have had for several years.

Agreed. We have yet to see the builds, and I remain pessimistic about the value those will provide. Nonetheless, this manages to play both the familiar hits while varied across the five fanfavourite shows and films. (Even the up-scaled Luke and Vader art don't sound too bad.) If I was a new collector, I'd be overjoyed, and even as a collector since 2020 who has all but one of these playsets, I still look forward to how they'll be executed. The new Y-Wing and Mustafar may win me over, for all I know.

Edited June 26 by Swordy