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

[Darth_Bane13]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I get the appeal of them but these personally just don't interest me. They are cool concepts, but it's a similar thing to the giant minifigures- if I want star wars legos, I want legos representing things in the star wars universe, not legos referencing lego star wars or filming/watching star wars.

This sums up my thoughts as well. Like why would I want a BTS diorama instead of the actual scene? I want to be immersed in the movies, not reminded about how it's all fake.

[BrickPrick]

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I think it's entirely possible in the latter case. Dooku would be guaranteed for an AOTC Brickheadz pack, but doesn't appear to be showing up before then in sets. It's not unheard of- though this would probably the most extreme example- as Grievous and General Lando also both received brickheadz a number of years after their minifigures went off shelves.

Oh shoot, it's totally going to happen now, right? I seriously don't understand why it takes Lego this long to bring him back. It's gotta be due to the limited set compatibility. As the minifigure on it's own requiring only slight updates here and there is nothing to write home about. 

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I'm glad to hear I wasn't alone in my lapse in judgement- though I do quite like the speeder, too. Some new wedge-tip curved slopes I hadn't seen before.

Yep, we already talked about this a couple of times. It's a very sleek looking speeder. Definitely one of the better designed Battle Pack side-builds, I give them that. 

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

For some reason lego seems to count astromechs as minifigures. They don't do it with the B1s/B2s, etc, but they do with the astromechs. That said, two minifigs in a $30 set- one of them re-used- would imply a detailed general skywalker is coming, since it's sort of like the Cobb Vanth speeder set if the other fig had been a re-used Mando instead of your beloved Cad Bane. I think we probably will get arm printing and the like- the real question is if we'll get the more visually distinct navy and maroon robes, or the black and brown.

We also touched on this topic before as well. What Lego officially classifies as minifigure might vary be region. At least as far as their marketing efforts are concerned. In the official german product descriptions, be it the Lego Shop/Amazon/you name it, Astromechs are not counted towards the total minifigure count. It goes like this: "Includes 3 minifigures: A, B, C AND Astromech X as an additional figure." In either case, my point still stands, R2 will 99% be a repeat, so they only have to care for Anakin. Which I want to clarify as well, I heavily prefer him to be in his early TCW navy/maroon General outfit. Give us something special we don't get every single time when he releases in one of his Starships. I want a true equivalent standing toe to toe with last year's General Obi-Wan figure. 

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Dust is a scourge for legos. Especially the black-base dioramas- at least Mos Eisely has to be harder to notice dust on given the lighter colors. 

Yes, it is. And yep... you're right. It's not terribly visible on the Mos Eisley Cantina itself. The dust is only noticable around the outskirts due to the black table. 

I love it when Lego basically has no viable option to include miscolored pieces, because they would stick out too much like a sore thumb. So I always appreciated the Cantina doesn't look like it was vomitted by some rainbow unicorn all over the place. 

Edited July 9 by BrickPrick

[CloneCommando99]

If we live in a world where Count Binface can has a decent chance of winning a by-election and becoming a MP in the UK…

Is it too much of a stretch to believe that Lego can make a TIE Avenger set? (Day #440!)

Do we reckon George will have grey or black hair in the bts set? I know it was black at the time of filming but his grey hair is more iconic imo.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

If we live in a world where Count Binface can has a decent chance of winning a by-election and becoming a MP in the UK…

After so many failed attempts, he deserves it!  

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Do we reckon George will have grey or black hair in the bts set?

The rumour says it’s young Lucas, so yeah, definitely black. Maybe he’s actually included in both sets!

Kinda curious how they’ll portray the fans in the theater set. As much as I like the shirts in the Main Street set, I hope it’s more than that! Fingers crossed for costumes and even merch (like a Chewy plushie or a Vader action figure)

[Kaijumeister]

I think these are wonderfully unique ideas to celebrate a milestone anniversary for Star Wars. I don’t think I’ll necessarily buy them unless they blow me away, but the concept at least sounds solid and I much prefer stuff like this to buildable slop.

My remaining hopes for 2027 are as follows:

- McQuarrie (TK) Stormtrooper minifigure.

- Playscale Ahsoka S2 sets  

- A banger Starfighter wave. Some story leaks have come out from reputable sources over the past week and I’m feeling the excitement.

- Ewok Village and Bounty Hunter Pursuit coming to fruition

- A Stinger Mantis! Hahahahahahahahaha(sob)hahahahaha just kidding

Exciting to think that there’s hopefully a full summer wave of playscale goodness next year that we don’t even know about yet.

Patiently awaiting reviews for the Remnant-AT and Offworld Sandcrawler…

Edited July 9 by Kaijumeister

[BrickBob Studpants]

The minifigs in the theater set are said to be two workers, 3 cosplayers (C-3PO, Stormie, Jedi), and 4 fans. Sounds like there will be swappable posters, probably from the previously rumoured poster set?

Edit: Even better, a lot of the sets come with LEGO-fied versions of all the posters on 6x8 tiles! They’re not randomised, luckily  So far, TPM, AOTC, ANH, TESB, ROTJ, and RO are confirmed, but I’m sure all 14 movies will get one! Well, at least the 13 live-action ones.

They’re really going all out with the anniversary!!

The May UCS set is a new TIE Advanced and we’re also getting a concept art Stormie as part of the helmet collection! Another new set is a buildable ANH poster.

Edited July 9 by BrickBob Studpants

[Llewop]

8 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The minifigs in the theater set are said to be two workers, 3 cosplayers (C-3PO, Stormie, Jedi), and 4 fans. Sounds like there will be swappable posters, probably from the previously rumoured poster set?

Edit: Even better, a lot of the sets come with LEGO-fied versions of all the posters on 6x8 tiles! They’re not randomised, luckily  

They’re really going all out with the anniversary!!

The May UCS set is a new TIE Advanced and we’re also getting a concept art Stormie as part of the helmet collection!

They do sound interesting in a good way but I have zero interest in any of these. All the anniversary sets seem at least for me aimed at like real hardcore Star Wars fans. Like I’m more of a casual fan so when these figures that are coming it just means nothing to me. Again happy for those who are hyped for it but it does nothing for me. 

[TheScaryDoor]

31 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The May UCS set is a new TIE Advanced

Thats fantastic 🤩.

This year end with the Executor and the next year starts with the Tie Advanced 😃.

[Mandalorianknight]

22 hours ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

This sums up my thoughts as well. Like why would I want a BTS diorama instead of the actual scene? I want to be immersed in the movies, not reminded about how it's all fake.

Yeah, exactly. They're unique sets and I don't mind them as much as the buildable slop, but they aren't for me.

13 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Oh shoot, it's totally going to happen now, right? I seriously don't understand why it takes Lego this long to bring him back. It's gotta be due to the limited set compatibility. As the minifigure on it's own requiring only slight updates here and there is nothing to write home about. 

We also touched on this topic before as well. What Lego officially classifies as minifigure might vary be region. At least as far as their marketing efforts are concerned. In the official german product descriptions, be it the Lego Shop/Amazon/you name it, Astromechs are not counted towards the total minifigure count. It goes like this: "Includes 3 minifigures: A, B, C AND Astromech X as an additional figure." In either case, my point still stands, R2 will 99% be a repeat, so they only have to care for Anakin. Which I want to clarify as well, I heavily prefer him to be in his early TCW navy/maroon General outfit. Give us something special we don't get every single time when he releases in one of his Starships. I want a true equivalent standing toe to toe with last year's General Obi-Wan figure. 

Yes, it is. And yep... you're right. It's not terribly visible on the Mos Eisley Cantina itself. The dust is only noticable around the outskirts due to the black table. 

I love it when Lego basically has no viable option to include miscolored pieces, because they would stick out too much like a sore thumb. So I always appreciated the Cantina doesn't look like it was vomitted by some rainbow unicorn all over the place. 

That's exactly it. It's a combination of AOTC not receiving many sets, Dooku really only fitting into sets based on part of a specific act of the film, and the fact that while we have PLENTY of TCW sets they haven't been great at giving us anything other than clones, Jedi, and standard battle droids.

Ah- yes, sorry, I didn't mean literally a minifigure, I meant that lego seems to count them as occupying the same budget/space as a minifig. The most recent X-wing is a good example, lego typically puts 3-4 minifigures in their $50+ starfighters, and this one has two and an astromech. Whereas droids like B1s are characters they seem to count as less than a minifigure, as shown in sets like the super packs. Can you imagine a world where we had NINE minifigs in a $30 set?

Nice. Might even look like the sand's blending into the table at that point.

I think I'll be borrowing that phrase at the end there.

9 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Do we reckon George will have grey or black hair in the bts set? I know it was black at the time of filming but his grey hair is more iconic imo.

It'll be black- hopefully we'll then get a gray version in a UCS Tantive IV or something.

5 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I think these are wonderfully unique ideas to celebrate a milestone anniversary for Star Wars. I don’t think I’ll necessarily buy them unless they blow me away, but the concept at least sounds solid and I much prefer stuff like this to buildable slop.

A better way to put it than I did- yeah. They aren't things I will personally buy but I understand why they're making them, and they're more palatable than the maxifigs and the like by a large margin.

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The minifigs in the theater set are said to be two workers, 3 cosplayers (C-3PO, Stormie, Jedi), and 4 fans. Sounds like there will be swappable posters, probably from the previously rumoured poster set?

Edit: Even better, a lot of the sets come with LEGO-fied versions of all the posters on 6x8 tiles! They’re not randomised, luckily  So far, TPM, AOTC, ANH, TESB, ROTJ, and RO are confirmed, but I’m sure all 14 movies will get one! Well, at least the 13 live-action ones.

They’re really going all out with the anniversary!!

The May UCS set is a new TIE Advanced and we’re also getting a concept art Stormie as part of the helmet collection! Another new set is a buildable ANH poster.

Excellent to see how much they're doing- I like the idea of getting the posters in addition to the figures. I won't be hunting them down, but I'll certainly be happy to see the ones that do pop up in the sets I grab.

I also imagine the mcquarrietrooper minifig is almost confirmed at this point- while it's not impossible they do the helmet without a minifigure, it would be a very strange choice.

 

As for the new stuff:

Mcquarrietrooper helmet: The helmets aren't my thing, and I do wonder how well this will do, but I think it'll look nice and is a neat choice.

UCS TIE Advanced. Lego's baiting me at this point. Smart tie advanced, UCS tie advanced, polybag TIE advanced, lego can I please just have my normal, dumb TIE Advanced? That said, this should be a great build, and while I don't have the space for a UCS collection we'll see if it tempts me enough to bite the bullet.

Lego ANH Poster: I already have a spot picked out in my office.

Movie theatre: As Kaiju says, a lot better than helmets or statues, even if it's not my type.

Georg diorama: Same thing here. I like that pink shorts guy is implied to be coming in a set- I wonder what his BL prices will be, as I wouldn't mind picking him up if he's cheap. A very unique glup shitto.

[Renown]

1 hour ago, TheScaryDoor said:

Thats fantastic 🤩.

This year end with the Executor and the next year starts with the Tie Advanced 😃.

And next year might end with the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy... 

[icm]

I hope that's a true hint, not just speculation!

[TheScaryDoor]

5 hours ago, Renown said:

And next year might end with the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy... 

If this is a hint then I wonder what this will mean as the UCS MF is still available.

 

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

concept art Stormie as part of the helmet collection!

This also sounds very good and comes with a nice addition of a RO poster 😃.

Edited July 10 by TheScaryDoor

[BrickPrick]

On 7/9/2026 at 3:09 AM, Darth_Bane13 said:

This sums up my thoughts as well. Like why would I want a BTS diorama instead of the actual scene? I want to be immersed in the movies, not reminded about how it's all fake.

Yeah, If i want to get reminded how it was made or how it's all fake, I watch some Making Of's or Behind the Scenes documentary. Fully aware that you could apply this principle to literally everything. 

10 hours ago, Llewop said:

They do sound interesting in a good way but I have zero interest in any of these. All the anniversary sets seem at least for me aimed at like real hardcore Star Wars fans. Like I’m more of a casual fan so when these figures that are coming it just means nothing to me. Again happy for those who are hyped for it but it does nothing for me. 

Yep, me too. I give Lego credit for what seems like conceptually good ideas. But since it's all tied to display pieces only, it's not for me. However, that doesn't bother me. I'm used to getting but a fraction of their overall output and that's fine. However, what does bother me is when they still spread a few anniversary figures to less desirable sub-themes. As far as anniversary extras go, a clear distinction between play scale sets and display pieces would have been appreciated. Especially when they even have a whole line of the latter prepared and in place for the movie posters. Truly no need to further mix things up. 

8 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

That's exactly it. It's a combination of AOTC not receiving many sets, Dooku really only fitting into sets based on part of a specific act of the film, and the fact that while we have PLENTY of TCW sets they haven't been great at giving us anything other than clones, Jedi, and standard battle droids.

Ah- yes, sorry, I didn't mean literally a minifigure, I meant that lego seems to count them as occupying the same budget/space as a minifig. The most recent X-wing is a good example, lego typically puts 3-4 minifigures in their $50+ starfighters, and this one has two and an astromech. Whereas droids like B1s are characters they seem to count as less than a minifigure, as shown in sets like the super packs. Can you imagine a world where we had NINE minifigs in a $30 set?

Nice. Might even look like the sand's blending into the table at that point.

I think I'll be borrowing that phrase at the end there.

Yeah, sometimes you try to search for possible explanations for things you already understand. Like, you get it in theory, but you really want to make it make sense in practice or something. Nevertheless, the fact we got a new Ventress before Dooku will never not be funny to me. While I'm glad we got her again for sure, this wasn't exactly on my bingo card. 

Oh yeah, that makes sense. Your posting that is. Lego's perception of minifigure budget... not so much? Like I can't see how the 37th R2 has the same budget as a new minifigure. More than regular Battle Droids? Sure. Doesn't get much cheaper than that. But not as much as doing, say, some new torso and leg prints. I don't know, it's always difficult to judge these things from the outside perspective. 

And I can definitely imagine such a set, but not for Lego. And sure as hell not for Star Wars. 

Oh, that's brilliant. From now in, this will be my go-to explanation that prevents me from doing what needs to be done. So I shall never dust off this great set ever again. 

Sure thing... go ahead. I actually borrowed it myself. 

7 hours ago, Renown said:

And next year might end with the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy... 

My guess would be a Christmas Falcon if it ain't yet another UCS one. They might do anything besides bringing a new play scale OT themed MF to the table. 

[Lobot]

3 hours ago, TheScaryDoor said:

If this is a hint then I wonder what this will mean as the UCS MF is still available.

The current version is due to retire at the end of this year, so the release of another one in Autumn 2027 seems logical.

I'm not sure how LEGO will be able to improve on 75192 to be honest (even though it's been around since 2017!) but presumably they'll be a able to 'tidy' it a little more with a few of the newer elements that are now available.  It's amazing that it has been on shelves for 9 years; presumably it's been very popular sales-wise, and attracted lots of new fans to LEGO.  It's possible that they might just do a minor 'refresh' to tie-in with the 50th Anniversary (e.g. new minifigures, and a small part count increase).

I'm excited for the new rumours - there seems to be an amazing amount of sets planned for 2027 - especially if some of the 'older' ones are still correct (e.g. Ewok Village, Bounty Hunter Pursuit).  It could be a great year to be a Star Wars fan, after several less than brilliant ones! 

[CloneCommando99]

14 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

My remaining hopes for 2027 are as follows:

- McQuarrie (TK) Stormtrooper minifigure.

- Playscale Ahsoka S2 sets  

- A banger Starfighter wave. Some story leaks have come out from reputable sources over the past week and I’m feeling the excitement.

- Ewok Village and Bounty Hunter Pursuit coming to fruition

- A Stinger Mantis! Hahahahahahahahaha(sob)hahahahaha just kidding

I feel so betrayed. How could you?! On the 441st day no less?! /s

14 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

I think these are wonderfully unique ideas to celebrate a milestone anniversary for Star Wars. I don’t think I’ll necessarily buy them unless they blow me away, but the concept at least sounds solid and I much prefer stuff like this to buildable slop.

I wholeheartedly agree. I really hope these are instead of the normal 18+ load we usually get annually (helmets and midis) rather than eating into play-set slots.

Oh wait. I just realised the new display set news likely means we can expect up to 12-13 18+ sets with movie posters.

Where are the Starfighter, Ahsoka S2 and TIE Avenger announcements? Surely they should be releasing around April?!

 

 

3 hours ago, TheScaryDoor said:

If this is a hint then I wonder what this will mean as the UCS MF is still available.

It retires December 31st this year.

 

Just like how Lego made 2 accidental Rogue One sets this year, next year it appears we’re getting an accidental Bad Batch/ Maul Shadow Lord set in the Mcquarrie helmet. Aren’t we lucky 

11 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The minifigs in the theater set are said to be two workers, 3 cosplayers (C-3PO, Stormie, Jedi), and 4 fans. Sounds like there will be swappable posters, probably from the previously rumoured poster set?

Hear me out: Favreau and Filoni as the theatre workers. Cosplay C3P0 should just be Anthony Daniels in a cardboard outfit. The stormie should have a 501st legion insignia. And for fun, let’s have the Jedi be a back door Glup Shitto we wouldn’t have otherwise gotten (MARA JADE, Survivor Cal, High Republic rando, etc…)

2 minutes ago, Lobot said:

I'm not sure how LEGO will be able to improve on 75192 to be honest

Probably the inclusion of Lando or something. 
 

9 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yeah, exactly. They're unique sets and I don't mind them as much as the buildable slop, but they aren't for me.

Movie theatre: As Kaiju says, a lot better than helmets or statues, even if it's not my type.

Swordy’d yet again!

The movie theatre does intrigue me though, so I’ll have to see it. It’d be really cool if there were marvel modular style references in the interior as well.

[Darth_Bane13]

Will the Theater be considered a Star Wars set? It sounds more like a City adjacent set than a true Star Wars set. Still sounds pretty cool though.

[BrickBob Studpants]

2 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Will the Theater be considered a Star Wars set? It sounds more like a City adjacent set than a true Star Wars set. Still sounds pretty cool though.

Um, yes? Main Street, the 2016 Disney Castle, and the 2019 Disney Train are still Disney sets in every sense of the word, despite depicting things from the real world on a meta level, rather than anything in-universe. Or all the sitcom Ideas sets with the obvious cameras.

It has a SW set number, features SW minifigs, and will have SW plastered all over the box, so yeah, it’s a SW set

[Mandalorianknight]

5 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, sometimes you try to search for possible explanations for things you already understand. Like, you get it in theory, but you really want to make it make sense in practice or something. Nevertheless, the fact we got a new Ventress before Dooku will never not be funny to me. While I'm glad we got her again for sure, this wasn't exactly on my bingo card. 

Oh yeah, that makes sense. Your posting that is. Lego's perception of minifigure budget... not so much? Like I can't see how the 37th R2 has the same budget as a new minifigure. More than regular Battle Droids? Sure. Doesn't get much cheaper than that. But not as much as doing, say, some new torso and leg prints. I don't know, it's always difficult to judge these things from the outside perspective. 

Oh, that's brilliant. From now in, this will be my go-to explanation that prevents me from doing what needs to be done. So I shall never dust off this great set ever again. 

It is odd- it probably comes down to her fitting better in the torrent, but getting the new torrent at all is a bit of an odd choice. Not that I'm complaining, those $60-80 starfighters are consistently the best sets.

I don't know- I would imagine the prints are why it's more expensive than a battle droid, but you would think the minifigures' legs and torsos being assemblies rather than a single piece would cause them to be more expensive than the R2, which is simply four basic parts, two of them printed.

It's just authentic environmental detailing!

4 hours ago, Lobot said:

I'm excited for the new rumours - there seems to be an amazing amount of sets planned for 2027 - especially if some of the 'older' ones are still correct (e.g. Ewok Village, Bounty Hunter Pursuit).  It could be a great year to be a Star Wars fan, after several less than brilliant ones! 

Yup, they're finally turning things around.

4 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Swordy’d yet again!

The movie theatre does intrigue me though, so I’ll have to see it. It’d be really cool if there were marvel modular style references in the interior as well.

I'm sure there will be, I imagine both "real world" sets will be full of references.

[TeddytheSpoon]

The McQuarrie trooper helmet sounds cool, but I do fear this is another case of the monkey paw curling after so years of wanting a TK trooper minifigure... 

[Kit Figsto]

I think I'm torn on the new set leaks, specifically the theater and filming diorama set.  Stream of conscious thoughts ahead, be warned -

On one hand, I think that it's cool that they're doing some new stuff and the posters + "meta" stuff is a neat way to celebrate the anniversary of what's really one of the biggest movies of all time.  On the other hand, I don't really know if we needed a huge flagship set devoted to this anniversary.  I'm VERY curious to see the price of the Landspeeder diorama - anything over $40 and I think it's unnecessary.

Too, I appreciate the fact that they're going all out for an anniversary, because they almost never do, but to me, the choice of sets and what they're doing feels a bit haphazard.  We've got two meta sets, the concept art figures scattered amongst sets, the posters (but doesn't really appear to be a rhyme or reason to the sets they're in), the buildable poster (love it), the concept art helmet (which isn't my thing, but if they're going to do it, why just do one?  Why not do three or something?), then a handful of system sets, some of which have been long requested, and it seems like an updated UCS Falcon based on the hint above (which does make sense both given the shelf life of the last one and the 50th anniversary).

I guess what I'm getting at, I'd rather for the anniversary that it feels a bit more like an anniversary "wave" than just sets here and there with some tie-in to the anniversary.  I think that the 2019 wave did an excellent job of it - they remade classic sets in modern style and then threw in the anniversary minifigures.  I think that for anniversary inclusions, like the minifigures or the upcoming posters, they really should keep it to system sets.  They feel more compatible with one another, whereas you can't really mix a helmet set and a $30 playset very intuitively.  

If it were up to me, I've done a filming diorama on the cheaper side (under $40-50), then do a handful of ANH specific sets, each with an anniversary figure in them (a couple of remakes that are due, such as a system scale Falcon, Tantive IV, and Droid Escape, and then a couple of new sets, like the Lars Homestead or some variation of a new DS playset), and then with the remaining system sets, do the posters - ideally, each comes in a set based on said movie.

[Llewop]

10 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yeah, If i want to get reminded how it was made or how it's all fake, I watch some Making Of's or Behind the Scenes documentary. Fully aware that you could apply this principle to literally everything. 

Yep, me too. I give Lego credit for what seems like conceptually good ideas. But since it's all tied to display pieces only, it's not for me. However, that doesn't bother me. I'm used to getting but a fraction of their overall output and that's fine. However, what does bother me is when they still spread a few anniversary figures to less desirable sub-themes. As far as anniversary extras go, a clear distinction between play scale sets and display pieces would have been appreciated. Especially when they even have a whole line of the latter prepared and in place for the movie posters. Truly no need to further mix things up. 

 

Part of me still hopes/wishes they would have done force ghosts as anniversary figures. Easily have done Qui gon, Obi Wan, Luke, Anakin/Vader, Yoda, Han. But suppose we shall have to wait for the next anniversary. 

Do think they are missing a trick with the tattoine set not to have the figures as the actors. So instead of C3P0 it’s Anthony Daniel’s and Alec Guiness instead of Obi wan would have made it different even more without having ANOTHER farm boy luke/ ANH obi wan/ R2 and 3P0.

cant wait for the prequels version where it’s just green screen set with the actors :D 

I know it’s a rights issue and it will never happen but next year would have been the perfect year for that elusive Star Wars CMF

[Darth_Bane13]

5 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Um, yes? Main Street, the 2016 Disney Castle, and the 2019 Disney Train are still Disney sets in every sense of the word, despite depicting things from the real world on a meta level, rather than anything in-universe. Or all the sitcom Ideas sets with the obvious cameras.

It has a SW set number, features SW minifigs, and will have SW plastered all over the box, so yeah, it’s a SW set

A palace cinema could easily double as a generic city set, While the Disney Castle and Train are specific to Disney.

Is the new Lava Land Roller Coaster Park a Power Miners set? I think it's sort of a grey area.

If you had a City display and a Star Wars display where would you put it?

 

[Llewop]

3 hours ago, Kit Figsto said:

 

I guess what I'm getting at, I'd rather for the anniversary that it feels a bit more like an anniversary "wave" than just sets here and there with some tie-in to the anniversary.  I think that the 2019 wave did an excellent job of it - they remade classic sets in modern style and then threw in the anniversary minifigures.

Years ago when we had the last anniversary wave I saw someone in Instagram can’t remember for the life of me their name but they remade loads of the smaller original sets like the ones from TPM where they are on the droid ship and RoTJ when Vader and Luke talk before going up to DS2. They were well made and were the kind of things that would have been welcomed like cheap and nostalgic honours the past and updates it for the next and current generations. I do think so far the 2019 anniversary wave was the best one and I hope for the 2029 inevitable one they go back to that. 

[BrickBob Studpants]

46 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

Is the new Lava Land Roller Coaster Park a Power Miners set? I think it's sort of a grey area.

One look at the box and you’ll know what theme it is  Being meta doesn’t suddenly change the theme a set belongs to. It’s not a City set just because it depicts something out-of-universe

46 minutes ago, Darth_Bane13 said:

If you had a City display and a Star Wars display where would you put it?

With the other SW sets because it’s a SW set

Might as well argue the gingerbread AT-AT is part of the winter village collection.

Edited July 10 by BrickBob Studpants

[Darth_Bane13]

1 hour ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

 It’s not not a City set just because it depicts something out-of-universe

Might as well argue the gingerbread AT-AT is part of the winter village collection.

And the theater isn't a Star Wars set just because it has a few references. This argument could go both ways.

I mean, you could certainly group it with holiday themed sets. Most people probably display it with their Christmas decorations rather than Star Wars sets.

I think it's fair to say the cinema is drastically different than any other Star Wars set ever made.