LEGO Star Wars 2024 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[BrickBob Studpants]

29 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said:

Kinda unlikely as I haven't seen any myself but perhaps this Enoch minifig will be based on some earlier concept art where he had a less unique helmet?

Doesn‘t make much sense. Maybe if Enoch had been included in the initial wave, but 11 months later, they have no excuse

[Kaijumeister]

I know Lola is oversized, but she still elevates the Leia figure a heck of a lot! I like the inclusion of that 1x1 transparent brick so she can ‘float’ instead of it looking like Leia is holding a massive robotic pizza.

Probably an unpopular opinion but this looks even better than Cal IMO, he’s definitely the anniversary figure with the least amount of effort put in. It would have been amazing to give him a poncho with a hole in the back for a neck attachment to fit BD-1. If Lego can list ‘Young Leia and Lola’ on the Droid Builder box, they 100% could’ve done Cal and BD-1 too, there really is no excuse.

The Droid Builder set itself is so charming, but I would’ve omitted the black / gold asteomech (forgot the designation) to beef up Artoo, Chopper, and R2-KT. The buildable accessories are delightful. 

[CloneCommando99]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Dammit I'd already made a ( very much non-UCS) digital Moc OA set for a wishlist wave, now I have to sneak that in there ( or Mara Jade obviously) before I render it.

Wait seriously?! Please do post that on the DC Thread. Or the DC wish lists thread. I would love to see it.

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

a clear clergyman of the church of Mara Jade 

If @Mandalorianknight is a priest of this honourable religion, then that means that I’m a Paladin of the church of Mara Jade. As in I am willing to DIVINE SMITE the megablocks out of those who dare commit heresy against our beloved Mara Jade. (And I’ve only read her in the Heir to The Empire Trilogy, so that tells you how likeable she is as a character.)

I’m also open to Mara Jade reading recommendations over the summer. I’m currently planning on reading the canon Thrawn Trilogy.

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!! Mara Jade!!!

Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!!! Mara Jade!!!

(Is this the Church of Mara Jade’s Hymn? Or are we stupid?)

 

Now, ¿Dónde está Peridia?

Edited June 28 by CloneCommando99

[benderisgreat]

New buildable C-3P0 is surprisingly looking great! Honestly I was expecting monstrosity on the level of last year's Chewie, but I'm happy I was wrong, iamd the price is really good. But the main problem with the sets as minifg collector is we only get same C-3P0 as before. This set was perfect for anniversary fig instead of droid builder set. And as much as I like this C-3P0 buildable figs aren't my cup of tea, so I will pass on it. And considering how many good 100$+ sets we are getting this summer unfortunately C-3P0 isn't worth picking up for me.

Also for anniversary minifigs so far we got Fives, Darth Malak, Saw Gerera, young Leia, Cal Kestis and R2-KT. Is it just me or some of them stand out as figs we could have gotten in other sets or not needed at all?

Fives as great as his fig is could have been put in Clone Wars set(probably without arm prints).  

Cal could have been included in that big BD-1 set from a few year ago or even better a set based in Jedi Fallen Order/ Survivor. 

Young Leia wasn't even requested by fans so I don't know why Lego bother to make her. And R2-KT could have easily been included in droid builder set along with R2, Chopper and imperial astromech to fit with buildable versions.

Saw Gerera and Darth Malak are the type of characters that perfectly fit idea of bonus anniversary fig that Lego wouldn't have made otherwise. Maybe more obscure but popular characters like Darth Plagueis, Darth Bane even Boss Nass could have been a better fit for bonus figs.

Edited June 28 by benderisgreat

[wesker]

Nice to see the dual molded C-3PO figure is no longer exclusive to the UCS Landspeeder. Hopefully it will also make another appearance in the UCS Sail Barge. The buildable figure turned out a lot better than the Chewbacca one did. Curious to see how well it scales alongside the R2-D2 set.

The young Leia figure looks fine for what it is. Its not the most interesting choice they could have gone with for an anniversary figure (Queen Amidala, Duchess Satine or Mother Talzin would have been preferable) but its still nice to at least fill out a major omission from the Obi-Wan series. Lola is bigger than I expected but I think she has more presence here than she would have as a 1x1 round tile.

I do wish we would get pics of the Desert Skiff and Peridia sets already.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Agent Kallus said:

Legends exists today as much as it did in it's heyday. And surely the fact that she's unlikely to be made otherwise makes her all the better a candidate for a special anniversary figure. A much better inclusion than say Nein Numb (who looks to be a great OT figure dint get me wrong) who as a character didn't really need the special anniversary treatment in order to be made.

Sure, but that doesn‘t change the circumstance that she hasn‘t been relevant enough in the last two and a half decades to warrant an anniversary minifig  All the others had prominent appearances in recent(-ish) shows, games, and/or movies, while Mara simply hasn‘t. I wager A LOT more people have encountered Malak in KOTOR than have ever read a single story featuring Mara. Most younger fans probably have no idea who she even is

[TheUnusualBuilder]

Oh, that Young Leia figure looks BAD. I know we'd already seen it in that animation months ago, but I was really hoping that wasn't a final design. As-is, the hairpiece is inaccurate and looks terrible (a new mold would have been ideal but the Arendelle Anna hair from Disney would have worked very well), and the outfit is completely the wrong color (should be sand green and dark red, the colors they went with are terribly inaccurate and look so boring). Face print is cute, but this figure is absolutely a miss.

[Swordy]

I didn’t think it was possible, but they made me not want an anniversary figure this year. Leia looks fine, but yeah, that Lola has got me questioning a couple of the designers’ choices here…

Beyond that, I may actually like the Droid Factory—er, “Creative Play Droid™ Builder” more than when I first saw it. Like, sure, the droids’ base builds look goofy, and anyone can send $100 on something more worthwhile…but that Chopper in the hat and mustache kinda sells it for me. I still won’t buy it, but if I ever did—in a moment of pure insanity, of course—I’d do it for Chop.

(Wait a minute. Chop is in a cowboy hat… Genius.)

“Buildable Display and Collect Dust™ C-3PO™ “ looks great. As previously stated by LEGO Nostalgia, flex tubes should’ve been used instead of stickers, but I can understand if that simply wasn’t possible. I’m honestly impressed that they managed to depict him so well. The face isn’t scary, so that’s a plus. I don’t collect buildable droids, but I might buy this depending on if the Artoo from this year looks next to this. We shall see.

 

All of these reveals, though, are simply the appetizer to the main course, the Battle of Peridia—oh, sorry, “Climatic Play Battle Between Ahsoka Tano™ the White and Wanderer Ezra Bridger™ vs fan-favorite Captain Enoch™ and fan-coveted Grand Admiral Thrawn™ and Scary Witch Lady Morgan Elsbeth™ with Peridia™ Side Build to Display Figures or to Part Out”.

Why the long names? Why?

Edited June 28 by Swordy

[starlego98]

does anybody know is the young leia has any piece exclusive? besides the torso and lola

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

Why the long names? Why?

Likely search optimisation  Some people suggest AI, but why would you need AI for something you could come up with in 2 seconds?  Granted, I‘ve seen way dumber uses of AI, but that‘s beside the point.

27 minutes ago, starlego98 said:

does anybody know is the young leia has any piece exclusive? besides the torso and lola

The faceprint is also exclusive  …for now. I can see it being reused for random Hogwarts students 

[Llewop]

For me I’d like to thank Lego for saving me a lot of money come August. I like the concept of a lot of these sets but these just aren’t on my want list. The SD I was genuinely disappointed that it wasn’t a DS playset, the only thing I want is Cal so will pick him up on Bricklink or eBay. 

the two droid sets are just not what I’m interested in. 

I know x wings, TIEs and the falcon are iconic and they are new variants BUT I’d rather they’d have done more 25th TPM sets than these.

Am I right in thinking we are waiting for pics of 4 sets? The Ahsoka set I’ll probably get no matter what I regret not buying Thrawn back in the day won’t make that mistake twice and can’t wait to get Jabba. 

im kind of interested in the Jedi Bob set only because I have a soft spot for Jedi fighters. 

The skiff set I got one of the last one and tbh there isn’t nothing here that entices me unless the pics reveal something surprising if I recall it’s got quite a high price and piece count for what it is.

skeleton crew ship I just have no interest for, SW have really screwed up with this series is it even coming out? 
 

[Mandalorianknight]

15 hours ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

Imo what really kills the Droid Factory set is the size and price. If it was just two droids (probably R2 and Chopper, maybe with a few extra pieces to swap R2 into KT or R4-P17) and some accessories for like $40, I could see this being a fun toy for kids. As-is, I can't imagine any kid choosing these tiny droids with goofy accessories over the large R2-D2 for the same price, much less an actual playset.

Exactly! They've completely outpriced themselves here- no child is buying this instead of a normal system set, and I don't know how many adults are interested in this either. This feels like a Lucasfilm employee gift, not a real set. It also blows my mind that they aren't trying to bolster sales by putting a more desirable figure like Cal or Fives in this one- Young Leia's by far the least popular. Don't get me wrong, it's a good thing for consumers that desirable characters aren't locked behind this set and I respect them for doing it, but a terrible business move if you're trying to sell the set.

11 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Also (though I've just said I've got a pretty long reading list), I'll ask you as a clear clergyman of the church of Mara Jade ; do you have any book recommendations for stories featuring her? ( Other than the og Thrawn Trilogy of course ( which iirc you were one the people who recommended it to me in the first place)

Look foreword to seeing the MOC wave. The one you did back in... what, 2020? was really nice. I gotta get back on the MOC train, work's been hectic. 

I mainly know her from that trilogy and the other excellent Zahn books- the Allegiance/choices of one duology is one of my favorite SW book lines, and I totally reccomend it. It's a great intersection of plotlines that also has fun with the sort of "grievous and anakin can't meet in TCW" thing, putting characters who can't meet yet just about as close as you can get without doing so. (My Suwantek MOC- which includes Mara- is based on that book)

9 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Sure, but that doesn‘t change the circumstance that she hasn‘t been relevant enough in the last two and a half decades to warrant an anniversary minifig  All the others had prominent appearances in recent(-ish) shows, games, and/or movies, while Mara simply hasn‘t. I wager A LOT more people have encountered Malak in KOTOR than have ever read a single story featuring Mara. Most younger fans probably have no idea who she even is

I wholeheartedly disagree, one on the fact that she's less relevant than Malak- I'd say they're on the same level of being known, if not more- but also on the idea that not having been in much recent stuff would make her a bad choice.  If anything, that's the perfect reason to put her in- a fan-loved character who hasn't been in anything they're planning on making normal sets for.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Likely search optimisation  Some people suggest AI, but why would you need AI for something you could come up with in 2 seconds?  Granted, I‘ve seen way dumber uses of AI, but that‘s beside the point.

You can't tell me modern lego isn't the type of company that's already attempting to put AI in as many places as possible. I wouldn't be shocked at all if the next in-house theme tried to use it in some way, after Nexo Knights/dimensions, Hidden Side, and Vidyo tried to emulate TTL games, ARGs, and Tiktok (ew) respectively.

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I wholeheartedly disagree, one on the fact that she's less relevant than Malak- I'd say they're on the same level of being known, if not more- but also on the idea that not having been in much recent stuff would make her a bad choice.  If anything, that's the perfect reason to put her in- a fan-loved character who hasn't been in anything they're planning on making normal sets for.

But how is a character that has nothing to do with anything TLG has ever touched before relevant for the 25th anniversary of LEGO SW though?  That'd be like including a character that hasn't appeared in any of the movies as a Harry Potter anniversary figure.

11 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I wouldn't be shocked at all if the next in-house theme tried to use it in some way, after Nexo Knights/dimensions, Hidden Side, and Vidyo tried to emulate TTL games, ARGs, and Tiktok (ew) respectively.

That'd be incredibly stupid because AI-generated garbage cannot be copyright-protected. Can't wait for the film studios to finally sue these thieves and frauds into the ground, gonna be hilarious

[Mandalorianknight]

4 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

But how is a character that has nothing to do with anything TLG has ever touched before relevant for the 25th anniversary of LEGO SW though?  That'd be like including a character that hasn't appeared in any of the movies as a Harry Potter anniversary figure.

I don't think that point is particularly strong. Would Cal have been a bad choice if we never got the BD set? Would Malak have been a bad choice if we never got the Revan polybag? Would R2-KT be a bad choice (if she's even coming) if she hadn't cameod in clone wars? Besides that, Star Wars is a lot more of a wide universe than HP, which despite Warner Bros's best efforts, largely remains one story and at best other time periods at a specific school.

4 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That'd be incredibly stupid because AI-generated garbage cannot be copyright-protected. Can't wait for the film studios to finally sue these thieves and frauds into the ground, gonna be hilarious

I'm not saying it'll be AI-generated sets or stories or something, but I gurantee you they're working on a way to get it crammed in there somehow.

[Swordy]

Brickbob, it seems as if you have had some traumatic experience with Mara Jade, perhaps as a young child, that has driven you to this point. Is this something you want to discuss?

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 minutes ago, Swordy said:

Brickbob, it seems as if you have had some traumatic experience with Mara Jade, perhaps as a young child, that has driven you to this point. Is this something you want to discuss?

She killed my hamster and ate it

Seriously though, I just don’t get the obsession over this character and the desire to have a minifig of hers. Never liked the concept of having force-sensitive characters working for Palpy that don’t answer to (or even outrank) Vader and her design with the 80s hairdo never appealed to me either. That’s all

[ARC2149Nova]

26 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Seriously though, I just don’t get the obsession over this character and the desire to have a minifig of hers. Never liked the concept of having force-sensitive characters working for Palpy that don’t answer to (or even outrank) Vader and her design with the 80s hairdo never appealed to me either. That’s all

Counterpoint, she married Luke and continued the Skywalker Legacy, was a Jedi Master who played a vital role in the YV War, and was all-round pretty awesome until her death at the hands of the real Kylo Ren, Jacen Solo aka Darth Caedus.

Dammit, now I want a Darth Caedus minifig, too. 

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

1 hour ago, Swordy said:

Brickbob, it seems as if you have had some traumatic experience with Mara Jade, perhaps as a young child, that has driven you to this point. Is this something you want to discuss?

I can’t stand Mara Jade because a non-asexual Luke Skywalker feels wrong and weird. The character would probably be cool in a separate context though. 

[ARC2149Nova]

12 minutes ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I can’t stand Mara Jade because a non-asexual Luke Skywalker feels wrong and weird. The character would probably be cool in a separate context though. 

Luke had incredible game in Legends post-Jedi. The fact that he settled at all is more surprising.

[TheUnusualBuilder]

24 minutes ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I can’t stand Mara Jade because a non-asexual Luke Skywalker feels wrong and weird. The character would probably be cool in a separate context though. 

Same to be honest. Reading Legends material with Luke having a wife and kid reminds me of the 90s Doctor Who TV movie, when Paul McGann started swapping spit with some woman who had just murdered him.

ANYWAY back to LEGO, the thing I don't get is that (to me) Mara Jade sounds about as uninteresting as a minifigure as Young Leia did. She's just a ginger woman in a black jumpsuit - swap a Black Widow minifigure's arms for light nougat, and you have a LEGO Mara Jade.

[Shiva]

Mara Jade Skywalker, ahhhh. I had to google that name. Legends character.

For me, young Leia, more interesting character.

[ARC2149Nova]

The Anniversary figures should've had a theme.

If that was Sith, do all Sith (Malak, Bane, Nihilus, New Revan, Krayt, Plagueis)

If that was Clones, do all clones (Fives, Bacara, Snow Rex, Jet, AT-RT Driver, Odd Ball)

If that was video games, do all gaming characters (Cal, Revan, Bastilla, Starkiller, etc.)

If it was Saga Wide, do niche figs from 1-6/9 (Shmi, Zam/Dexter, Bail/Zett, Tatooine Biggs/Yularen, Wilrow Hood, Nien Nunb)

If it's franchise-wide, every set should've had an anniversary figure. That way, letdowns like Leia wouldn't feel so disappointing.

That said, while I don't think (outside of Malak and R2-KT if real) any of these characters are special enough for the anniversary hype, they're all pretty good figures in their own right.

1 hour ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I can’t stand Mara Jade because a non-asexual Luke Skywalker feels wrong and weird. The character would probably be cool in a separate context though. 

 

48 minutes ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

Same to be honest. Reading Legends material with Luke having a wife and kid reminds me of the 90s Doctor Who TV movie, when Paul McGann started swapping spit with some woman who had just murdered him.

ANYWAY back to LEGO, the thing I don't get is that (to me) Mara Jade sounds about as uninteresting as a minifigure as Young Leia did. She's just a ginger woman in a black jumpsuit - swap a Black Widow minifigure's arms for light nougat, and you have a LEGO Mara Jade.

 

3 minutes ago, Shiva said:

Mara Jade Skywalker, ahhhh. I had to google that name. Legends character.

For me, young Leia, more interesting character.

Where's a Clone Commando (or an ISB Agent) when you need one? 

[Meaf]

Much like the Dark Falcon, the Droid Builder actually seems pretty fun to me. I probably won't ever buy it but I think as a kid I'd probably have loved it and I can honestly really appreciate Lego trying to do new stuff that still really gets at that Lego-y vibe (in the sense that they are very customizable and all that).

[Mandalorianknight]

2 hours ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I can’t stand Mara Jade because a non-asexual Luke Skywalker feels wrong and weird. The character would probably be cool in a separate context though. 

I mean you're entitled to your opinion but I don't think that was ever something suggested by any official sources. He also, as @ARC2149Nova says, had a number of romantic interests in legends, to the point that the Abeloth storyline includes him confronting multiple past love interests as almost a side quest. (one of it's weaker points IMO)

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

She killed my hamster and ate it

Seriously though, I just don’t get the obsession over this character and the desire to have a minifig of hers. Never liked the concept of having force-sensitive characters working for Palpy that don’t answer to (or even outrank) Vader and her design with the 80s hairdo never appealed to me either. That’s all

Have you read the Thrawn trilogy? Most of her best characterization is from that.

She's almost literally haunted by the ghosts of her past, battling between the person she has to be to survive, the person she was in said past, and her sense of what's right. She has a very interesting and complex storyline compared to star wars's often basic view on former villains, one that I think's only matched by Crosshair.

50 minutes ago, Shiva said:

Mara Jade Skywalker, ahhhh. I had to google that name. Legends character.

For me, young Leia, more interesting character.

You have to be gunning for controversy here with that Young Leia bit at the end. Generic civilian clothes child with a frisbee is more interesting than the Emperor's Hand turned smuggler turned Jedi and wife of the original main character of the franchise?

 

The more I see about this droid builder set, the less I understand it. $100 is really just an absurd price point for the astromech version of Go Brick Me.

[ARC2149Nova]

14 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The more I see about this droid builder set, the less I understand it. $100 is really just an absurd price point for the astromech version of Go Brick Me.

I get it, it's just ugly as sin. 

I will gladly assert that this is a wasted set slot, I'd have taken it without the silly accessories. I understand that it's cute and fun for some, but it makes an already iffy idea that much more ridiculous.

Also, you could get the parts in other sets and print out a set of instructions. There aren't enough exclusive parts or prints to make this worth it.