LEGO Star Wars 2025 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Lordhelmet]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Thank you! That's one of the craziest ones to me and I don't get why more people aren't talking about it. Not only is it absurd, but self-competing

Not gonna lie I actually do like that, always love the super deep cuts from the movies. Any other year I'd be pretty happy with this GWP, and as is I'd be tempted to get it if not for the fact that since I don't want to buy 3 ARC-170s there's no way for me to reach the threshold with 2025 system sets.

Hearing that people thought it could be an RFT instead my money's still on it being a UT-AT with the set name "republic fighter tank", unless you've heard otherwise.

Wondering if there is some effort with all the clones this year to maximize the Death Star budget.  Between all the clones and Jango's, there is some good potential cost savings for Lego.  (basing this off of around 1/3 of the mini figures all having the same faceprint).  There are also quite a few repeats (K-2S0, Grogu, etc).  just wondering if Lego Star Wars gets a certain amount of prints allotted each year so that using clones, or repeats gives them more to put into the Death Star minifigures.  Lego knows if they are going to have the first $1k set they need to make the minifigures excellent.  I am not sure how that works at lego but I thought I heard before that they get a limited number of prints alongside new molds etc, so repeat prints could be allowing for more options on the Death Star (which I am good with a year of clones if that is what is happening).  an argument is that doing things like Luke, Leia, Vader, storm troopers, etc. would be able to be repeats for the Death Star anyway.  

 

Also I am waiting to buy my 2024 sets on May the First, I only want the U-wing this year but am assuming it will be sold out by the actual May 4th when I go tot he store.  

[ARC2149Nova]

6 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But this irregularity gives me one thing:

"Whether this lantern burns or not, Hal Jordan, Hope will always remain." _ Chancellor Ganthetine

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Hearing that people thought it could be an RFT instead

At first I thought you meant Rebel Fleet Trooper and I was like, "WHAT? " 

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Wondering if there is some effort with all the clones this year to maximize the Death Star budget.  Between all the clones and Jango's, there is some good potential cost savings for Lego.  (basing this off of around 1/3 of the mini figures all having the same faceprint).  There are also quite a few repeats (K-2S0, Grogu, etc).  just wondering if Lego Star Wars gets a certain amount of prints allotted each year so that using clones, or repeats gives them more to put into the Death Star minifigures.  Lego knows if they are going to have the first $1k set they need to make the minifigures excellent.  I am not sure how that works at lego but I thought I heard before that they get a limited number of prints alongside new molds etc, so repeat prints could be allowing for more options on the Death Star (which I am good with a year of clones if that is what is happening).  an argument is that doing things like Luke, Leia, Vader, storm troopers, etc. would be able to be repeats for the Death Star anyway.  

I really doubt it-

1. The death star is gonna be able to re-use a massive amount of prints. Assuming a print stays "Alive" for about 3 years, we've got-

2025: Haha, literally no one, god forbid we have a system OT set this year

2024: Stormtrooper, R2-D2, Darth Vader, TIE Pilot, Imperial Fleet Trooper, Imperial Crew, Imperial Gunner, Imperial Officer (black suit), Chewbacca, C-3PO

2023: Palpatine, ROTJ Luke, Han Solo, 

2022: Farmboy Luke, Princess Leia

This alone gets us a fair bit over half the figure count considering the imperial multiples and kitbashes like Stormtrooper Luke and Han, and considering that many imperial staff can re-use heads, there'll be more multiples, etc, I don't think the death star will end up altering the budget any more than the standard fig-heavy UCS/MBS set.

2. Lego star wars would have to have had a pretty massive budget drop for this to become a thing. It's how themes like Lego Marvel work, but not star wars. It's not like 2020 had a massive drop in the number of prints because of the cantina.

24 minutes ago, ARC2149Nova said:

At first I thought you meant Rebel Fleet Trooper and I was like, "WHAT? " 

You know what, it would be pretty funny if the set was a $150 Rebel Fleet Trooper macrofig that inexplicably came with galactic marines and Bacara.

[order69]

18 hours ago, a_clay_brick said:

I'm still unconvinced the build of 75413 is a UT-AT

Insert Norman Osborn meme "You can't do this to me". 

What about the figs ? I still hope we get the Marines (and Bacara), even if the build is not the UT-AT.

 

BTW, not trying to get wishlisting here, but do you guys think Lego will rush out Cassian's TIE Avenger the way they did with Mando's N-1 ? Judging from trailer, it seems to have plenty of screen time, and looks cool enough. TIE fighters are never my thing, but if Lego ever release this variant or the TIE Brute from Solo, that'll be day-1-buy for me.

 

 

 

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

1 hour ago, order69 said:

BTW, not trying to get wishlisting here, but do you guys think Lego will rush out Cassian's TIE Avenger the way they did with Mando's N-1 ?

Sets 75421-75427 are still unaccounted for. I don't believe we've received any information about the Fall wave so it's possible some additional Andor (or OT) sets are still in the pipeline.

[CloneCommando99]

Just now, Zap Rowsdower said:

Sets 75421-75427 are still unaccounted for. I don't believe we've received any information about the Fall wave so it's possible some additional Andor (or OT) sets are still in the pipeline.

Those have already been confirmed for 2026. The delay suggests they are Mando Movie sets.

1 hour ago, order69 said:

BTW, not trying to get wishlisting here, but do you guys think Lego will rush out Cassian's TIE Avenger the way they did with Mando's N-1 ? Judging from trailer, it seems to have plenty of screen time, and looks cool enough. TIE fighters are never my thing, but if Lego ever release this variant or the TIE Brute from Solo, that'll be day-1-buy for me.

The Avenger, Reaper and Defender are my most wanted Tie models. Scratch that, Starfighters.

The only other things I want for the Empire are an ITT, decent (as in versatile unit like Army Troopers or Stormtroopers) battlepack and a patrol gunship (this one is optional if the Reaper gets made)

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, order69 said:

What about the figs ? I still hope we get the Marines (and Bacara), even if the build is not the UT-AT.

BTW, not trying to get wishlisting here, but do you guys think Lego will rush out Cassian's TIE Avenger the way they did with Mando's N-1 ? Judging from trailer, it seems to have plenty of screen time, and looks cool enough. TIE fighters are never my thing, but if Lego ever release this variant or the TIE Brute from Solo, that'll be day-1-buy for me.

The marines are the one constant about the rumors, they'll be there I'm sure.

Mando's N-1 almost certainly wasn't rushed out and was already in the pipeline. (The Baby Yoda Brickheadz provides us with a bare-minimum for how fast lego can put out the lowest effort set at their maximum motivation) And lego absolutely knows about the TIE avenger, and most likely was given concept art of it by the andor team way before we saw it. There's also no reason for lego to fasttrack a TIE avenger like they did baby yoda- we know it typically takes 1.5 years to develop a set, and I can't imagine lego thinks a TIE avenger would do so absolutely gangbusters that they would feel the need to rush that cycle- if they did, we'd have seen one in the may or august waves.

1 hour ago, Zap Rowsdower said:

Sets 75421-75427 are still unaccounted for. I don't believe we've received any information about the Fall wave so it's possible some additional Andor (or OT) sets are still in the pipeline.

Those aren't 2025  sets, and there is no "fall wave" beyond the AC and Death Star. Maybe we get one more like the holiday diorama or 2008 battlepacks remake, but there isn't a secret extra wave of sets this year.

[Llewop]

18 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The marines are the one constant about the rumors, they'll be there I'm sure.

Mando's N-1 almost certainly wasn't rushed out and was already in the pipeline. (The Baby Yoda Brickheadz provides us with a bare-minimum for how fast lego can put out the lowest effort set at their maximum motivation) And lego absolutely knows about the TIE avenger, and most likely was given concept art of it by the andor team way before we saw it. There's also no reason for lego to fasttrack a TIE avenger like they did baby yoda- we know it typically takes 1.5 years to develop a set, and I can't imagine lego thinks a TIE avenger would do so absolutely gangbusters that they would feel the need to rush that cycle- if they did, we'd have seen one in the may or august waves.

Those aren't 2025  sets, and there is no "fall wave" beyond the AC and Death Star. Maybe we get one more like the holiday diorama or 2008 battlepacks remake, but there isn't a secret extra wave of sets this year.

I can’t imagine what else could be in a galactic marines set apart from a UT-AT. But it’s what gives me some comfort as someone who had always wanted them in LEGO form is that the figures have been the consistent thing about the rumors. Same as Cal Kestis was the anniversary fig for the Death Star play set that turned into the ISD. My preference is still a UT-AT but I’ve seen some ideas one I liked the sound of was a smaller republic tank/vehicle alongside a CIS one along the likes of a TIE vs X wing kind of set. But Lego have done stranger things just was excited for a UT-AT but I’ll settle for anything with the marines in. 

I think people assume the N1 was rushed because there was no leaks for it it just came out of nowhere. Afterall at the time nobody was expecting TBOBF to be mandalorian season 2.5. 

Has it ever happened before that Lego skipped so many set numbers? I do wonder if because of all the delays of the films over the past year whether it was meant to be reserved for a film wave. (Still sceptical about the Mando film coming out considering all the other film projects fate) 

[CloneCommando99]

8 minutes ago, Llewop said:

Has it ever happened before that Lego skipped so many set numbers? I do wonder if because of all the delays of the films over the past year whether it was meant to be reserved for a film wave. (Still sceptical about the Mando film coming out considering all the other film projects fate) 

We literally have footage. None of the cancelled films even got that far.

[Llewop]

26 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

We literally have footage. None of the cancelled films even got that far.

I know just films seem cursed that’s all. It’s crazy how after May there is no more SW content for an entire year considering how much we have had over the past few years. They seemed so on it when Mandolorian first released I still wish that it was a season 4 rather than a film. Hoping there’s no delays or anything crazy happening and we can get a good wave with some imperial remnants sets at least.

[Mandalorianknight]

42 minutes ago, Llewop said:

I can’t imagine what else could be in a galactic marines set apart from a UT-AT. But it’s what gives me some comfort as someone who had always wanted them in LEGO form is that the figures have been the consistent thing about the rumors. Same as Cal Kestis was the anniversary fig for the Death Star play set that turned into the ISD. My preference is still a UT-AT but I’ve seen some ideas one I liked the sound of was a smaller republic tank/vehicle alongside a CIS one along the likes of a TIE vs X wing kind of set. But Lego have done stranger things just was excited for a UT-AT but I’ll settle for anything with the marines in. 

I think people assume the N1 was rushed because there was no leaks for it it just came out of nowhere. Afterall at the time nobody was expecting TBOBF to be mandalorian season 2.5. 

I maintain this'll be a UT-AT with the name "Republic Fighter Tank" since UT-AT's a bit obscure, but I would prefer one that's got a big separatist vehicle with a normal RFT as a side build. I'm not looking for another big republic ground vehicle but I desperately need some separatist representation on my shelves. If that MTT was brown it'd be on my list for the year.

33 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

We literally have footage. None of the cancelled films even got that far.

It was always going to happen because it's mando, but you bring up the confirmation that it's actually happening. There's footage. They've been filming for some time now. There was a trailer WITH said footage. This is a real movie that's releasing next year.

(I feel like this was also always the one that was clearly going to happen because, like I said, it's mando. With a lot of the movies that aren't ever going to release, they have to constantly and somewhat aggressively go "no, it's coming out, all these rumors that production isn't going well aren't true, the movie's happening" whereas with mando it's just been normal film production information and not this delusional "The Rian Johnson trilogy is real" bs with no backup.)

(And yes, I am thinking of the New Jedi Order/ Rey movie as well when I say this. I do think a movie with Rey involved will come out eventually, but we've reached a ship of Theseus level where I think the only thing remaining from the original plans is Rey being involved.)

[CloneCommando99]

Don’t worry guys. I’m sure we’ll have another chance at Lego making the Tie Avenger and Fondor Haulcraft when Andor Season 3 releases…

Oh wait.

[Llewop]

37 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I maintain this'll be a UT-AT with the name "Republic Fighter Tank" since UT-AT's a bit obscure, but I would prefer one that's got a big separatist vehicle with a normal RFT as a side build. I'm not looking for another big republic ground vehicle but I desperately need some separatist representation on my shelves. If that MTT was brown it'd be on my list for the year.

It was always going to happen because it's mando, but you bring up the confirmation that it's actually happening. There's footage. They've been filming for some time now. There was a trailer WITH said footage. This is a real movie that's releasing next year.

(I feel like this was also always the one that was clearly going to happen because, like I said, it's mando. With a lot of the movies that aren't ever going to release, they have to constantly and somewhat aggressively go "no, it's coming out, all these rumors that production isn't going well aren't true, the movie's happening" whereas with mando it's just been normal film production information and not this delusional "The Rian Johnson trilogy is real" bs with no backup.)

(And yes, I am thinking of the New Jedi Order/ Rey movie as well when I say this. I do think a movie with Rey involved will come out eventually, but we've reached a ship of Theseus level where I think the only thing remaining from the original plans is Rey being involved.)

I was looking forward to the rogue squadron film. You don’t realise until you look at how many film projects have gone tits up. Like I completely forgot they gave the GoT writers a trilogy to make. 

maybe overreacting but I do feel for the future of SW both on the film and TV front. Films have been plagued with issues, TV shows not getting as well received as they’d hoped. It might mean with less content Lego can go back to making a new landspeeder and Hoth snowspeeder every year 

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

I know just films seem cursed that’s all. It’s crazy how after May there is no more SW content for an entire year considering how much we have had over the past few years. 

That's what's really throwing me. It's crazy to imagine there being no star wars sets in the second half of the year. 2024 had a pretty robust June-July wave. We also got Jabba Sail Barge and the Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder in October.

55 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

(I feel like this was also always the one that was clearly going to happen because, like I said, it's mando. With a lot of the movies that aren't ever going to release, they have to constantly and somewhat aggressively go "no, it's coming out, all these rumors that production isn't going well aren't true, the movie's happening" whereas with mando it's just been normal film production information and not this delusional "The Rian Johnson trilogy is real" bs with no backup.)

I have the utmost confidence we'll see the Mandalorian and Grogu in 2026. It's basically a continuation of the TV show so all the production, cast, and crew is already built-in. We've also seen footage and I wouldn't be shocked if a trailer is released at celebration in May.

 

I also am relatively optimistic about Shawn Levy's movie, James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi, Dave Filoni's crossover movie, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Rey/New Jedi Order movie. These all have directors, writers, and some cast. We've gotten recent updates on all four of these films so they seem to be in active production. 

[Llewop]

6 minutes ago, Zap Rowsdower said:

That's what's really throwing me. It's crazy to imagine there being no star wars sets in the second half of the year. 2024 had a pretty robust June-July wave. We also got Jabba Sail Barge and the Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder in October.

I have the utmost confidence we'll see the Mandalorian and Grogu in 2026. It's basically a continuation of the TV show so all the production, cast, and crew is already built-in. We've also seen footage and I wouldn't be shocked if a trailer is released at celebration in May.

 

I also am relatively optimistic about Shawn Levy's movie, James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi, Dave Filoni's crossover movie, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Rey/New Jedi Order movie. These all have directors, writers, and some cast. We've gotten recent updates on all four of these films so they seem to be in active production. 

Technically the June wave onwards is the 2nd half of the year we just know about everything this year ridiculously early. This time last year we found out about the meme summer wave on April fools of all days. But my comment was more about the fact there are no new series or films or games that are being released as far as I’m aware until the Mando film gets released next year so it’s a long time considering we’ve had something for the past few years. It does also mean potentially a January and March wave in 2026 for more remakes or Andor catch up sets or even other Disney plus sets. 

[Kaijumeister]

Ironically I’m fairly apathetic to new TIE variants but the Avenger is such a cool-looking ship. It’s great we’re getting a new U-Wing and it would have been nice for the second set to be the Avenger rather than a buildable K2 IMO. 

With that in mind, I’m willing to bet at least a couple of the Mandalorian and Grogu sets will be buildable characters and objects.

Very curious that the UT-AT is no longer guaranteed to be a UT-AT (or I suppose, it never was). But as long as the set still includes Bacara and some Galactic Marines I’m sure it’ll still be a somewhat desirable set.

I do find it weird that the two large summer sets are an MTT and the not-UT-AT though. It seems like a risky gamble on Lego’s side to bank the most expensive mainline sets on Bly, Bacara, Aayla, and supposedly Ki-Adi Mundi. Are they truly that desirable?

[Mandalorianknight]

1 hour ago, Llewop said:

I was looking forward to the rogue squadron film. You don’t realise until you look at how many film projects have gone tits up. Like I completely forgot they gave the GoT writers a trilogy to make. 

maybe overreacting but I do feel for the future of SW both on the film and TV front. Films have been plagued with issues, TV shows not getting as well received as they’d hoped. It might mean with less content Lego can go back to making a new landspeeder and Hoth snowspeeder every year 

Yup, a lot of them have been canceled already.

Don't get me wrong, you're correct in general. But TMAG is the exception to the rule- it's the most popular characters star wars has put out in decades, and it's farther into production than anything else got.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Don’t worry guys. I’m sure we’ll have another chance at Lego making the Tie Avenger and Fondor Haulcraft when Andor Season 3 releases…

Oh wait.

I actually like that it's only two seasons. A lot of shows get worse the longer they go on, and having a set start and finish can help avoid that. Loki is the best disney+ show besides Andor, and it was only about 9-10 hours in total.

45 minutes ago, Zap Rowsdower said:

That's what's really throwing me. It's crazy to imagine there being no star wars sets in the second half of the year. 2024 had a pretty robust June-July wave. We also got Jabba Sail Barge and the Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder in October.

I have the utmost confidence we'll see the Mandalorian and Grogu in 2026. It's basically a continuation of the TV show so all the production, cast, and crew is already built-in. We've also seen footage and I wouldn't be shocked if a trailer is released at celebration in May.

I also am relatively optimistic about Shawn Levy's movie, James Mangold's Dawn of the Jedi, Dave Filoni's crossover movie, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Rey/New Jedi Order movie. These all have directors, writers, and some cast. We've gotten recent updates on all four of these films so they seem to be in active production. 

Yeah we got early leaks but there's still an august wave and an october set. At most there's one small D2C (I use it in the literal "lego exclusive" meaning as opposed to the "big set" connotation it's gotten) left like the 2008 battle pack combo last year or holiday diorama the previous one.

Yes TMAG is coming.

The only one of those I have any confidence in is the Filoni movie, and that's just because I think they announced it well before it was meant to start production- clearly he's gonna do Ahsoka S2 first. Levy's I think is also fairly likely if they get Gosling because that's too big a name to pass up. Dawn of the Jedi's been pretty quiet so it could go either way but given how the Benoiff and Weiss trilogy, Feige movie, etc went I wouldn't put much stock in it. I absolutely do not think Obaid-Chinoy's movie happens at all. They're fully in the Rian Johnson/Taiki Watiti "no it's happening trust the rumors of script troubles or inferences the movie won't come out are just grifts" phase- I think a Rey movie is possible but like I said it'll be a ship of theseus situation wherein everything aside from "rey movie" is replaced.

12 minutes ago, Kaijumeister said:

With that in mind, I’m willing to bet at least a couple of the Mandalorian and Grogu sets will be buildable characters and objects.

Very curious that the UT-AT is no longer guaranteed to be a UT-AT (or I suppose, it never was). But as long as the set still includes Bacara and some Galactic Marines I’m sure it’ll still be a somewhat desirable set.

I do find it weird that the two large summer sets are an MTT and the not-UT-AT though. It seems like a risky gamble on Lego’s side to bank the most expensive mainline sets on Bly, Bacara, Aayla, and supposedly Ki-Adi Mundi. Are they truly that desirable?

Luckily we just got Grogu, but that buildable mando statue is coming.

You answer the third part with the second. Lego believes that the clones are enough to sell these sets. That said, I don't think it'll work. The UT-AT or RFT or, you know what, the Big Galactic Marine Battle Pack , probably won't do any worse than many of the $110+ sets we've been getting (Though no way it does as well as the 2022 AT-TE or even the 2023 Guard Gunship), but I think the MTT could become a bit of a shelfwarmer. From the clone side of things it's one singular clone trooper in a pretty expensive set, and while people have been saying we need separatist stuff I think a lot of people, me included, would have preferred a brown one. Not to mention that at the end of the day, if you put the good guy vehicle and the bad guy vehicle on shelves at the same time and they're expensive enough that kids can only get one, the kid's choosing the good guy vehicle.

[Kaijumeister]

19 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I absolutely do not think Obaid-Chinoy's movie happens at all. They're fully in the Rian Johnson/Taiki Watiti "no it's happening trust the rumors of script troubles or inferences the movie won't come out are just grifts" phase- I think a Rey movie is possible but like I said it'll be a ship of theseus situation wherein everything aside from "rey movie" is replaced.

Going by the known panel lineup for Celebration Japan, I think Lucasfilm have finally learned not to jump the gun too early in announcing projects when they don’t even have a basic script or story treatment outlined first. It is quite sad in a way because I remember how exciting the new film announcements were back during Celebration London. I still maintain that the Rey film’s basic premise (new Jedi Order) is what the ST should have been to begin with, but I’m still excited for whatever this new film will entail.  

I agree on your points around the MTT’s desirability. I don’t necessarily think the blue / grey CIS colour scheme is a drawback, but the lack of unique Separatist characters or droid variants certainly is.

Speaking of Celebration Japan, I’m glad the Lego exclusive is just another tile like it was for London so people don’t miss out on something cooler. It would have been cool for the tile to have a Lego-fied print of the official Celebration artwork though. I’ll still pick it up when I’m there but it’s amusing that the May sets won’t be released for another few weeks. 

Edited Sunday at 10:29 PM by Kaijumeister

[wesker]

13 hours ago, Llewop said:

I know just films seem cursed that’s all. It’s crazy how after May there is no more SW content for an entire year considering how much we have had over the past few years. They seemed so on it when Mandolorian first released I still wish that it was a season 4 rather than a film. Hoping there’s no delays or anything crazy happening and we can get a good wave with some imperial remnants sets at least.

I would've preferred Season 4 as well. So far the impression I get is that the Mandalorian and Grogu is shaping up to be a very safe movie with zero risks being taken - far more than what the Force Awakens was. I'm also hoping the final product won't feel like a bunch of TV episodes cobbled together in a 2 hour runtime like the 2008 Clone Wars movie was.

[BrickBob Studpants]

5 hours ago, wesker said:

So far the impression I get is that the Mandalorian and Grogu is shaping up to be a very safe movie with zero risks being taken - far more than what the Force Awakens was.

I don‘t think that‘s a bad thing tho, as not every SW story needs to have super high stakes and/or reinvent the wheel  A fun big-screen adventure with Mando & Grogu is a good way to bring SW back to theatres in my estimation ^^

[CloneCommando99]

I reckon there’s a chance of the Death Star fig list and, if there’s one, a Lego exclusive in October getting leaked tomorrow.

 

On April 1st last year we got the sail barge fig list. And famously the year before we got the September wave and UCS Venator info.

 

I am expecting a U-Wing reveal though.

Edited Monday at 03:46 PM by CloneCommando99

[Mandalorianknight]

18 hours ago, Kaijumeister said:

Going by the known panel lineup for Celebration Japan, I think Lucasfilm have finally learned not to jump the gun too early in announcing projects when they don’t even have a basic script or story treatment outlined first. It is quite sad in a way because I remember how exciting the new film announcements were back during Celebration London. I still maintain that the Rey film’s basic premise (new Jedi Order) is what the ST should have been to begin with, but I’m still excited for whatever this new film will entail.  

I agree on your points around the MTT’s desirability. I don’t necessarily think the blue / grey CIS colour scheme is a drawback, but the lack of unique Separatist characters or droid variants certainly is.

I hope so, at this point I think there are more canceled star wars films than there are real ones. I would have loved a trilogy about Luke restarting the Jedi (And meeting Mara) but no, we had to subvert expectations. (Which ties into the whole TMAG thing where being safe isn't necessarily bad- I thought TFA was a perfectly fine start to the trilogy, and then TLJ "subverted" everything set up and TROS halfheartedly "solved" stuff there was no buildup for.)

I don't think it's a bad thing per se, but I do think there are more people who would buy a brown one but not a blue/grey one than vice versa just from the brown version being in TPM. It's not a major gripe on my part, but it is why I'm not picking it up (and I don't even LIKE TPM, my best experiences with the MTT are fighting it in battlefront 2017, that's why I'd want it. And you know what? You could even include clones there. There are whole battlefront 2 exclusive legions lego could pull in if the color scheme was so they could chuck in clones.)

2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I don‘t think that‘s a bad thing tho, as not every SW story needs to have super high stakes and/or reinvent the wheel  A fun big-screen adventure with Mando & Grogu is a good way to bring SW back to theatres in my estimation ^^

Yup. They've had a lot of movies in the pipeline with big directors and their  "creative visions" that didn't pan out. Star Wars isn't The Godfather, and especially in a universe where you can't get any of those hot new director films out, I don't see anything wrong with putting out a fun adventure movie.

That said, I'd also be fine if we stuck it out until 2029 before starting up movies again, but the brand isn't in the best place right now. They need to win back audience support, and TMAG is a low-risk way to gather some goodwill back.

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I am expecting a U-Wing reveal though.

I'd guess we have to, it's just a system set, I can't see them hiding it much longer. That said, people had the Onyx Cinder IN HAND before lego revealed it, so you never know.

[Llewop]

3 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

I reckon there’s a chance of the Death Star fig list and, if there’s one, a Lego exclusive in October getting leaked tomorrow.

 

On April 1st last year we got the sail barge fig list. And famously the year before we got the September wave and UCS Venator info.

 

I am expecting a U-Wing reveal though.

I could have sworn April 1st was the meme wave news last year because we were all thinking yeah Jedi Bob, Darth Jar Jar and White Vader and Cal Kestis is coming in the summer good April fools then few days later it was verified. I feel like it was ages before we knew anything about figures for the sail barge as all we had was the prelims leak in 2022. I think the only leak we had until closer was the max rebo pic. 

regardless I expect the coming days will give us more news of the summer sets and some clarification on what the UT-AT or not UT-AT set will be and maybe pics of the May wave. We are getting June pics in other themes so we can’t be far off for the May ones. 

I do reckon we’ll get official U wing and K2S0 reveals when Andor gets released. I’m loving the fact that they are releasing 3/4 episodes a week it is my most anticipated series since Disney+ started making SW shows. Just hope there is a season 3 “Somehow Andor returned”

Edited Monday at 07:15 PM by Llewop

[CloneCommando99]

18 minutes ago, Llewop said:

I could have sworn April 1st was the meme wave news last year because we were all thinking yeah Jedi Bob, Darth Jar Jar and White Vader and Cal Kestis is coming in the summer good April fools then few days later it was verified. I feel like it was ages before we knew anything about figures for the sail barge as all we had was the prelims leak in 2022. I think the only leak we had until closer was the max rebo pic. 

Nope. We got that news January last year. I 100% know this because that’s what pushed me to join the forum.

[Darth_Bane13]

2 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

I hope so, at this point I think there are more canceled star wars films than there are real ones. I would have loved a trilogy about Luke restarting the Jedi (And meeting Mara) but no, we had to subvert expectations. (Which ties into the whole TMAG thing where being safe isn't necessarily bad- I thought TFA was a perfectly fine start to the trilogy, and then TLJ "subverted" everything set up and TROS halfheartedly "solved" stuff there was no buildup for.)

Yup. They've had a lot of movies in the pipeline with big directors and their  "creative visions" that didn't pan out. Star Wars isn't The Godfather, and especially in a universe where you can't get any of those hot new director films out, I don't see anything wrong with putting out a fun adventure movie.

That said, I'd also be fine if we stuck it out until 2029 before starting up movies again, but the brand isn't in the best place right now. They need to win back audience support, and TMAG is a low-risk way to gather some goodwill back.

I'd argue none of the original 6 Star Wars films are "safe", part of what made them good is that they were new and original. TFA just hopped on the trend of rehashing old movies to make money off nostalgia (member berries) and it's a big problem plaguing Hollywood today. We've had 3 seasons of the Mandalorian and it already feels stale, most of the episodes use the same formula. I just want something that feels fresh and original like Andor, we've had enough safe films by now. And I don't think they're going to win back support with 6/10 Solo type of movie.

Edited Monday at 07:43 PM by Darth_Bane13