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

[BrickPrick]

18 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

I was looking at that set the other day alongside the Slave I, and it didn't occur to me until you mentioned it just how long that set's been around. Assuming it sticks around to the end of this year that's a three-and-a-half-year shelf life, which is pretty crazy for a system set. I'm glad it stayed long enough to be sold alongside the Slave I though.

Oh, and welcome!

Yeah, that's an extraordinary long shelf life indeed. It's not like we got any shortages of Jedi Starfighters in general right? On my little personal prediction planet the Slave 1 was supposed to accompany Obi-Wans Delta-7 for the 20th anniversary, but for some reason didn't make the cut back then. So maybe Lego decided to extend the existence of the latter. Which would be pretty funny as this is getting out of hand. Now we get two of them. 

Thank you, too. I feel quite comfortable already. 

16 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Absolute Cinema! Yet so annoying on the Lego end of things. (My apologies for beating a dead bantha)

In other Andor news: it’s currently rated at 98% on Rotten Tomatoes! I believe that’s the highest a SW project has ever recieved.

 

We’re definitely in for a treat. With or without enough Lego sets to do it justice. U-Wing is a day one purchase for me in order to try and get Lego to make more sets.

We should never stop beating this dead Bantha, i suppose. Even if it would fulfill the definition of insanity, if Lego was to ignore cool stuff for sets and minifigures a hundred times, we should say how we actually feel about it every single time. 

And maybe - just maybe - this time things will be different. And Lego will follow suit with an Andor set or two next year. 

11 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Oh yeah. "Release desirable fig that you have to spend a fair chunk of change to get, then put them in an AC a few months later" is a lego classic. Unfortunately the AC's cost just keeps rising to the point it's no longer quite what it once was, but dropping a GWP exclusive into it would definitely add some value.

Agreed-

on the topic of the AOTC anniversary, I still think that the AT-TE was planned as an AOTC anniversary set and changed to give the overexcited fans Phase 2 cody. 

The duels were definitely an untapped goldmine. There were so many good choices they never ended up doing.

I know they had some, but I maintain that three in 20 years isn't much of a thing as opposed to now, where there's been an anniversary almost every year since 2019.

In that regard, nothing beats putting Captain Rex from the UCS Venator to a mere Microfighter for like 2% the original asking price in less than a year. Or the most recent example, not including the best version of C-3PO bar none in the UCS Sail Barge, only to throw it at you as a Keychain the next year as well. 

Yep, i have been under this impression as well. I was one of these overly excited fans. And the AT-TE proofed to be a rather nice birthday gift the following year. 

Kinda funny how Lego always messes up the box design on purpose. It's supposed to have Vader for the Skywalker Saga branding in the lower left corner of the package. But as soon as the set includes Clones, they always use the corresponding art for TCW design. The devil's in the details. To me, it just goes to show their clear focus on the Clone Troopers. Like it's less about the prequels, mostly about the Clones. Otherwise we would get a more steady supply of main characters available at all times. So i think it's perfectly fine to make that distinction. Like Clones are obviously part of the prequels, but prequels are not necessarily part of TCW. Just because Lego is throwing Clone divisions left and right at us, doesn't mean prequel fans are eating pretty good by default. 

Can you believe there was never an Episode III Anakin Vs. Dooku style duel set? Or Yoda Vs. Palpatine? Or even Ben Kenobi Vs. Vader? Sometimes, i can not fathom these facts in any way, shape or form. Only thinking that Lego is not willing to bring back that curved lightsaber hilt piece for Dooku and that's why we have not seen him for a dozen or so years. 

Yeah, unlike now, it just wasn't an annual thing back then. You were not anticipating these anniversary sets to arrive. 

[Lordhelmet]

Any ideas what sets will be on sale for may the fourth?  Any chance the sailbarge goes on sale yet?  Curious if there is precedent.

[Mandalorianknight]

14 hours ago, TeddytheSpoon said:

The plus side is that after Christmas the price on ACs drops like a lead balloon. Even on S@H (do people still call it that?) they go for 20-30% off.

If you can find them. Around me last year they inexplicably went on sale everywhere in NOVEMBER, and all got snapped up before I reached the store. I heard Costco had them for as low as $7, but not my Costco.

13 hours ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Someone’s about to get trooper of the year.

I know right. This and no Superman sets are just inexcusable.

I just got word from my wife’s boyfriend, John Lego. The 2030 AC will be $100 and include Cloud City Boba Fett.

 

I hope that either Maul or Thrawn and a Stormtrooper are the villains included in this year’s AC.

This is a tangent but it's funny that "tagging a named character" is trooper of the year in the shows, when the whole "stormtroopers can't aim" thing wasn't present in the OT. They do well on the tantive, and miss on the death star because we're explicitly told the empire let the heroes get away. They do pretty well on Hoth. They tag Leia on Endor. Ben Kenobi has a line in ANH about their precision. Some of the subsequent canon material like the Thrawn trilogy reinforces the idea that stormtroopers are the shock troops of the empire and don't mess around.

I'd prefer Thrawn to Maul just because we've got the Maulmech coming, but I do think there's a good shot at at least one of the Peridea exclusives. Thrawn would be best as it'd make that Grand Admiral torso more accessible and allow for more Chiss, but I'd be happy to have a new Ezra or Ahsoka the White too.

9 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

In that regard, nothing beats putting Captain Rex from the UCS Venator to a mere Microfighter for like 2% the original asking price in less than a year.

Kinda funny how Lego always messes up the box design on purpose. It's supposed to have Vader for the Skywalker Saga branding in the lower left corner of the package. But as soon as the set includes Clones, they always use the corresponding art for TCW design. The devil's in the details. To me, it just goes to show their clear focus on the Clone Troopers. Like it's less about the prequels, mostly about the Clones. Otherwise we would get a more steady supply of main characters available at all times. So i think it's perfectly fine to make that distinction. Like Clones are obviously part of the prequels, but prequels are not necessarily part of TCW. Just because Lego is throwing Clone divisions left and right at us, doesn't mean prequel fans are eating pretty good by default. 

Can you believe there was never an Episode III Anakin Vs. Dooku style duel set? Or Yoda Vs. Palpatine? Or even Ben Kenobi Vs. Vader? Sometimes, i can not fathom these facts in any way, shape or form. Only thinking that Lego is not willing to bring back that curved lightsaber hilt piece for Dooku and that's why we have not seen him for a dozen or so years. 

Yup. That was a genius move from lego- profiting off the people who just couldn't wait for a Rex, then letting everyone buy the figure. Though interestingly enough I've seen some significant sales online at this point- I wonder if Microfighters just don't sell as well anymore, since that was the best-case scenario figure wise and it's still ending up at almost half price in a lot of places.

This is a very good point and as you say a good microcasm for how they view the franchise right now. Lego sees it as OT/Mando/ST/Clones, not necessarily prequels. (Or more accurately, 18+buildable/Clones.) Now, I think they're correct that the majority of prequel sets that would sell particularly well involve the clones in some capacity, but as you say, there's plenty of duels that'd do well. I'm still surprised we haven't had a Duel of the Fates larger than $25.

That probably is at least part of the reason why- they assumably wouldn't chrome it anymore, and I wonder if that changes something. That said, we should count our blessings- if he does return I have a sneaking suspicion he'd use the normal hilt.

 

Speaking of hilts, do we think Ventress will get curved ones again? Her old mold is gone, and Ahsoka's curved-ish sabers went from using that mold in 2016 to the normal mold for the Ahsoka sets in 2023/24. 

[MKJoshA]

A reminder to everyone, no spoilers for the Andor episodes about to drop. Please wait 1 week before discussing an episode.

[BrickPrick]

6 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Yup. That was a genius move from lego- profiting off the people who just couldn't wait for a Rex, then letting everyone buy the figure. Though interestingly enough I've seen some significant sales online at this point- I wonder if Microfighters just don't sell as well anymore, since that was the best-case scenario figure wise and it's still ending up at almost half price in a lot of places.

This is a very good point and as you say a good microcasm for how they view the franchise right now. Lego sees it as OT/Mando/ST/Clones, not necessarily prequels. (Or more accurately, 18+buildable/Clones.) Now, I think they're correct that the majority of prequel sets that would sell particularly well involve the clones in some capacity, but as you say, there's plenty of duels that'd do well. I'm still surprised we haven't had a Duel of the Fates larger than $25.

That probably is at least part of the reason why- they assumably wouldn't chrome it anymore, and I wonder if that changes something. That said, we should count our blessings- if he does return I have a sneaking suspicion he'd use the normal hilt.

 

Speaking of hilts, do we think Ventress will get curved ones again? Her old mold is gone, and Ahsoka's curved-ish sabers went from using that mold in 2016 to the normal mold for the Ahsoka sets in 2023/24. 

Yep, and wether this is funny or not, always depends which people you are asking. Me as a non UCS person? Loved it... could have laughed my megablocks off all day long. Early adopters of the UCS Venator? Probably not so much. Even though, you should not overthink the term "exclusive". In my experience, exclusivity can come in many forms. And timed exclusivity is one of them. So i don't know if Lego could be seriously accused of misleading marketing, then. Definitely was crazy convenient for Lego to pull off, though.

Like i can totally get behind people who are strictly against named characters in Battle Packs for the sake of army building. I mean they were originally intended for this very purpose and officially advertised as such. But i am not a hardcore army builder myself. I enjoy it, but in a more casual kinda way, so only amassing my armies via different sets, not buying multiple sets at all. For example, i didn't mind Ki-Adi-Mundi and Barriss Offee being included in the infamous 75206 Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack. For me, they were just two welcome additions for the collection. But again, i can totally see where the other camp is coming from. Different strokes for different folks, i take it. 

Haha, like i mentioned earlier, everything non exclusive in here gets discounted so deep and so fast, even the more popular, sought after stuff, it is kinda difficult to draw conclusions to some actual sales from price points alone. If on the other hand something like the Justifier is slashed half off in price, oh well, in that case it may have sold quite poorly. 

I absolutely agree on this one. 

I honestly do not care at this point. They should just release the Count with the default lightsaber hilt and get it over with. 

As for Ventress, i think it will straight up be the standard hilt piece. 

[Renny The Spaceman]

41 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

This is a tangent but it's funny that "tagging a named character" is trooper of the year in the shows, when the whole "stormtroopers can't aim" thing wasn't present in the OT. They do well on the tantive, and miss on the death star because we're explicitly told the empire let the heroes get away. They do pretty well on Hoth. They tag Leia on Endor. Ben Kenobi has a line in ANH about their precision. Some of the subsequent canon material like the Thrawn trilogy reinforces the idea that stormtroopers are the shock troops of the empire and don't mess around.

To be fair I think this goes beyond that gag, like no matter how much we're told stormtroopers or any other generic evil force is actually super accurate it won't feel that way unless they actually do something, killing a main character is above the pay grade of any henchmen in a family adventure franchise because no matter how deadly they are to the extras they're always just goons to the leads.

[BrickPrick]

5 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Any ideas what sets will be on sale for may the fourth?  Any chance the sailbarge goes on sale yet?  Curious if there is precedent.

According to newest leaks, the Mos Espa Podrace Diorama, Midi-scale Tantive IV and AT-TE will be 15% off, the UCS Razor Crest will get a 20% discount. This list is not official and subject to change, so everything should be taken with a cup of jawa juice (grain of salt). Also, of course, sets may very well vary by region. 

Edited April 22 by BrickPrick

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

Yep, and wether this is funny or not, always depends which people you are asking. Me as a non UCS person? Loved it... could have laughed my megablocks off all day long. Early adopters of the UCS Venator? Probably not so much. Even though, you should not overthink the term "exclusive". In my experience, exclusivity can come in many forms. And timed exclusivity is one of them. So i don't know if Lego could be seriously accused of misleading marketing, then. Definitely was crazy convenient for Lego to pull off, though.

Like i can totally get behind people who are strictly against named characters in Battle Packs for the sake of army building. I mean they were originally intended for this very purpose and officially advertised as such. But i am not a hardcore army builder myself. I enjoy it, but in a more casual kinda way, so only amassing my armies via different sets, not buying multiple sets at all. For example, i didn't mind Ki-Adi-Mundi and Barriss Offee being included in the infamous 75206 Jedi and Clone Troopers Battle Pack. For me, they were just two welcome additions for the collection. But again, i can totally see where the other camp is coming from. Different strokes for different folks, i take it. 

Haha, like i mentioned earlier, everything non exclusive in here gets discounted so deep and so fast, even the more popular, sought after stuff, it is kinda difficult to draw conclusions to some actual sales from price points alone. If on the other hand something like the Justifier is slashed half off in price, oh well, in that case it may have sold quite poorly. 

I absolutely agree on this one. 

I honestly do not care at this point. They should just release the Count with the default lightsaber hilt and get it over with. 

As for Ventress, i think it will straight up be the standard hilt piece. 

Oh I absolutely agree. The idea people had that lego was doing some sort of misleading marketing was completely out of bounds. (Not that they don't do that, but in this instance lego isn't obligated to spell out "by exclusive we mean timed exclusive." If someone spent $625 on a lego set for a single minifigure of a popular character thinking it would never be made again, after lego already said they would try not to keep desirable figures locked behind UCS sets, that's their problem, not lego's.)

Yeah. I don't necessarily mind the ones with four named characters so long as they're desirable ones (say, a pack of Kit Fisto, Plo, Agen, and Mace) or could be mixed up to create generic civilians (say, a pack of cantina aliens), but I will say I'm not a fan of the ones that have 2 named characters and two generics. I prefer them to pick one lane or the other for the set- either it's a character pack or a battle pack.

Fair- whatever gets Dooku released.

Yeah, seeing as they use the normal ones for Ahsoka, who's been in three sets that could have used those hilts I suppose it's wishful thinking to imagine they'd do it for ventress, who will assumably only be in the one set.

3 hours ago, Renny The Spaceman said:

To be fair I think this goes beyond that gag, like no matter how much we're told stormtroopers or any other generic evil force is actually super accurate it won't feel that way unless they actually do something, killing a main character is above the pay grade of any henchmen in a family adventure franchise because no matter how deadly they are to the extras they're always just goons to the leads.

The thing is, while they haven't killed a main character in the OT, the stormies not only stun leia early on but land another hit on her in the battle of endor. Basically every scene they're in they either mop the floor with their opponents- even scoring hits on main characters if present- or we're explicitly told they're under orders that vader "wants them alive". As far as generic mooks go their track record feels better than average, but the joke got burned into people's brains so much it ended up becoming canon.

2 hours ago, BrickPrick said:

According to newest leaks, the Mos Espa Podrace Diorama, Midi-scale Tantive IV and AT-TE will be 15% off, the UCS Razor Crest will get a 20% discount. This list is not official and subject to change, so everything should be taken with a cup of jawa juice (grain of salt). Also, of course, sets may very well vary by region. 

That's unfortunate, I regularly see all of those at my local walmart for double that discount (except for the Crest, but I've seen that one online for almost 60% off before.)

[Renny The Spaceman]

5 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

The thing is, while they haven't killed a main character in the OT, the stormies not only stun leia early on but land another hit on her in the battle of endor. Basically every scene they're in they either mop the floor with their opponents- even scoring hits on main characters if present- or we're explicitly told they're under orders that vader "wants them alive". As far as generic mooks go their track record feels better than average, but the joke got burned into people's brains so much it ended up becoming canon.

I think the joke started because they're still silly. Like they're constantly played for comic relief, one of them gets ambushed because Harrison Ford taps him on the shoulder! Like we can say that in the movies we're told they're super serious perfect soldiers and they kill most of the nameless Rebels in the one scene per movie that happens but at the end of the day most of their screen time is them having casual conversations, missing on purpose, being taken by surprise and instantly being killed, being beaten by rocks and so on. Sure there's lore explanations for why they're not actually as pathetic as they seem in the movies but the average moviegoer who just casually watches the film just sees them being pathetic. 

I think George just liked making the generic mooks in most his films comic relief come to think of it.

[CloneCommando99]

Today was about wiping the taste of Acolyte from Lucasfilm’s mouth.

 

Can we just get a confirmation on which tank shitto 75413 is already?!

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Just finished watching Andor. Absolute peak. 

The third episode is quite possibly the best out of all the Andor episodes I think. I'll need to digest it for a few more days though, but wow, I love this series so much.

The TIE Avenger prototype really needs to became a set. It's such an amazing ship, and Cassian has an awesome outfit while flying it. Would be a good opportunity to get Bix and Brasso too.

[Max_Lego]

7 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

we're explicitly told they're under orders that vader "wants them alive"

When were we explicitly told that? Yes, Vader's idea (disapproved by Tarkin) was to track the Rebels back to their fortress, but he never ordered the troops to let them walk alive on-screen. The troopers obviously shoot to kill while pursuing the gang in the corridors - and miss, but it's hard to blame them in context.

I won't even comment on Ben Kenobi's stormtrooper line. It's a clear indication that something is wrong 

Judging by their portrayal in the OT, the stormtroopers aren't the elite by any means - they are ordinary soldiers who have little chances to hit a small number of fast-moving targets

[Lordhelmet]

2 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

The TIE Avenger prototype really needs to became a set. It's such an amazing ship, and Cassian has an awesome outfit while flying it. Would be a good opportunity to get Bix and Brasso too.

Tie Avenger would be a great set, would prefer some range and stormtroopers though.

[MKJoshA]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Just finished watching Andor. Absolute peak. 

The third episode is quite possibly the best out of all the Andor episodes I think. I'll need to digest it for a few more days though, but wow, I love this series so much.

The TIE Avenger prototype really needs to became a set. It's such an amazing ship, and Cassian has an awesome outfit while flying it. Would be a good opportunity to get Bix and Brasso too.

This is getting dangerously close to spoilers. It doesn't cross the line, but I want to point out to everyone not to go further than this.

3 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

When were we explicitly told that? Yes, Vader's idea (disapproved by Tarkin) was to track the Rebels back to their fortress, but he never ordered the troops to let them walk alive on-screen. The troopers obviously shoot to kill while pursuing the gang in the corridors - and miss, but it's hard to blame them in context.

Pretty sure it's based off Leia's accurate assessment that they were allowed to escape the Death Star.

[BrickBob Studpants]

3 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

The TIE Avenger prototype really needs to became a set. It's such an amazing ship, and Cassian has an awesome outfit while flying it. Would be a good opportunity to get Bix and Brasso too.

This marks the second time everybody thought we‘d get a cool new TIE variant from an upcoming project in a set, only for them to coldly ignore it  And the Avenger seems to be a lot more prominent than the Whisper was! While I do like the new U-Wing, I would‘ve traded it for a TIE Avenger in a heartbeat. 

Also, how come they skip the yearly TIE Fighter set in a year where there‘s a new variant all over the marketing for a show?!

[Max_Lego]

1 hour ago, MKJoshA said:

Pretty sure it's based off Leia's accurate assessment that they were allowed to escape the Death Star.

Thanks for the reminder! I still don't think this assumption was fully correct. They DID try to thwart their escape, but gave up very soon - this is how I view the situation. Tracking the Falcon was an emergency plan, to which they ultimately resorted 

[BrickPrick]

So, after i saw yet another U-Wing comparison, i can not stress enough how little of a problem the new Lego formula of downsizing sets in favor for a more detailed and sturdy build is for me. Of course, it was expected to be a smaller scale set by all accounts... and it is. But from my point of view, it's just smaller, not too small. And it is only smaller because the last model was arguably too big. I feel the same way about the most recent X-Wing and TIE Fighter developments, which reached crazy high price points when they were too big of a behemoth to begin with... or in the case of the 75218 X-Wing charged an extra 20 Euros for a nearly identical, colour-swapped model (while only having some improved mechanism for the wings) just for the heck of it.

In-universe, these are supposed to be medium-sized ships, so i am fine with them actually being accordingly and reasonably sized. The same thing can probably not be said about the upcoming Slave 1 playset. This is meant to be a big vehicle, but with just a good 100 pieces more, will most definitely be closer in scale to the 2021 shrunken down Mando model than the incredible 20th anniversary version. Which is somewhat of a shame, as i would have loved to display both ships next to each other. But i am glad that i finally get (albeit downgraded) regular Jango Fett. I can only have so many blue Mando minifigures that are not him, i guess. 

Edited April 23 by BrickPrick

[Flieger]

Just saw the Solid Brix Studios' review of the U-Wing, and this:

 

"favourite minifigure out of this set", "absolutely fantastic", "wow, I love this figure"...
Is he blind? Yes, the cap-and-hair piece looks very good, but how can you ignore the legs? This should be a part of her coat, i.e. white and all-around. Instead we get a grey apron which does not look like a coat at all.

I do not think one should praise a figure that much that has glaring printing problems, and ideally should have been dual moulded. If that is not possible, one should not try to represent her in her coat in the first place and choose to show her without it.

 

[BrickPrick]

13 hours ago, Mandalorianknight said:

Oh I absolutely agree. The idea people had that lego was doing some sort of misleading marketing was completely out of bounds. (Not that they don't do that, but in this instance lego isn't obligated to spell out "by exclusive we mean timed exclusive." If someone spent $625 on a lego set for a single minifigure of a popular character thinking it would never be made again, after lego already said they would try not to keep desirable figures locked behind UCS sets, that's their problem, not lego's.)

Yeah. I don't necessarily mind the ones with four named characters so long as they're desirable ones (say, a pack of Kit Fisto, Plo, Agen, and Mace) or could be mixed up to create generic civilians (say, a pack of cantina aliens), but I will say I'm not a fan of the ones that have 2 named characters and two generics. I prefer them to pick one lane or the other for the set- either it's a character pack or a battle pack.

Fair- whatever gets Dooku released.

Yeah, seeing as they use the normal ones for Ahsoka, who's been in three sets that could have used those hilts I suppose it's wishful thinking to imagine they'd do it for ventress, who will assumably only be in the one set.

That's unfortunate, I regularly see all of those at my local walmart for double that discount (except for the Crest, but I've seen that one online for almost 60% off before.)

I like that mindset. It's not always this "evil corporation TM" situation. If people have somewhat unrealistic expectations and needlessly setting them up for disappointment, that's on them, not anybody else. Other than that, buying a huge UCS set primarily for a single minifigure is... certainly a choice in the first place. 

I see. It's not like these hybrid Battle Packs with a 50:50 split between named characters and troops are the sweet spot for me. I tolerate them, but yeah... even better is a 100% commitment to either one of these kind of figure selections. The 75167 Bounty Hunter Speeder Bike Battle Pack was a great choice for getting a bunch of desirable characters all at once. While the 75320 Snowtrooper Battle Pack is close to perfection for army building. Both work well for me.

And thanks to your comment, i will now visualize a Cantina Alien Character Pack in my restless dreams, until it actually happens. 

It would be twice the pride for fans finally getting him again. And double the fall for Lego falling back into their lazy ways. 

Yep, i would consider it exactly that... wishful thinking. But this unexpected comeback definitely outweighs the inaccuracy of a single piece. First and foremost, i am glad we are getting her again. 

Yeah well, as far as Lego shop discounts generally go, they are pretty much irrelevant to me. It's the same thing on Black Friday every year. There are a couple of okay-ish disounts on offer. Usually sets that are soon to be discontinued and/or performing poorly... stuff they just want to get rid off. But those deals i can get all the time on Amazon. And much better ones than that. Last year was one of the rare exceptions with the 75354 Coruscant Guard Gunship being 20% off for May the 4th promotion. 

[Nobricksleft]

 

36 minutes ago, Flieger said:

I do not think one should praise a figure that much that has glaring printing problems, and ideally should have been dual moulded. If that is not possible, one should not try to represent her in her coat in the first place and choose to show her without it.

I think they did the best job possible within the cost constraints, but I would like to know which costs more if they wanted to make it better, dual molding or printing the side of legs (if you had to choose only one). Printing the coat on the sides would have been awesome.

[CloneCommando99]

49 minutes ago, Flieger said:

Just saw the Solid Brix Studios' review of the U-Wing, and this:

"favourite minifigure out of this set", "absolutely fantastic", "wow, I love this figure"...
Is he blind? Yes, the cap-and-hair piece looks very good, but how can you ignore the legs?

I get why you dislike it. But I don’t think it looks that bad. It’s not as noticeable as Commander Fox.

2 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

I still don't think this assumption was fully correct. They DID try to thwart their escape, but gave up very soon - this is how I view the situation. Tracking the Falcon was an emergency plan, to which they ultimately resorted 

But wouldn’t letting them go and locating the secret rebel base have more strategic value than just killing Leia and letting her become a martyr to the still hidden rebels?

I think the plan from the get go was to let them escape and lead them to Yavin. Why else would Vader not join the response team to the security breach regarding his prisoner?

7 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

The TIE Avenger prototype really needs to became a set. It's such an amazing ship, and Cassian has an awesome outfit while flying it.

4 hours ago, Lordhelmet said:

Tie Avenger would be a great set, would prefer some range and stormtroopers though.

Preach!

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

This marks the second time everybody thought we‘d get a cool new TIE variant from an upcoming project in a set, only for them to coldly ignore it  And the Avenger seems to be a lot more prominent than the Whisper was! While I do like the new U-Wing, I would‘ve traded it for a TIE Avenger in a heartbeat. 

Also, how come they skip the yearly TIE Fighter set in a year where there‘s a new variant all over the marketing for a show?!

TBF, Major Vonreg’s tie, another Tie Interceptor look a like with red accents, was already on shelves at the time so the lack of a Tie Whisper was understandable. 

The lack of a Tie Avenger on the other hand is completely inexcusable for the reasons you’ve already listed and especially since the Fang Fighter vs Tie Interceptor, the tie it looks closest to, is now retired.

I would have traded the K2S0 Buildable as we likely wouldn’t have gotten Dedra or K2 at all if it was the Avenger.

Lego has really just fumbled with the decision making this year huh? DC and SW more than other themes.

[Max_Lego]

29 minutes ago, CloneCommando99 said:

But wouldn’t letting them go and locating the secret rebel base have more strategic value than just killing Leia and letting her become a martyr to the still hidden rebels?

I think the plan from the get go was to let them escape and lead them to Yavin. Why else would Vader not join the response team to the security breach regarding his prisoner?

Who said that they wanted to kill Leia? The troopers sure were shooting to kill, but not at Leia precisely! 

If they were planning to let them escape from the very beginning, why were the troopers shooting at them with deadly blasters and why did the TIE pilots attack the Falcon? Tarkin explicitly says: "I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work". This means that he didn't approve of Vader's plan from the very beginning and only accepted it because the Rebels escaped 

Why am I explaining this?

And besides, if the troopers were instructed not to shoot to kill, why didn't they set their blasters to stun? And how do you explain this line:

[ArrowBricks]

3 hours ago, Nobricksleft said:

 

I think they did the best job possible within the cost constraints, but I would like to know which costs more if they wanted to make it better, dual molding or printing the side of legs (if you had to choose only one). Printing the coat on the sides would have been awesome.

Sigh. Praising mediocrity, it’s a shame. Nothing personal but the standards have fallen. 

[ARC2149Nova]

2 hours ago, Max_Lego said:

If they were planning to let them escape from the very beginning, why were the troopers shooting at them with deadly blasters and why did the TIE pilots attack the Falcon? Tarkin explicitly says: "I'm taking an awful risk, Vader. This had better work". This means that he didn't approve of Vader's plan from the very beginning and only accepted it because the Rebels escaped 

To make it more believable. It actually takes more skill to create a "deadly situation" in which a target is supposed to escape. One false move and a key player goes down. You can't hit Luke without risking hitting Leia, and you can't kill Solo or the Wookiee because they're the pilots.

Besides, we're acting like every soldier always hits their targets. Real firefights are rarely as accurate as the movies portray. Yes, it's CQB, but again, they're supposed to escape (which is the plan, btw. They put a tracker on the Falcon after all).

Besides, the whole "Stormtroopers can't aim" is a tired and overused joke that needs to die already. It's almost like people forget the entire concept of plot armor.

[MKJoshA]

Whether Stormtroopers were excellent marksmen or terrible shots has been the subject of much debate. But this thread isn't the place to continue it. Let's give it a rest or take it to the Media topic please.