LEGO Star Wars 2023 Set Discussion - READ FIRST POST!!!

[Flawless Cowboy]

6 minutes ago, Duke27 said:

Hm,Canonically half of the all 501 legion was the 332nd division. 
« I'll divide the 501st, make a new division under Ahsoka's command. « 

-Anakin

My source for 144 is Star Wars fandom. Also that quote from Anakin doesn’t state “half”, it only states “divide” which doesn’t imply dividing by half

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

8 hours ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

Damn, this forum literally exploded 

I'm really intrigued by the promotional Holiday Special diorama.

What’s the deal with the Holiday Special Diorama? Did I miss something?

[omegabadbatch]

so 36 swamp speeders to do 144 332nd clones!!

Edited April 3, 2023 by omegabadbatch

[Old Master]

7 hours ago, Goofster said:

Hey, kinda off topic, but should i buy the sushi chef minfig to upgrade my Grand Admiral Thrawn? I mean they arent remaking him any time soon sooo

yeah thats a given. 

[Hhalcyon]

48 minutes ago, omegabadbatch said:

so 36 swamp speeders to do 144 332nd clones!!

From the leak i've seen Captain Vaughn will have a unique chest print so, while you will get 144 442nd from 36 swamp speeders, a quarter of them will have captain's badges lol.

[McMurder_them_softly]

Wow. A lot to catch up on this morning. 
UCS Venator sounds awesome, including the figures. I believe LEGO has flipped again on exclusive figs (see last years UCS landspeeder and C-3PO). Rex sounds great!

Swamp Speeder with Vaughn! He might be my favorite clone. Had to pick up his Hot Toy version. It's great! If he needs a visor print, Cody should have had one too. Doubt we will get that. He should have a new torso and helmet to differentiate from the other troopers. 

Gunship sounds great, figures and all. Even the color! Would prefer Thorn but Fox is great as well. Hope it has turrets on the wings. I also like the bubble ones from the troop bay but that's just my personal preference. 

Nice to finally have an option for a Ghost. 

Will wait and see on the rest. To be honest, I am still not 100% sold on these being real, but am going with it for now. 

Edited April 3, 2023 by McMurder_them_softly

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

1 hour ago, Duke27 said:

Hm,Canonically half of the all 501 legion was the 332nd division. 
« I'll divide the 501st, make a new division under Ahsoka's command. « 

-Anakin

 

1 hour ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

My source for 144 is Star Wars fandom. Also that quote from Anakin doesn’t state “half”, it only states “divide” which doesn’t imply dividing by half

The 144 number is from a reference book from before anyone knew Clone Wars Season 7 was happening.

Although regardless, we can see from the hangar in Victory and Death that there’s quite a few plain white clones (and ones with normal 501st markings) in the 332nd, so not all of them have Ahsoka’s face on their mask.

There were 40 clones + Rex who were there to meet Ahsoka to show her the helmets.

There were around 80-90 clones (of various designs) in the hangar in Victory and Death, and we can assume that a bunch died on Mandalore and on the Venator. So my guess would be there’s more than 144 who went to Mandalore (including pilots & technicians on the Venator) but probably less than 144 with the Ahsoka masks.

Edit: Although I guess since they did have enough clones to crew a Venator as well as fight the Mandalorians, 144 probably could be reasonable for the amount of clones with Ahsoka helmets.

Edited April 3, 2023 by QuiggoldsPegLeg

[Goofster]

14 minutes ago, Hhalcyon said:

From the leak i've seen Captain Vaughn will have a unique chest print so, while you will get 144 442nd from 36 swamp speeders, a quarter of them will have captain's badges lol.

Or you could just swap them out for the battlefront 501st, i personally am gonna make one look like that.

5 minutes ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

 

The 144 number is from a reference book from before anyone knew Clone Wars Season 7 was happening.

 

Oh yeah nah, clone wars season 7 was planned a while ago, even before clone wars was cancelled, the bad batch episode was planned like a decade ago, lol.

[QuiggoldsPegLeg]

3 minutes ago, Goofster said:

Or you could just swap them out for the battlefront 501st, i personally am gonna make one look like that.

Oh yeah nah, clone wars season 7 was planned a while ago, even before clone wars was cancelled, the bad batch episode was planned like a decade ago, lol.

I know that, but it’s a reference book, and Filoni is fine completely overwriting actual novels for no reason. The amount of clones they said there were in a reference book had no actual bearing on the show itself, nor did the reference book have a finished show to base itself off of.

[Retro Brick Reviews]

8 minutes ago, QuiggoldsPegLeg said:

I know that, but it’s a reference book, and Filoni is fine completely overwriting actual novels for no reason. The amount of clones they said there were in a reference book had no actual bearing on the show itself, nor did the reference book have a finished show to base itself off of.

Okay? But if the book and the show don't contradict one another (and they don't), there's no reason to assume the book's figure of 144 is inaccurate.

[Flawless Cowboy]

I’ve been wondering where to put my 501st army (super jealous that the snow troopers get their own AT-AT but the 501st have no vehicles to store them) but now I can line them up under the shadow of the Venator, alongside the 332nd. 

[McMurder_them_softly]

8 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I’ve been wondering where to put my 501st army (super jealous that the snow troopers get their own AT-AT but the 501st have no vehicles to store them) but now I can line them up under the shadow of the Venator, alongside the 332nd. 

Great idea. I was thinking where I would put my clones as well. Great idea 

[Flawless Cowboy]

5 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

Great idea. I was thinking where I would put my clones as well. Great idea 

I got the inspiration from someone displaying their stormtrooper army beneath the ISD, it looks great

[Frizzlefry25]

7 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

Great idea. I was thinking where I would put my clones as well. Great idea 

Damn, I wont be getting the Venator (due to size, $$, and I only have space for the current SD) But if I was to get one, I second that amazing idea!

Edited April 3, 2023 by Frizzlefry25

[McMurder_them_softly]

1 minute ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I got the inspiration from someone displaying their stormtrooper army beneath the ISD, it looks great

All of the great ideas! Nice. I especially like the clone one, as I have the most of those. Hope the rumors are true!

[Alpha Draconis]

20 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I got the inspiration from someone displaying their stormtrooper army beneath the ISD, it looks great

oh, man I believe it looked cool - and is potentially something I might do in the future as well (when I have enough space ). I specifically remember the sheer footprint size of the UCS ISD because I was looking at display cases for it when I was still on the fence about buying it and I remember that it had the biggest case by far. UCS falcon's case footprint didn't come close. I wonder how big the UCS Venator's footprint will be..

One thing is for sure - next UCS prequel set gotta be MTT in minifig scale!

[Flawless Cowboy]

5 minutes ago, Alpha Draconis said:

One thing is for sure - next UCS prequel set gotta be MTT in minifig scale!

Oh man this is my dream UCS set by far, and I gotta say after the Venator it’s much more likely, but I’m still doubtful. I mean there’s not even a single droid playset on the market right now!

[McMurder_them_softly]

I wonder if the rumored Death Star May 4th promo is DSII or DS - original recipe? I hope DSII. That is more visually interesting for me and works with the ROTJ anniversary thing going on. Wish the rumors are wrong and there is a figure with it. 

[Hhalcyon]

1 hour ago, Goofster said:

Or you could just swap them out for the battlefront 501st, i personally am gonna make one look like that.

None of the battlefront 501st have a plain 501st chest. Or do you mean you're gonna put 501st helmets on the 332nd/plain 501st bodies?

[Flawless Cowboy]

22 minutes ago, McMurder_them_softly said:

I wonder if the rumored Death Star May 4th promo is DSII or DS - original recipe? I hope DSII. That is more visually interesting for me and works with the ROTJ anniversary thing going on. Wish the rumors are wrong and there is a figure with it. 

I’d bet on DSII, a plain sphere would be boring 

[Alpha Draconis]

30 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Oh man this is my dream UCS set by far, and I gotta say after the Venator it’s much more likely, but I’m still doubtful. I mean there’s not even a single droid playset on the market right now!

One can hope - I know that if the Venator sells well it may actually become a reality! And there is a market for it, I'm sure of it (they cloud do something similar to UCS AT-AT where they released a complimentary battle pack to fill in the seats)

[Goofster]

37 minutes ago, Hhalcyon said:

None of the battlefront 501st have a plain 501st chest. Or do you mean you're gonna put 501st helmets on the 332nd/plain 501st bodies?

Nah i said something dumb lol nvm, i didn't realize the officer had a blue belt. But my idea was putting vaughn's torso on a second officer and changing the rangefinder with a visor just for customizing.

[PreVizsla]

By canonically I meant those of us that army build by researching about army units from canon Star Wars reference books opposed to copying what Solid Brix Studios popularized/invented 12 years ago and just slapping figures on the baseplate aimlessly and sometimes even mixing phase 1,2, senate commandos and royal guards.

Canonically army building clones would be making squads (9 troopers + sergeant), platoons(4 squads + lieutenant), companies (4 platoons + a captain) etc. This is why this current BP is so good cause the only phase 2 sergeant is Hunter so people had to be creative and add cloths and stuff to their figures or get customs. And now we get not only 501st, but 332nd leadership as well with the upcoming swamp speeder cause we can switch helmets with standard and leadership clones and it also helps the people that randomly slap things on a baseplate cause they can switch helmets aswell so it's a win win for both and I appreciate LEGO for it. All that is missing for 332nd is lieutenant Jesse.

[Goofster]

Vaughn is super lazy, they just reused the previous 332nd helmet but with holes, theres so many key differences on the helmet, like the tan stripes cody has, but with the ahsoka paint over it, or the weird line under the mouth like cody.

[PRbrickbuilder]

This is the wildest and funniest Lego leak I can recall!

UCS Venator and a Gunship are great news for PT fans, and LEGO really is giving more and more arm printings to SW figs (now for Ahsoka and Sabine)!