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

[TheUnusualBuilder]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Agreed. That’s what makes me think that dark side Rey is the falcon’s anniversary figure as there is A) a lack of villains and B) a lack of female characters. However there are some characters I would prefer: Republic Crosshair, Mara Jade, Mon Mothma, Klaud, Dedra Meero, Rebels Hondo and Commander Pyre from Resistance.

It's literally a DARK Falcon that is also rumored to include figures of DARK Chewbacca and DARK C-3PO, it seems fairly straightforward that DARK Rey is a part of the main lineup.

[Meaf]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Agreed. That’s what makes me think that dark side Rey is the falcon’s anniversary figure as there is A) a lack of villains and B) a lack of female characters. However there are some characters I would prefer: Republic Crosshair, Mara Jade, Mon Mothma, Klaud, Dedra Meero, Rebels Hondo and Commander Pyre from Resistance.

I know this is just what you'd prefer not necessarily what you expect, but I wouldn't be too broken up over Mon Mothma or Dedra Meero since they both have some reasonable chances to appear in the future (although I guess for Dedra it depends how many Andor sets we get and how relevant she is in later seasons).

[Flawless Cowboy]

1 hour ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

It's literally a DARK Falcon that is also rumored to include figures of DARK Chewbacca and DARK C-3PO, it seems fairly straightforward that DARK Rey is a part of the main lineup.

This. Vader is the only character in the lineup who doesn’t match the theme of the ship or the rest of the cast.

Although, I hope the other anniversary figure is someone else entirely.

Edited February 2, 2024 by Flawless Cowboy

[TheUnusualBuilder]

Just now, Flawless Cowboy said:

This. Vader is the only character in the lineup who doesn’t match the theme of the ship or the rest of the cast.

Although, I hope the other anniversary figure is someone else entirely. 

When the theme of the set is the GOOD guys being BAD, I think it follows perfectly that the antagonistic force of such a set would be the BAD guy being GOOD.

[Mandalorianknight]

8 minutes ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

When the theme of the set is the GOOD guys being BAD, I think it follows perfectly that the antagonistic force of such a set would be the BAD guy being GOOD.

 

1 hour ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

It's literally a DARK Falcon that is also rumored to include figures of DARK Chewbacca and DARK C-3PO, it seems fairly straightforward that DARK Rey is a part of the main lineup.

You're awfully confident about this when there's a lot about the set and it's context we don't know. It could be based on some currently unknown new media (which would explain the gungan), it could be some random lego thing, it could be based on a specific time, it could be across multiple time periods.

Both could reasonably be the anniversary figure - you're forgetting Vader died before Rey was born. Chewie and 3PO are alive during both periods so the figures meant to be in the set hypothetically could come from either. Personally I'd guess white vader is the anniversary fig- he's from the infinities comic, which fits with the figs being from outside the skywalker saga. The figures "supposed" to be there timeline wise would make sense as rey/chewie/3PO are a more complete crew for an ST falcon than chewie/vader/3PO are for an OT one. Throw in another "standard" fig- say, light side Kylo Ren or an evil R2- and then the gungan's a spoof of the Watcher, explaining the blue robes.

All that said, I could be totally wrong- it could be an OT falcon, and they just didn't want to make evil versions of the human characters besides the already-canon dark rey, who'd be the anniversary fig. The blue gungan or unknown fig could be the anniversary fig, or it could just be in another set.

Point being, there's no way to know for sure.

[Flawless Cowboy]

26 minutes ago, TheUnusualBuilder said:

When the theme of the set is the GOOD guys being BAD, I think it follows perfectly that the antagonistic force of such a set would be the BAD guy being GOOD.

Why would they include one antagonist to take on the Falcon? Neither the TROS nor the UCS version have antagonists in their figure lineup. I can’t remember the last time they only included a single bad guy in a falcon set, they haven’t done so in well over a decade at least. 

[JohnTPT17]

3 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

I can’t remember the last time they only included a single bad guy in a falcon set, they haven’t done so in well over a decade at least.

The 7965 version from 2011 had only Vader, and 4504 from 2004 had only a single Snowtrooper. Not that I'm going to join any of this squabbling.

More importantly, I just read that Carl Weathers, who portrayed Greef Carga, just passed away (rest in peace - you were one of the most consistent parts of The Mandalorian for me). I know that actors passing have had ripple effects on how and when characters get included in Lego sets, so I'm curious how this might effect any Mando-centric sets in the future. Hopefully he won't have to be excluded from any future Nevarro sets.

[CloneCommando99]

12 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Why would they include one antagonist to take on the Falcon? Neither the TROS nor the UCS version have antagonists in their figure lineup. I can’t remember the last time they only included a single bad guy in a falcon set, they haven’t done so in well over a decade at least. 

Kessel run millennium falcon from Solo had a single Pyke minifig.

[Brickwraith]

26 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Why would they include one antagonist to take on the Falcon? Neither the TROS nor the UCS version have antagonists in their figure lineup. I can’t remember the last time they only included a single bad guy in a falcon set, they haven’t done so in well over a decade at least. 

The Force Awakens one Included two Kanjiklub Gang Members

[Flawless Cowboy]

1 hour ago, CloneCommando99 said:

Kessel run millennium falcon from Solo had a single Pyke minifig.

Fair enough 

55 minutes ago, Brickwraith said:

The Force Awakens one Included two Kanjiklub Gang Members

I said one!

 

I still don’t think it’s Vader as the anniversary  figure as he’s the only one so far who doesn’t show up in a movie, show, or game. 

[Old Master]

Maybe the anniversary fig is the friends we made along the way

[Tariq j]

You’re all wrong. It’s obviously Finch Dallow. 

[Pedilego]

54 minutes ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Fair enough 

I said one!

 

I still don’t think it’s Vader as the anniversary  figure as he’s the only one so far who doesn’t show up in a movie, show, or game. 

Both arguments are valid enough to say that Rey, Vader, or neither are all possibilities. Hopefully it's neither so we can have one more Anniversary figure but I'm keeping expectations low & assuming Vader until we receive more information:

 

- Non-Skywalker Saga Films: Rogue One Saw

- Lucas-era TV: TCW Fives

- Lucas-era Gaming: KOTOR Malik

- Disney-era TV (Live Action): Kenobi Leia

- Disney-era Gaming: Fallen Order Cal

- Literature (Novels/Comics): Comics White Vader*

 

* I'm going to guess that if it's not Vader, it'll be from Disney-era TV (Animation), so either Rebels, Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, or Visions.

 

2 hours ago, JohnTPT17 said:

 The 7965 version from 2011 had only Vader, and 4504 from 2004 had only a single Snowtrooper. Not that I'm going to join any of this squabbling.

More importantly, I just read that Carl Weathers, who portrayed Greef Carga, just passed away (rest in peace - you were one of the most consistent parts of The Mandalorian for me). I know that actors passing have had ripple effects on how and when characters get included in Lego sets, so I'm curious how this might effect any Mando-centric sets in the future. Hopefully he won't have to be excluded from any future Nevarro sets.

RIP

I knew he's been around a while but I didn't realize he was 76. (I had the same thought about Fennic's age.) Hollywood, man.

[BacktoBricks]

If any minifigure stands out to me from the Falcon line up it's the Gungan in the supposedly blue outfit. Now it's probably a character from whatever new media this set is taking inspiration from, but it would be hilarious if Lego gave us Dark Jar Jar.

[CallumPears]

11 hours ago, Old Master said:

Maybe the anniversary fig is the friends we made along the way

Cue the Reddit post from someone reading this and thinking "REBEL FRIEND CONFIRMED!!!!1!!1!!!"

[Agent Kallus]

On 2/1/2024 at 8:32 AM, BrickBob Studpants said:

Didn’t the rumours say it’s TROS Finn’s/young Lando’s/Nakia’s hairpiece, rather than the one used for TFA Finn?

I’m still over the moon we finally get our Saw minifig!!  He was topping my wishlist for anniversary figures, so to actually have him confirmed is surreal.

The only way to make this even better would be including TROS Palpy as the book-exclusive character  Long shot, I know

First of all, why've you got to keep making me look bad 

Second of all ~ https://www.flickr.com/gp/85087891@N08/x1852f02tH

Third of all, in that case I'm right about the (ep7) Fin hair not suiting Saw ( honestly ep 9 fin hair is a much better choice) as I said it wouldn't have made sense for him! And I do think that the part they've gone with is better choice. Kind surprised they wouldn't have just made him bald though.

Edited February 3, 2024 by Agent Kallus

[NoOneOfImportance]

17 hours ago, Flawless Cowboy said:

Why would they include one antagonist to take on the Falcon? Neither the TROS nor the UCS version have antagonists in their figure lineup. I can’t remember the last time they only included a single bad guy in a falcon set, they haven’t done so in well over a decade at least. 

You're forgetting the obvious question in response: Why wouldn't they? There is literally nothing stopping LEGO in a wave where we are arguing about a figure in a Dark Falcon that is releasing alongside Jedi Bob's ship. It doesn't matter that they haven't done a single antagonist with a falcon in a while - they could this time. That's like saying "Why would they make a Jabba's Sail Barge UCS? They haven't done so before." 

At this point, I think it's best to wait and see what the figure(s) turn out to be. For all we know, the Gungan is the anniversary figure, or there's no anniversary figure at all and the anniversary figure is in the X-Wing - or something else entirely. Until we know more about the full lineups for either of these two sets, the conversation will just go in circles. 

[Flawless Cowboy]

18 minutes ago, NoOneOfImportance said:

You're forgetting the obvious question in response: Why wouldn't they? There is literally nothing stopping LEGO in a wave where we are arguing about a figure in a Dark Falcon that is releasing alongside Jedi Bob's ship. It doesn't matter that they haven't done a single antagonist with a falcon in a while - they could this time. That's like saying "Why would they make a Jabba's Sail Barge UCS? They haven't done so before." 

Yeah we already cleared this up 

[Mandalorianknight]

8 hours ago, BacktoBricks said:

If any minifigure stands out to me from the Falcon line up it's the Gungan in the supposedly blue outfit. Now it's probably a character from whatever new media this set is taking inspiration from, but it would be hilarious if Lego gave us Dark Jar Jar.

My money's still on a spoof of the watcher- Darth Jar Jar would fit in this wave, but I dunno why he'd be wearing blue.

8 hours ago, CallumPears said:

Cue the Reddit post from someone reading this and thinking "REBEL FRIEND CONFIRMED!!!!1!!1!!!"

If only.

3 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

Third of all, in that case I'm right about the (ep7) Fin hair not suiting Saw ( honestly ep 9 fin hair is a much better choice) as I said it wouldn't have made sense for him! And I do think that the part they've gone with is better choice. Kind surprised they wouldn't have just made him bold though.

My guess is Rogue One saw, right? That's his most mainstream appearance.

[BrickBob Studpants]

6 hours ago, Agent Kallus said:

First of all, why've you got to keep making me look bad 

Second of all ~ https://www.flickr.com/gp/85087891@N08/x1852f02tH

Sorry  

That was a jumpscare and a half  Your picture is the closest it will ever get to this though! I refuse to believe in TLG crossing that line, and not just because of my bet

1 hour ago, Mandalorianknight said:

My guess is Rogue One saw, right? That's his most mainstream appearance.

The description mentioned the armour and cape, so it has to be! The “cyborg” icon also points towards it being the RO version

[Mandalorianknight]

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

That was a jumpscare and a half  Your picture is the closest it will ever get to this though! I refuse to believe in TLG crossing that line, and not just because of my bet

Not to get too off-topic, but they technically have crossed that line with Echo, albeit unwittingly and retroactively.

I was also going to mention the Andor set, but apparently Andor is teen? Which I guess makes sense, there wasn't any gore, explicit content (though I think this is the most it's been implied in star wars), or MA-rated real-world language, but the show just feels like a TV-MA show.

3 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

The description mentioned the armour and cape, so it has to be! The “cyborg” icon also points towards it being the RO version

Good (Though saw's got armor and a bit of a cape in Fallen Order, clearly rogue one is the more obvious between the two, and he's still mostly human in FO), RO saw is probably most deserving of a figure, though I'd like his FO/Rebels/SWGOH look at some point as well.

[dvogon]

I don't know if the dark falcon is going to be real or not. I'd love it to be real, but I'm not confident on that, as it would be maybe too good to be an actual set on the shelves following past years standards. I hope I'd be proved wrong though, I would grab it day one.

Edited February 5, 2024 by dvogon

[BrickBob Studpants]

17 minutes ago, dvogon said:

I don't know if the dark falcon is going to be real or not. I'd love it to be real, but I'm not confident on that, as it would be maybe too good to be an actual set on the shelves following past years standards. I hope I'd be proved wrong though, I would grab it day one.

This was confirmed by every leaker under the sun. It's coming

Edited February 5, 2024 by BrickBob Studpants

[Mandalorianknight]

17 minutes ago, dvogon said:

I don't know if the dark falcon is going to be real or not. I'd love it to be real, but I'm not confident on that, as it would be maybe too good to be an actual set on the shelves following past years standards. I hope I'd be proved wrong though, I would grab it day one.

It's just as real as all the other leaked sets, which is to say- unless a number of these major sources have suddenly been fed false info, which is exceedingly unlikely to hit all of them- it's real.

The real question is who the other two figures are- given that we've got Dark Rey, White Vader, "evil" chewie and 3po, the final two figures- one of whom is a gungan wearing blue- seem really interesting. I'm still coping hard for Starkiller, who we almost certainly won't get, but you know.

[Flawless Cowboy]

31 minutes ago, Mandalorianknight said:

It's just as real as all the other leaked sets, which is to say- unless a number of these major sources have suddenly been fed false info, which is exceedingly unlikely to hit all of them- it's real.

The real question is who the other two figures are- given that we've got Dark Rey, White Vader, "evil" chewie and 3po, the final two figures- one of whom is a gungan wearing blue- seem really interesting. I'm still coping hard for Starkiller, who we almost certainly won't get, but you know.

While the dark falcon is most definitely happening, I find it interesting that the leaks for the Sith Infiltrator’s initial figure lineup from reliable sources were very wrong. Makes me suspicious of all the other sets whose figure lineups are already “known”, especially in regards to the Barge which is even further out than the Infiltrator.