Posted February 16, 201213 yr I've been wondering, what is everyone's favorite Lego Star Wars year? I've composed a list to see what sets came in which year. 1999 7101 Lightsaber Duel 7110 Landspeeder 7111 Droid Fighter 7121 Naboo Swamp 7128 Speeder Bikes 7130 Snowspeeder 7131 Anakin's Podracer 7140 X-Wing Fighter 7141 Naboo Fighter 7150 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing 7151 Sith Infiltrator 7161 Gungan Sub 7171 Mos Espa Podrace 2000 3343 Star Wars #4 7115 Gungan Patrol 7124 Flash Speeder 7155 Trade Federation AAT 7159 Star Wars Bucket 7184 Trade Federation MTT 8000 Technic Pit Droid 8001 Technic Battle Droid 8002 Technic Destoryer Droid 3340 Star Wars #1 7144 Slave I 3341 Star Wars #2 3342 Star Wars #3 7104 Desert Skiff 7134 A-Wing Fighter 7181 TIE Interceptor 7190 Millennium Falcon 7191 X-wing Fighter 2001 10018 Darth Maul Bust 10019 Rebel Blockade Runner 7106 Droid Escape 7126 Battle Droid Carrier 7127 Imperial AT-ST 7146 TIE Fighter 7166 Imperial Shuttle 7186 Watto's Junkyard 8007 TECHNIC C-3PO 8008 TECHNIC Stormtrooper 2002 7103 Jedi Duel 7113 Tusken Raider Encounter 7119 Twin-Pod Cloud Car 7133 Bounty Hunter Pursuit 7139 Ewok Attack 7142 X-Wing Fighter 7143 Jedi Starfighter 7152 TIE Fighter and Y-Wing 7153 Jango Fetts Slave I 7163 Republic Gunship 7194 Yoda 7200 Final Duel I 7201 Final Duel II 7203 Jedi Defense I 7204 Jedi Defense II 8009 TECHNIC R2-D2 8010 TECHNIC Darth Vader 8011 TECHNIC Jango Fett 8012 TECHNIC Super Battle Droid 10026 Special Edition Naboo Starfighter 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer 2003 4475 Jabba's Message 4476 Jabba's Prize 4477 T-16 Skyhopper 4478 Geonosian Fighter 4479 TIE Bomber 4480 Jabba's Palace 4481 Hailfire Droid 4482 AT-TE 4483 AT-AT 4484 Mini X-Wing Fighter & TIE Advanced 4485 Mini Sebulba's Podracer & Anakin's Podracer 4486 Mini AT-ST & Snowspeeder 4487 Mini Jedi Starfighter & Slave I 4488 Mini Millennium Falcon 4489 Mini AT-AT 4490 Mini Republic Gunship 4491 Mini MTT 4502 X-wing Fighter 10123 Cloud City 2004 10129 Rebel Snowspeeder 10131 TIE Collection 10134 UCS Y-Wing Attack Starfighter 4492 Mini Star Destroyer 4493 Mini Sith Infiltrator 4494 Mini Imperial Shuttle 4495 Mini AT-TE 10129 Rebel Snowspeeder 4501 Mos Eisley Cantina 4502 X-Wing Fighter 4504 Millennium Falcon 6963 X-Wing Fighter 6964 Mini Boba Fett's Slave I 6965 Mini TIE Interceptor 7262 TIE Fighter & Y-Wing 2005 6966 Mini Jedi Starfighter 6967 Mini ARC-170 Starfighter 6968 Mini Wookiee Attack 7250 Clone Scout Walker 7251 Darth Vader Transformation 7252 Droid Tri-Fighter 7255 General Grievous Chase 7256 Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid 7257 Ultimate Lightsaber Duel 7258 Wookiee Attack 7259 ARC-170 Starfighter 7260 Wookiee Catamaran 7261 Clone Turbo Tank 7263 TIE Fighter 7264 Imperial Inspection 7283 Ultimate Space Battle 10143 Death Star II 10144 Sandcrawler 2006 6205 V-Wing Fighter 6206 TIE Interceptor 6207 A-Wing Fighter 6208 B-Wing Fighter 6209 Slave I 6210 Jabba's Sail Barge 6211 Imperial Star Destroyer 6212 X-Wing Fighter 7261 Clone Turbo Tank 10174 Ultimate Collector's AT-ST 10175 Vader's TIE Advanced 2007 10178 Motorized Walking AT-AT 10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon 7654 Droids Battle Pack 7655 Clone Troopers Battle Pack 7656 General Grievous' Starfighter 7657 AT-ST 7658 Y-Wing Fighter 7659 Imperial Landing Craft 7660 Naboo N-1 Starfighter and Vulture Droid 7661 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring 7662 Trade Federation MTT 7663 Sith Infiltrator 7664 TIE Crawler 7665 Republic Cruiser 7666 Hoth Rebel Base 2008 10186 General Grievous 10188 Death Star 20006 Mini Clone Turbo Tank 7667 Imperial Dropship 7668 Rebel Scout Speeder 7669 Anakin's Jedi Starfighter 7670 Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid 7671 AT-AP Walker 7672 Rogue Shadow 7673 MagnaGuard Starfighter 7674 V-19 Torrent 7675 AT-TE Walker 7676 Republic Attack Gunship 7678 Droid Gunship 7679 Republic Fighter Tank 7680 The Twilight 7681 Separatist Spider Droid 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle 8028 Mini TIE Fighter 8029 Mini Snowspeeder 8031 Mini V-19 Torrent 2009 10195 Republic Dropship with AT-OT 10198 Tantive IV 20007 Mini Republic Attack Cruiser 20009 AT-TE Walker 20010 Republic Gunship 30004 Battle Droid on STAP 30005 Imperial Speeder Bike 30006 Clone Walker 7748 Corporate Alliance Tank Droid 7749 Echo Base 7751 Ahsoka's Starfighter and Vulture Droid 7752 Count Dooku's Solar Sailer 7753 Pirate Tank 7754 Home One Mon Calamari Star Cruiser 7778 Midi-scale Millennium Falcon 8014 Clone Walker Battle Pack 8015 Assassin Droids Battle Pack 8016 Hyena Droid Bomber 8017 Darth Vader's TIE Fighter 8018 Armoured Assault Tank (AAT) 8019 Republic Attack Shuttle 8031 Mini V-19 Torrent 8033 Mini General Grievous' Starfighter 8036 Separatist Shuttle 8037 Anakin's Y-Wing Starfighter 8038 The Battle of Endor 8039 Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser 2010 10212 Imperial Shuttle 10215 Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter 8083 Rebel Trooper Battle Pack 8084 Snowtrooper Battle Pack 8085 Freeco Speeder 8086 Droid Tri-Fighter 8087 TIE Defender 8088 ARC-170 Starfighter 8089 Hoth Wampa Cave 8091 Republic Swamp Speeder 8092 Luke's Landspeeder 8093 Plo Koon's Jedi Starfighter 8095 General Grievous' Starfighter 8096 Emperor Palpatine's Shuttle 8097 Slave I 8098 Clone Turbo Tank 8099 Midi-Scale Imperial Star Destroyer 8128 Cad Bane's Speeder 8129 AT-AT Walker 2011 10221 UCS Super Star Destroyer 7868 Mace Windu's Jedi Starfighter 7869 Battle For Geonosis 7877 Naboo Starfighter 7879 Hoth Echo Base 7913 Clone Trooper Battle Pack 7914 Mandalorian Battle Pack 7915 Imperial V-wing Starfighter 7929 The Battle of Naboo 7930 Bounty Hunter Assault Gunship 7931 T-6 Jedi Shuttle 7956 Ewok Attack 7957 Sith Nightspeeder 7959 Geonosian Starfighter 7961 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator 7962 Anakin Skywalker and Sebulba's Podracers 7964 Republic Frigate 7965 Millennium Falcon 2012 9488 Elite Clone Trooper & Commando Droid Battle Pack 9489 Endor Rebel Trooper & Imperial Trooper Battle Pack 9490 Droid Escape 9491 Geonosian Cannon 9492 TIE Fighter 9493 X-wing Starfighter 9494 Anakin's Jedi Interceptor 9495 Gold Leader's Y-wing 9496 Skiff 9497 Republic Striker Starfighter 9498 Saesee Tiin's Jedi Starfighter 9499 Gungan Sub 9500 Fury Class Interceptor 9509 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 9515 Malevolence 9516 Jabba's Palace 9525 Pre Vizsla's Mandalorian Fighter 9526 Palpatine's Arrest 9674 Naboo Starfighter & Naboo 9675 Sebulba's Podracer & Tatooine 9676 TIE Interceptor & Death Star 9677 X-wing Starfighter & Yavin 4 9678 Twin-pod Cloud Car & Bespin 9679 AT-ST & Endor 10225 R2-D2 10227 B-Wing I know this is a long list, but you don't have to read it all. It's just for clarifying.
February 16, 201213 yr 2006 and 2007 were both great years from what I see with some notable sets, the 62xx line of 2006 is especially great, but 2007 had the UCS Falcon plus a good all-around selection of sets. If one thinks about the single greatest year to buy Lego Star Wars it would have been 2008, everything converged on that year, where arguably the three best Star Wars sets were available; 10030, 10179 and 10188!, plus all the sets from 2006-2008, maybe even the 10144 Sandcrawler and 10143 Death Star II. 2000 was also a good year, with the advent of the UCS series, as well as the first Falcon. I have a feeling that 2012 will also be considered a great year for Star Wars, with the incredible winter line-up already released, plus all the great summer sets with Jabba's Palace, the Skiff and Gungan sub, hopefully the UCS sets will also be memorable. I'll be voting for this year, if only to make me feel better about all those years I've missed....
February 16, 201213 yr 2006 for the same reason as StoutFiles. Every set that year was pure awesome Anymore room on the wagon? For the same reasons 2006, 05 and 03 come a close 2nd
February 16, 201213 yr Hmm... tough choice! 1999 was the year I introduced myself to LEGO Star Wars, with the simple yet appealing Landspeeder. Despite having a relatively simple design, the A-Wing of 2000 appeals to me (and has no stickers, unlike the 2006 version). 2002 brought lots of new curves and angles into LEGO sets in general, and I really like the Jedi Starfighter. 2003 had the Minis and the T-16 Skyhopper. I really liked those. 2005's Episode III sets (especially the Droid Tri-Fighter) were very well designed in my opinion (except for the stickers). I enjoyed 2006's V-Wing Fighter. 2007 brought the UCS Millennium Falcon, which I enjoyed building with my dad over many weekends. 2010 had the awesome TIE Defender. In the end, I chose 2003, since that's the year in which I own the most LEGO Star Wars sets. -Toa Of Justice
February 16, 201213 yr 2008 was my favourite. The Death Star came out then as well as the CW sets which look pretty awesome (apart from the minifigures )
February 16, 201213 yr I'm more into Clone Wars from these series and a big minifig fan, so I'd have to go with either 2010 or 2011. All the cool characters from the series that were released in these years ... but I think 2010 wins it for Aayla and Bane!
February 16, 201213 yr Author I'll have to go with 2004, since that was when I really started to get into Lego Star Wars, with the Mos Eisley Cantina.
February 16, 201213 yr Not to get all hipster on you ("Their first album was better!") but I gotta say 1999. That was before my dark ages, and I got nearly the entire first wave (looking back I wonder how the hell I afforded it all), so there's significant nostalgia value. I remember saving up all summer to get the Mos Espa Podrace and TIE Fighter & Y-Wing sets and staying up late into the night building them. Edited February 16, 201213 yr by Tragic Banjo
February 16, 201213 yr 2008 was my favourite. The Death Star came out then as well as the CW sets which look pretty awesome (apart from the minifigures ) I agree, LOTF. Maybe 2013 could prove to be better (Especially if it has Nightsisters sets ), but 2008 is the winner for me.
February 16, 201213 yr '03. The MINI sets came out, and there were a number of OT sets with rarer minifigs (Skyhopper pilot, Jabba, Bib Fortuna, Dagobah Luke, yellow Slave Leia, etc.), plus only three of the System sets were PT, and those were all sets I wouldn't mind having. (big grey Technic wheels, original Clones clones, and original Geonosians) And even though I don't have it, I think the '03 AT-AT was the best AT-AT TLG's done yet.
February 16, 201213 yr 2006 for me, a good selection of OT sets still with the lego feel on them and all before the CW curse
February 16, 201213 yr I'm certain there has been a similar thread in the last year, but I can't for the life of me find it . Anyway 1999 for me.
February 17, 201213 yr 2011, because TLC gave a free 10221-UCS Super Star Destroyer to our magazine for review.
February 17, 201213 yr I went with 2007, but '06-'08 were all good years. The 6200 series and 7600 series were great. 10179 just pushes it over the top, greatest set of all time.
February 17, 201213 yr Anywhere from '05 to '08 really, but went for 2008 in the end: Death Star, Imperial and Rebel BPs, AT-TE.
February 17, 201213 yr I would say 2006 which brought us a wonderful B-wing, Star Destroyer and Sail Barge but, with the fantastic new TIE this year, new X-wing, Y-Wing, Jabba's Palace AND a new B-wing (which I am assuming will be great if it's anything like the new TIE) I will say 2012 does it for me!
February 17, 201213 yr 2008 does it for me... That is the year the republic gunship was released, and although I started collecting (with that as my first item) at about 2010, its the year that has my current most favs in it... the RGS, AT-TE, V19 torrent, republic fighter tank... I just think they were really good designs/builds
February 17, 201213 yr Ehh...after much consideration I'd have to go with the year 2006 because of its great V, X, and A-Wing which I got all of as well as the spacious and excellent Star Destroyer and the first good Slave I. The best part about it was how back then they all also had decent prices on the sets...before this new inflationary craze. Although the two UCS sets from that year did not seem to sell too well, they went on sale, and then sold well. I do regret not getting that TIE Advanced... Another set I missed that I have regretted is the tie interceptor that I soon jealously saw at a friends house. Of course no crazy clone wars madness was also nice and the small number of sets made sure the ones that remained were good. I have to say though among all of those sets I have become most enthused with the tiny little v-wing which was so cheap, but with a few modifications, was so great! At this point however, mine has little left of the original.
February 18, 201213 yr 2010!!! Bought Vader's Tie Fighter first and have spent a fortune since. Loved the Slave I and the Tantive, and since I missed the UCS MF, the shuttle is my favorite set. Had not built any Lego since I was a Lego manic as a kid and had always wanted to buy some Star Wars stuff. (My EX wouldn't let me) But, I sure had a lot lego fun in 2010!!!
February 18, 201213 yr It's so hard to choose a year solely for the sets; each year has something great that the other years don't (though part of me is tempted to go with 2007 just for the UCS Millennium Falcon, a set I desperately wish I'd been able to get). I think I may go with 2002, simply because that's the year I finally succumbed and started getting LEGO sets again for the first time in eons, and did so thanks to Star Wars; it's also a year for which, remarkably, I've managed to get most of the sets (even though I didn't get all of them that year).
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