LEGO Star Wars 2015 Pictures and Rumors

[Tariq j]

It's a good and logical theory, but at the end of the day it's still an assumption. It's best we simply wait until the show.

[Galactic13]

I am really looking forward to the Shadowtroopers set. I hope every once in a while Lego makes Legends sets.

[Brickdoctor]

I don't think we can conclude anything about the Stormies and their armor in Rebels based on the minifigs (and artwork) we've seen so far. What we've seen so far is no different from the fact that the clones in TCW were stylized resulting in different minifig prints as compared to the Clones clones.

[GuyDudeMan27]

I don't think we can conclude anything about the Stormies and their armor in Rebels based on the minifigs (and artwork) we've seen so far. What we've seen so far is no different from the fact that the clones in TCW were stylized resulting in different minifig prints as compared to the Clones clones.

I just got the new Star Wars Insider and they had art for the new book with Kanan And Hera. All the art had regular stormies in it. One cover even had the CG characters and normal stormies at the bottom. I think this might be reason to say they are supposed to be regular. Although, I must say the difference looks quite striking.

[Clone 01354 Productions]

Wait a second......Hulk_Smash said that the ITT was a sort of flying craft in the Lego set, but Rebels has official made it like the Kenner one for the show. Could it be a prelim, a different craft, or is he not being 100% truthful......

[namioik]

Wait a second......Hulk_Smash said that the ITT was a sort of flying craft in the Lego set, but Rebels has official made it like the Kenner one for the show. Could it be a prelim, a different craft, or is he not being 100% truthful......

Hovering, flying, same difference

[Clone 01354 Productions]

He said it was like an actual dropship type of thing, not a hovercraft.

[ChiefPie]

He said that about the shadow trooper set

[Lind Whisperer]

In regards to the stormies:

I get that "there are bound to be slight changes to the uniform...", but let's not forget one small detail.

They are wearing mass-produced armor. As in, mass-produced. As in, "Hey, this is the cheapest style, let's make a bunch of them!" As in, not too likely to make any changes, simply based on cost. Granted, there will be minor changes here and there to the armor, like with LEGO parts, to improve and strengthen it, but not the radical design changes that Rebels is trying to pass off. It's not even as if there is a need for special gear. ANH and ESB both show stormies wearing the same gear in environments ranging from burning desert to atmospheric gas planet, with the only exception being the extremely cold environment of another planet.

So, no, there just really isn't a reason to change the armor, other than trying to distract fans from the massive, and in many if not most cases unnecessary, cutting away of the canon, by trying to pretend that they are "honoring" old concepts by using discarded drawings. There's another thing that we have to remember. These aren't some sort of designs that didn't make the final cut because of budget, they were left out because their creator was still designing them.

[Clone 01354 Productions]

Shadow trooper BP, is a vehicle for the Shadow troopers (forgot what it looks like sorry) with two Dark Guards (that's what I call them because they are imperial guards but all black)

Troop transport BP, which looks similar too one from a few years ago and has 4 Stormtrooper,

Geonosis troopers BP, which has a small AT RT, with a blocky end, and what looks like a Gatling gun under it, and the same clones as the Kashyyk BP from this year.

So there you go. He said it looks like a previous set, and no hovercraft troop transport was ever released; only the dropship and landing craft.

[Aethersprite]

Any idea which Anakin's JSF they're referring to? I do hope it's the twin-engine one seen in the Tartakovsky miniseries, we don't have one of those yet. I'm sick of seeing rehashes of Delta-7Bs and Eta-2s.

[Clone 01354 Productions]

None of us have any clue; it is the most mysterious out of all of them. It would be odd to include only one Clone Wars set, even more so for it to be one from the defunct mini series.

It can't be Rebels since it says "Anakin", not Vader. It cannot be Prequels, as we have already gotten the yellow and green one. It cannot be Clone Wars CGI, since Anakin never used a custom starfighter in it. It cannot be Yoda Chronicles since they are now in the same predicament as Rebels: it takes place after ROTS. So really......micro series is the only logical one, but at the same time, it makes 0 sense.

So, what I'm trying to say is: I don't know.

[Tariq j]

The only other possible theory is it's a Juniors set. It was a possibility tht was considered earlier in the topic, but then dismissed. Still, always a possiblity.

[Brickdoctor]

Or it's a starfighter appearing in Rebels that used to belong to Anakin and now belongs to someone else. That's not too implausible, I think.

[Darth Mallet]

In regards to the stormies:

I get that "there are bound to be slight changes to the uniform...", but let's not forget one small detail.

They are wearing mass-produced armor. As in, mass-produced. As in, "Hey, this is the cheapest style, let's make a bunch of them!" As in, not too likely to make any changes, simply based on cost. Granted, there will be minor changes here and there to the armor, like with LEGO parts, to improve and strengthen it, but not the radical design changes that Rebels is trying to pass off. It's not even as if there is a need for special gear. ANH and ESB both show stormies wearing the same gear in environments ranging from burning desert to atmospheric gas planet, with the only exception being the extremely cold environment of another planet.

So, no, there just really isn't a reason to change the armor, other than trying to distract fans from the massive, and in many if not most cases unnecessary, cutting away of the canon, by trying to pretend that they are "honoring" old concepts by using discarded drawings. There's another thing that we have to remember. These aren't some sort of designs that didn't make the final cut because of budget, they were left out because their creator was still designing them.

Yes because large dictatorships never spend money on their military do they?? I would hazard a guess that the Empire spent most of its money and resources on its military might, including uniforms.

[rexusprime]

Or it's a starfighter appearing in Rebels that used to belong to Anakin and now belongs to someone else. That's not too implausible, I think.

This sounds pretty logical

[Slurpifier]

On the subject of the ITT: if it is a similar style vehicle to the 2008 Stormtrooper Dropship battlepack, what are the chances that the Stormies in this upcoming battlepack being OT?

[HJR-Holland]

On the subject of the ITT: if it is a similar style vehicle to the 2008 Stormtrooper Dropship battlepack, what are the chances that the Stormies in this upcoming battlepack being OT?

zilch. they'll definitely be 'Rebels' stormies. Edited September 9, 2014 by HJR-Holland

[Galactic13]

Yeah, Lego will go for the quick buck here and that is Rebels (as I think in 2016 Lego will do a few Ep 7 BP).

[Jedi-Bendu]

If they are including an Ugnaught, and we're getting a Bespin Guard in the UCS Slave I (A ship most famous from the Cloud City part of ESB), then I think it does mean that a new Cloud City set(s) is coming in the near future. This would be why they are producing Bespin Guards, Ugnaughts, and other characters from that part of ESB.

Another 'clue': Billy Dee Williams was confirmed months ago as a voice actor for Star Wars: Rebels. I bet he'll be Lando again.... ;)

Maybe Cloud City will also appear in Rebels?

In short:

Confirmed

-a new Bespin Guard fig

-Slave I set

-Billy Dee (mr. Cloud City himself) in Rebels; a series of which in 2015 many sets will be released

Unconfirmed

-an Ugnaught minifig (according to Hulk_Smash's reports there could be one in the speeder set)

-Cloud City makes an appearance in Rebels

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[rexusprime]

Your conclusion sounds possible but some people think the Slave I is a hint for Cloud City, that means Cloud City has to be OT IF it's connected to the slave I. But if cloud city really appears in rebels, this set would be logical and great *since Lego Rebels doesn't have this weird look like TCW and would look like a normal OT set.

Edited September 9, 2014 by rexusprime

[Venkefedo]

Another 'clue': Billy Dee Williams was confirmed months ago as a voice actor for Star Wars: Rebels. I bet he'll be Lando again.... ;)

Maybe Cloud City will also appear in Rebels?

In short:

Confirmed

-a new Bespin Guard fig

-Slave I set

-Billy Dee (mr. Cloud City himself) in Rebels; a series of which in 2015 many sets will be released

Unconfirmed

-an Ugnaught minifig (according to Hulk_Smash's reports there could be one in the speeder set)

-Cloud City makes an appearance in Rebels

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Lando possibly being in Rebels doesn't necessarily mean Cloud City will be; it's 5 years before ANH, 8 years before ESB when he's running Cloud City. He could still be a few years away from being Baron Administrator of the city, and could be anywhere in the galaxy.

If the Lothal rebels wind up on Cloud City, they probably won't have any Imperials on their tail, since that'd kinda conflict with the whole "Cloud City's beneath the Empire's notice" thing. Harboring some rebel fugitives, or even allowing them safe passage, would probably cause Kallus or the Inquisitor to note that Cloud City needs to be kept in line.

[Robert_88]

I can't imagine anything else than an OT Cloud City set. I think it will be the next UCS play set when the Ewok Village and the Death Star are retired.

[Jedi-Bendu]

Lando possibly being in Rebels doesn't necessarily mean Cloud City will be

That's why I didn't list that under the confirmed facts, but under unconfirmed.

PS: Lando has been confirmed, thanks to SW Insider:

Edited September 9, 2014 by Jedi-Bendu

[Cyberbricker]

I can't imagine anything else than an OT Cloud City set. I think it will be the next UCS play set when the Ewok Village and the Death Star are retired.

Ewok village will not retire that soon.

Edited September 9, 2014 by Cyberbricker