LEGO has revealed nine brand new Star Wars sets, all scheduled to launch on May 1, 2025. They’re a part of Disney’s multi-pronged rollout of May the 4th (aka Star Wars Day), which LEGO usually celebrates by releasing a brand new Ultimate Collector Series Starship. In 2023, it was Luke’s X-Wing Starfighter. In 2024, it was the TIE Interceptor.
This 12 months, it is Jango Fett’s Firespray Starship, higher identified to longtime Star Wars followers as Slave I (see it on the LEGO Store). The identify change, which dates again to 2021, was at Disney’s request (confirmed by LEGO), presumably because of the discomfort of associating ‘slave’ imagery of their model. Four years on, the identify change is outwardly right here to remain.
The final ‘massive’ model of this LEGO starship dates again to 2019, when LEGO launched a twentieth anniversary set with 1007 items, depicting the ship as seen in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. This new LEGO model of the ship, composed of 2970 items, depicts the ship as seen in Star Wars: Episode 2 Attack of the Clones. It` is almost thrice the piece depend of its comparable predecessor, and it measures 7.5 inches excessive, 17.5 inches lengthy, and 15.5 inches huge.
Its options embrace an in depth inside, adjustable blasters, and seismic costs. It is displayable both on its facet in its touchdown mode – or upright and mounted on a black stand in its flying mode. It comes with two minifigures: certainly one of Jango Fett, and the opposite of Boba Fett, again from when he was nonetheless a toddler.
The set will retail for $299.99. Check out our photograph gallery above for a better look. And keep tuned – we’ll be constructing, photographing, and reviewing this set within the weeks forward. For extra, try our picks for the perfect LEGO Star Wars units obtainable now.
Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He’s additionally been printed in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and extra. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.
