Minifig masterpieces
The Millennium Falcon ($169.99/£149.99 • 1353 pieces) gets a third entry here, in its ‘middle ground’ incarnation. Smaller than the UCS model. Larger than the little display set. Based on The Rise of Skywalker’s take. But we won’t hold that against it.
Want to get your stomp on again? AT-TE Walker ($139.99/£119.99 • 1082 pieces) has six feet, a massive blaster cannon, and five sinister-looking crew. We don’t fancy the chances of the three included Battle Droids.
Maybe they’d be happier hanging out at that wretched hive of scum and villainy Mos Eisley Cantina ($399.99/£344.99 • 3187 pieces), where Han and Greedo can both fire first. Or something.
Only happy when your minifigs are zooming through the air, but fancy something more manageable than the Falcon? There are plenty of sets to choose from.
If your heart lies with the original trilogy, grab TIE Bomber ($64.99/£59.99 • 625 pieces). Keen on Ahsoka – or just nicely designed ships that actually have some colour? Ghost & Phantom II ($159.99/£149.99 • 1394 pieces) is a cracker.
New Republic E-Wing vs. Shin Hati’s Starfighter ($109.99/£94.99 • 1056 pieces) should also brighten up your collection. Whether that’s through Haiti’s vibrant ship or yet another droid that looks like it’s had a chance meeting with Andy Warhol. If that’s all too much, go grey with The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter ($59.99/£59.99 • 412 pieces). And spend happy times recreating that grin-inducing moment from the end of The Book of Boba Fett.
Delightful dioramas
This selection of Lego diorama sets lets you chronicle Darth Vader’s life in brick form. In Mos Espa Podrace Diorama ($79.99/£69.99 • 718 pieces), he’s a young, irritating boy blazing along in a ramshackle craft that seems ideal for a video game. Cough. By Boarding the Tantive IV ($54.99/£49.99 • 502 pieces), he’s become a tad strangle-y and plays a deadly game of knock down ginger.
Emperor’s Throne Room Diorama ($99.99/£89.99 • 807 pieces) then lets you recreate his swansong in the famous climactic scene from Jedi. You even get stashable lightning bolts for The Emperor. Alas, there’s no massive Lego pit for Vader to drop him in.
Brick-built figures
R2-D2, it is you – it is you! Well, in brick form. R2-D2 ($99.99/£89.99 • 1050 pieces) is an affordable yet detailed take on everyone’s favourite Star Wars droid (sorry, C-3PO). You also get a standard R2-D2 minifig – which presumably has a massive inferiority complex.
Prefer your droids with a side of savagery? Try Droideka ($64.99/£59.99 • 583 pieces), which can even roll about in a ball-like config when it’s not busy shooting at anyone nearby it’s taken a dislike to. Or, perhaps, when it fancies infiltrating a soccer game.
Lego’s latest Brickheadz set gets its chunk on while celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Phantom Menace. The suitably named The Phantom Menace ($54.99/£49.99 • 732 pieces) nets you blocky takes on Anakin Skywalker, Queen Amidala, Captain Panaka, Qui-Gon Jinn and Darth Maul. And also a Jar Jar Binks you can scowl at for ruining everything.
Should the notion of building entire humanoid figures not click with you, there’s always Lego’s helmet range. Our favourite is the imposing Darth Vader Helmet ($79.99/£69.99 • 834 pieces). Princess Leia (Boushh) Helmet ($69.99/£59.99 • 670 pieces) is a close second. Just try to remove from your mind these being heads on pikes from a much darker incarnation of Star Wars.
Pocket money perfection
Lack deep pockets – or deep shelves? Here are the best Star Wars Lego sets for under thirty bucks.
Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter ($29.99/£29.99 • 282 pieces) features a young Obi-Wan with a swooshy ship, the long-necked Tan We, and R4-P17, who looks like the combination of R2-D2, a tin of red paint, and a terrible mishap. And in Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader ($19.99/£17.99 • 260 pieces), a decidedly blockier take on Obi-Wan can play out that famous scene against the big bad. (The one that won Least Convincing On-Screen Sword Fight 1977.)
Meanwhile, if you want a bigger scrap, but for not much outlay, there’s Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack ($29.99/£24.99 • 215 pieces). It includes a bunch of droids and troopers who can go PEW PEW PEW at each other until the tri-droid gets bored and stomps them all into mulch.
Lego’s microfighters have long taken cute in the direction of budget-friendly Star Wars vehicles in miniaturised form with exaggerated features. Boba Fett’s Starship Microfighter ($9.99/£8.99 • 85 pieces) is our current fave. It’s surprisingly authentic, given the small piece count. Although good luck trying to cram a Han Solo frozen in Carbonite in there.
Finally, Boba Fett Mech ($15.99/£12.99 • 155 pieces) is, we’re sure, an entirely accurate moment from the original trilogy. (We must have got distracted by popcorn and missed it.) All we can say is the bounty hunter might have had better luck in Jedi had he not presumably carelessly lost his mech suit down the back of a Sarlacc pit. Tsk.
