The Stormtroopers and guards. The detention level. The garbage mashers. They’re all here. And as LEGO’s most expensive set ever, they better be!
Launching October 1 for Lego Insiders (October 4 for everyone else), the set towers over two feet tall, a vertical slice of Death Star madness filled with Easter eggs and iconic scenes.
The set has a whopping 9023 pieces. Unlike the earlier Death Star, which had a respectable 4016 pieces, this more than doubles it, and captures just about every detail you can imagine.
Imagine stacking the trash compactor, detention block, and Emperor’s throne room all in one giant play-diary of chaos.
It’s the Death Star as both diorama and display case, with over 38 minifigures packed inside.
And Lego didn’t just stick to the classics.
Alongside multiple versions of Luke, Leia, Vader, and company, fans will discover quirky extras like a stormtrooper soaking in a hot tub. It’s a wink to the fans that this set is as much about delight as it is about scale.
The $1,000 price tag makes this strictly for serious collectors, but it also signals where Lego is steering its starship. Will enormous and pricey sets like this continue to be hot sellers? Is there a limit?
Gone are the days of simple kid builds, for better or for worse.
Today’s Lego is about nostalgia, display value, and creating the kind of centerpiece that dominates a room.
The Death Star recreates the movie magic, and provides dozens of hours of amazing build time.
We appreciate the cut-away style of the set, which doesn’t hide everything inside the enormous sphere, and instead gives a cross section for people to explore every nook and cranny of.
The set looks pretty polished on a shelf, and we imagine for those that build it, they’ll want to show it off for quite some time.
Giving it pride of place? Lightailing makes an LED light kit for this exact set, and it turns that cross section into a glowing little diorama on a dark shelf. (We may earn a commission if you buy through that link.)
Charming details abound, like Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewy trapped in the garbage compactor, complete with the alien eye sticking out.
The set debuts October 4, and is listed for $999.99 on the LEGO website.
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