Star Wars Lego for 2013

[The_Chosen_1]

^^I love both of those ideas, guys. Especially the Dagobah set!

[burnsnet]

Duncan Jenkins and I are doing a Collectors Panel at CVI and we're trying to get permission to reveal the January 2013 sets. I saw pictures of all the regular line (i.e. no exclusives) earlier this week (along with some of the other lines too) but I can't share any more just yet. I'll let you know if we're allowed as soon as we hear back.

Thanks, James

[The_Chosen_1]

What a tease, James! Any hints?

In all seriousness, I'm completely gutted that I can't make it to this Celebration. The Lego panels sound great (not to mention missing out on the exclusives).

[Kobayashi]

My prediction: a fair number of ROTJ sets for the 30th anniversary given that 2010 saw a pretty decent number of ESB sets.

[The_Chosen_1]

I would agree with you, if it weren't for the fact that the last few years have been quite RotJ-heavy already. Jabba's Palace, Skiff, Endor planet, Endor battle pack, Ewok Attack, Home One, Battle of Endor, Executor, Rancor Pit, UCS B-Wing...I don't see what else they might do, apart from an Ewok Village, Yoda's Hut (which would make more sense as an ESB, 'Dagobah Training'-esque set), or A-Wing remake.

[burnsnet]

I would agree with you, if it weren't for the fact that the last few years have been quite RotJ-heavy already. Jabba's Palace, Skiff, Endor planet, Endor battle pack, Ewok Attack, Home One, Battle of Endor, Executor, Rancor Pit, UCS B-Wing...I don't see what else they might do, apart from an Ewok Village, Yoda's Hut (which would make more sense as an ESB, 'Dagobah Training'-esque set), or A-Wing remake.

One of those is correct, but only one :-)

Cheers, James

[Kobayashi]

I would agree with you, if it weren't for the fact that the last few years have been quite RotJ-heavy already. Jabba's Palace, Skiff, Endor planet, Endor battle pack, Ewok Attack, Home One, Battle of Endor, Executor, Rancor Pit, UCS B-Wing...I don't see what else they might do, apart from an Ewok Village, Yoda's Hut (which would make more sense as an ESB, 'Dagobah Training'-esque set), or A-Wing remake.

TIE Interceptor re-do, Imperial Shuttle re-do (minifig scale even if the UCS was technically closer to actual minifig scale), a Sail Barge could be possible given all the recent Jabba sets. Maybe some battle pack with Ewoks, non-Stormy Imperials, Jabba cronies. But I suppose the possabilites are not as vast as I had initially thought.

Now James has me quite intrigued. Not sure which of those three I want most!

[Deathbymonkeys]

I'd love an emperors throne room.

[Dr_Jedi]

I would think there will be at least a handful of AOTC sets to start off the year, but I’m afraid it’s going to be a lot of remakes. (Not that there isn’t room for improvement in those sets; most of the AOTC sets were very early in the Lego SW license) There will almost certainly be a Slave I in Jango’s colors. I could see them doing another Jedi Starfighter, possibly with the docking ring again. I think we’re going to get another Gunship, and I think they could give some serious thought to doing a UCS Gunship. I’m less sold on a bounty hunter chase set, but it certainly seems to be a strong possibility. As for playsets/environments, I would love an enormous Geonosis Arena complete with beasts and jedi and a jillion battle droids, super battle droids and destroyers. By the same token, I could just as easily see a droid factory set with some type of conveyor belt set-up. There will almost certainly be a smaller Yoda/Dooku set, or maybe they’ll make it a little bigger and throw in Anakin and Obi-Wan. I’d like to see them do something from the brief time on Tatooine, but I don’t know what it would be beyond Anakin and a bunch of dead Tuskens.

As far as ROTJ, I’m sure we’re in for another A-Wing. There will certainly be a UCS A-Wing in the next few years, but I’m not sure if we’ll get that in 2013. I’d like to see an Ewok Village, but I’m not convinced it will happen because there really wasn’t much conflict/action there. I could see an Emperor/Vader/Luke set with the Throne Room. I’m still holding out for a droid torture chamber or something else to go beneath the tower portion of the Jabba’s Palace set. Maybe with the 30th anniversary we’ll get a Mon Cal Cruiser, but I believe that as much as I believe that I’ll get the droid torture chamber. I think it’s more likely that we’ll get another Star Destroyer. It’s been several years since the last one, and they’re heavily represented in ROTJ.

[The_Chosen_1]

One of those is correct, but only one :-)

Cheers, James

Nice!!! Fingers crossed for a Dagobah set, personally.