Below is a
list that has surfaced on Eurobricks of the upcoming Star Wars sets that are
scheduled for a mid-year release this year, on first inspection there are some
really good sets potentially.
75048 -
Phantom
75049
- Snowspeeder 278 pieces
75050
- B-wing 448 pieces
75051
- Jedi Hunter 490 pieces
75052
- Mos Eisley Cantina 615 pieces
75053
- The Ghost piece number unknown yet
75054
- AT-AT 1138 pieces
75055
- Imperial Star Destroyer
There are some sets that can be assumed to be
from the rebels series starting mid-year, I’m assuming that the Phantom, Jedi
Hunter and the Ghost may be from this television series. There has also been some imagery posted on
the Star Wars website regarding one of the character from the show being the Inquisitior:
(Images Courtesy of Starwars.com)
The phantom is one of
the ships from the concept art of the Rebels television show with imagery shown
here
The others appear to
be from the Original Trilogy (OT), which seems to be in keeping with pushing
people into the OT frame of mind prior to the release of Episode 7.
I’ll provide
a brief commentary on my expectations for the OT sets as at least they are a
known quantity…
75049 Snowspeeder: We’ve had a few of these recently
2013 gave one on the battle of Hoth pack (set number 75014) Be interesting to see what this produces, hopefully we get an updated model and
not the same one we’ve in the previous versions. It would be nice if it included another Rogue
Squadron pilot other than Luke although we have had a number of additional Rogue
Squadron pilots in the last couple of years Lego may revert to giving us
another Luke. Personally I’d like to see
some more Hoth troopers included in the set to help continue the army building
capabilities that been growing over the last 12-18 months.
75050 B-Wing: An unusual choice considering this was
the subject of A UCS in 2012, so not too sure why its making a system appearance. I imagine with the B-wing
pilot that was part of the Series 4 planet release the need to take full
advantage of this character could’ve persuaded Lego to revisit this model. Previous versions of the B-wing have had some
form of docking or hangar arrangement.
This set could do with a few more mechanics, personally there aren’t
enough of these people, who kept the rebellion afloat during the war against
the Empire, it surely wasn’t MacGyver and bubble gum.
75052 Mos
Eisley Cantina: Perhaps the most
anticipated re-release of a long time.
This set has been one of the few scene sets that Lego Star Wars fans
have been after for a long time (along with Cloud City), I imagine that it will
be greatly anticipated and quickly snapped up when it arrives in stores. Figures that should be included are: Figrin D’an
(Bith musician), Ponda Baba (Walrus Man), Dr Evazan (as he is in the same scene
as Ponda Baba), Momaw Nadon (an Ithorian who appears in the background, Han Solo in the
booth and the waiter who says “No Droids…” There will most likely be some
Sandtroopers and perhaps an upgraded Dewback if the rumors are to be believed.
75054 AT-AT: As we’ve had a couple of these in the last
few years I can only imagine that Lego have some new parts to make this more
movie like or additionally some new characters that they wish to include. It will most likely include several Snowtroopers
(you couldn’t have one without them!) an AT-AT driver, maybe a commander
(General Veers was released in the 2010 set so highly unlikely that he will
make another appearance so soon…). Perhaps
this will be an Empire only set with the Snowspeeder above taking care of the
Rebellion component of the battle of Hoth. The last set for an AT-AT was the 8129 in
2010:
75055 Imperial Star
Destroyer: In my mind a set that has
been crying out for a remake for a considerable amount of time. This set will most likely include Darth Vader
(probably a new likeness) several Stormtroopers and a commanding officer
(perhaps a Captain or Admiral).
I feel
that this set will most likely cover Episode IV as Vader uses his Executor
class ship (A Super Star Destroyer) in Episode V and it appears in Episode VI, hence the likelihood of this being
Episode IV focused.
If my assumptions based upon
the rumoured list are accurate there will be several sets from Rebels, 2 from
Episode IV, 2 from Episode V and 1 from Episode VI. However, I believe that one
of the unknown sets will most likely cover some EU based theme either the
highly successful Old Republic or Perhaps the Yoda Chronicles which is still
currently screening.
Regardless to say 2014 looks
like a great year if you’re an OT fan….
(Images sourced from Eurobricks, Bricklinks and Hothbricks)
