Star Wars 2023

[Bartat]

2 hours ago, exciter1 said:

April Fool?

I think that’s a mock-up that M&R used in a recent video

[brickvoyeur]

40591    May 4th Mini Death Star    289 Pieces
75354    Republic Gunship    1083 Pieces
75355    X Wing Starfighter    1949 Pieces
75356    Super Star Destroyer Executor    630 Pieces
75357    The Ghost    1394 Pieces
75358    4+ Jedi Temple    124 Pieces
75359    Republic Swamp Speeders    108 Pieces
75360    [Yoda's Jedi Starfighter]??    253 Pieces
75361    Spider tank    526 Pieces
75362    Ahsoka's Jedi Shuttle    599 Pieces
75363    Mandalorian N-1 Starfighter - Microfighter    88 Pieces
75364    Ahsoka Show Set ??    1056 Pieces
75365    Yavin IV    1067 Pieces
75366    LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar    320 Pieces
75367    Venator Star Destroyer    5374 Pieces
75368    Darth Vader Mech    139 Pieces
75369    Boba Fett Mech    155 Pieces
75370    Stormtrooper Mech    138 Pieces
75371    Chewbacca Bust    2320 Pieces

[Pseudoty]

8 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

75354    Republic Gunship    1083 Pieces

 

8 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

75357    The Ghost    1394 Pieces

Looking forward to these 2 the most. 

[BricksBrotha]

38 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Looking forward to these 2 the most. 

Ditto for those two. Very interested to see how this one turns out too.

 

75371    Chewbacca Bust    2320 Pieces   

 

 

[Mathew]

Not a single Disney sequel trilogy set. Unless Disney reinvests in the movie franchise Star Wars may be in its last days. At least as a Disney property. If Indy 5 underperforms Disney May offload Lucasfilm to the highest bidder. 

Edited April 3, 2023 by Mathew

[rastascoob]

16 minutes ago, Mathew said:

Not a single Disney sequel trilogy set. Unless Disney reinvests in the movie franchise Star Wars may be in its last days. At least as a Disney property. If Indy 5 underperforms Disney May offload Lucasfilm to the highest bidder. 

Disney has an entire section of a theme park devoted to Star Wars and a very expensive hotel. Star Wars is not going anywhere. Indy could go but I doubt it. I imagine we will see most of the new Star Wars sets based on the new content and the older things will be produced in Anniversary years like the current 40th of ROTJ.

[Mathew]

I could see Iger 2.0 focused on theme parks exclusively and sell off everything else Lucasfilm.   Theme parks are about all Disney does well nowadays.  But even there they have faltered in recent years. 

[Darth_Raichu]

4 minutes ago, Mathew said:

I could see Iger 2.0 focused on theme parks exclusively and sell off everything else Lucasfilm.   Theme parks are about all Disney does well nowadays.  But even there they have faltered in recent years. 

Iger was the person behind Disney purchasing LucasFilm.  Selling it when he is still CEO would be admitting defeat.  Also, Disney bought LF for $4 billions and the 3 sequels grossed like $4.5 billions, so most people already think Disney made their money back.  Why break that assumption ?

Like you said Disney is doing well on theme parks.  Surely people are stepping on each other's heads to get in to SW expansions at their theme parks. 

As for LEGO sets, they are probably just waiting for 10th anniversary of the most successful movie in the franchise.

[Mathew]

43 minutes ago, rastascoob said:

Disney has an entire section of a theme park devoted to Star Wars and a very expensive hotel. Star Wars is not going anywhere. Indy could go but I doubt it. I imagine we will see most of the new Star Wars sets based on the new content and the older things will be produced in Anniversary years like the current 40th of ROTJ.

How much longer can Disney rely on the OT to make “new” Star Wars content?  More to the point is there a future for Star Wars without a Skywalker character. 

[Mathew]

3 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

As for LEGO sets, they are probably just waiting for 10th anniversary of the most successful movie in the franchise.

What sets are they going to release from TFA?  Another Falcon? 🤷‍♂️

[Darth_Raichu]

1 minute ago, Mathew said:

What sets are they going to release from TFA?  Another Falcon? 🤷‍♂️

Half pillaged Star Destroyer stuck in the sands diorama. 

Brick build of that orange alien with goggles. 

UCS orange X-Wing. 

Brick build Rey's staff. 

Kylo vs computer panels diorama.

So many options....

[Mathew]

1 minute ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Half pillaged Star Destroyer stuck in the sands diorama. 

Brick build of that orange alien with goggles. 

UCS orange X-Wing. 

Brick build Rey's staff. 

Kylo vs computer panels diorama.

So many options....

😂 proved my point 

[Darth_Raichu]

3 minutes ago, Mathew said:

😂 proved my point 

C'mon now.  That Kylo vs computer diorama really has a chance.  Which other SW bad (or good) guy ever faced stationary computer panels and won so decisively ? It was a "Flawless Victory" if I may borrow from another franchise 

[MrToes16]

9 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

C'mon now.  That Kylo vs computer diorama really has a chance.  Which other SW bad (or good) guy ever faced stationary computer panels and won so decisively ? It was a "Flawless Victory" if I may borrow from another franchise 

[Darth_Raichu]

5 minutes ago, MrToes16 said:

Getting help from a droid does not count. 

But hey, that could be its own diorama: Rey, the MF fixer

Possibilities are endless for 10th anniversary

[gmpirate]

7 hours ago, Pseudoty said:

 

Looking forward to these 2 the most. 

75354 Republic Gunship??

Why would you look forward to a "play" version since we have a UCS now?

[Pseudoty]

5 minutes ago, gmpirate said:

75354 Republic Gunship??

Why would you look forward to a "play" version since we have a UCS now?

Because I like to Play

Plus the minifigs.

[brickvoyeur]

What a hideous box on this UCS X-Wing

Spoiler

 

 

[brickvoyeur]

The more I look at this, the more R2 looks like my toddler when he tries to put on my pants

[exracer327]

9 hours ago, brickvoyeur said:

The more I look at this, the more R2 looks like my toddler when he tries to put on my pants

I agree.  I'm tempted to put the 4x4 R2D2 head from the polybag 30611 in place of the minifigure.  I think it would be the right proportion.

[cladner]

On 4/3/2023 at 1:39 PM, Mathew said:

How much longer can Disney rely on the OT to make “new” Star Wars content? 

your question has been answered.

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films

 

Edited April 7, 2023 by cladner

[exciter1]

41 minutes ago, cladner said:

your question has been answered.

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films

 

I have so many mixed feelings about all of the announcements.

[Darth_Raichu]

35 minutes ago, cladner said:

your question has been answered.

https://www.starwars.com/news/swce-2023-new-star-wars-films

 

I believe it when I see the trailer for it. 

LucasFilms is known for canceling projects AFTER they were announced.  Last year (or was it 2021?), they announced Rogue Squadron series with the director of Wonder Woman movies posing in front of jets.  That thing was canceled before production.

[Mathew]

Kind of lame. But at least they’re not giving the reigns to Ruin Johnson. They don’t have enough confidence in the brand to green light a new trilogy. Looks like they’re throwing darts to see what sticks.  

[Mathew]

52 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

I believe it when I see the trailer for it. 

LucasFilms is known for canceling projects AFTER they were announced.  Last year (or was it 2021?), they announced Rogue Squadron series with the director of Wonder Woman movies posing in front of jets.  That thing was canceled before production.

The only one I really could care about is the Jedi origin movie. But that will probably be canceled if Indy 5 underperforms. 

Without Luke I’m not sure how many people care the about Rey Skywalker saga. 

And the Filoni film sounds like filler better suited to streaming. 

Edited April 7, 2023 by Mathew