Wait, there's a Lego holiday SW special? Is it anything like the original holiday special?

It's a thing that they've made... much, I suppose, like the Holiday Special exists ...

Like a previous poster has said, it will be interesting to see how a GWP-looking set performs as a retail set, but I must confess that even as a SW fan, it's not something I feel I want in either capacity.

I'm game.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @dimc said:
"Wait, there's a Lego holiday SW special? Is it anything like the original holiday special?"

Not really. It is referenced in places, but no 30 minutes of just Wookie's speaking without subtitles, and no traditional lifeday hymns. (AKA The Star Wars theme song) Also, no Boba Fett.

There is also a Halloween special (Terrifying Tales, which is also good and riffs on several 80's movies.) and summer special as well. (Basically a Galactic Cruiser advertisement)"

I'm going to say that the Lego SW Holiday Special was actually pretty brilliant. It was basically written as though someone took all their minifigures from Episodes I - IX and mashed them together in a ridiculous story. Blue, it's where Blue Milk Luke came from.

The two subsequent specials (Halloween and Summer Vacation) were fairly meh, although the swimsuit Vader from last year's Advent Calendar (I think?) reflected the last one.

Too many minifigures to be a GWP.

A Millennium Falcon Diorama, nice!

This is both charming and hilarious. Absolutely love these ugly Christmas sweaters. Most of them are just ugly. ;-)

This seems more fun than 75366 . I love it!

Chewie, nooo! I thought porgs are your friends!

This looks good, but I reckon I'll try and pick it up without the figures and replace them with the original trilogy figures

They should have made a Life Day set instead...

It has been three years since this special released and four since we’ve gotten a Sequel Trilogy set. Explain to me why this is happening, and, no, don’t say “they didn’t have reference material until after it released,” I highly doubt it takes almost three whole years to get one set out.

This a funny moment from the special, though, albeit one with too limited of appeal for me to buy. Also, it’s inaccurate to the special, the Porgs were specialized molds in that one (albeit ones that are blatantly not LEGO-textured).

The set looks nice enough (and honestly, if I had a Christmas sweater like those two I'd probably wear it!), but the most interesting part to me is the book.

No Life Day robes or orbs, no sale.

@PunSlinger said:
"I'm seeing a lot of complaints about Rey's saber being green, which are warranted if true, but I'm wondering if this is just a rendering error. The saber doesn't look like the trans bright green of Sabine's saber, and the trans neon green it most closely resembles was retired at the end of last year, which leads me to suspect it's trans yellow after all. At least I sure hope so."

There's trans-yellow studs in the Christmas lights, and the lightsaber is very clearly a different shade, so I suspect it's probably transparent light green (the Atlantis color). I'd love to be wrong though.

Finally, a purchaseable GWP! :)

That's great, and the price is about right. Not a SW fan, but would be a sure buy if I were.

Why do I kind of like this? I wish they made dioramas with GOOD concepts in this format and price. Nice for sequel fans, and with the upcoming possibility of Finn training to be a Jedi in the Rey film these LEGO specials will become more relevant.

I like the design, but I'd rather it had Han, Luke and Leia then Rey and Finn. Also, it seems about £10 overpriced.

Makes a good stocking filler though I'm guessing.

Aah, a midi-scale Advent Calendar.

Pretty lame :/

If they did a set based on the *other* Holiday Special, I'm not sure how I'd feel. On the one hand, the less that thing is acknowledged, the better. (Although the animated segment was pretty decent, and did introduce Boba Fett.) On the other hand...Wookiee battlepack!

I'd have rathered Poe to Chewie, only cause I mostly don't get sequel sets but I like this, so I don't have Poe but do have a few Chewbaccas.

@MegaBlocks said:
"Too many minifigures to be a GWP."

The as of yet unrevealed avengers GWP has 4

I didn't like how the sequels turned out, but these Christmas specials are actually pretty fun! I think it's kinda telling these are the only sequels sets, though.

@Murdoch17 said:
" @mafon2 said:
"Chewie, nooo! I thought porgs are your friends!"

Clearly, you've never seen Chewie roast Porgs over an open fire in Episode 8. (You lucky person, you! I wish I could get those 2 hours of my life back...)"

Haven't he switched to the no-porg diet by the end of the film? Oh, well.

It's actually the last SW movie I watched at the theatre. It totally killed my interest in the franchise. >_>

@Murdoch17 said:
"They could have given us a trans-yellow lightsaber blade... BUT NOOO! They gave us some weird green shade. Sad... so very sad."

And laaaaazy

@TheNameWasTaken said:
"The set looks nice enough (and honestly, if I had a Christmas sweater like those two I'd probably wear it!), but the most interesting part to me is the book."

LEGO should sell these sweaters. Many people would love to wear a Millennium Falcon sweater,
Myself included.

@tkatt said:
" @TheNameWasTaken said:
"The set looks nice enough (and honestly, if I had a Christmas sweater like those two I'd probably wear it!), but the most interesting part to me is the book."

LEGO should sell these sweaters. Many people would love to wear a Millennium Falcon sweater,
Myself included."
Is Merchoid a thing in the US? They do excellent Christmas jumpers based on various pop culture things. I have a rather natty Spider-Man one myself.

30 is a good price for a seasonal item, but something like a gingerbread x-wing would be pretty cool

Not bad, definitely tempted to pick one up just for the Falcon diorama.

Should be fairly easy to remove the Christmas stuff and swap in some OG trilogy figs.

Sequel trash. Even LEGO doesn’t care enough to give Rey the right colour lightsaber. This is still going to be warming shelves next Christmas.

@TheOtherMike said:
"If they did a set based on the *other* Holiday Special, I'm not sure how I'd feel. On the one hand, the less that thing is acknowledged, the better. (Although the animated segment was pretty decent, and did introduce Boba Fett.) On the other hand...Wookiee battlepack!"

I wish Lego could produce it as a limited edition special. That way we could get Bea Arthur's bartender and Chewie's father getting too excited watching hologram singers.

@Alia_of_AGL said:
"no, adults complaining about the most recent Star Wars trilogy is not a valid reason for a lack of ST content, these are toys for kids that don't know or care about online discourse"

If LEGO could sell sequel sets they would be making sequel sets. Kids care even less about the sequels than we do, that’s why there’s still unsold Force Awakens and Last Jedi figures in every toy store across the world. We’ve been telling you sequel shills the same thing for years, there aren’t enough of you to support new products.

@Alia_of_AGL said:
[[[A]dults complaining about the most recent Star Wars trilogy is not a valid reason for a lack of ST content...]]
I (mis)interpreted that as "Star Trek content" at first (the fact that I've been watching a lot of The Next Generation recently didn't help with that), and thought, Lego doesn't even have that franchise!"

@Binary_Code said:
" @PunSlinger said:
"I'm seeing a lot of complaints about Rey's saber being green, which are warranted if true, but I'm wondering if this is just a rendering error. The saber doesn't look like the trans bright green of Sabine's saber, and the trans neon green it most closely resembles was retired at the end of last year, which leads me to suspect it's trans yellow after all. At least I sure hope so."

There's trans-yellow studs in the Christmas lights, and the lightsaber is very clearly a different shade, so I suspect it's probably transparent light green (the Atlantis color). I'd love to be wrong though."

The color from Atlantis is trans neon green, which is the one that was retired. Either they are bringing it back and this is the first we're hearing about it, or else it's a mistake somehow

@PhantomBricks said:
" @MusiMus said:
"Too bad there's no character from the original trilogy."

Chewbacca?"

Right, I hadn't thought of him.

@Ephseb said:
"lmao not even a yellow lightsaber blade for Rey… they really don't give a f do they?"

Its from the special when she had green one. Its good.

@lordofdragonss said:
" @Ephseb said:
"lmao not even a yellow lightsaber blade for Rey… they really don't give a f do they?"

Its from the special when she had green one. Its good."

Wait, she actually had a green lightsaber in the special? If so, that's disappointing we won't get the recolor, but at least it's accurate.

@Ridgeheart said:
" @MusiMus said:
" @PhantomBricks said:
" @MusiMus said:
"Too bad there's no character from the original trilogy."

Chewbacca?"

Right, I hadn't thought of him."

It's the medal-ceremony all over again. And this is why Chewie resorts to stress-eating Porgs."

Chewbacca is technically a prequel character, as he shows up in Episode III. ;-)

This made me chuckle, I think I may have to get this.

Festive jumpers - an easy pass

@Toc13 said:
"Festive jumpers - an easy pass"

Exactly! Thank you, Sir! That was perfect.

@Fandabidozi said:
"Glad I bought that Green Lantern vs Sinestro set all those years ago. "

I just managed to buy several of these yellow blades on bricklink last month. very happy.

The ugly sweaters are kinda cool. This looks more like a gwp set though. Also kind of weird that it's releasing in October.

@Fandabidozi said:
"Glad I bought that Green Lantern vs Sinestro set all those years ago. "

I picked one up for $20 at a thrift store last week.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @Fandabidozi said:
"Glad I bought that Green Lantern vs Sinestro set all those years ago. "

I picked one up for $20 at a thrift store last week."

Isn't it funny that the movie was so horrible it knocked the green lantern clear into a different (Marvel) cinematic universe?

@DekoPuma said:
"This is fun. I'm surprised to see it as an actual set and not just a GWP."

At first I thought it is a GWP

I definitely like this little holiday star wars vignette, will be picking it up on Oct. 1st. Now waiting to see if we will get a seasonal set for halloween (seems like they would have announced this before announcing Christmas sets though); really hoping we will get a halloween vignette as the last two came out in 2017 and 2020.

This looks great, has good parts value, and I'm glad it sounds like it will be at general retail. Why not release it beginning in October, if not to make sure it's well available by the holiday season? Makes sense. The holiday season begins earlier every year anyway.

As someone who has never bought an Advent calendar set and otherwise has no Christmas themed sets, this looks perfect. Those snowflakes could be crammed into a Hoth or other ice planet scene, too! And yes, the book is awesome and can go into many types of dioramas.

Kind of wish Finn’s saber was green or purple or something. I feel like blue got more than enough usage in the films. Obi-Wan and Anakin’s sabers were blue, Luke and Rey both used one of Anakin’s sabers for a sizable portion of screen time, Leia and Ben’s (pre-dark side) sabers were blue, even Force projection Luke used blue.

Not sure why anyone would think Finn's lightsaber here is supposed to be anything other than Anakin's blue lightsaber again. It's the only lightsaber we've seen him wield and I bet Lego just figured, why not throw it in here too?

Who knows, maybe Finn will be developed into a Jedi trainee in the future (under Rey and Grogu's joint instruction please, that could be cool), but this set is surely not teasing that.

I do wish they had given Rey a yellow blade.

@ItsTwentyBelow said:
"Not sure why anyone would think Finn's lightsaber here is supposed to be anything other than Anakin's blue lightsaber again. It's the only lightsaber we've seen him wield and I bet Lego just figured, why not throw it in here too?

Who knows, maybe Finn will be developed into a Jedi trainee in the future (under Rey and Grogu's joint instruction please, that could be cool), but this set is surely not teasing that.

I do wish they had given Rey a yellow blade."

Wasn’t Anakin’s lightsaber buried with Leia’s in the sands of Tatooine near the Lars homestead ruins, no doubt to its original owner’s intense displeasure? That little maneuver probably pushed him permanently into the dark side afterlife, instead of just weekly sabacc nights with everyone else Sidious manipulated.

A surprise to be sure. But a welcome one!

It's something different at least. At least, as far as display diorama sets with next to no play value go.
The christmas special version of the characters are some of their better portrayals, so I like it :)

Why include the dead turkey? Chewbacca has gone vegan!

@BeaR_the_Builder said:
"Why include the dead turkey? Chewbacca has gone vegan!"

Somehow Chewbacca's appetite has returned...

REY! pass the mashed potatoes.