As the Death Star has so much history within both the Star Wars universe and the LEGO portfolio, Blocks sits down with the LEGO Star Wars design team to uncover the highlights of the largest ever set – 75419 Death Star.
75192 Millennium Falcon was the largest ever LEGO Star Wars set – but now the Empire’s superweapon is taking its place. Ultimate Collector Series 75419 Death Star uses an incredible 9,023 elements for a new take on the space station. If you preorder it early, you can get a free gift with purchase set; 40771 TIE Fighter with Imperial Hangar Rack.
With its grey orbit almost appearing like a moon, shots of the looming Death Star remains some of the most iconic imagery within all of Star Wars storytelling. It inspired the visuals for Starkiller Base in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and its legacy lived on as Kylo Ren and Rey Skywalker dramatically duelled on the ruins of the Death Star II in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. It has also featured for 23 years in various LEGO Star Wars sets, from the tiny 7200 Final Duel in 2002 to the playful sphere of 75159 Death Star from 2016 and beyond.
Do the team have any highlights from 75419 Death Star, a milestone set with its seemingly impossible piece count? “The Imperial shuttle was a personal choice of mine that I selected and pushed for,” says Design Manager César Soares, who is a big fan of the Lambda-class shuttle. It is the same class of ship as Imperial Shuttle Tydirium that the Rebel Alliance uses to infiltrate Endor. “I chose it for a few reasons. First of all, it’s a very iconic ship and we’ve never had one at this kind of scale before. Secondly, it’s completely white, which contrasts really well with the rest of the model.”
César’s feels honoured to have been able to work on a very significant model. “I can say that it was a lot of pressure, but designing this set was amazing. Usually by the time we get the first production batch, we have to build it again and again, and by the end we can’t look at the model anymore! We’re building it because we have to, but we don’t want to see it anymore. With this one, I was actually looking forward to it. And I think that says a lot, because it’s so iconic, and you have so many characters, so many rooms – and just everything. Because you build each room differently, it’s never boring, so I think that the build flow is quite nice.
“It’s the biggest set we’ve ever made. Everybody involved in this model should celebrate because this is such a milestone in all senses. In design, in size, and in packaging. Packaging was also another challenge because they told me something I’ve never had before in all my experience designing sets – that not a single brick more could be put in the box!”
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“We should have a party or something!” adds Creative Lead Jens Kronvold Frederiksen, though he doesn’t confirm if anyone on the team knows how to make a Death Star shaped cake. “And I think my favourite part is probably the hidden mini build inside. It’s a minikit from the LEGO Star Wars video games. I think that it’s just a great inclusion. It took some convincing with Disney and Lucasfilm, but it is hidden in the centre of the build, so that’s how we incorporated that reference.”
“My favourite is one that I don’t know if many people will notice,” says César, eager to pick out another hidden reference and flex his deep Star Wars knowledge. “It’s on the super laser. So it’s a brick built section. When you take this part out [of the laser], it’s this little thing that they built in Andor, in the factory [Narkina 5] and this goes into the super laser.”
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