Five iconic LEGO Star Wars sets that are achingly overdue for a remake

When it comes to LEGO Star Wars sets long overdue for a remake, here are five iconic models that we want to see refreshed.

The LEGO Star Wars theme is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2024, with multiple sets, exclusive minifigures, GWPs, Insiders rewards and even a hardback book all being released to mark the momentous occasion.

We recently covered the storied history of LEGO Star Wars remakes, looking back over a quarter century of models that have been recrafted, reinterpreted and rereleased during that period. With so many different sets having launched over the last 25 years, you’d be forgiven for thinking that every iteration of a build has been remade time and again.

However, there are many LEGO Star Wars models that only appeared once or just a handful of times. With that in mind, here are our recommendation for five sets from a galaxy far, far away that are achingly overdue for a remake.

5. ARC-170 Starfighter

This iconic ship was first glimpsed in the opening scenes of Revenge of the Sith as part of a massive space battle over Coruscant. With a crew of two clones, the craft was the precursor to the Rebel Alliance’s X-wing and has been released as two mini-builds, a Microfighter and two larger versions of the Republic vessel to date.

8088 ARC-170 Starfighter arrived in 2010, but since then we’ve yet to receive any iterations of the distinctive split-wing ship. Considering its scale, an Ultimate Collector Series ARC-170 Starfighter would seem to be an obvious choice for serious consideration, just in time for Episode III’s upcoming 20th anniversary in 2025.

4. Cloud City

For such a classic Episode V location, it may come as something of a surprise to learn that only three versions of Cloud City have been released to date. 10123 Cloud City was the first to arrive in 2003, followed by the impressive 75222 Betrayal at Cloud City in 2018 and a mini-build in the LEGO Star Wars advent calendar of that year. 

While the scale of Cloud City may preclude a much larger version of the tibanna gas mine, recreating key locations such as the carbon freezing chamber, dining room, landing pads and other areas in one set would still seem to be the way to go. Throw in a redesigned Cloud Car (yet another ship way overdue for a remake) and we’d be more than happy.

3. Trade Federation MTT

Yet another prequel-era set that’s crying out for an update has to be the hulking Trade Federation MTT. The large brown Battle Droid transport has been released as five different models to date, ranging in scale from tiny advent calendar builds right up to the 1,191-piece 7662 Trade Federation MTT in 2007.

With the arrival of 40686 Trade Federation Troop Carrier as a 25th anniversary set back in May of this year, a remake of the much larger vehicle would certainly make a lot of sense as a companion build. Throw in a whole regiment of B1 Battle Droids and a LEGO Star Wars a 25th anniversary brick to round out the model and you’d be all set for your very own planetary assault.

2. Sandcrawler

Speaking of large brown LEGO builds, the Jawa Sandcrawler has also been woefully underrepresented by the theme. To date, we’ve only received five versions of the lumbering vehicle first glimpsed in A New Hope. As well as small advent calendar builds and two larger sets, 75059 Sandcrawler offered up a highly-detailed Ultimate Collector Series take, but that was over a decade ago.

Scaling down the Sandcrawler, including a selection of must-have minifigures and keeping the price as reasonable as possible could easily make a new interpretation a desirable LEGO Star Wars set. Talking of updates, we’d also want to see a new Jawa minifigure introduced, as the design of the junk-selling scavengers has remained relatively unchanged for 25 years. 

1. Death Star

If there’s one iconic LEGO Star Wars set that needs to be remade, it must be the Death Star. Sure, we’ve has sections of the Empire’s fearsome battle station, mini-models and three UCS releases, with those latter sets sticking around on store shelves for years and finding a home in many fans’ collections, but it’s time to revisit the location in style.

When it comes to the Death Star, bigger is definitely better. The UCS sets worked for good reasons, despite being prohibitively expensive for many fans, with multiple levels, plenty of details and massive minifigure counts.

Regardless of the high price of entry, we’re keeping our fingers crossed for a monster-sized LEGO Death Star set at some point in the future, in time for the 50th anniversary of A New Hope in 2027.

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