![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Luke is trapped and the original movie set really makes you feel it. Circles are very static shapes - the only direction of movement is toward the center. The circular design of the window adds to this. The first time the throne room is shown in the film, there is a clear sense of direction. : As a designer, did you come to learn or appreciate anything about the shooting set while bringing it to LEGO form? They add balance to the model and allow a builder to recreate many moments from the film. From there, the stairs, control consoles, and lower platform are all in the vicinity and have memorable moments in the film, so we felt it was important to include those. It’s so iconic and immediately invokes the scale and mood of the scene. When designing the LEGO diorama, we knew from the start that the window would be the most important built feature and that it needed to be huge. Jackson Hughes: When I think about the throne room on the Death Star II, the visual feature that stands out the most to me is the massive circular window that frames the Emperor’s throne. : How did you go about translating the throne room set, which was rather large, to this scale? In advance of this reveal, caught up with LEGO Star Wars designers Jme Wheeler, Jackson Hughes, and graphic designer Madison Andrew O’Neil to discuss the making of these creative tributes a classic. For fans of the last film in the original trilogy, it is pointless to resist - as Darth Vader himself says in the movie. Both sets also feature a plaque with the Return of the Jedi 40th anniversary logo and a memorable quote from each scene. The Throne Room, an 807-piece release, includes Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, and Emperor Palpatine minifigures (complete with lightsabers and Sith lightning), rotating throne, and more. The Speeder Chase set consists of 608 pieces, and includes three LEGO minifigures ( Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and a Scout Trooper), two removable speeder bikes with transparent stands (allowing the bikes to tilt, conveying movement), two buildable trees, and more forest elements. They arrive May 1 and will be available for pre-order soon.īoth sets were designed for adult fans and make for great display pieces, while still allowing for interactivity. Revealed just ahead of Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023, the LEGO Group has created two dynamic new releases celebrating the 40th anniversary of Episode VI: the Endor Speeder Chase Diorama and the Emperor’s Throne Room Diorama, building sets immortalizing two of the film’s most iconic sequences in LEGO bricks. If you love LEGO Star Wars and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, the answer is yes. LEGO Star Wars sets, in other words, are in a class of their own.In an exclusive interview, the LEGO Star Wars design team behind two Episode VI-themed sets takes behind the bricks. This is part auspiciousness the Star Wars universe is very angular, with clean lines that lend themselves to the LEGO aesthetic, And this also part effort the designers put an outsized amount of time into "greebling"- the attention to micro surface detail that makes a monochromatic surface look layered, technically functional and interesting. It's why the 4784-piece Imperial Star Destroyer looks more like a genuine Star Destroyer rather than a "LEGO" Star Destroyer. But when it comes to Star Wars LEGO sets-especially the more massive ones-the vehicles and droids look unusually "native"-as if LEGO itself was conceived with Star Wars in mind. The artistry is in making these bricks, rods, pins, and gears fit together and do something that perhaps, they weren't originally meant to do. Lots of times, when LEGO creates a set, it is an uncanny approximation of something real. It is extremely imposing in person, sure to dominate any dwelling space it occupies. The entire model is articulable, but the LEGO AT-AT is definitely an adult build for posing rather than play. There's even a cockpit and gun turret in the head. Open the main compartment, and there's room for 40 minifigures-a platoon big enough to take down the Rebel base. (24 cm) wideĪnd lastly, here's the best of the prohibitively expensive sets: a massive, 2 foot tall LEGO AT-AT Walker. ![]()
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