Star Wars LEGOs

Star Wars LEGOs
Star Wars LEGOs are becoming increasingly popular with the continued success of the Star Wars series.  The LEGO group has done a fantastic job of capitalizing on this success by feeding the LEGO community a constant supply of new Star Wars themed sets.
Starwars LEGO Sets
The LEGO Group has released Starwars themed LEGO sets for the following movies:

• Episode I: The Phantom Menace Lego Sets
• Episode II: Attack Of The Clones Lego Sets
• Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith Lego Sets
• Episode IV: A New Hope Lego Sets
• Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Lego Sets
• Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Lego Sets

Each of the Starwars themed sets above has it's own set of LEGOs that compliment that particular movie.  These sets also include highly collectible Star Wars LEGO minifugures (also known as minifigs.)  LEGO minifigs are sought after by many LEGO enthusiasts.For each of the movies listed above, we will list all of the LEGO play sets that were released.
Episode I: The Phantom Menace Lego Sets
The first movie released for the Pre-quel trilogy, Episode 1 is actually the fourth movie released in the Star Wars saga.  The LEGO Group released the following sets to compliment scenes from The Phantom Menace:

• AAT 7155
• Anakin's Podracer 7131
• Battle Droid Carrier 7126
• Battle Droid Carrier 7126
• Droid Fighter 7111
• Flash Speeder 7124
• Gungan Patrol 7115
• Gungan Sub 7161
• Jedi Defense I 7203
• Jedi Defense II 7204
• Lightsaber Duel 7101
• Mos Espa Podrace 7171
• Naboo Fighter 7141
• Naboo N-1 Starfighter with Vulture Droid 7660
• Naboo Swamp 7121
• Podracer Bucket 7159
• Republic Cruiser 7665
• Sith Infiltrator 7151
• Sith Infiltrator 7663
• Star Wars #4 3343
• Trade Federation MTT 7662
• Watto's Junkyard 7186

This series of LEGO is best known for the amount of rare LEGO sets it has.  LEGO likes to discontinue sets after a certain amount of time has passed.  This has created a relatively high demand for these sets.Episode II: Attack Of The Clones Lego Sets
This is the second movie released for the Pre-quel trilogy of Starwars films.  The following sets were released by LEGO to compliment scenes from Episode II:

• AT-TE 4482
• Bounty Hunter Pursuit 7133
• Geonosian Fighter 4478
• Hailfire Droid 4481
• Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid 7670
• Jango Fett's Slave I 7153
• Jedi Duel 7103
• Jedi Starfighter 7143
• Republic Gunship 7163
• Tusken Raider Encounter 7113

This is a rather small amount of LEGO systems for this movie.  These LEGO systems are also rather rare as all have been discontinued.  Note Jango Fett's slave I which can fetch upwords of $200 sometimes because it is particularly rare.Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith Lego Sets
This is the third movie released for the Pre-quels.  LEGO released these sets to compliment scenes from the film:

• ARC-170 Starfighter 7259
• AT-AP Walker 7671
• Clone Scout Walker 7250
• Clone Troopers Battle Pack 7655
• Clone Turbo Tank 7261-1
• Clone Turbo Tank 7661-2
• Darth Vader Transformation 7251
• Droid Tri-Fighter 7252
• Droids Battle Pack 7654
• Episode III Collectors' Set 65771
• General Grievous Chase 7255
• General Grievous' Starfighter 7656
• Jedi Starfighter and Vulture Droid 7256
• Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive Booster Ring 7661
• Ultimate Lightsaber Duel 7257
• Ultimate Space Battle 7283
• V-Wing Fighter 6205
• Wookiee Attack 7258
• Wookiee Catamaran 7260

Another example of discontinued LEGOs, this series offers many more sets than Episode II.  The Ultimate Lightsaber Duel 7257 is unique in that it offers an interactive 1 on 1 style setup.Episode IV: A New Hope Lego Sets
The now legendary original Star Wars movie, A New Hope basically kicked it all off.  This series offers quite a few large (and therefore expensive) sets.

• Darth Vader's TIE Fighter 8017
• Droid Escape 7106
• Imperial Dropship 7667
• Imperial Landing Craft 7659
• Imperial Star Destroyer 6211
• Landspeeder 7110
• Millennium Falcon 7190
• Mos Eisley Cantina 4501
• Rebel Scout Speeder 7668
• Sandcrawler 10144
• T-16 Skyhopper 4477
• TIE Advanced & Y-wing 7150/7152/7262
• TIE Fighter 7146
• TIE Fighter 7263
• Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon 10179
• X-wing Fighter 7140/7142
• Y-wing Fighter 7658

The Millenium Falcon is always a popular find as is Vader's TIE Fighter.Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Lego Sets
The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth movie in the Star Wars Saga but it was actually the second released.

• Cloud City 10123
• Hoth Rebel Base 7666
• Imperial AT-AT 4483
• Millennium Falcon 4504
• Motorized Walking AT-AT 10178
• Rebel Snowspeeder 4500
• Slave I 6209
• Slave I 7144
• Snowspeeder 7130
• Star Wars #1 3340
• TIE Bomber 4479
• Twin-Pod Cloud Car 7119
• X-wing Fighter (Dagobah) 4502
• X-wing Fighter 6212

This series of Star Wars LEGOs includes a newer version of the Slave I ship, this one piloted by Boba Fett rather than Jango.  Also a very popular LEGO set.Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Lego Sets
This is the final movie in the Saga.  Return of the Jedi offers quite a few sets and does a great job of depicting the Movie through LEGO Sets.

• A-wing Fighter 6207
• A-wing Fighter 7134
• AT-ST 7657
• B-wing at Rebel Control Center 7180
• B-wing Fighter 6208
• Desert Skiff 7104
• Ewok Attack 7139
• Final Duel I 7200
• Final Duel II 7201
• Imperial AT-ST 7127
• Imperial Inspection 7264
• Imperial Shuttle 7166
• Jabba's Message 4475
• Jabba's Palace 4480
• Jabba's Prize 4476
• Jabba's Sail Barge 6210
• Speeder Bikes 7128
• Star Wars #2 3341
• Star Wars #3 3342
• TIE Interceptor 6206

Peter is a Star Wars LEGO collector and especially enjoys collecting Star Wars minifigs.

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