I really wasn't into LEGO Star Wars until I got back into Star Wars during the summer of 2002. I still regret not getting those early sets because I was finicky.
Note: The P2 Reg Clone Trooper can also be found in the advent calendar with young Boba. It was never inventoried as such because you have to open 2 days to complete him. His helmet is in another "day" while he's in another wearing santa's hat.
2014 doesn’t get enough love that was the year that I got back in the Lego Star Wars personally because that year we got a lot of fantastic sets like the imperial star destroyer the ATAT B wing, Mos Eisley cantina Jedi, scout fighter the police gunship the anti-vehicle cannon, and the already mentioned rebels sets and a bunch of other great prequel sets of 2014 really was the end of the golden age of Lego Star Wars, then it sure as hell went out with a great bang
I totally agree that this was the golden age!! I always wanted Lego Star Wars as a child, but could never afford it. Now that I have more money, my interest in the theme is not what it used to be, since the new ranges don't appeal to me like the older ones do.
Holly. I was regularly going to Hong Kong during these early years. The prices then were unbelievable. I remember that walking AT AT for £40 and the battle packs were £6. Then the AT ST came and that was £11 there and £20 in the UK.
Oh boy I do have some nostalgia for this era. The 2008 stormtrooper battle pack was the first Lego set I ever got (I was 8 at the time). Out of the sets mentioned I had the Endor Bunker, Wampa cave, Jabba’s Palace, Palpatine’s Arrest and the Rancor Pit . One of the last Lego sets I got before I entered my dark age was the Mos Eisley Cantina from 2014 and then I stopped later that year. I guess with the golden era ending that year too it was the right time to jump off before I came back years later in 2020 (where I just managed to pick up the Death Star a week before it left store shelves after 12 years of longing). I gravitated to the sets with the cool figures like the wampa, Jabba and the Rancor as a kid and I’m glad I did because they’re such cool parts of my collection now.
I wish that the sets from the golden age were still their retail price :( Also one thing to add to 2009 in my opinion as a clone wars fan is the dropship and at ot
Same. I'm not sad about the Star Wars sets I missed because Lego usually won't go a week before remaking most Star Wars sets but I'm sad about the Toy Story, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean sets I missed during this time
Great presentation! The part where it said they "reserve the right to file a hate-crime complaint" blows my mind. Hagia Sophia was an Orthodox church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, then a mosque until 1935, then a museum and then from 2020 a mosque again, as well as being a Roman Catholic cathedral for some decades after the Fourth Crusade of 1204. So the moslims took over that building from a different religion and turned it into a mosque, and later it was a museum, and then turned back into a mosque. For them to then have the audacity to say because Jabba's Palace looks similar to a building that they took over from a different religion by force, that it should no longer be sold, is insane. How can you take over a building from a different religion by force and then claim years later that a fictional building that may look somewhat similar to it is now a hate crime? This is why it is so important to just completely ignore cult leaders. The moment you give them any kind of credence or listen to them they will bully you. We need to completely ignore their insanity and shame them. I mean, labeling Lego Jabba's Palace as a hate crime is absurd!
At first I wasn't sure what to think about your comment, but the more I thought about it, you're right. When they are saying that that Lego set (which I own and is awesome) is hate speech, well then they are insane. So I did a little bit of research just on Wikipedia and on the internet, and you're right, the muslims stole that building. Also, they produce more terrorists than all other religions and groups combined! I also read they can "marry" girls as young as 8! 🤢🤮 So, I've decided these are not people we should be listening to. We can't let insane (and evil) people run the world (or ruin our LEGO sets).
Couple of things to note... 2014 was also a lot more Revenge of the Sith focussed, just like how 2013 was more Attack of the Clones. 2014 was also the year that the sets started to change... Spring-loaded shooters and stud-shooters were introduced. At the time, they seemed bulky and gimmicky, especially with some of their poor placement (ie the speeder from Battle on Saleucami) but they did eventually become more integrated and hidden in the builds. If I remember correctly, there were also exciting sets like the AT-AT and Star Destroyer, as well as the smaller ROTS-themed sets. Also at the time, the Rebels sets sold poorly. The Ghost would just sit on shelves gathering dust, as the show wasn't that popular when it started.
Really great summary of LEGO SW. I remember I started seriously collecting LEGO at around 2009, mainly SW (and LotR, while it lasted), so it was a nice nostalgic story. The only thing that truuly deserved to be here and I didn't see was Rogue Shadow, the ship from SW: The Force Unleashed game (7672 from 2008). It was worth mentioning because it was probably the first LEGO SW set based off a video game (I think). Such a gem from an amazing game and it is never going to be released again.
clone wars sets back then where peak lego SW, they should bring out more clonewars sets again like a munificent frigatte,acclamator etc. i think they rly underestimate how much fans would love it
I think you misunderstand the significance of the Battle Packs and Microfighter series. The mini_builds are not "affordable", they are a work around. Kenner/ Hasbro has an exclusive action figure contract with Lucas Films. This prevents Lego from "selling" the action figure/ single minifigure. Lego therfore made simple (forgettable) builds to go with the minifigure. There were usually 4 minifigure that sold for $5 each in the package for $20. The LEGO parts were basically free. To do 1 minifigure the Microfighter was created with a decent small build for just barely over the $5 minifigure prices, that of course has gotten much more pricey... but you get the point. Nice overview of the golden age of Lego!😊
I'm glad they're finally going back to midiscale sets. I think they just came out too early. If they made them in the mid-2010s or later, people would've loved them. Back when they came out, Lego fans were mainly kids or adult collectors with a lot of money to spend. Adult collectors that wanted to spend less didn't really become a thing until the 2010s IMO Hope we get a part 3 to this
Love the video and 2013 was my first year getting into Lego Star Wars and 2014 I think was a fun year because we got a lot of sets from revenge of the sith and I hope you are enjoying brick world in Chicago holly
Much like Hasbro will never make a Slave Leia figure again for either their Black Series (6 inch) line or Vintage collection (3 3/4 inch) line, Lego won't make another Slave Leia mini figure. Also, you missed a great Lego Star Wars set from 2008, the Rogue Shadow from the Force Unleashed games. That set was the only time we got Lego mini figures of Galen Marek aka Starkiller (Vader's secret apprentice) and Juno Eclipse. It also had a battle damaged Darth Vader. That set goes for a lot of money now.
I'm actually thinking about selling off all my LEGO Star Wars stuff. If the Ahsoka show doesn't SLAP I'm probably taking the off ramp. Disney burnt me out on Marvel and they are burning me out on Star Wars. But with Star Wars, a lot of the shows/movies they have put out have not been good. Andor was great, but I still couldn't finish the show because it felt like nothing was at stake since we knew the outcome. I dunno.... A lot of shows/movies are being pumped out and most of it has been pretty mid. It's ruined it for me. They've messed up the legacy of cool characters like Vader, Luke, and Boba Fett. And they have also created a bunch of issues within the lore.
Personally I think it could be because of backlash of how limited and exclusive they made them since it used to be a raffle system but I have no clue. I wish they’d do more than just a printed tile a releasing a set two weeks early though
When I was a kid, Star Wars was beyond cool (the original trilogy came out back then). I then remember almost 30 years later, when Clone Wars first aired, my oldest kid was 7 or 8 and it was decidedly targeting his age group, it was 100% a kid show and he loved it, and we played the original LEGO Star Wars game on some early Playstation, forgetting which it was.. Now, I have another son that is 9 and a daughter at 12, and I can't even make them watch or play with any kind of Star Wars whatsoever, they have zero interest. Star Wars has no appeal for kids anymore, not sure why, but the brand survives on 20+ people's nostalgia alone.
For thousands of generations Lego maintained the peace and order (Space Explorer, Lego Police, Lego City), but a young jedi (starwars) was seduced by the dark side of the Force (Disney)...
I'm still curious about the number of Clone troopers during the Clone Wars. If a thousand Acclamators were ordered by the Republic, each with a total of 16,000 Clones on board, then that equals 16 million Clones. I think that number is way too high, unless troop losses were heavy, so perhaps by the end of the Clone Wars there were only 6 to 8 million Clones available. It is possible that within the first year of The Clone Wars that each Acclamator-class assault ship only carried 5,000 Clone troopers and the rest were distributed amongst smaller vessels. Why is this even an issue? I have no idea.
There were probably far more clones than you estimate. With battles taking place on hundreds of plants and occupation of thousands.... many troops were needed.
I’m glad I got into LEGO Star Wars during the early 2010s. So many great sets were released during this time.
i wish i was born earlier so i could’ve not been like -3 years old in the early 2010s
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I really wasn't into LEGO Star Wars until I got back into Star Wars during the summer of 2002. I still regret not getting those early sets because I was finicky.
OMG I NEVER GOT THIS MANY LIKES TYSM GUYS
I did too but not sure if it was a good thing my shed is full of star wars lego set.
Note: The P2 Reg Clone Trooper can also be found in the advent calendar with young Boba. It was never inventoried as such because you have to open 2 days to complete him. His helmet is in another "day" while he's in another wearing santa's hat.
2014 doesn’t get enough love that was the year that I got back in the Lego Star Wars personally because that year we got a lot of fantastic sets like the imperial star destroyer the ATAT B wing, Mos Eisley cantina Jedi, scout fighter the police gunship the anti-vehicle cannon, and the already mentioned rebels sets and a bunch of other great prequel sets of 2014 really was the end of the golden age of Lego Star Wars, then it sure as hell went out with a great bang
Great video! Very nice to see the Lego Star Wars sets evolve over the years😃Keep it up!
I totally agree that this was the golden age!! I always wanted Lego Star Wars as a child, but could never afford it. Now that I have more money, my interest in the theme is not what it used to be, since the new ranges don't appeal to me like the older ones do.
I only just now got into lego and Star Wars.. a couple years ago man I missed the golden era of Star Wars lego
I didn't start collecting Lego Star Wars until 2017, but I love the Clone Wars faces. Great video by the way!
I’m really enjoying this series Holly and I totally agree that this was the Golden Age 🤩
No mention of AT-OT w/ dropship? I feel like that set is quintessential Clone Wars and likely something we will never see again.
07 also had the Rouge Shadow, a rare a first video game set
Great vid! I like the history parts and your research shows off you hard work. I am over 50 and my wife and I still have Lego every Christmas! Subed!
Holly. I was regularly going to Hong Kong during these early years. The prices then were unbelievable. I remember that walking AT AT for £40 and the battle packs were £6. Then the AT ST came and that was £11 there and £20 in the UK.
Oh boy I do have some nostalgia for this era. The 2008 stormtrooper battle pack was the first Lego set I ever got (I was 8 at the time). Out of the sets mentioned I had the Endor Bunker, Wampa cave, Jabba’s Palace, Palpatine’s Arrest and the Rancor Pit . One of the last Lego sets I got before I entered my dark age was the Mos Eisley Cantina from 2014 and then I stopped later that year. I guess with the golden era ending that year too it was the right time to jump off before I came back years later in 2020 (where I just managed to pick up the Death Star a week before it left store shelves after 12 years of longing). I gravitated to the sets with the cool figures like the wampa, Jabba and the Rancor as a kid and I’m glad I did because they’re such cool parts of my collection now.
Producing bangers while at brickworld what W 😁. Great seeing you again :). Also love the editing of this vid ❤
I love this series and can't wait for you to cover the next era.
I wish that the sets from the golden age were still their retail price :( Also one thing to add to 2009 in my opinion as a clone wars fan is the dropship and at ot
damn i had the mos eisly cantina and i gotta say, nostalgia for this thing and 2014 in genral is what makes that year my favourite for lego star wars
This was the era when i was emerging from my Dark Ages. Thanks for the memories.
Same. I'm not sad about the Star Wars sets I missed because Lego usually won't go a week before remaking most Star Wars sets but I'm sad about the Toy Story, Indiana Jones, Pirates of the Caribbean sets I missed during this time
Honestly with a new ATTE that has a p2 cody, a new Gunship, a UCS Venator etc. etc. the last 1-2 years had a really good run
I loved rebels I was watching on Disney XD when I was young, I wanted those sets but even then they were so expensive for that time
Great presentation! The part where it said they "reserve the right to file a hate-crime complaint" blows my mind.
Hagia Sophia was an Orthodox church until the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, then a mosque until 1935, then a museum and then from 2020 a mosque again, as well as being a Roman Catholic cathedral for some decades after the Fourth Crusade of 1204.
So the moslims took over that building from a different religion and turned it into a mosque, and later it was a museum, and then turned back into a mosque. For them to then have the audacity to say because Jabba's Palace looks similar to a building that they took over from a different religion by force, that it should no longer be sold, is insane. How can you take over a building from a different religion by force and then claim years later that a fictional building that may look somewhat similar to it is now a hate crime? This is why it is so important to just completely ignore cult leaders. The moment you give them any kind of credence or listen to them they will bully you. We need to completely ignore their insanity and shame them. I mean, labeling Lego Jabba's Palace as a hate crime is absurd!
Exactly. Well said. 😊
At first I wasn't sure what to think about your comment, but the more I thought about it, you're right. When they are saying that that Lego set (which I own and is awesome) is hate speech, well then they are insane. So I did a little bit of research just on Wikipedia and on the internet, and you're right, the muslims stole that building. Also, they produce more terrorists than all other religions and groups combined! I also read they can "marry" girls as young as 8! 🤢🤮 So, I've decided these are not people we should be listening to. We can't let insane (and evil) people run the world (or ruin our LEGO sets).
100% agreed.
That is the period I am missing the most of amd it was so good. 😢
Loved this era! Great video!🔥😊
Couple of things to note... 2014 was also a lot more Revenge of the Sith focussed, just like how 2013 was more Attack of the Clones. 2014 was also the year that the sets started to change... Spring-loaded shooters and stud-shooters were introduced. At the time, they seemed bulky and gimmicky, especially with some of their poor placement (ie the speeder from Battle on Saleucami) but they did eventually become more integrated and hidden in the builds. If I remember correctly, there were also exciting sets like the AT-AT and Star Destroyer, as well as the smaller ROTS-themed sets.
Also at the time, the Rebels sets sold poorly. The Ghost would just sit on shelves gathering dust, as the show wasn't that popular when it started.
Really great summary of LEGO SW. I remember I started seriously collecting LEGO at around 2009, mainly SW (and LotR, while it lasted), so it was a nice nostalgic story.
The only thing that truuly deserved to be here and I didn't see was Rogue Shadow, the ship from SW: The Force Unleashed game (7672 from 2008). It was worth mentioning because it was probably the first LEGO SW set based off a video game (I think). Such a gem from an amazing game and it is never going to be released again.
Amazing detailed timeline. Cheers.
These videos are very underrated.
clone wars sets back then where peak lego SW, they should bring out more clonewars sets again like a munificent frigatte,acclamator etc. i think they rly underestimate how much fans would love it
i like your clone helmet drawing on the sticky note it’s cute and reminds me of the 2003 clone wars style!
9:17 was it really the remake though? Yes, the figure Ned has is the 2016 Palpatine, but he lists the piece count as 3803, the 2008 piece count.
I think you misunderstand the significance of the Battle Packs and Microfighter series.
The mini_builds are not "affordable", they are a work around. Kenner/ Hasbro has an exclusive action figure contract with Lucas Films.
This prevents Lego from "selling" the action figure/ single minifigure.
Lego therfore made simple (forgettable) builds to go with the minifigure. There were usually 4 minifigure that sold for $5 each in the package for $20. The LEGO parts were basically free. To do 1 minifigure the Microfighter was created with a decent small build for just barely over the $5 minifigure prices, that of course has gotten much more pricey... but you get the point.
Nice overview of the golden age of Lego!😊
Ngl the best part of the video is all the drawings on the cards 😂
The most anticipated video on TH-cam cx
You should do this for Harry Potter also. Great content holly
I will be after I finish Star Wars! I thought about doing it first but I wanted to do research and learn a lot about something
It was awesome to see you at Brickworld Chicago today!
Thank you so much for coming by and saying hi!!
I'm glad they're finally going back to midiscale sets. I think they just came out too early. If they made them in the mid-2010s or later, people would've loved them. Back when they came out, Lego fans were mainly kids or adult collectors with a lot of money to spend. Adult collectors that wanted to spend less didn't really become a thing until the 2010s IMO
Hope we get a part 3 to this
Excellent adtro!! Literally wants me to have a website for no reason what so ever other than because... 👍😊
Love the video and 2013 was my first year getting into Lego Star Wars and 2014 I think was a fun year because we got a lot of sets from revenge of the sith and I hope you are enjoying brick world in Chicago holly
The. BRICK. SHOW.. Great video. Funny edits.
i love these videos!! you do an awesome job
You forgot to mension the legendary 212th battlepack that came out in 2014.
I love the Lego porg from Luke's hideout mountain thing
Love the square space intro
I hope they remake more clone wars sets in the future. I missed out on so many and I’m not paying 300 for an Arc-170 lol.
Didn’t mention the fact that the rancor pit and Jabba’s Palace could connect
I think we might get a palp arrest set as a diorama
Holly I have a question, would you do gel nails again like the ones on the Disneyland blog?
Yep! In fact I bought a gel nail kit so I could do them myself cause I love how they turn out
So when would you do your claws (gel nails) again??
Much like Hasbro will never make a Slave Leia figure again for either their Black Series (6 inch) line or Vintage collection (3 3/4 inch) line, Lego won't make another Slave Leia mini figure. Also, you missed a great Lego Star Wars set from 2008, the Rogue Shadow from the Force Unleashed games. That set was the only time we got Lego mini figures of Galen Marek aka Starkiller (Vader's secret apprentice) and Juno Eclipse. It also had a battle damaged Darth Vader. That set goes for a lot of money now.
Damn i used to have a lot of rare legos
I'm actually thinking about selling off all my LEGO Star Wars stuff. If the Ahsoka show doesn't SLAP I'm probably taking the off ramp. Disney burnt me out on Marvel and they are burning me out on Star Wars. But with Star Wars, a lot of the shows/movies they have put out have not been good. Andor was great, but I still couldn't finish the show because it felt like nothing was at stake since we knew the outcome. I dunno.... A lot of shows/movies are being pumped out and most of it has been pretty mid. It's ruined it for me. They've messed up the legacy of cool characters like Vader, Luke, and Boba Fett. And they have also created a bunch of issues within the lore.
Wasn’t the C-3PO thing a thing in 2009
How could you have missed probably the greatest UCS set of all time in the Imperial Shuttle from 2010?!?!?
That is a VERY excellent point... damn
Hi Holly!
Can we get some more Star Wars LEGO set reviews?
Nice DareDevil pic, and I read your caption and I don't want the Marvel community to go to Hell either.
It’s a podcast I used to run on Spotify!
There will be some more with the new sets releasing, and I also just bought a Phantom 2 so I'll probably do one for that too!
I meant like for some of the 40th ROTJ sets? Will we see any for those??
Hi
I wonder if the con exclusives that got redeemed were so low that’s why they got cancelled
Personally I think it could be because of backlash of how limited and exclusive they made them since it used to be a raffle system but I have no clue. I wish they’d do more than just a printed tile a releasing a set two weeks early though
Why would you censor the leia figure chest?
Cause I thought it was funny for the thumbnail
clicked on this SO fast
Something cool, I actually have the original death star
The Intro 😍
When I was a kid, Star Wars was beyond cool (the original trilogy came out back then). I then remember almost 30 years later, when Clone Wars first aired, my oldest kid was 7 or 8 and it was decidedly targeting his age group, it was 100% a kid show and he loved it, and we played the original LEGO Star Wars game on some early Playstation, forgetting which it was.. Now, I have another son that is 9 and a daughter at 12, and I can't even make them watch or play with any kind of Star Wars whatsoever, they have zero interest. Star Wars has no appeal for kids anymore, not sure why, but the brand survives on 20+ people's nostalgia alone.
are you ever going to do a full hogwarts express comparison video with every current set?
Unfortunately I don't own the first 3, but I've got a comparison with the rest coming very soon
Love your effort into making this videos! #droidbattlepack
Nice intro
For thousands of generations Lego maintained the peace and order (Space Explorer, Lego Police, Lego City), but a young jedi (starwars) was seduced by the dark side of the Force (Disney)...
amazing intro
oh how far we’ve fallen…
What's Star Wars?
🤨
dunno
I don’t like the prequels :(
maybe too much talk about value and money
I'm still curious about the number of Clone troopers during the Clone Wars. If a thousand Acclamators were ordered by the Republic, each with a total of 16,000 Clones on board, then that equals 16 million Clones. I think that number is way too high, unless troop losses were heavy, so perhaps by the end of the Clone Wars there were only 6 to 8 million Clones available. It is possible that within the first year of The Clone Wars that each Acclamator-class assault ship only carried 5,000 Clone troopers and the rest were distributed amongst smaller vessels. Why is this even an issue? I have no idea.
There were probably far more clones than you estimate. With battles taking place on hundreds of plants and occupation of thousands.... many troops were needed.