More rumoured details on LEGO Star Wars 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit
Fresh details on the rumoured LEGO Star Wars 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit have surfaced online, suggesting the set will include a surprise 25th-anniversary minifigure.
Previously slated to be among the LEGO Star Wars summer 2024 range, 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit sounds for the most part like a redux of 2012’s 9496 Desert Skiff and 2017’s 75174 Desert Skiff Escape. Said to be included in the box are a single Desert Skiff and a small Sarlacc Pit, mimicking the makeup of its predecessors.
The 558-piece model will reportedly have a much larger minifigure selection, though – and it’s within that spread that new details have now emerged. Redditor Clay_Bricks reports (via Brick Clicker) that 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit will include Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Lando Calrissian, Boba Fett, a Weequay… and an unknown 25th-anniversary minifigure.
The LEGO Group has already confirmed that there will be a total of six different LEGO Star Wars 25th-anniversary minifigures throughout 2024, the first three of which are ARC Trooper Fives, Darth Malak and Saw Gerrera. Previous rumours suggested that the rest will be comprised of Cal Kestis, young Princess Leia from the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series, and pink-tinted astromech droid R2-KT.
It now appears that at least one of those rumours may be off-base, though – at least if this new info is accurate. The specific identity of the 25th-anniversary minifigure supposedly included in 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit has yet to be reported, but it seems as good a place as any for the Nien Nunb minifigure that May the 4th poster artist Joe Hogan has been teasing to show up.
Beyond that mystery character, 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit is said to also include another brand new Return of the Jedi hairpiece for Luke Skywalker, which is surprising given the LEGO Star Wars team has only just cooked up a new one for him in last year’s 75352 Emperor’s Throne Room Diorama. With one eye on the opening scenes of Episode VI, perhaps we’re looking at Luke’s windswept hair as he battles across Jabba’s Sail Barge.
Nothing has been confirmed at this stage, and that’s true too of 75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit as a whole. Treat news of the set’s details – including its rumoured $79.99 price point and August 1 release date – lightly until the LEGO Group officially unveils the summer 2024 LEGO Star Wars wave. You can check out where it fits into the bigger picture of this year’s slate in the table below.
LEGO Star Wars sets confirmed and rumoured for 2024
LEGO set | Price | Pieces | Release date |
---|---|---|---|
30680 AAT | TBC | 75 | January 1, 2024 |
30685 TIE Interceptor | TBC | 48 | May 1, 2024 |
40675 Commander Cody | £9.99 / $9.99 / €9.99 | 147 | May 2024 |
40676 The Phantom Menace | £49.99 / $54.99 / €54.99 | 732 | May 1, 2024 |
40686 Battle Droid Carrier | Free with orders above £145 / $160 / €160 | 262 | May 1, 2024 |
40755 [Star Wars 25th Celebration] | TBC | 383 | October 2024 |
75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack | £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 | 215 | January 1, 2024 |
75373 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack | $19.99 / €21.99 | 108 | June 1, 2024 |
75374 Onyx Cinder | $139.99 / €139.99 | 1,325 | August 1, 2024 |
75375 Millennium Falcon | £74.99 / $84.99 / €84.99 | 921 | March 1, 2024 |
75376 Tantive IV | £69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99 | 654 | March 1, 2024 |
75377 Invisible Hand | £46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99 | 557 | March 1, 2024 |
75378 BARC Speeder Escape | £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 | 221 | May 1, 2024 |
75379 R2-D2 | £89.99 / $99.99 / €99.99 | 1,050 | March 1, 2024 |
75380 Mos Espa Podrace Diorama | £69.99 / $79.99 / €79.99 | 718 | May 1, 2024 |
75381 Droideka | £59.99 / $64.99 / €64.99 | 583 | May 1, 2024 |
75382 TIE Interceptor | £199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99 | 1,931 | May 2024 |
75383 Darth Maul’s Sith Infiltrator | £59.99 / $69.99 / €69.99 | 640 | May 1, 2024 |
75384 The Crimson Firehawk | £46.99 / $49.99 / €52.99 | 136 | January 1, 2024 |
75385 Battle on Peridea | $54.99 | 382 | August 1, 2024 |
75386 Paz Vizsla and Moff Gideon Battle | $39.99 | 289 | June 1, 2024 |
75387 Boarding the Tantive IV | £49.99 / $49.99 / €54.99 | 502 | March 1, 2024 |
75388 Jedi Bob’s Starfighter | $39.99 | 310 | August 1, 2024 |
75389 Dark Millennium Falcon | $179.99 | 1,578 | August 1, 2024 |
75390 Luke Skywalker X-wing Mech | $15.99 | 195 | June 1, 2024 |
75391 Captain Rex Y-wing Microfighter | $12.99 | 99 | June 1, 2024 |
75392 [Potential Creature Build] | $99.99 | 1,186 | August 1, 2024 |
75393 X-wing and TIE Fighter | $109.99 | 1,058 | August 1, 2024 |
75394 Death Star Playset | TBC | 1,555 | August 1, 2024 |
75395 Star Wars Advent Calendar | $44.99 | 368 | September 1, 2024 |
75396 Escape from the Sarlacc Pit | $79.99 | 558 | August 1, 2024 |
75398 Buildable C-3PO | $139.99 | 1,132 | August 1, 2024 |
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