LEGO Star Wars is rumoured to be on the front foot for Revenge of the Sith’s 20th anniversary
The LEGO Star Wars team is apparently on the front foot for Revenge of the Sith’s 20th anniversary in a way it wasn’t for The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones.
The third and final Star Wars prequel turns 20 years old in 2025, and a first list of rumoured LEGO Star Wars sets coming in January suggests the LEGO Group is going to come out all guns blazing for the occasion… at least compared to its approach to the other two prequel movies’ 20th birthdays. Just one Revenge of the Sith set is on the cards for that first wave so far, but that’s still more than we got for the others.
That really says more about the LEGO Group’s approach to The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones, but for a company clearly so invested in anniversaries, it was still surprising to see it pass up the opportunity to go big on those movies. The Phantom Menace’s anniversary is intertwined with that of the LEGO Star Wars theme as a whole, which means the focus in 2019 shifted beyond Episode I – and the 1999 film’s only minifigure-scale set was 75258 Anakin’s Podracer – 20th Anniversary Edition.
Fast forward three years, and the LEGO Star Wars team tipped its hat to Attack of the Clones’ 20th anniversary with two sets: 40558 Clone Trooper Command Station and 75333 Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter. That wasn’t exactly what you’d call an all-out celebration – especially as the former was a LEGO Store exclusive that retired within 12 months, and we had to wait for the summer to get our hands on the latter.
Change appears to be afoot for Revenge of the Sith, though. The initial list of LEGO Star Wars 2025 sets includes 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter, a ship first seen in Episode III and released twice before in bricks: first in 2005’s 7259 ARC-170 Fighter, and then again in 2010’s 8088 ARC-170 Starfighter. 2025 therefore marks not only the 20th anniversary of Revenge of the Sith, but also 20 years since our first ARC-170.
It’s the perfect time to revisit this fan-favourite starfighter, and with all that in mind, the safe money is on 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter being inspired by Revenge of the Sith rather than The Clone Wars. The 2010 set pulled from the animated series rather than the prequels, bundling in Kit Fisto with its two Clone Pilots and an astromech droid. But a Revenge of the Sith version would be a great opportunity to bring back (and update) Plo Koon, who was shot down by an ARC-170 during Order 66.
The jury is still out on just how heavily the LEGO Star Wars theme will lean into Revenge of the Sith in 2025, but a potential set in the first wave of the year is a promising start. 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter is still only a rumour at this stage though, so take it with a pinch of salt. Here’s a complete overview of everything said to be on the way next January…
Rumoured LEGO Star Wars 2025 sets
| LEGO set | Price | Pieces | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 75401 Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor | $44.99 | 290 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75402 ARC-170 Starfighter | $69.99 | 497 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75403 TBC | $99.99 | 1,048 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75404 TBC | $49.99 | 450 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75405 Home One | $69.99 | 559 | January 1, 2025 |
| 75410 N-1 Starfighter | $29.99 | 92 | January 1, 2025 |
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