A Closer Look at the LEGO Death Star Set

It is one of the most coveted Star Wars Lego kits available, the Death Star. The Death Star became a major plot device in the fourth and sixth Star Wars movies. It had the firepower to destroy an entire planet and spread fear throughout the universe. Any Star Wars loving Lego collector wants that kind of power within reach.

The Star Wars Lego Death Star Kit is one of the largest kits available boasting 3803 pieces. It is designed so that it is open to four different levels with multiple rooms for the ultimate three-dimensional experience. When it’s assembled, it measures approximately 16 inches in diameter allowing ample room to recreate some of the best-loved scenes in the Star Wars movies. Some of the scenes built into the Death Star are the trash compactor, the detention center, the super laser control room, the TIE hanger bay, the Emperor’s throne room and the droid maintenance room. None of the scenes are static, the turbolaser turrets rotate, the TIE fighter has a moving launch rack and the detention block has a secret compartment leading down to the trash compactor room.

No Death Star would be complete without the characters to play out those beloved scenes. The set includes 24 mini-figs and droids plus the trash compactor monster. Some of the mini-figs are exclusive to this set such as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo dressed as Storm Troopers, the Interrogation Droid, the Death Star Droid, the Assassin Droid and two Death Star Troopers. Of course, you also get other central characters like Princess Leah, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine and Grand Moff Tarkin.

One of the pros to the massive Lego kit is that it’s so big. It’s big enough that the mini-figs can be comfortably played with and it comes with so many figures that almost any scene can be recreated. There are some downsides to the kit as well. With 3800 plus pieces it is heavy so where you build it is probably where it should stay. Also with the weight and the fact that its design is spherical and open, it is rather fragile. Another thing to consider and this can be either a pro or a con; it takes a long time to put together nearly 4000 legos. If there is pleasure in the building then this is a pro. If the end product is all that matters then the assembly time becomes a con.

In the end all that matters about the Star Wars LEGO Death Star kit is that it is super cool.