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Huh, does the Razorcrest count? It's post-OT...
(The meditation chamber might be though)
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/darth-vader-meditation-chamber-75296
Like @CapnRex101 said upthread the choice of minifigs is hard to understand. First, only 2 minifigs in such a huge model. To me there clearly needs to be a pilot. I’m not upset about the lack of a P2 Cody, but how about a few more clones? It is a transport ship for clones after all.
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I do agree that a pilot and some more basic clones should have been included, though.
Windu was a good choice for a Jedi in my opinion since Geonosis was the scene where he first got his time to shine. That, and you can still get him from other sets.
AFAIK (and I could be very wrong!) Stormtroopers were only clones for a very limited time right at the inception of the Empire. The cloning was shut down pretty early, and after that they used regular recruitment/conscription to fill Stormtrooper ranks.
Storm troopers are conscripts from all over the galaxy and though there is a distinct imperial bias to humanoids, I don't believe race or sex was ever an issue.
Then we got the prequels which seemed to reinforce clones being a thing and added that they must all look like Jango.
Then I get lost in the different amounts of cannon non-cannon recanting.
Then in the latest trilogy its clear that they are not clones.
Anyway at one point in time when we just had the OT was thinking they were clones a thing or did I just make that up in my head?
I also don't think we ever see a stormtrooper with their helmet off--and we certainly don't see ALL of them with their helmets off--so I don't know why anybody would assume they're all racially white and male.
As noted above, the clones aren't ethnically white. The actor who plays Jango Fett is Maori. (He's also Boba Fett in Mandalorian and Book of Boba Fett because Boba is a clone of Jango as well.)
It's safe to say that all of the Stormtroopers were played by average white British actors. It was 1976... in England... on a limited budget... in 1976.
I preferred the Stormtrooper minifigures with the faceless black heads, as I think that perfectly captures the essence of Stormtroopers. Now there is a variety of heads. Wonderful.
If you're going to base your purchase decision for a LEGO set costing roughly the same amount as an iPhone on the variety of minifigure heads...
Elstree studios inside the M25 so London in 1976, extras more than actors. I think there may have been some diversity.
But was that even where the hoth sceen was short?
For me the heads did stand out because it interfered with my head cannon. Not because they had to be white man but because they had to be identical to each other.
Maybe its because it became lego cannon too where they used to be all the same.
But I don't think it will change anyone's mind on buying an 3/4 1k set and I didn't see anyone claiming it would.
My other assumption would be that the wardrobe/props department would have preferred as much uniformity for Stormtroopers - so they could be literally interchangeable for the sake of budget.
I suppose my point is that I find the outage to be facile and squarely in the Abe Simpson yelling at the clouds...
Are there any updates to the rumours of a new Hoth AT-ST? I'm still a little surprised about this, given that the AT-ST Raider from The Mandalorian is available, but hopeful at the same time!
”You dislike TLG’s Stormtrooper heads because there’s too much diversity for you in a set of fictional soldiers that almost never take their helmets off”
”I dislike TLG’s Stormtrooper heads because it makes collecting all the minifigure variants created since 2020 slightly irksome”
“We are not the same”.
It’s weird that these people only just noticed and decided to take offence too. I mean, other previous sets like the Imperial Armoured Marauder had a good mix of heads. The price is far more offensive to me than anything about the actual set!
It's certainly highly impressive and in theory there's no reason why I can't buy one, but I'm feeling quite unsettled by the UK's pricing somehow, it just seems too much. I'd hoped that my wife would help by giving me one of her 'highly disappointed' looks when I casually mentioned the price tag (thus giving me a suitable reason not to buy it) but to my amazement she's offered to get one for me!
Ironically, she started my minor obsession by giving me #10178 many years ago (and has undoubtedly regretted it on many occasions since) - so this does seem a little out of character for her!
Similarly, to be eligible for a tour as a Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier you must be no shorter than 5'10" and no taller than 6'2" (required for a stride length to pass from one About Face to the other in 21 steps) and a waist no larger than 30".
Good job, everyone!
I saw this on a Facebook listing and am assuming this is an amusing fake...
I always assumed that was done on purpose. In France he is actually known as Dark Vador (Including in all of the French dubbed versions of the films). I think other characters have different names as well… (Sort of like calling the child “El Niño”)
Edit:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/amphtml/World/Europe/2015/1216/Darth-Vader-or-Dark-Vador-France-gives-Star-Wars-a-Gallic-twist
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRjCM22r68
It always makes me envision Darth Vader sitting down to beef bourguignon (paired with a nice Pinot Noir) for dinner…