The non-negotiables of a $1,000 LEGO Star Wars set

A $1,000 LEGO Star Wars Death Star is rumoured to be on the way in 2025, and that price tag means there are a few non-negotiables such a set has to include.

Fresh reports of next year’s flagship LEGO Star Wars set suggest the LEGO Group is gearing up to replace the retiring 75313 AT-AT with the first-ever $1,000 set. The Ultimate Collector Series 75419 Death Star will apparently arrive in October, shattering at least one record in the process. But if the LEGO Group is prepared to charge that much for a single set, there are a few things it needs to get right to make sure it doesn’t fall flat.

Here are the non-negotiables a $1,000 LEGO Star Wars set needs to hit to make for a fully armed and operational battle station, lest it succumbs to the same hubris as the Emperor…

Something for everyone

There’s no word yet on what form 75419 Death Star may take, but for the price we’re anticipating something that can appeal to everyone. That means a set that works equally as well for play as for display, taking elements from both 2005’s 10143 Death Star II as well as 2008’s 10188 Death Star (and its slightly-updated re-release 75159 Death Star).

Picture it: a bigger and better spherical set that incorporates all the rooms from 10188 (and more), along with an outer shell that allows you to display your Death Star fully-enclosed and fully-realised, then open it up to access and play with the minifigures inside. A direct remake of 10143 Death Star II for $1,000 would surely just be far too big for anyone to reasonably display, so we’re expecting some level of interior here.

A record number of minifigures

If 75419 Death Star does indeed incorporate elements of a playset – whether with a few interior scenes accessed by lifting away external panels, or as a fully-fledged remake of 10188 Death Star with every single major scene from across both battle stations from the original trilogy – it needs to blow us away with its minifigure line-up at $1,000. That price tag leaves no room for missing characters.

That means the core cast of heroes and villains from the original trilogy (Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin and Emperor Palpatine) as well as all manner of Stormtroopers, Imperial Navy Troopers, Death Star Troopers, Imperial Officers, Royal Guards, protocol and astromech droids, costume variants for the heroes, and hopefully a handful of obscure characters too.

76269 Avengers Tower currently holds the crown for the most minifigures in a single (traditional) LEGO set, stealing the title from the previous LEGO Death Stars, so it’s only fitting that a new $1,000 version should reclaim it. That means at least 32 minifigures, but to really make a statement we’d like to see at least 40…

Perfect minifigures

The LEGO Star Wars team decided to cut corners with 75397 Jabba’s Sail Barge’s minifigure line-up, omitting C-3PO’s dual-moulded leg and giving us an inaccurate version of Bib Fortuna’s headpiece (among others). That cannot happen with a $1,000 LEGO set: every single minifigure in this model (presuming it includes minifigures in the first place) needs to be at the top of its game.

We’re talking dual-moulded legs, all-over printing, fabric elements – the works. Chances are we’re going to have seen almost all the potential characters in this set before, so the LEGO Group will need to ramp up the detail and quality across them to compensate for the lack of new and original minifigures.

As many prints as possible

We’re not expecting 75419 Death Star to include zero stickers, because we’re not maniacs with truly unrealistic expectations. But any graphics that are awkward to apply (on curved or circular surfaces, for example) or would need to be applied several times on the same pieces (such as the panel design on the Death Star’s internal walls) absolutely need to be printed in a $1,000 set. Stickers should be minimal and easy to align at all times if they are present at all.

Authentic and accurate details

This one’s pretty much a given in LEGO Star Wars at the minute, but it’s worth mentioning anyway: every single detail and reference in a $1,000 set needs to be spot on. That’s across not just the minifigures but also in the graphics, the build and everything in between. There still exists a line between artistic interpretation and authentic recreation that allows the designers a little wiggle room, but only a little at this price…

Let us know in the comments if there are any other must-haves we’ve missed, and remember that 75419 Death Star is still just a rumour at this stage. Check out the table below for the full LEGO Star Wars 2025 slate as things stand right now.

LEGO Star Wars sets confirmed and rumoured for 2025

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