A total of 24 LEGO Star Wars sets are currently slated to retire in 2025, but which should you buy, which should you wait for a deal on and which are easy to skip entirely?
Following on from our guides to this year’s crop of retiring LEGO Icons and Ideas sets, here’s a pass through the full roster of LEGO Star Wars sets due to leave shelves in 2025. We’ll consider whether they’re worth buying as soon as budget allows, are likely to receive substantial discounts before disappearing for good, or can safely be passed up in favour of other purchases.
All of these sets are currently scheduled to retire by December 31, 2025, but remember that dates can shuffle around (though it’s not common this late in the year) and – more importantly – sets can and likely will sell out in the weeks and even months leading up to the end of the year. The swift departure of 75313 AT-AT caught many of us by surprise in 2024…
40755 Imperial Dropship vs. Rebel Scout Speeder
This 25th-anniversary LEGO Star Wars set is the only one to include QT-KT, so if you’re collecting those characters and their standees this is really an essential purchase. And as a LEGO Store exclusive, there are no guarantees of discounts, so best to grab
Verdict: Buy now
75304 Darth Vader Helmet
The oldest set on this list has been around since 2021, so if you don’t own 75304 Darth Vader Helmet by now chances are you’re probably just not that interested. But it’s widely available and feels like a valid candidate for a Black Friday discount come November, which means it might just find its way into your collection anyway…
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75331 The Razor Crest
Tough one, this. 75331 The Razor Crest has enjoyed plenty of discounts over the course of its life, but we’re reaching the end of its production run at a curious time: the next Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian & Grogu, debuts in cinemas next May and is believed to see Din Djarin get himself a brand new space RV. That could make demand for this one on the aftermarket skyrocket, so while it might get another discount before the end of 2025, do you really want to risk missing out? 75313 AT-AT is still fresh in mind…
Verdict: Buy now
75354 Coruscant Guard Gunship
One important factor to consider when weighing up retiring LEGO sets is whether the LEGO Group will ever revisit them in future. On one hand, it’s safe to say we’ll probably get another Republic Gunship sometime down the line. On the other, it’s almost certainly not going to be themed to the Coruscant Guard. So if this colour scheme or minifigures interest you, grab 75354 Coruscant Guard Gunship while you can.
Verdict: Buy now
75355 X-Wing Starfighter
While we’re unlikely to get another UCS Razor Crest any time soon, 75355 X-Wing Starfighter is the third such iteration of Luke’s ship at this scale. And while you might be waiting a while for the next one – 10 years passed between this set and its predecessor – it’s a sure bet to get another go on the UCS merry-go-round eventually. Not one to worry too much about missing, but it could be a goer if there’s a decent Black Friday price.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75357 Ghost & Phantom II
LEGO Star Wars fans waited nine years for the LEGO Group to revisit the Ghost (while the price of the original set continued to climb on the secondary market), and
Verdict: Buy now
75362 Ahsoka Tano's T-6 Jedi Shuttle
Many LEGO Star Wars sets at the moment suffer from scaling issues with downsized proportions compared to the source material. So it goes for
Verdict: Skip
75373 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack
Battle packs are a staple of LEGO Star Wars again after a brief hiatus, which prompts a tricky question for collectors: which armies are actually worth building? If you can’t have them all, at least 75373 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack serves up a couple of factions that don’t need to be collected in the hundreds. Bonus: this one’s been on sale plenty already. Catch a couple of copies at a discount and rest easy.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75374 The Onyx Cinder
Maybe more so than any other LEGO Star Wars set on this list, your decision to grab 75374 The Onyx Cinder before it retires is going to rest on how much you enjoyed Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The Disney+ show arrived to relatively little fanfare at the end of 2024, months after its only tie-in LEGO set debuted on shelves, so this is one that risks being overlooked in the wider theme. What that will do to its aftermarket price is tough to say, but you can usually find this one on sale right now anyway.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75376 Tantive IV
Completist collectors of the Starship Collection won’t want to pass up either of its sets retiring this year, but if there’s one to hold out for a deal on it’s 75376 Tantive IV. It’s the more iconic of the two but also the more expensive, and also the more widely available – so therefore more likely to receive discounts, as it has plenty of times already.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75377 Invisible Hand
75377 Invisible Hand, on the other… hand… is available at a smaller number of retailers (at least in the UK), so is less likely to come down in price before it retires in 2025. It’s also a much more niche addition to the Starship Collection, but is at least a little cheaper from the off than most of its contemporaries, so one to buy as soon as you can if it’s on your wishlist.
Verdict: Buy now
75378 BARC Speeder Escape
Not all LEGO Star Wars sets trade entirely on novelty, and that much can be said of 75378 BARC Speeder Escape, which features three minifigures we’ve seen before and one new Jedi who doesn’t have many identifying features (he won’t pull you in the same as Plo Koon, Aayla Secura or Ki-Adi Mundi in this summer’s sets, for example). If you’re desperate for Kelleran Beq this is one to buy on sale, but otherwise it’s a safe skip.
Verdict: Skip
75380 Mos Espa Podrace Diorama
The latest addition to the LEGO Star Wars Diorama Collection eschews minifigures for another microscale scene, this time anchored to Episode I with 75380 Mos Espa Podrace Diorama. This one suffers from a high price for the size of the finished model, and while it’s well-designed for what it is, it’s still just a whole lot of tan bricks with a couple of slightly-bigger-than-polybag-scale podracers. Focus your budget elsewhere.
Verdict: Skip
75381 Droideka
LEGO Star Wars’ growing stable of buildable characters and droids turned to the Trade Federation in 2024 with 75381 Droideka, and short of a real-life deflector shield it’s about as perfect as you could hope for from a brick-built version of this battle machine. It’s also a nice partner for this year’s 75428 Battle Droid with STAP (even if not’s entirely to scale). That said, it’s also widely available with regular discounts, so try to avoid paying full price if you can.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75383 Darth Maul's Sith Infiltrator
Verdict: Buy now
75384 The Crimson Firehawk
Unless you have a vested interest in unusually-styled LEGO Star Wars minifigures, the Young Jedi Adventures show or 4+ LEGO Star Wars sets, 75384 The Crimson Firehawk can safely be left on the shelf come the end of the year.
Verdict: Skip
75385 Ahsoka Tano's Duel on Peridea
This is a painful one for LEGO Star Wars minifigure collectors, because
Verdict: Buy now
75386 Paz Vizsla and Moff Gideon Battle
If you’re buying 75383 Ambush on Mandalore Battle Pack (see above) you’re going to want 75386 Paz Vizsla and Moff Gideon Battle, which connects to the former set and also includes some exclusive Mandalorian minifigures we probably won’t see again for a while. The good news is that it’s fairly cheap and can also be found at a discount pretty regularly.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75387 Boarding the Tantive IV
Of all the retiring LEGO Star Wars sets to include 25th-anniversary minifigures, 75387 Boarding the Tantive IV is the easiest one to recommend waiting for a deal on, because they’ve never been too difficult to come by. You should definitely grab it discounted, though: it’s somehow the first time we’ve seen the opening scene of the entire saga (by release date) in bricks, and includes a bumper minifigure selection.
Verdict: Wait for a deal
75390 Luke Skywalker X-Wing Mech
75390 Luke Skywalker X-Wing Mech may be the best and most creative LEGO Star Wars mech yet, but beyond that it doesn’t have a tremendous amount to offer collectors. If you’re after a pocket money-priced build to while away 15 minutes, it’s worth a look for the low price alone, but otherwise don’t worry too much about snapping up this one before it retires.
Verdict: Skip
75392 Creative Play Droid Builder
A LEGO Star Wars set with relatively narrow appeal at a relatively high price, 75392 Creative Play Droid Builder is another one that you probably won’t regret missing out on. That is unless you want a complete collection of 25th-anniversary minifigures, because this is the only place you’ll find young Princess Leia from the Obi-Wan Kenobi show – so this is a skip with an asterisk…
Verdict: Skip*
75393 TIE Fighter & X-wing Mash-up
Let’s face it:
Verdict: Skip
75396 Desert Skiff & Sarlacc Pit
Verdict: Buy now
75418 Advent Calendar 2025
LEGO Star Wars advent calendars are famously only available for a very limited window each year, from September 1 to the point that they inevitably sell out – and with a couple of exclusive characters in
Verdict: Buy now
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