Summary
Legodid a lot during the build to May 4 to celebrate this year’s Star Wars Day, but theStar Warscelebrations for the toy bricks makers aren’t over yet. 2024 marks 25 years since the first ever Lego Star Wars sets and the ways in which Lego wants to mark the occasion will continue. Next up is an Imperial Star Destroyer set that’s already available on Amazon, and one of the Minifigures included is the long-rumored Cal Kestis one.
The Lego Store doesn’t appear to have a listing for the Star Destroyer set yet, but its Amazon listing is already live, available to pre-order now ahead of its release on August 1 through the link in the box below. Made up of 1,555 pieces and priced at $159.99, the Star Destroyer will be 18 inches long and stand six inches high once complete. Darth Vader - complete with his red lightsaber - and Commander Praji Minifigures are among the seven characters included with the set, and Kestis will be its 25th-anniversary figure.
Kestis being included in a Star Destroyer set continues Lego’s trend of adding its anniversary figures to unrelated sets as part of Lego Star Wars 25th birthday.Darth Malak from Knights of the Old Republicwas included in the newest R2-D2 set, for example. It has been rumored for months that theJedi: Fallen Orderstar would be immortalized in Lego for the first time at some point this year. However, the initial rumor suggestedKestis would make his Lego bow as part of a Death Star setrather than a Star Destroyer one.
Cal Kestis, But Lego
The Lego Kestis rumor mill ramped back up last week whenLego shared a video celebrating its Star Wars historyand despite still not having his own Minifigure, the Jedi was a part of it. The only downside to this reveal is there’s no BD-1 in sight despite Kestis’s sidekick also making an appearance in the celebratory video. Perhaps BD will get its own figure in a different set, althoughhe does already have his own full Lego buildif you want your own version of the droid.
Kestis will return for a third Jedi game, although having only releasedSurvivora year ago, what will likely be the final game in that particular Star Wars series is probably still a long way off. Just be thankful it’s still in development after another Star Wars game at EA - most likelythe rumored Mandalorian title- was scrapped. On the Lego Star Wars front, everything announced so far this year is now available to buy, aside from the Star Destroyer set which is up for pre-order and will be released on August 1.
