LEGO Star Wars 2026: My Top 10 Sets Ranked

LEGO Star Wars in 2026 has been a strange one.

I changed the order of this list countless times while I was writing it, although perhaps not for quite the same reasons as last year. My Best LEGO Star Wars Sets of 2025 post ended up becoming one of the most popular posts on the blog, and it was always something I planned on turning into a yearly thing.

Now that we’ve finally started to get a complete picture of the 2026 line-up, I think it’s time to look back at the year as a whole.

The focus has definitely shifted this year. We’ve moved away from the Clone-heavy releases of 2025 towards The Mandalorian and Grogu, the original trilogy and, of course, LEGO’s controversial new SMART Play system.

There are eight LEGO Star Wars SMART Play sets in the 2026 range, compared with none last year, and personally I think that’s had quite a big effect on how I’ve felt about the line-up.

I’m still not completely sold on SMART Play, and when such a large chunk of the year’s releases are focused around something I’m not particularly interested in, the selection of normal LEGO Star Wars sets inevitably feels thinner.

That probably gives away how I feel about 2026 as a whole.

There have absolutely been some great sets this year, including one UCS model that has quickly become one of my favourites LEGO has ever made. But compared with 2025, I think LEGO Star Wars 2026 has been a noticeably weaker line-up.

So, here are my Top 10 LEGO Star Wars sets of 2026.

10. UCS Super Star Destroyer – 75457– £649.99

The sheer scale of this set is incredible. At 136cm long and made up of 6,130 pieces, it’s absolutely enormous, and honestly that was the first thing that stood out to me when it was revealed.

The problem is that, despite the size, I still find the finished model a little underwhelming.

That’s not really a criticism of LEGO’s execution either. The detailing through the centre of the ship is impressive, there’s a good mix of textures across the surface and I like the smaller Star Destroyer sitting alongside it to help show just how massive the Executor is supposed to be.

The bridge diorama is a nice touch too, and the minifigure selection is probably one of the strongest parts of the whole set.

For me though, the issue is the ship itself. The Executor has always been impressive because of its sheer scale, and that’s something that’s incredibly difficult to recreate in LEGO form. From a distance, it still ends up looking like a huge grey slab, and compared with some of the more distinctive UCS ships we’ve had over the years, I just don’t find it that visually exciting.

At £649.99, that makes it even harder for me to get enthusiastic about.

I can appreciate how much work has clearly gone into the design, but for me this has to be one of the less exciting UCS releases. Not because LEGO have done a bad job, but because I don’t think the Executor was the most interesting choice of ship to build at this scale.

Score: 6.5/10 – Technically impressive and absolutely enormous, but not one of the more exciting UCS sets for me.

9. Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle – 75459 – £139.99

When I first started putting this list together, the Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle was considerably higher.

It’s a cool set, nicely detailed and comes with a genuinely good selection of minifigures.

Unfortunately, I have to talk about the elephant in the room.

£139.99.

Absolutely ridiculous.

It’s difficult for me to look at anything else when that’s the retail price. When I first saw the set, I would have guessed somewhere around £80–£90.

Instead, we’re getting frighteningly close to double that.

And that’s a shame, because underneath the pricing there is a really nice LEGO Star Wars set here. It looks like it would make a fantastic playset, and visually I think they’ve captured the Lambda-class design really well.

That almost makes the price even more frustrating.

I genuinely can’t imagine many parents casually spending £140 on this for their children, and I definitely wouldn’t consider buying it myself anywhere close to full price.

I’m still interested in owning it eventually.

Give it a heavy discount and we’ll talk.

Score: 6.5/10 – A great-looking set spoiled by a criminally high price.

8. Offworld Sandcrawler and Mudhorn – 75453 – £179.99

I’ll start by getting the negatives out of the way because, unfortunately, they’re quite hard to ignore.

This is expensive.

The problem isn’t necessarily the raw piece count either. It’s that, for a set costing almost £180, the finished Sandcrawler feels surprisingly small.

Compared with older LEGO Sandcrawlers, it also feels less substantial and less detailed. The smaller scale inevitably limits what can be done with the interior too, which is a shame because a Sandcrawler feels like exactly the kind of vehicle that should have a big, busy interior packed with Jawas, droids and little details.

That said, there is quite a lot here that I like.

The minifigure selection is excellent, including a new version of The Mandalorian and some new Jawas, and I think the brick-built Mudhorn has turned out pretty well considering its size.

I also really like that LEGO chose to make the Offworld Sandcrawler in the first place.

We’ve had various versions of the traditional Tatooine Sandcrawler over the years, so getting this much more unusual version from The Mandalorian immediately makes the set more interesting to me.

That’s probably why I’d still like to add it to the collection eventually.

There are plenty of compromises, particularly around the size and interior space, and at £179.99 it’s difficult to ignore those compromises.

But it’s also different.

Sometimes that’s enough to get my attention with LEGO Star Wars.

Just not £180 worth of attention.

Score: 6.5/10 – A disappointing scale but some fun new minifigures and a genuinely unusual subject. Another victim of rising costs and shrinking builds.

7. Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack – 75449 – £17.99

Let’s be honest, we all love a Battle Pack.

A small, relatively cheap LEGO Star Wars set filled with army-building minifigures is difficult to get completely wrong, and the Siege of Mandalore Battle Pack hits the target again.

The highlight is easily the return of the Mandalorian Super Commandos.

Their red, black and grey armour remains one of my favourite Mandalorian designs, largely because of how memorable they were during the final season of The Clone Wars.

We’ve not had them in a set since 2013’s Mandalorian Speeder (75022), which has become a bit of a classic for me, so seeing updated versions return after more than a decade is fantastic.

Alongside them are two 332nd Clone Troopers, which isn’t exactly a surprising inclusion considering how popular they’ve become, but it makes complete sense for a Siege of Mandalore set.

The builds themselves are small, as you’d expect from a Battle Pack. The Mandalorians get a little speeder while the Clones have a barricade and turret.

Nothing revolutionary, but both make good use of the relatively small number of pieces available.

At the risk of repeating myself yet again, it’s still a little overpriced at retail.

Thankfully, Battle Packs tend to get discounted fairly regularly, and at the usual discounted price I think this becomes a very easy set to recommend.

I’ll almost certainly end up picking one up.

Probably more than one, because that’s how Battle Packs get you.

Score: 7.5/10 – You can’t go far wrong with a Battle Pack, and it’s great to finally see the Mandalorian Super Commandos return.

6. Darth Vader Bust – 75439 – £44.99

The next evolution of LEGO Star Wars’ incredibly successful Helmet Collection seems to be busts, and they’ve absolutely nailed Darth Vader.

This released alongside the Yoda Bust and, honestly, the difference between the two designs is staggering for me.

Vader’s head and shoulders feel properly proportioned, the helmet has plenty of detail and the whole thing manages to capture his silhouette surprisingly well considering the relatively small scale.

Most impressively, it’s fairly affordable too.

I know describing a £45 LEGO set as affordable is probably evidence of what LEGO pricing has done to me over the years, but compared with quite a lot of the sets on this list, I think it’s pretty reasonable.

The bust itself is a little small, particularly when you put the Darth Vader minifigure next to it, but I think that’s a fair compromise for the price.

They’ve somehow managed to maintain enough detail to make it an interesting display piece without making it enormous.

More than anything, though, I’m interested in the concept.

The Helmet Collection has already shown how many different characters and designs LEGO can explore at this sort of scale, and moving into busts opens up another direction entirely.

If Vader is anything to go by, I’d definitely like to see more.

Score: 8/10 – An interesting new direction for the display collection, and a really strong first attempt.

5. Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver Helmet – 75458 – £59.99

Another helmet.

Another banger.

Every time LEGO adds something slightly more unusual to the Helmet Collection, I’m reminded why I like the series so much.

The Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver isn’t exactly the most iconic Star Wars character ever put on screen, but that almost makes the helmet more interesting.

We’ve already had Darth Vader, Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Jango Fett and plenty of the other obvious choices. I’m glad LEGO is now willing to dig a little deeper into some of the more obscure designs.

And once again, they’ve nailed it.

The shaping is excellent, there’s loads of little detailing across the helmet and it looks completely at home alongside the rest of the collection.

One thing I’ve always enjoyed about the Helmet Collection is seeing what people do with custom versions too.

We’ve seen loads of customised Clone Trooper helmets over the years, and I can easily imagine somebody taking this basic design and turning it into the sandy Shoretrooper colour scheme we first saw in Rogue One.

That’s part of what makes these sets so fun.

It’s another strong addition to a collection that, somehow, LEGO still doesn’t seem to have run out of ideas for.

Score: 8/10 – Another great addition to the Helmet Collection, and proof that the more obscure choices can sometimes be the most interesting.

4. AT-AT – 75440 – £59.99

I love a display set, and I really like that LEGO have finally looked beyond spaceships and brought an AT-AT into the collection.

Honestly, it’s fantastic.

Considering the AT-AT itself is relatively small, they’ve absolutely nailed the detail and proportions.

But what really makes the set work for me is the little Snowspeeder flying around its legs with the tow cable wrapped around them.

Rather than simply being another AT-AT model, it recreates one of the most iconic moments from The Empire Strikes Back.

It’s such a simple idea, but it adds so much movement to what could otherwise have been quite a static display piece.

I also think the price is fairly reasonable.

Again, I realise I’m now calling a £60 LEGO set reasonably priced, but welcome to LEGO Star Wars in 2026.

We’ve had plenty of AT-ATs over the years, from enormous UCS versions to traditional playscale builds, but I like that this approaches it from a completely different angle.

It’s probably one I’ll end up picking up if I spot it at a decent price.

And honestly, I think this might be my favourite AT-AT LEGO has released this year.

Score: 8.5/10 – A brilliant little display set that captures one of the most famous scenes from The Empire Strikes Back.

3. The Darksaber – 40917 – Gift With Purchase

Normally, I’m not particularly bothered by the buildable Lightsaber gifts-with-purchase.

They’re cool little display pieces, but I’ve never felt compelled to spend hundreds of pounds just to make sure I get one.

The Darksaber nearly broke me.

There’s just something about how sleek this build looks.

The design is incredibly clean and smooth, and because the Darksaber itself has always been one of my favourite weapons in Star Wars, this immediately became one of the 2026 sets I wanted most.

I’ve loved the design ever since it first appeared in The Clone Wars, which is still one of my favourite Star Wars shows of all time.

For once, I was actually disappointed that this wasn’t a normal retail set.

I wasn’t planning on buying anything during the May the 4th promotion this year, but then I saw the Darksaber displayed in a LEGO Store while I was on holiday.

Dangerous.

I came extremely close to changing my mind and spending enough to qualify for it.

If I hadn’t been abroad, and if everything I’d needed to buy had actually fitted in my suitcase, there’s a very good chance I’d have walked out of that shop considerably poorer.

In the end, I missed out.

But I don’t think that’s the end of this one.

At some point I’ll probably find the instructions and source the parts myself, because I genuinely think it would make a fantastic display piece.

I’d much rather LEGO simply sold it, though.

Score: 8.5/10 – A fantastically sleek and realistic display build. Shame it was only a GWP, because I’ll definitely be finding a way to add one to the collection.

2. Boba Fett – 75455 – £149.99

It’s funny, because when I first saw this set I really wasn’t sure about it.

The more I’ve looked at it, though, the more impressed I’ve become.

LEGO has released plenty of large buildable characters over the years, but most of the Star Wars examples have either been droids or non-human characters where the design naturally lends itself to LEGO.

Boba Fett is different.

There was a real risk of turning him into a gigantic, awkward blocky man.

Somehow, they haven’t.

The proportions are genuinely convincing, particularly around the torso and legs, and I think they’ve done a brilliant job with his armour.

The helmet is probably the strongest part of the whole model. The shaping looks excellent, and I really like the design of the jetpack too.

It’s a substantial display piece and, honestly, I think they’ve done a much better job than I ever expected.

The biggest problem, unsurprisingly, is the price.

At £149.99, it’s not cheap.

But let’s be honest, I’ve basically written that sentence about half the LEGO Star Wars sets released over the last few years.

Pricing aside, I think this is one of the biggest surprises of 2026.

I wasn’t expecting to care about it when it was first revealed, and now it’s absolutely something I’d consider adding to the collection.

Score: 9/10 – A surprise hit. LEGO somehow made a giant brick-built human character actually work.

1. The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter – 75442 – £229.99

This was the easy one.

I saw the UCS N-1 Starfighter in person while I was away during May the 4th and immediately fell in love with it.

If the store had been able to ship it directly back to the UK for me, there is a very good chance I’d already own it.

It looks fantastic.

The proportions are excellent, the colouring works beautifully and the jump in scale has allowed LEGO to do far more with the N-1’s shape than they managed with the playscale The Mandalorian’s N-1 Starfighter (75325).

What impressed me most is the wings.

The N-1 has quite an unusual shape, with those extremely thin wings running out towards the engines, and getting their size or angle wrong could easily have made the entire ship look strange.

Instead, I think LEGO absolutely nailed them.

Then there’s that exposed engine.

This might be my favourite part of the whole set.

The level of intricate mechanical detail they’ve packed into it is incredible, and it’s one of those areas where the larger UCS scale really shows what LEGO designers can do.

It still amazes me how they can recreate machinery like this using LEGO bricks while somehow making it instantly recognisable.

The minifigure selection isn’t particularly exciting. You get The Mandalorian and Grogu, both of whom we’ve seen plenty of times by now, but realistically I don’t know what else LEGO could have included here.

Then there’s the price.

Apparently the days of £200 UCS sets really are behind us, because this comes in at £229.99.

It’s another increase, but weirdly, considering how impressed I am with the finished model, this is one of the few price rises this year I’m not going to complain too much about.

Well, maybe a little.

For me, this is comfortably the best LEGO Star Wars set of 2026.

In fact, I’d go further than that.

It’s one of my favourite UCS sets LEGO has ever released, and it’s definitely one I’ll be adding to the collection eventually.

I just need somewhere to put it.

Score: 9.5/10 – One of my favourite UCS sets LEGO has ever released. Beautifully proportioned, incredibly detailed and easily my favourite set of 2026.

LEGO Star Wars 2026 – A Disappointing Year?

Honestly, I haven’t been overly impressed by LEGO Star Wars this year.

That probably explains why I’ve only bought one LEGO set throughout 2026 so far, and it wasn’t even from the 2026 line-up.

There have absolutely been highlights.

The UCS N-1 Starfighter is incredible, Boba Fett surprised me far more than I expected and sets like the AT-AT, Darksaber and Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver Helmet show that LEGO can still produce genuinely interesting display models.

But outside those highlights, I think 2026 has been pretty disappointing.

A large part of that, for me, comes down to SMART Play.

Eight Star Wars sets have been built around the system this year, and while I understand LEGO wanting to experiment with something new, none of them have really appealed to me.

When such a large portion of the year’s line-up is focused on something I’m not interested in, the selection of normal sets inevitably feels much thinner.

That’s probably what frustrates me most, because it’s not as though LEGO Star Wars is short of things they could make. I’ve already written about some of the LEGO Star Wars sets I wish they would make, and there are still plenty of ships, characters and locations I’d love to see LEGO tackle rather than another variation of something we’ve already had multiple times.

The other problem is a familiar one.

Prices keep going up.

The Imperial Lambda-Class Shuttle is probably the best example. There’s a genuinely good set underneath it, but £139.99 completely changes how I look at it.

The same problem affects the Offworld Sandcrawler, and even some of the cheaper releases increasingly feel like sets you should simply wait to buy on discount.

Last year, I felt LEGO Star Wars had the potential to be one of the best years we’d seen in a long time, only for downsizing and price increases to drag it backwards.

This year feels different.

It never really reached those heights in the first place.

There are still a handful of sets here I’d happily add to my collection, and the UCS N-1 is genuinely one of the best Star Wars models LEGO has produced in years.

But taken as a complete line-up, 2026 feels like LEGO has taken two steps backwards and forgotten to take the step forwards afterwards.

Hopefully 2027 can turn that around.

What do you think about the increased focus on SMART Play this year?

And more importantly, what was your favourite LEGO Star Wars set of 2026? Which ones did you end up buying, and which did you decide to pass on?