Why 2018 Was One of the Worst Years For LEGO Star Wars

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[mitchc]

My theory with the Hoth Medical Chamber was that it was a sort of 'apology' set for the disastrous Assault on Hoth in 2016. I mean, it had the medical centre and Leia, two of the biggest omissions from the set.

[Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

In Lego's 2018 financial report it was noted that for the first time in a long while, Star Wars was not one of the top 4 best selling themes that year. Even LEGO NINJAGO outsold Star Wars in 2018.

That's pretty wild considering that Star Wars is well known to be one of Lego's flagship themes and top money makers. Just goes to show how little people liked the 2018, even with the most sets of probably ANY theme ever made that year it still couldn't crack being a top seller.

[gechomaniwantahippo]

I still think the best year for Lego Star Wars was 2012.

Wish I had the money to afford the sets back then….

[youwayo]

2018 was a terrible year for Star Wars overall. The backlash for The Last Jedi and Battlefront 2 was still at an all time high, Solo performed poorly, Resistance got dislike bombed to the ground, and Kathleen Kennedy extended her stay at Lucasfilm for another 3 years…

[gechomaniwantahippo]

I get that most people army build with battle packs, but as somebody who refuses to buy more than one of a set (except for rare exceptions like when I bought three Zombie Captain America figures because I needed zombie parts for a stop-motion and the time I accidentally bought two Rex helmet sets on May the 4rth), I just saw the Jedi and Clone battle pack as a cheap way to get Ki-Adi Mundi and Barriss Offee with two bonus clones, so I didn’t think the set was that bad. I get why others thought it was, but I don’t buy multiple of the same battle pack.

[kidcollectable]

Great video! I agree! The wave was pretty rocky at the beginning but besides the sequels sets and the bad efforts by Lego, there were a few gems in this wave.

[egap]

i still think 75218 (the 2018 x-wing) is definitely in the top 5 lego star wars sets of all time. absolutely perfect x-wing.

[kozaa]

It was a perfect opportunity to make Army Troopers battlepack, throw in there a mini trench or barricade, two army troopers, imperial officer and a dirty Stormtrooper.

[Marcoest]

Pretty fair assessment
Underwhelming was the key word with their sets.

[Jackson_DS]

In the future, I would like to see a playset gunship as I can't really afford to pick up the UCS one and they haven't made one in
a decade.

[o.k.productions]

My brother got the ATST, I’m playing to use it to build a normal ATST since it’s mostly there.

[legomattie]

Assumption is wrong. Lego doesnt increase the piece to bump the price, but they add pieces to get to the price lego intends a set has to be. In my honest personal opinion the last jedi wast the worst of the sequels and neither were most of the 2018 sets. The fo was though, but bb8 was essential in that set.

[tallietorchersproductions]

I really love the resistance bomber, one of my favorite sets

[steelforge-kqlg]

this year was more sequel than Og and prequel combined. Also what do u think was THE worst lego star wars year?

[michaelcortez]

I think anakins star fighter is underrated tbh

[CP-btoz]

Tbh I have the sand crawler and it suprised me I think it’s rlly good and definitely one of the favourites in my collection

[zachduperron]

Also another bad year in my opinion is 2021, it was mostly forgettable and the only thing worth of mention was the bad batch shuttle. 2018 was alright for me, mainly loved the Jedi and clone battle pack. Used to love the 2018 first order battle pack but after that I sold all my first order related stuff, I didn’t regret it much.

[J.A_films]

Not me building the clone trooper battle pack while he is hating on it

[HegeRoberto]

It was the worst year because it was the worst year for Star Wars in general. The sequel movies didn't resonate with younger audiences and straight up aimed to alianate old fans. They ruined LaiaSolo as a ship, they ruined Luke as a hero, the new main protags and villains are booring and one-note the ship designs are rehashes of the original trilogy instead of something more clever and original... It's just that. Many people I know consider Disney Star Wars a fake and non-canon because it's not what George wrote for the sequel of his story.

[jediswitajewski]

2018 really was the worst year for LEGO Star Wars