LEGO Star Wars prices are only going in one direction

If there’s a common theme to pluck from the latest LEGO Star Wars reveals, it’s that the prices in a galaxy far, far away are only going in one direction.

LEGO Star Wars in 2025 was characterised by high prices for what were often middling sets (or worse), with particularly egregious examples including 75413 Republic Juggernaut, 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack and 75406 Kylo Ren's Command Shuttle. 2026 is showing us that those prices weren’t outliers, but the new norm – and the Mandalorian & Grogu wave is continuing apace.

Across the five new sets revealed today for the May 2026 movie, there are two very clear mirrors to two of the worst offenders from 2025. 75444 AT-RT Attack weighs in at 297 pieces yet retails for an eye-watering £39.99 / $44.99 / €44.99, which echoes 75431 327th Star Corps Clone Troopers Battle Pack from a value proposition perspective. The Clone Wars set includes 258 pieces and retails for £34.99 / $44.99 / €39.99.

If anything, the battle pack is starting to look pretty good value all things considered, because at least that set includes an additional minifigure and three Super Battle Droids. By contrast, 75444 AT-RT Attack includes yet another Din Djarin, an admittedly unique variant of Grogu and an Imperial Remnant AT-RT Driver, which brings back the Shoretrooper helmet mould from the Rogue One sets.

The AT-RT is actually a common element between the two sets, and the Spider Droid has been swapped out for a turret. But otherwise these sets are fairly close in composition, and while the Mandalorian & Grogu example has a few more pieces, it still feels like equally poor value just browsing through the official images.

There’s another clear parallel to draw between last summer’s two flagship playsets and this new April 2026 wave, too. 75413 Republic Juggernaut includes 813 pieces for £139.99 / $159.99 / €149.99, 75435 Battle of Felucia Separatist MTT consists of 976 pieces and costs the same, and 75447 The Razor Crest follows suit by retailing for £139.99 / $149.99 / €149.99 for only 930 pieces.

Granted, that’s $10 cheaper in the US, but it doesn’t take much of the sting out of the situation – especially as this Razor Crest has shrunk considerably since the original version in 2020. 75292 The Razor Crest is comprised of 1,023 pieces and retailed for £119.99 / $139.99 / €139.99, which in today’s money would be a staggering £154 / $174 (inflation is a killer), so on that basis isn’t so bad.

But inflation alone doesn’t paint the whole picture (because wages don’t necessarily keep pace with rising prices), and you only need to glance between the two play-scale Razor Crests to see there’s an order of magnitude difference in the size of the finished build, especially around the engines and back of the ship. That also speaks to the fact that price-per-piece isn’t really a reliable metric: what matters most is whether the finished build feels worth the price you’ve paid.

That’s also worth bearing in mind for 75445 Anzellan Starship, which on paper sounds good – £64.99 / $74.99 / €74.99 for 701 pieces – but actually looks pretty diminutive (not least thanks to the scale). 75460 New Republic X-Wing Starfighter seems a bit more agreeable at first glance too, but even there it’s worth considering that it’s essentially a souped-up version of 2021’s 75301 Luke Skywalker’s X-wing Fighter, which retailed for £44.99 / $49.99 / €49.99. The new version is £15 / $20 / €20 more expensive and includes one fewer minifigure.

We don’t have these new LEGO Star Wars sets in hand yet, but just looking at the images alone it feels difficult to imagine that they’ll justify their price tags. The one exception may be 40856 The Mandalorian and Grogu: Allies & Villains, which compares favourably to previous LEGO Star Wars BrickHeadz multi-packs – as it should, given two of its characters are pint-sized.

Looming over all this discussion like an ominous cloud is, of course, the wave of LEGO Star Wars SMART Play sets that are dropping in March. The tech in those sets has elevated them to another plane of cost-prohibitive prices, though, so it’s perhaps not the fairest comparison point for the Mandalorian & Grogu wave (which is why we haven’t touched on it much here).

What do you think to the prices of these new LEGO Star Wars sets? Will you be picking any of them up day one, or are they all in ‘wait for a sale’ territory? Let us know your thoughts in the comments, then check out five new things these sets are at least bringing to the table in April. If you are eyeing any of them up straight away, all but the BrickHeadz are available to pre-order now.

LEGO Star Wars April 2026 sets

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