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The Lego Group announced the Star Wars theme in February 1999 at the North American International Toy Fair. This announcement served as a tie-in to the film Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace released later that May.
BrickLink confirms that The Lego Group has released a total of 928 Lego sets and promotional polybags as part of its Star Wars theme. These releases include 1389 distinct minifigures with Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader remaining the most prominent figures.
The Death Star set 75419 released on the 1st of October 2025 contains 9019 pieces. It surpassed the 2017 Millennium Falcon as the largest UCS set by piece count.
The franchise includes titles such as Lego Star Wars: The Video Game, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga released in 2022. By 2019, the series reached a milestone of selling more than 50 million copies.
Lego Star Wars: Revenge of the Brick premiered on Cartoon Network in mid-2005 alongside the theatrical release of Revenge of the Sith. This was the first computer-animated short film in the franchise.