This year marks the 25th Anniversary since the LEGO Group joined forces with Lucasfilm to introduce LEGO sets based on Star Wars. That moment also marks the beginning of a new trilogy of prequel films which introduced fans to new characters, worlds and ships. One such ship is the Invisible Hand, General Grievous’s command ship. This was first mentioned in a prequel novel before featuring in Revenge of the Sith. It’s the ship which is famously ‘piloted’ by Anakin Skywalker before crash landing on Coruscant. After taking a look at the Millennium Falcon and the Tantive IV, here’s a closer look at the final Starship Collection set, the Invisible Hand.
Product Details
Set Name: Invisible Hand | Set Number: 75377 | Pieces: 557 | Theme: Star Wars Starship Collection
RRP: £46.99/$49.99/52.99€ | Number of Bags: Bags x 5 | Instructions: Paper booklet + Builder App | Stickers: Sheet x 1 | Characters: N/A | Insiders QR: Yes
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The Star Wars films’ prequel trilogy gave us several iconic ships and vehicles. Many of these have appeared elsewhere but Invisible Hand only had any real impact via its Episode III debut. Although the choice to feature it in the Starship Collection may seem odd, across the three ships, they all connect to the three trilogies for films. The Tantive IV represents the Original Trilogy, the Falcon connects to the Disney Trilogy and the Invisible Hand links to the Prequels. There’s a brief insight into the set’s creation and its on-screen appearance, in the instructions.
The ship has a fairly basic shape compared to the Falcon and Tantive IV. But it’s a little more rounded than those ships. So to recreate this a basic core is clad in several plates. This helps to add a curvature to the entire ship. As the ship is quite compact the interior section is quite small, but the on-going trait of hiding a fun Easter Egg inside the ship continues with the Invisible Hand. You’ll find a pair of coloured studs which represent Anakin and Obi-Wan’s Jedi Starfighters. There’s also a brown stack of elements which is a Separatist’s MTT. These little nods to moments from the film have no impact on the set’s build but I like that they are included.
Another Easter Egg appears towards the end of the build. As the ship is built in two halves, they clip together to form the complete ship. But this is also a fun nod to the rescue of Senator Palpatine, which results in the Invisible Hand breaking apart and being crash-landed on Couransant. I’m not sure if this was a design choice purely to represent this moment or if it was simply a natural progression of the set’s design. Either way, it’s a fun feature.
To display the set includes a black display stand. The ship connects to the exposed studs on the stalk of the stand. As with other sets in the Starship Collection, the stand also features a nameplate and there’s a 25th Anniversary brick. Although it doesn’t state in the instructions that this can be added to the stand, you can relocate one of the 2×1 grille plates to the nameplate and add this brick to the stand.
The Invisible Hand might not be as well known as the other ships in the Starship Collection, but it was the most fun to build. The little Easter Eggs are fun even though
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