Back in May the upcoming new Star Wars themed LEGO® BOOST sets was officially revealed. LEGO Star Wars Droid Commander (75253) is the latest set from the team behind the award-winning LEGO BOOST Creative Toolbox set. As the name suggests, this new set has been themed around a trio of Droid from the Star Wars universe. Using the LEGO BOOST system, builders can create one of those three Droids and use them to complete fun tasks via simple coding. The Droids are controlled via a dedicated app, which is now available. This features various missions, achievements to collect and building instructions. Below is a first look at the LEGO Star Wars BOOST app. The set will be available soon.
Combine this interactive app with the LEGO® Star Wars™ BOOST Droid Commander set (75253) and get ready to build, code and play your way through over 40 exciting missions featuring buildable R2-D2, Gonk Droid and Mouse Droid models and a galaxy of unforgettable Star Wars locations, vehicles and characters. Prepare to bring LEGO droids to life!
Droids… with attachments!
Use the building instructions in the app to construct all three droids using the LEGO pieces included with the Droid Commander set. Then attach rocket boosters, a cake shooter, a catapult and loads more weapons and tools to help you complete each challenging mission in the app. You also get to build targets, obstacles and other props for use in the missions.
An immersive Star Wars experience
From Alderaan to the Death Star, X-wings to Luke Skywalker, the LEGO ® BOOST Star Wars ™ app is crammed with iconic content that brings your Droid Commander set to life. Recreate the beeps, gonks, chirps and squeaks of the droids from the movies that you know and love, while atmospheric music from the blockbuster movies transports you to a galaxy far, far away.
Fun STEM learning
Boosting children’s creative problem-solving, engineering and robotics skills has never been this much fun! By coding, customizing and commanding the LEGO droids, kids develop their curiosity, creativity and confidence as they build and rebuild weapons, tools and props, plot courses and embark on a galaxy of build-and-code missions. And just about any child can do it – a curious mind is all it takes!
LEGO BOOST Star Wars App feature list
- Access DIGITAL BUILDING INSTRUCTIONS for all three LEGO droid models, plus attachments and mission props.
- BUILD, CODE and PLAY with CODABLE LEGO models.
- Bring your LEGO droids to life with the intuitive drag & drop PROGRAMMING interface.
- Unlock over 40 challenging MISSIONS and fun BONUS CONTENT.
- Spy on the Empire, train for battle and even decode a message for Princess Leia… and who knows who else you might meet along the way!
- Features unforgettable characters, locations, sounds and music from episodes I-VI of the Star Wars movie saga.
- For use with the LEGO Star Wars BOOST Droid Commander (75253) set (sold separately).
- From the people who brought you the award-winning LEGO® BOOST Creative Toolkit (17101).
21st July 2019
could the app be used with the original boost system and additional lego rather than buying a new boost set?
21st July 2019
It uses the same basic BOOST components, so no reason why it wouldn’t work. However you won’t be able to get the same functionality without some of the other elements
27th January 2021
Anybody know how I can get R2D2 to just be under remote control?
I did some of the tasks but it does not unlock the free drive mode for R2D2 which is a swizz,