During the Clone Wars, the Jedi generals piloted their own ships known as Jedi Interceptors. As with many ships from the prequel era Star Wars stories, they had similarities to their successors which were seen in action during the original trilogy of films. The Interceptor would later become the basis for the Imperial Fleet’s TIE ships. There have been several LEGO® versions of the Jedi Interceptors, although they have been mostly focused on the ships piloted by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. A new version has been added to the line-up, this time inspired by the ship belonging to Jedi Padawan, Ahsoka Tano. Landing on January 1st, here’s an early look at Ahsoka Tano’s Jedi Interceptors.
Product Details
Set Name: Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptor | Set Number: 75401 | Pieces: 290 | Theme: Star Wars
Number of Bags: Bags x 3 | Instructions: Paper booklet + Builder App | Stickers: sheet x 1 | Characters: Young Ashoka, Anakin Skywalker + R7-A7
RRP: £39.99/$44.99/44.99€/69.99AUD/59.99CAD
Availability: LEGO Stores, LEGO Online and LEGO Retailer from January 1st
To help in their efforts to bring peace to the galaxy during the Clone Wars, the Jedi reluctantly took on command roles and piloted their own ships during special missions and battles. Even though Ahsoka was only a Jedi Padawan, serving under General Skywalker, she would often be found taking part in special missions. Her ship first appeared during the fifth season of the animated Clone Wars series. Not only was this the first appearance it was only its only appearance. Despite the brief appearance, Ahsoka and Anakin’s partnership is still loved by fans and was recently revisited during vision scenes in the live-action Ahsoka Disney+ series.
As you would expect from a ship which been portrayed in LEGO form before, the build and appearance of this new set aren’t vastly different to past ones. But there is one major difference, past Jedi Interceptors have featured a curved canopy covering the ship’s cockpit and a TIE Fighter-like round window fixed onto the ship. On this version of the ship, the window piece is connected to the canopy. One of the wings includes a gap in which the Droid can be slotted. The small fins which are fixed to the end of each wing are decorated with stickers, on both sides of the piece.
The set features two minifigures and a Droid. These include Anakin Skywalker his Padawan, Ahsoka Tano and her Droid, R7-A7. All three characters have previously been featured as minifigures but these are all new versions. Anakin is wearing the dark robes he wears in Episode III and many Clone Wars episodes. He includes two expressions, both quite surly. I’d have liked to have seen him in his armoured robes. Ahsoka is shown at her younger age as seen during the Clone Wars. So she is wearing her Padawan robes and has the older style shorter lekku. A nice touch with this new version of the character is the use of articulated shorter legs. R7-A7 is a rare Droid, only appearing in one set released in 2009 (and oddly a keyring as well). The updated print detail offers a much better finish for the character, although it’s another Droid to forgo print on its rear.
The Jedi Interceptor is a great little set to feature in a small-scale set. Even though it’s quite similar to Obi-Wan’s ship, I like that we get someone else’s ship. Thanks to the inclusion of Ahsoka and Anakin, the set links nicely to the prequel film and the recent Disney+ Ahsoka series. Despite the cool ship and decent minifigures, the pricing is a major letdown. The last time a Jedi Interceptors was released was in 2020. That features 2 minifigures and 248 pieces with an RRP of £24.99/$29.99/29.99€. This new set almost doubles the price, something an extra minifigure and a few more pieces don’t warrant the higher price. Ahsoka’s Jedi Interceptors is released tomorrow.
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