Why 2018 Was One of the Worst Years For LEGO Star Wars 

Tatooine battle pack is goated

I still think the best year for Lego Star Wars was 2012. Wish I had the money to afford the sets back then….

My theory with the Hoth Medical Chamber was that it was a sort of 'apology' set for the disastrous Assault on Hoth in 2016. I mean, it had the medical centre and Leia, two of the biggest omissions from the set.

In Lego's 2018 financial report it was noted that for the first time in a long while, Star Wars was not one of the top 4 best selling themes that year. Even LEGO NINJAGO outsold Star Wars in 2018. That's pretty wild considering that Star Wars is well known to be one of Lego's flagship themes and top money makers. Just goes to show how little people liked the 2018, even with the most sets of probably ANY theme ever made that year it still couldn't crack being a top seller.

I get that most people army build with battle packs, but as somebody who refuses to buy more than one of a set (except for rare exceptions like when I bought three Zombie Captain America figures because I needed zombie parts for a stop-motion and the time I accidentally bought two Rex helmet sets on May the 4rth), I just saw the Jedi and Clone battle pack as a cheap way to get Ki-Adi Mundi and Barriss Offee with two bonus clones, so I didn’t think the set was that bad. I get why others thought it was, but I don’t buy multiple of the same battle pack.

Great video! I agree! The wave was pretty rocky at the beginning but besides the sequels sets and the bad efforts by Lego, there were a few gems in this wave.

i still think 75218 (the 2018 x-wing) is definitely in the top 5 lego star wars sets of all time. absolutely perfect x-wing.

It was a perfect opportunity to make Army Troopers battlepack, throw in there a mini trench or barricade, two army troopers, imperial officer and a dirty Stormtrooper.

Tbh I have the sand crawler and it suprised me I think it’s rlly good and definitely one of the favourites in my collection

My brother got the ATST, I’m playing to use it to build a normal ATST since it’s mostly there.

In the future, I would like to see a playset gunship as I can't really afford to pick up the UCS one and they haven't made one in a decade.

Your great love the videos keep it up

Pretty fair assessment Underwhelming was the key word with their sets.

I really love the resistance bomber, one of my favorite sets

I can’t agree more, great video!

What is in the background?

I think anakins star fighter is underrated tbh

Also another bad year in my opinion is 2021, it was mostly forgettable and the only thing worth of mention was the bad batch shuttle. 2018 was alright for me, mainly loved the Jedi and clone battle pack. Used to love the 2018 first order battle pack but after that I sold all my first order related stuff, I didn’t regret it much.

Assumption is wrong. Lego doesnt increase the piece to bump the price, but they add pieces to get to the price lego intends a set has to be. In my honest personal opinion the last jedi wast the worst of the sequels and neither were most of the 2018 sets. The fo was though, but bb8 was essential in that set.

I rewrote this comment as I made a mistake in the last one where I said 2005 instead of 2004 so.. I think 2023 had been mediorce so far too I'd rank top 3 worst years as 2018 2004 2023 My reasoning for 2018 being the same as yours and my reasoning for 2004 being that there was very few sets released and 2 of them were basically just repackaged tie fighter sets

Not me building the clone trooper battle pack while he is hating on it

this year was more sequel than Og and prequel combined. Also what do u think was THE worst lego star wars year?

2018 really was the worst year for LEGO Star Wars

I think 2016 would’ve made it as one of the worst years had it not been for the rogue one wave. The prequel sets from that year weren’t bad but don’t save it imo

Like, seriousily, if they gave us what they want, they'll sell more, its that simple, they do the opposite of what WE want.

Only like 5 sets from all those 70 were actually good or decent

2021 next? I consider it the worst with 2018 as 2nd worst

I loved the anakins star fighter set since it was a remake of one of the first sets I owned so it’s a bit nostalgic thing for me that I simply can’t hate it Also people were way to harsh on the new xwing pilot helmet molds, they weren’t bad and I wish they’d stick around longer

imo the worst Lego Star Wars year really the only highlights for me from this year is the Cloud City, Solo Tie Fighter, Anakins Starfighter, and the UCS Y-wing. and then 2014 was the best year :)

I really think it's funny that I bought both of the so called worst sets in starwars lego's history😅😅and guess what you failed to say in yer video?they both went up in value very significantly 😊😊😊rule number3 in lego investment.....you dont sleep on any starwars set....now goodday😊😊i said GOOD DAY!😡 😡

Just please lower the prices.

I enjoyed the last Jedi, would have done better if it wasn’t part of the Trilogy.

Bring 2015 back.

It was the worst year because it was the worst year for Star Wars in general. The sequel movies didn't resonate with younger audiences and straight up aimed to alianate old fans. They ruined LaiaSolo as a ship, they ruined Luke as a hero, the new main protags and villains are booring and one-note the ship designs are rehashes of the original trilogy instead of something more clever and original... It's just that. Many people I know consider Disney Star Wars a fake and non-canon because it's not what George wrote for the sequel of his story.