Correction: The official Lego YouTube put up the trailer, then quickly made it private. We’ve got an unofficial version below for now. The Lego Star Wars brand is blowing up over on Disney XD. It recently started doing Force Awakens shorts and later this year, a new show called The Freemaker Adventures will debut. Now, a trailer for that show is online and it features a super cool new piece of Star Wars weaponry.It’s called a Kyber Saber, a saber made purely of the crystal that creates other lightsabers. So, for example, Luke or Darth Vader’s lightsaber has a single small kyber crystal in it. That’s what powers it. This saber, on the other hand, is completely made of that crystal. It’s something totally new to this universe, and also something that’s very attractive to the Emperor. (But it’s not technically canon, since this is a Lego show.)If the saber is the coolest thing in this trailer, the rest is still solid, too. The Freemaker Adventures looks fun, albeit way more kiddie than Star Wars Rebels or Clone Wars.
I’ll still check it out because it’s Star Wars and the idea of a family adventuring through that galaxy together is bound to yield some really entertaining results. These are the instructions for building the LEGO Star Wars Ultimate Lightsaber Duel that was released in 2005. Download These Instructions as PDF: View which pieces you need to build this set ) which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this siteThere’s been… a touch of controversy recently about the representation, or lack thereof, of the character Rey in merchandise related to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve already said a fair bit about it here on GeekDad, and it’s definitely important to talk about the situation. But I was browsing the shelves at my local Target the other day, and I was inspired to create an actual solution to the problem. Hasbro has said they’re going to be coming out with lots of Rey toys, but who knows when those are going to be ready to ship? In the meantime, what can you do for your kids (or yourself) if they want a Rey action figure?
It’s LEGO to the rescue! Since autumn, LEGO has been coming out with Star Wars-related buildable characters. The second wave came out recently, and is all Force Awakens: Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, Poe, Finn, and yes, Rey. They’re a little unrealistic in appearance, seeing as how they’re built from LEGO pieces, but the faces are remarkably similar to those of the actors. Of course, because nothing Rey-related has a lightsaber, the LEGO buildable Rey doesn’t, either. (Yes, I know they wanted to avoid spoilers, but the movie has been out for a month – I don’t believe that there’s no way they could have had them ready by now.) But the buildable Finn does, and of course it’s exactly the lightsaber that Rey should have! And these are LEGO, which means the parts are interchangeable… So I bought a Rey and a Finn, and worked from there. I assembled Rey according to the instructions, including her staff and gun, because there’s nothing wrong with them – I mean, she was pretty badass with both.
And then I opened the bags in the Finn box, and found the appropriate page in the instruction booklet that came with him. And so Rey has an awesome blue lightsaber, just like the one that used to be Luke’s and Anakin’s that she used in the movie to knock Kylo Ren on his whiny patricidal backside. Every major joint is articulated, wrists and ankles included; and there’s a little wheel on the back that, when you rotate it, raises or lowers Rey’s right arm. Sadly, this doesn’t work very well if you have her hold the lightsaber with both hands. I did think it was somewhat unfortunate that the folks at LEGO obviously had the idea of having the figures fight each other, but for some reason decided that only Finn should have the lightsaber, even though it’s pretty obvious that Rey was way better with it than he was. So if you, like my kids and me, don’t want to wait to have the Rey action figure that should have been for sale at least for the past month, it couldn’t be much simpler.
Buy yourself buildable Rey and Finn, and go to it. The only thing that would make it better would be to get the Kylo Ren one, too, so you could have her defeat him (though as far as I’m aware, the LEGO one doesn’t have a removable helmet) – they didn’t have him at my local Target or anywhere else I looked near my home, alas. But I have a feeling you just might be able to find some other Kylo Ren figures – in a variety of sizes – at pretty much any store that sells toys.Kosmas Santosa continues the Star Wars day celebration with Darth Vader’s lightsaber hilt constructed from LEGO. This replica looks about as screen accurate as one can get with bricks and is presented with an elegant custom stand and title card. I particularly like the use of silver barbell weights and a white rubber band piece for some of the details.Tell all your friends! A short time ago in a galaxy not so far away, the great Jedi Smita of The Party Wall created this seriously unbelievable Legos & Lightsabers Star Wars Birthday Party for her little Youngling’s “Sith” Birthday!
With some bright building blocks, clever treats and a little help from our favorite Droids, Smita used the Force to create this incredible party saga {beautifully captured by Kathie Tam Photography}. You could probably fill the Death Star with all of her fabulous ideas – I mean, we can’t even fit them all in one post. See an entire post on 8 Creative Star Wars Party Games and Activities in Part 2 HERE! PARTY HIGHLIGHTS to look out for: Clever Lightsaber Napkin Rings and Lego Block Placeholders Green Yoda Soda & “Creature Cantina” with Vader-ade for the adults! Han Solo Birthday Boy Outfit + AMAZING Tie Fighter Paper Lanterns Embossed Cupcake Wrappers, Mini Lightsabers & Toppers by MJ Tabush Sweet Designs Crafted Lego Favor Bags, Backdrop & Embellished Dessert Displays Don’t forget to check out Part 2: 8 Creative Star Wars Party Games and Activities! PARTY DETAILS, as told by Smita… Legos and Lightsabers: A Lego Star Wars-inspired party
The “Legos and Lightsabers” theme for my son’s 6th birthday party (aka his “Sith” birthday party) was chosen, as usual, by the birthday boy himself. He is OBSESSED with Lego, particularly Star Wars Lego! Since I was trying to incorporate the Lego theme and Star Wars theme into one party, in order to unify the two, I stayed away from the bold, primary colors of traditional Lego and opted instead for blue, black, silver and yellow as the main colors for the party. Below is a summary of some of the main elements: The lightsaber-shaped “pop up” invitations are embossed so that they had the look of a Lego “baseplate”. My son helped with the wording for the invitations, coming up with the concept of his “sith birthday” himself. The backdrop for the dessert table was also inspired by the Lego baseplate—I used plastic plates to create the raised “pegs” on the backdrop. I made the oversized Lego blocks using photo storage boxes and clear plastic appetizer cups.
I painted the insides of the appetizer cups to match the colors of the storage boxes, and then I placed them on the storage boxes to create the “pegs” of the Lego blocks. The dessert table featured a two-tier birthday cake and cupcakes adorned with custom cake and cupcake toppers, Star Wars sugar-cookies, Star Wars cake pops, Star Wars Pez dispensers, DIY M&M lightsabers, homemade lightsaber pretzels rods, homemade Lego rice krispie treats, space rock candy, and Lego-shaped candy. The cupcake wrappers and tray liners were also embossed to look like Lego base plate. I made the stand for the cake pops using large building bricks. PARTY GAMES AND ACTIVITIES When each guest arrived, they received a “Jedi Mission” card that explained their mission to them. For each completed mission, they got a gold star to stick on their card. They completed the following Jedi missions: Escape from the Death Star: this mission involved navigating through an obstacle course inspired by Star Wars, Episode IV.
Some of the obstacles included navigating through Storm Trooper laser fire (red string tied between trees), wading through a trash pit (a ball pit filled with cardboard tubes), shooting down a tie fighter (the tie fighter was made of a paper lantern and rolled up newspapers), bowling down the Storm Troopers, and finally, bombing the Death Star (a corn hole game). Build a Droid: this mission involved crafting an R2D2 droid. I pre-cut all the “droid components” so the children just had to stick them on. Complete Light saber training: the children battled it out at this station, using pool noodle lightsabers and white balloons on which I drew Storm Trooper faces. Design a Lego Starfighter: I packaged an assortment of Lego bricks into Lego-shaped boxes. Each child used the Lego bricks to design their own “star fighter”. Fight in the Jedi Bubblewars: The children got to play with lightsaber-shaped bubble wands and attack the bubbles. The younger children had a blast with this activity.
Pose in the Intergalactic Photo booth: photo booth are always so much fun and making it part of the mission was a great way to make sure I got photos of every single guest at the party. The children had fun posing with the Darth Vader standee, lightsabers, various Star Wars masks, DIY Yoda ears, DIY Princess Leia hair buns etc. The backdrop was made using paper plates as the “pegs” on the Lego base plate and a Darth Vader standee. Darth Vader Pinata: the children had fun attacking the Darth Vader piñata with a DIY piñata stick wrapped to look like (you guessed it) a light saber! Hunt for the Darth Vader Candle: this was the final mission of the party. I had all the children gather and told them it was almost time for cake, but that the Darth Vader candle had been stolen. Their mission was to help me find the candle by answering a series of questions that led through a “scavenger hunt” game. I had a group of the parents holding up signs of various Star Wars characters with clues leading them to the next character.
The very last clue led them to the location of the stolen candle…and a surprise—Darth Vader himself! Darth then gave each child a DIY Jedi robe and a Jedi Knight certificate and had a lightsaber fighter with the birthday boy. When he told me I’d made his birthday wish come true to have a lightsaber fight with Darth, I knew it was worth all the effort! The birthday boy dressed up as Luke Skywalker and his baby sister was dressed as Princess Leia, complete with her “I am the Princess” onesie and hair buns. Family members, who manned each activity station, each wore “I have Jedi Powers” t-shirts. I like to tie the theme throughout each element of the party—even the food and drinks. Among other things, we had Yoda’s swamp dip, Darth Maul-E salsa, and Jabba “the Pizza” Hutt. Drinks, including Vader-ade, Solo-han Blanc and Chew’s Brews for the adults, were served at the Creature Cantina, while the children enjoyed Yoda Soda. I used large building blocks to serve as place card holders.