Best Star Wars Lego sets to buy in May 2024

The best release of the 25th-anniversary collection of Star Wars Lego sets is absolutely the new version of the Millennium Falcon.

It was released on March 1, 2024 and is already proving very popular with fans, so don't delay if you want to add this 921-piece set to your collection.

You can currently get £15 off at Very, bringing the price down to £59.99 and if that sells out, it's £64.99 at Amazon.

The Falcon wasn't the only ship to get a 25th anniversary release as you can also buy new versions of the Invisible Hand and the Tantive IV, among others.

For diehard Star Wars fans, there's also the Ultimate Collector Series version (LEGO 75192) which is one of Lego's biggest models ever.

You can currently save 20% at Amazon, bringing the price down to £584.99.

If you want a bigger Millennium Falcon set, there are two different versions available now as well.

This is the more affordable version (LEGO 75257) of the bigger sets, available for only £99.99 at Amazon, a 20% saving. It's also available for the same price at Very.

This hard-to-find set of everyone's favourite Star Wars droid R2-D2 (sorry BB-8) contains 2,314 pieces and comes with a rotating head, extendable front hatches, and Luke Skywalker's lightsaber in a secret compartment.

For May the 4th, you can get 20% off at the official Disney store, bringing the price down to only £167.99. Be quick though, stock doesn't usually last long.

R2-D2 also received a new release for the 25th anniversary of Star Wars Lego sets.

You can currently buy this more affordable version of the loveable droid, which comes with an exclusive minifigure of Darth Malak, at the discounted price of £72.99 at Zavvi. You can save an extra pound at John Lewis where it's on sale for £71.99.

If Zavvi sells out, the set is also available for £71.99 at Amazon and £72.99 at IWOOT.

Released to mark the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi was this 2,319-piece Chewbacca model. The eyes look a bit scary, but Chewie can be intimidating when he wants to be.

It's currently 31% off at Amazon, bringing the price down to £124.99. Very also has it for £124.99, while you can also pick it up from LEGO for £179.99.

If you've always dreamed of being a Star Wars rebel, you can get your hands on this Yavin 4 Rebel Base set taken from Star Wars: A New Hope, which comes with 12 minifigures to recreate (or make your own) scenes.

You can currently save 11% at Amazon, bringing the price down to £99.99, while it's also available for the same price at Very.

One of the most iconic starfighters in the original Star Wars trilogy gets the treatment it deserves with this 1,953-piece X-Wing Starfighter set.

It comes complete with a Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 minifigure and at over 55cm long, it's the biggest LEGO X-Wing to date.

You can now get 20% off at Argos, bringing the price down to £157.50 and you even get a free R2-D2 keyring to go with it. The offer runs until May 8, 2024.

Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder from Star Wars: A New Hope has been given the Ultimate Collectors Series treatment in this impressive 1,890-piece set which comes with minifigures of Luke and C-3PO.

It's also currently 20% off at Argos, taking the price down to £157.50 and the offer comes with a free R2-D2 keyring until May 8, 2024.

You can get your hands on two Dioramas recreating classic Return of the Jedi moments.

There's this one of the dramatic showdown in the Emperor's Throne Room, currently 28% at Amazon or £67.99 at Very, or one of the Speeder Chase on Endor, currently £70 at Argos.

If you enjoyed Ahsoka on Disney+, this 601-piece set of Ahsoka Tano's T-6 Jedi Shuttle is currently 20% off at Amazon.

As well as 4 minifigures, the set also has an opening cockpit and two stud shooters.

You can get two different versions of The Razor Crest from The Mandalorian.

The 6,187-piece Ultimate Collector Series version (LEGO 75331) is currently 20% off at John Lewis, bringing the price down to £415.99.

The more affordable version (LEGO 75292) is also on sale with 12% off at Amazon for £174.99.

Part of Lego's excellent helmet collection (which also includes Boba Fett, a Stormtrooper and more), this 834-piece Darth Vader helmet would make a menacing addition to any Star Wars fan's display cabinet.

You can currently save 15% at Amazon where the helmet now costs £50.98, and it's also available for £56 at Argos.

Not only do buyers get Boba Fett's new palace on Tatooine in this Lego set, but mini-figures of iconic Star Wars characters like a Gamorrean Guard and a brand new Bib Fortuna are included too.

It doesn't come with the iconic soundtrack, but Lego's Mos Eisley Cantina set has just about everything else you'd want, including 21 Lego minifigures, which include all your favourite unsavoury characters.

The set is 20% off at John Lewis, bringing the price down to £275.99.

Whether or not you're a prequel trilogy fan, you're sure to love this AT-TE Walker set from Revenge of the Sith which comes 5 minifigures and 3 battle droids.

It's currently 26% at Amazon where it was on sale for £88.99 and it's available at the same price at Very.

Mandalorian fans can also bring home the N-1 Starfighter that Mando picked up in The Book of Boba Fett. With the Razor Crest out of commission, Din Djarin had to settle for one of these older ships in Peli Motto's junkyard.

It's currently 29% off, bringing the price down to £42.73 at Amazon.

You can mark 20 years of the Clone Wars with the Ultimate Collector Series release of the Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser.

The set measures more than 109cm long and is made up of a whopping 5,374 pieces, making it a challenging build for even experienced LEGO collectors. But the end result is absolutely worth it.

It's 20% off right now at the official Disney store, bringing the price down to £447.99.

If you enjoyed The Mandalorian season 3 you can relive one of its early battles by picking up this 526-piece Spider Tank set, which comes complete with minifigures of The Mandalorian, Bo-Katan and Grogu.

Relive the events of Obi-Wan Kenobi with this dual pack of Lego BrickHeadz of Obi-Wan and Darth Vader. You can even create your own ending if you didn't like how things panned out in the Skywalker Saga.