The Origins Of Lego Star Wars!

Howdy fellas, today we're looking at the origins of one of the most successful Lego themes of all time! Growing up on the prequels I've always been a huge fan of star wars but i can see why people would begin to get fed up of constant re-releases.
A special video is planned for this Sunday so i hope to see you all there! Take care fellas.

[@iYehuk]

The classic Lego builds were simple, but so charming. Maybe it is nostalgia speaking in me, but I still prefer this style to newer.

[@Thunderstrike10]

There was a ton of charm in this sort of stop motion story telling style. Loved it!

[@Amos-M]

I’m not even a Star Wars fan, and I like this video more than 90% of the stuff I see on KZbin :)

[@bradyclark9419]

Yea rob Rick is one of those you tubers that you think have millions of subscribers

[@Amos-M]

@@bradyclark9419 right?! The quality is so good he deserves more

[@RobrickLego]

Thanks 😊

[@Amos-M]

@@RobrickLego :D

[@bradyclark9419]

@@RobrickLego :)

[@narvaliuscore9094]

For me as a both LEGO and Star Wars fan this is one of my favorite themes altought is sad how this came to "replace" the Space theme and how LEGO and the aftermarket overprice the sets and minifigures :/

[@Jeromeeb]

I am not sure which space theme you are talking about but theres quite a few non starwars/guardians of the galaxy space sets right now.

[@narvaliuscore9094]

@@Jeromeeb yeah, but those are like anniversary things or gift with purchase

[@Jeromeeb]

@@narvaliuscore9094 I am not sure thats the case, walmarts carrying them. Like the lunar rover for instance or the mars mission one. i could be mistaken tho

[@MrBubbleJet]

@@Jeromeeb Old legends tell us that once Lego had for many years own Space themes with many factions that have had more than just one set each. Those were called Classic Space, Futuron, Blacktron, Space Police and many others. But these are only legends, told by old wise men...

[@Jeromeeb]

@@MrBubbleJet i mean i remember all the old space sets but to act like there are no space related sets right now is just silly.

[@RobTFilms]

I always liked that older LEGO sets encouraged alt builds and often CAME with instructions in the box to make them, and they weren't even Creator 3 in 1 sets! Maybe make some of the alt builds, that might be a fun video?

[@Gameprojordan]

Sets were much smaller piece count so it was easier and quicker to come up with a couple side builds. That's why side builds are now only relegated to their own specific lines like creator 3 in 1 and a few other non creator 3 in 1 examples. You need to actually put almost as much time and effort into creating side builds as you would do when creating a standalone set nowadays

[@zFL1Pz]

The way this guy entertains us just with pictures and voice over it´s amazing. That´s talent.

[@bighugeJimmy]

You realise you literally just described ” KZbin videos “

[@zFL1Pz]

@@bighugeJimmyHahahaha that was good one, I mean the way he uses just pictures and it feels like it´s an animation

[@empatheticrambo4890]

Absolutely love the old Qui-Gon figure. Accurate and nostalgic!

[@RobrickLego]

Hes a real gem 😁

[@MjrStp]

Let’s go new vid 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Aer48]

Dropping the Y-wing gave me a visceral flashback to my childhood. The first and last time I let other kids play with my sets, my friend dropped my Y-wing on my hardwood floor and it EXPLODED everywhere lol. I never was able to find all the pieces again.... Loved this video, I grew up with almost all these sets except the pods (still have some), so I had warm fuzzies the whole time. Love the style of your videos man!

[@JeremyDadHat]

7111 was done dirty but this video is hilarious so I’ll forgive it. This is the Lego content I didn’t know I needed!

[@RoninCatholic]

I prefer the classic yellow Star Wars minifigures. I like their simpler face prints, which are generic enough to use outside of Star Wars contexts. I get _why_ they replaced these and the first wave Harry Potter minifigures with various human-like flesh tones and more detailed prints, but I just think the yellow and simpler faces look better. I had that Naboo swamp set, but lost the clam (or maybe it was missing?). Had the X-Wing and Snow Speeder too.

[@reddeadspartan]

For me it's the simple faces + flesh tone, though it could be because I played too much Lego Star Wars when I was younger. I've never mind the flesh tones for tie-ins but I'm not a fan of the more detailed faces, a simple black dot for eyes is all I need.

[@Wezla]

Just a great video, 10/10 really enjoyable watch!

[@crisfrey2753]

lol i think the water tower is a moisture farm vaporator. I like this video, you showed many sets in detail that I otherwise only knew them from the old catalogs as a kid. You have a great collection. I had a bunch of the small ones, my favorite might have been the one with the speeder bikes cause I was very excited to finally get imperial trooper minifigs as a kid, and because the speeder bikes scene in the forest was the first star wars movie scene I ever saw in my life (when I went with my parents to some electronics store as a kid and the TVs were playing it). As for that weird vehicle/droid thing with wheels that comes with the N-1 set, I always wondered what it was as well, but I think there's a chance it's based on an extremely obscure droid that only ever appeared in the Episode 1 videogame (the one that was simply called Star Wars: The Phantom Menace), inside some maintenance shafts of one of those huge round Trade Federation ships, in the first level. Oh and good to see someone else who knows the dark side truth about Jar Jar!

[@bad_ending909]

4:55 this absolutely killed me

[@bricksfordom]

9:21🤣 fantastic video, like always

[@ericchung3177]

2:37 I actually really like Luke wearing his camo poncho, but it's a shame he didn't get the helmet to go with it.

[@AlexDown1]

This masterpiece has at last graced us with it's presence after a millennia long wait (3 days)

[@legoman2313]

I love early Star Wars, it still has the charm of late 90s Lego with simple designs before everything got super detailed

[@MilesC.325]

Wow, Lego Star Wars looked so different back then.

[@epicforger12345]

I remember I had the first one you showed on the list, I got it from a boot fair, also I’d love to see a part 2 of this of some of the earlier sets

[@guest_4416]

Congrats on 7k subscribers! Also great vid like always, you be truly bussin.

[@STICKOMEDIA]

1:07 6 dollars?? 👀, truly different times

[@inthetoyroom4life]

It's nice that Rocky the Reef Wrecker could find work after AquaZone fell through

[@Vincent-el8ju]

I love your content! Please never stop :) Greetings from Germany

[@ReplacedChan]

Just started watching some of your vids, and you got a subscriber. It’s hard to find Lego content that isn’t cringe, and over bat chested

[@tucannYT]

This is the first video I'm seeing on this channel, and the Gungan Sub being called a blue dorito was enough to make me 'Sub'. It caught me off-guard which made it even funnier.

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

I was a big Star Wars fan and Lego fan in the ‘90, even making my own minifig lightsabers with the old neon antenna pieces, so seeing the reveal of official Star Wars Legos on the cover of the Lego magazine was the Crowning Moment of Awesome for my childhood. I still don’t know why the energy binders on the podracers were orange instead of purple, though!

[@Straswa]

lol Great work, enjoyed your humor. Especially Obi-wan the High Ground connoisseur.

[@finchborat]

A huge part of my childhood! It took until Christmas 2000 to do it, but I got every single set on here as a kid.

[@liudillon4930]

Your commentary makes everything so funny😂😂😂 I love it

[@evanmcgavran6114]

This is my favorite Lego channel.

[@poof117]

Nice review of the OG star wars sets!

[@jackamo007]

Not only informative, but really entertaining and funny! Subbed, brilliant :)

[@RobrickLego]

Thanks

[@imkillable3429]

i got Mos Espa Podrace as a kid, took me a whole day to build

[@brycevo]

These are some really cool sets

[@ryanscheffer2302]

Of thirteen Lego Star Wars sets that came out in 1999, I recall I had the following ones: Naboo Swamp, Speeder Bikes, Snowspeeder, and X-Wing Fighter.

[@RobrickLego]

Top tier selection :)

[@LLegaLLizeITxC2]

i remember my neighbour giving me and my brother his sons old legos when I was like 12. It was a box of bricks and a pile of manuals and half of these were in there

[@moritzpollich8252]

It makes sense for the pod racers to not have transparent parts because brick build old transparent structures would probably look worse.

[@Marc048b]

I remember getting sebulba's podracer out of my friend's attic. still in its individual box. my friend then told me that if i could build it before he visits me, next week, then he'd give it to me for free. i built the set in like an hour and sent him a picture of it instantly. when he finally replied he said.....fine. i guess i'll through something in with it then. he then proceeded to give me the jar jar figure from the set. (awesome vid btw. really happy to see you haven't disappeared into the all-spark yet, amigo)

[@Regulus985]

Ahh this takes me back, I spent all my pocket money as a kid trying to get as many of these sets. Now I spend all my wages on the new ones. … I can stop whenever I want too.

[@juliend5047]

Great videos! Keep it up and your channel will break 1M subscribers

[@xboymcd]

Now this is good Lego starwars content

[@babarog18]

You have seriously become my favourite lego youtuber

[@RobrickLego]

Thanks! I'll keep doing my best for you 💖

[@flyingseagull8806]

“Quick honey! Robrick just posted another video!”

[@michaelhuang41]

4:48 I actually modeled this set in CAD for a school project. Always been very fond of its design

[@RobrickLego]

Oh damn! What software did you use? My whole work consists of CAD modeling so i cant stand it anymore 😅

[@michaelhuang41]

​@@RobrickLego Solidworks I think. I modeled each piece individually and then painstakingly connected them in an assembly

[@TheMonkeygoneape]

I had literally all of these sets as a kid (except for the Darth Maul's ship and the boonta eve pod race)

[@zkisthebestever2545]

I absolutely love your videos they are super funny

[@maxdhook]

This is the best Lego video I’ve watched in years 🤣🤣🤣

[@UBSR]

5:20 how cute

[@automatticcomics]

You missed transforming the droid fighters head. Lol. Before binning it. Lol

[@IDFArmor]

I remember when i got my lego magazine (lego mania?) in the mail and saw the lego / star wars crossover for the first time. I lost my shit. Immediately pre ordered like half the sets with the help of my aunt❤

[@oscareye7764]

“Don’t forget to subscribe we’re almost at 7k already” Bro is at 7180 less than a day after the release, I sincerely hope your channel grows exponentially because there are few channels nowadays that deserve it as much as yours.

[@BrentsBricks]

This channel is underrated 🤘🔥

[@themackdaddy2838]

Love your content man so dang good keep it up:)

[@zachbrix9977]

Absolutely love the videos

[@correct5619]

love the darth jar jar

[@InsidiousOne]

Those sets were my introduction to Star Wars. And not the sets exactly but their images in Lego catalogues. So, when I saw the actual movies, I couldn't help, but percieve them as an adaptation of lego sets. Weird

[@captainskipper4858]

Now THIS is pod racing

[@stuartmiller4363]

Can't wait for the crossover between lego star wars and lego galador!

[@santans5504]

I actually got a bin of the value pack from 1992, and thank god it didn't have the octan race car. Other than that, it was perfect

[@darthlors]

Robrick, you're my new favorite Robro

[@roamingrook9489]

The origins of my empty bank account

[@florian6259]

Yet another banger of a video

[@maiqtheliar2]

I haven't har such a nostalgia kick, probably ever. And now I realise how spoiled I was as a child, since I had almost all of the sets...

[@legojedi328]

I believe they released a polybag with a gray snowspeeder in recent years. That was an interesting release!

[@jbac5767]

The 20th anniversary version of the Podracer is the actual shit yo!

[@Zech84]

7:33 should of been random bricks to make it more suspicious.

[@empatheticrambo4890]

I firmly believe they’ve never made a better Darth Maul face than the first edition (and it’s reprint a few years later)

[@knuclear200x]

I like your host minifig, i use the same one ✌✌

[@Zeldafoxi]

i still have 7121, 7130 and 7171 to this day. ^^ ah the memories.

[@fgdj2000]

As someone who lived through this time, the OT sets preceded the Episode I sets by a few months, so for my ocd-side it always bugs me when people name them first.

[@postmasterpez]

Wird that we didnt get an young Obi Own with hair untill next wave

[@Luigi64]

the fall guys joke omg

[@Alexisme.]

I love how the over 10 year age gap doesn’t have anyone bat an eye. But when it comes to Padme and Ani…

[@aresnir2725]

I thought this will be about real origins of series, how Lego made contract with LucasFilm, how they developed sets and so on. But this is just brief sets reviews.

[@davidlegostop]

At 1:06 fix that lighter saber for maul

[@NomadX7]

Thank You Sir

[@davidlegostop]

Wait no it’s every lightsaber is upside down

[@jthairy]

Nice work, mate Stay consistent and make no compromises to bitching community comments trying to change your content.

[@GameFactsSpecial]

My bro and I had all of these.

[@logicalspark3272]

Love your content dude

[@RobrickLego]

Love you 😳

[@CloudStudiosPhoto]

I love the dry humor 😂

[@clintyoung6851]

FUNNY & ENTERTAINING 😂… We’re those sets NISB before you built them?

[@RobrickLego]

A couple of them i did buy new but most of them are used 😁

[@Nathan-mu1pz]

Who else thought this was going to cover the video games???

[@quechalviii]

0:00 General Kenobi

[@yobaafett]

nom nom nom delectable content

[@SpartaCraft22965]

I appreciate you

[@justinmonday9904]

Where’s my podracing bucket, mtt, and others 😫

[@calumsanderson6741]

YO I THINK I HAD THAT SWAMP SET

[@kevinbaumhoer7359]

i remmeber having both the Y wing and the X wing as a Child

[@richbutter4579]

I can feel the debt in the force

[@AydenTheCarrot]

I know I've probably asked this already, but when is the Pirates version of this?

[@RobrickLego]

Im about half way through buying all the first releases but good lord are they expensive!

[@robotm99]

man i miss yellow minifigs... they had so much more character

[@RobrickLego]

I do prefer the yellow skin colour but i am a little bias 😅

[@yoursleepparalysisdemon3475]

11 minute robrick video 🤯

[@ghostman5620]

star wars is big.............Lego is big. Lego Star Wars. there you go. 5seconds

[@lammyjammy]

I can't believe you didn't comment on the extremely awkward and out-of-place torpedo launcher under the Naboo Fighter. The rest of the build is fine, but that bit is just so weird and looks terrible.

[@ryouimet]

Bro how do you only have 7k subs

[@gingerbread1521]

I’ve just brought some “deals” of of eBay, the slippery slope

[@waderoberts3701]

These sets look jank now, but they were next level back then.

[@Grunt_Incorporated]

The real question is how long before insectoid overthrows the star wars dat kill insectoid home