Review : LEGO Star Wars 75326 Boba Fett's Throne Room

Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO Star Wars set 75326 Boba Fett's Throne Room. In this box of 732 pieces inspired by the series The Book of Boba Fett whose broadcast has just ended on the Disney + platform, enough to assemble a modular palace and seven minifigs: Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, Bib Fortuna, a Theelin dancer, a Quarren, a Gamorrean guard and a Weequay guard. You will have to pay €99.99 from March 1st to buy this derivative product.

Looking closer, this set is actually directly based on the post-credits scene from the last episode of the series' second season. The Mandalorian, both by its casting and by the features built into the product. Fennec Shand and Boba Fett storm the palace there, the Gamorrean guard falls under the bullets and rolls down the stairs, Fennec Shand cleans up and knocks out a handful of extras, Boba then finally settles his account at Bib Fortuna and s sit on the throne. Those who hoped to obtain the kitchen of the premises or the bacta tank of Boba can therefore make up their minds.

The latest interpretation of Jabba / Bib Fortuna / Boba Fett's palace at LEGO dates from 2012 with the reference 9516 Jabba's Palace joined in 2013 by the extension of the set 75005 Rancor Pit. We especially remember the drama around set 9516 which, according to the complaint of representatives of the Turkish cultural community in Austria, was a perfect reproduction of the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul or the Jami al-Kabir mosque located in Beirut (Lebanon) (1st blog post here, 2nd blog post here).

No risk with this new reference, LEGO no longer even alludes to the fact that it is a palace and the overall aesthetics of the product have been cleverly adjusted to slightly erase the central nave / minaret effect with a flat roof and a slightly flattened tower. Even if the construction plays on two scales with an exterior appearance that symbolizes the palace as it appears on the screen, we are therefore presented with this derivative product as Boba Fett's throne room.

This is a children's toy and this minimalist playset does not forget young fans who would like to have a little fun. Several features are at their disposal with an opening palace entrance door that even incorporates the electronic peephole, a tilting staircase that allows the Gamorrean guard to fall when Boba Fett and Fennec Shand arrive, a removable throne that reveals a hiding place with two weapons and two Beskar blocks and a simple but effective system that allows the infamous and opportunistic Bib Fortuna to be ejected from his throne.

And that's not counting with all the modularity of the construction which can be arranged in different ways to either obtain a linear diorama or a set closed on three sides. The different modules are integral with each other, they can be clipped onto the base so that the construction presented in linear mode can be manipulated without breaking everything. The sheet of stickers remains reasonable for a construction of this scale even if I think that the two ends of the armrests of the throne deserved better than simple stickers.

The future commercialization of an extension with the Rancor pit is in my opinion beyond doubt. The support of the palace seems to me to be designed specifically to be fixed on an additional construction and the grid a little lost in the middle of the diorama would then find its raison d'être. The set would evolve on the way to the version present in the series The Book of Boba Fett and would no longer be a mere derivative of a post-credits scene.

The endowment in minifigs is substantial with seven characters with generally successful elements and pads. The Boba Fett figure is logically the one that already appears in the set 75312 Boba Fett's Starship marketed since last year. LEGO didn't skimp on the pad printing to stick as close as possible to the outfit seen on screen, even if the green jetpack is probably missing a little color.

The Fennec Shand figurine is identical to that of the set 75315 Imperial Light Cruiser, also marketed since 2021, but the character does not have his usual helmet in this new box. You have to make do with hair that pretty much does the job, it's the accessory already seen last year in a set from the CITY range and on Makkari's head in the Marvel range. Fennec Shand arrives well without his helmet during the attack on Bib Fortuna's palace, it's fitting.

These two minifigs are therefore not new, but the rest of the cast is made up of five new figurines: Bib Fortuna, a Theelin dancer, a Quarren, a Gamorrean guard and a Weequay guard. Bib Fortuna's last appearance at LEGO dates back to 2012, the Twi'lek promoted from butler to crime lord after Jabba's death is frankly modernized here with a nice pad print and a slightly less bumpy headdress.

Many fans are wondering what dancer Theelin is doing here. She is present in the background during the party organized by Bib Fortuna in the post-credits scene of the last episode of the second season of the series The Mandalorian. From what we see of the character on screen, the figure will do.

The chained Twi'lek prisoner present in this scene is missing, it's a bit of a shame. LEGO could have gone to the end of the concept and added a figurine for this character freed from his chains by Fennec Shand or more simply replaced the Quarren or Weequay extras provided.

We are not going to be choosy, a new version of the palace of Jabba / Bib Fortuna / Boba Fett is always welcome. This new interpretation is a little minimalist as it is, but we can hope for a future extension that will give it a little more consistency.

The cast delivered is convincing with a large handful of original and very well executed creatures and the playability is frankly there even if it is only a question here of reproducing a scene of a few minutes. The sets of the LEGO Star Wars range that meet all these criteria are not commonplace, so in my opinion this one deserves all your attention knowing that it could eventually evolve into a more elaborate product and that it will not then be necessary regret having skipped it.

Note: The set presented here, provided by LEGO, is as usual involved. Deadline fixed at March 7, 2022 next at 23pm.

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