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(More customer reviews)With the arrival of Revenge of the Sith, LEGO has cleverly highlighted the depth of one of the most successful evil Master-Apprentice relationships since Ephiram Lapham and Johnny Tremain with the release of this set.*
The Emperor (or Darth Sidious) and his excitable young friend Anakin Skywalker (or Darth Vader) are given this venerable Lambda-class shuttle to tool around space, popping by unannounced wherever to let their subordinates know how displeased they are with their efforts, and then possibly electrocuting them or choking them to death. Their Sith business model certainly brings new meaning to an `end-of-year review'; when you see this shuttle coming, you'd better have your Stormtroopers get in formation, start them playing the Imperial March, and make sure your Imperial Accountant has cooked the books the so the Emperor doesn'tknow you've wasted his money on Twi'lek dancers and fine Ewok coats.
I confess I got this set mostly for its minifigures. Not only do you get both Sith Lords, but two Royal Guards, four (count `em!) FOUR stormtroopers, and two Imperial Officers. The Royal Guards are what you'd expect, with black spears, large helmets, and red cloth capes. For those familiar with the LEGO Stormtrooper, these guys are slightly different; their pants now have more detail, though in a move that continues to baffle me, the poor little clones have no faces under their masks. I feel bad - I mean, they may be servants of evil, but no faces? It's just odd.
A further change comes to the Imperial Officers: their caps, which used to be generic LEGO caps now closely resemble the caps seen in the films. Inexplicably, the Officers are pinkish in skin hue...I've never seen that before in a LEGO minifigure. Up until these guys, wasn't everyone yellow, a la Simpsons? Oh well, this isn't a forum for issues of LEGO ethnicity.
One final note about the minifigures - Darth Vader now looks slightly shocked as opposed to angry, and has more scars on his face. He is also without his trusty red lightsaber. The Emperor is now all gray in the face and hands, having been previously yellow; how he feels about this is open to debate.
The shuttle itself is impressively constructed, if a little boring. Since it's not a starfighter and not a warship, it sort of slides into a gray zone for Star Wars craft - when it's not shuttling Sith to and fro (or possibly sneaking a team of lovable rebels onto Endor), it doesn't really do much. That being said, the shuttle is surprisingly large (due to its enormous dorsal fin) and functional - the wings fold and lock in multiple positions, and the shuttle is well-balanced when in the `landing' position. The cockpit is spacious, and there's kind of an `oven-tray' in the rear that allows you to store Sith dignitaries or Dark Chocolate M&Ms inside the shuttle with ease.
In addition to the shuttle, you get a crane/repair workstation, a hover-utility vehicle, and a whole mess of tools and boxes to store them in.
So, for a reasonable price ($50USD), you get a nice variety of Star Wars stuff, TEN minifigures, and of course, the shuttle. A good deal for the Star Wars/LEGO enthusiast.
* I apologize for this Master-Apprentice comparison, one, for being lame, and two, for not being true. Johnny Tremain is not evil, but I can't say the same for Ephiram Lapham.
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