Lego Images Leak – Possible Tease For Forthcoming Star Wars Movies?

Lego Star WarsLeaks come and go rather quickly – companies can drop the hammer on sites to keep any important information from leaking out before it’s ready. Luckily, the beauty of the internet is that plenty of people are able to snag images before their sources disappear, and our pals at Making Star Wars saved three pictures of forthcoming Lego Star Wars products. Two are for Rebels, but one only utilizes the Star Wars label and nothing else – meaning that it could possibly be tied to Episode VII or another film. Plus, there’s a definite bit of information here that definitely has to do with Episode VII, so read on to find out more…

 

First off, we’ll start with the Rebels toys, which comprise two of the three leaked sets. One is of an All Terrain Defense Pod and some Imperials, and another is of Ezra Bridger, a Stormtrooper, and an unidentified character, complete with two Speeder Bikes. Both of these seem to be based on the forthcoming double-length episode, Spark Of The Rebellion.

 

Lego AT-DP - Star Wars Rebels

Lego Speeder Bikes - Star Wars Rebels

Then we’ll get into the really interesting stuff. Viral Hide recently mentioned a bit of speculation from Latino-Review regarding a new variety of Stormtrooper, and if the below image is connected with Episode VII, it sounds like they could be on the right track:

 

Lego Shadow Troopers & Imperial GuardSo from what it looks like, Shadow Troopers and and the Shadow Guard from the non-canon video game The Force Unleashed are reappearing in canon material once again (continuing the pattern set forward by the recent Commander game, where old stuff is lifted from Legends works and installed into the  canon without any continuity-based hassle). The Shadow Troopers, as you might imagine, are basically Stormtroopers with better armor, weapons, aim, and battle experience… Not that it really helps them for long when pitted against an absurdly-powerful Jedi. The Shadow Guard, on the other hand, are a different story – not only are they Force-sensitive themselves, but they also possess lightsaber-pikes that can keep anyone with a laser-sword at bay. However, the ones in the picture seem to have weapons modeled after Darth Maul’s twin-bladed lightsaber.

 

The only problem I could see with this being connected with Episode VII is that these Shadow Troopers use a variant on the original Galactic Civil War Era helmet model, and not something closer to the new visor-based helmet that we’ve seen more recently. If I had to guess, I believe that it would be more likely that we would see these guys in a spin-off movie (or some other project that Disney-Lucasfilm has yet to announce) set around the time of the Original Trilogy. Even if these guys aren’t tied to the first part of the Sequel Trilogy, it should be safe to say that they’ll be attached to a future project. In any case, we thank Making Star Wars again for snagging these before they were taken off of the image hosting site that they were originally posted to.

 

Shadow Guard

 

Speaking of Making Star Wars, they also had another scoop detailing information on “Chrome Troopers”:

There are two designs for the Chrome Stormtrooper. The commander and the trooper.
 
The design of the helmet is not unlike the standard Stormtrooper “cranium.” The mouth is a little longer, the face a little longer. The eyes are a single visor like the recent EPVII Stormtrooper helmet that is out there. But the eyes point up at the corner and down, almost like if the visor intersected with an X on both ends. x——x Unlike the classic Stormtrooper design, there is no black band above the eyes.
 
The word is the Chrome Troopers are the personal guard of the new villain of EPVII.

 

Might the Shadow Troopers and the tentatively-named “Chrome Troopers” be one and the same? Most likely not, given their apparent difference in design based on that description (Next-Generation Storm Troopers) as opposed to the image (Classic Storm Troopers), but both designs are likely to show up at some point in the future. Still, it’s good to know that there will be more Imperial soldiers than the classic white-armored foot soldier.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

36 thoughts on “Lego Images Leak – Possible Tease For Forthcoming Star Wars Movies?

  • September 18, 2014 at 10:42 pm
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    So, if nothing else is certain, then The Empire
    is alive and well!

    • September 19, 2014 at 7:47 pm
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      Not necessarily.

      In wars on Earth, military helmets are worn by just about every nation on Earth since at least WWI.

      That doesn’t mean that they’re all part of the same political entity.

  • September 18, 2014 at 11:22 pm
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    chrome eh ….. ike cylons but with people in , cool.

  • September 18, 2014 at 11:24 pm
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    The Shadow trooper box has the same sideways phoenix Rebels logo on the top right side as the other boxes. I don’t think these troopers have anything to do with VII or any spin-offs. Its just another Rebels toy… They took the word “REBELS” off just to feed into the black trooper rumors
    It’s the same logo on Ezra’s box. You know; the one with the young Han Solo wearing a red shirt…

      • September 19, 2014 at 8:25 pm
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        I don’t know….. just feels like rebels to me. And the emporer yoda toy is clearly rebels, so not necessarily generic

        And I was just bustin’ chops with the Han Solo comment, hoping to get some speculation going as to who the red character might be. any thoughts?

  • September 18, 2014 at 11:43 pm
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    with all this talk of different storm troopers and the blurred lines between the rebels and the empire, what if the different troopers are on different sides. mirroring the return of the clone troops in the way the are “good” or returned to good. cause I feel you have modern looking stormies and old school ones but in different colors…I don’t know just spitballing.

  • September 18, 2014 at 11:45 pm
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    Judging by Oscar Isaac’s bushy beard (in the ice challenge video) he’s not playing the love interest.

  • September 19, 2014 at 12:29 am
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    Oscar not a love interest because he has a beard?

    On behalf of the bearded community, I have to inform you that beards are in am considered sexy by MANY females.

    The reign of the razor is finally at an end.

    • September 19, 2014 at 1:13 am
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      hear hear!

      • October 26, 2014 at 6:56 pm
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        I like star wars rebels

  • September 19, 2014 at 12:34 am
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    You all that BUSHY? I’d hate to see what you consider trimmed!

  • September 19, 2014 at 12:34 am
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    Remember, this is only a preliminary image. If this is really a SW7 set, then they have plenty of time to change the stormtrooper design. Perhaps this box art was created before the new stormtrooper design

  • September 19, 2014 at 1:04 am
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    It’s all rebels crap… but the guard on the package looks bad ass… wouldn’t mind seeing a few of them in VII.

    • September 19, 2014 at 2:39 am
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      I wouldn’t mind seeing SOMETHING from Episode VII, period.

    • September 19, 2014 at 2:49 am
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      It’s not related to Rebels; it would say “Rebels” on the package if it were related to the show. The Stormtrooper/Starbird thing is just Hasbro’s generic packaging for anything related to the franchise.

  • September 19, 2014 at 1:05 am
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    This has nothing to do with Ep7. This is Rebels product coming out this year, notice the classic stormtroopers?

    • September 19, 2014 at 2:47 am
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      There’s no “Rebels” insignia on the image. The Stormtrooper with the Alliance Starbird spray-painted on is just the generic logo for all of Hasbro’s Star Wars toys as of this year.

  • September 19, 2014 at 1:18 am
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    BAD ASS Jack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • September 19, 2014 at 4:25 am
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    http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5578/14793169645_1aa39ec2ee_m.jpg

    i like this AtDp moc a bit better – head shape seems a bit nicer. The AtDp and the shadow troopers are doing a great visual job of connecting to the OT and being slightly new. Like biker scouts or snow troopers were small developments. I am sure there will be lots of very new monsters and costumes too, which will help keep things fresh yet grounded.

  • September 19, 2014 at 4:32 am
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    Could Boyega have been a personal guard for Driver’s character?

    • September 19, 2014 at 7:33 pm
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      Maybe his chauffeur? A driver for Driver!

    • September 19, 2014 at 7:19 pm
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      I hope for her sake, she doesn’t wrap a double-bladed lightsaber around her neck like she does in this video… although it would be funny to have the character do it, and then have somebody else point out a great big chunk of hair that got singed off.

  • September 19, 2014 at 10:49 am
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    Can anyone tell what the background on the box is? It either looks like the surrounding area is on fire or they’re on a planet with lava (like Mustafar).

    • September 19, 2014 at 12:38 pm
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      Yes.
      After ObiWan cut Anikan Skywalkers arm and legs of. The arms where frozen. They where cloned and now there is another skywalker in the galaxy.

      • September 19, 2014 at 3:42 pm
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        Or nah

  • September 19, 2014 at 6:04 pm
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    I thought there were new stormtrooper helmets for Ep7. How come the third box shows an OT stormtrooper helmet if this Ep7 products. Seems fishy to me?

  • September 19, 2014 at 6:34 pm
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    Second Lego box image – Is that supposed to be Adam Driver/Daisy Ridley on the speeder bike and ginger Gleeson running with the blaster? Looks like it says “Kira’s Speeder Bike”

    • September 19, 2014 at 7:02 pm
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      No, it says “Ezra’s Speeder Bike” and it’s based on a scene in the first episode of star wars rebels

  • September 19, 2014 at 7:50 pm
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    Part of me suspects the Episode VII box may be a forgery.

    You’d think they’d put the updated Episode VII Stormtrooper helmet design in the upper right hand corner, for Episode VII merchandise.

    • September 20, 2014 at 8:36 am
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      No, LEGO adopts the same box art for an entire year. The minifigs in this PRELIMINARY image are probably prototypes that utilized existing parts (just dyed different colours). This is a very common practice for LEGO. Furthermore, this set has been rumoured for a while and was leaked along with a host (over 100+) of different set images. The probability of this being a fake is extremely low. The question to ask is “is this from Ep. 7?”

      (Coming from a long-time AFOL)

  • September 19, 2014 at 8:02 pm
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    “However, the ones in the picture seem to have weapons modeled after Darth Maul’s twin-bladed lightsaber.”

    Actually if you look closely, each only has the one blade. The one on the right only appears to be a double blade because of the red reflection from the “missile”. It (red missile) also reflects onto the handle/hand. The one on the left clearly shows that the handle is very long and grey.

  • September 20, 2014 at 8:31 am
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    These images leaked are PRELIMINARY. The minifigures are not necessarily final. If you view all the leaked images that came out yesterday of other sets you’ll see that most of figs pictured are generic figs while others utilize existing parts. Why couldn’t this be the same? If it is from Episode 7 then I’d be much more interested in the look of that hovering ship thing.

  • January 18, 2015 at 8:39 pm
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    JoAnn Caparotta – I knew the farm would make a unique bordkcap for the kids’ wedding shoot and you used it to create some real works of art! Spectacular!! I can’t wait to see the rest .

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