Star Wars is Lego’s oldest licence, and seeing the Lego UCS X-Wing (along with its imposing 18-inch wingspan) in the flesh feels like staring into the illustrious pairing’s 24-year history. The X-Wing has always been a huge deal for Lego; in 1999 it released its first Lego Star Wars kit to consumers, the X-Wing Fighter (7140). The following year it launched its first Ultimate Collector Series set, and once again, the iconic craft kicked off proceedings in the form of the X-Wing Fighter (7191).
Since then, a plethora of X-Wings in various guises have followed, from Sequel Trilogy variants to endless standard-range updates. Heck, Lego’s festive gift to employees to celebrate 20 years of Lego Star Wars back in 2019 was a Christmas-themed X-Wing, which is one of the best Lego sets (and the most sought after) to this day.
