the 7,541-piece millennium falcon star wars kit is LEGO's biggest yet

star wars fans rejoice as LEGO releases it’s biggest set yet. the epic millennium falcon is part of the ultimate collectors series (UCS), and costs a whopping 799$. released approximately 10 years ago, the previous model had about 5,200 pieces, however the new set is ‘greatly enhanced’ according to a member of the LEGO design team.

the star wars millennium falcon model is the largest and most detailed LEGO kit to date

LEGO builders can choose to recreate the original version of the ship from ‘star wars: episode V – the empire strikes back,’ or from a more recent film, ‘star wars: the force awakens.’ the falcon will contain minifigures from both the original trilogy and star wars: the force awakens. han solo, chewbacca, princess leia and C-3PO will round out the original crew while rey, finn, BB-8 and han will represent the sequel.

the completed figure

this model also features interchangeable sensor dishes and crew

turn classic leia’s and han’s head to reveal their breathing mask decoration

removable individual hull plates reveal the highly detailed main hold, rear compartment and gunnery station

the main hold features a seating area, combat remote training helmet, engineering station with turning minifigure seat and a doorway build with passageway decoration