It surprises me in how many cases do I actually fundamentally disagree with the choice you made for the worst set contenders. Actually, I agree just about the Assassins Droid BP, which is trully odd and then the new releases - Scavenger, Hoth and two TLJ sets. I think it is not fair to say those sets from early years are bad, because designers got limited amount of well designed slope pieces[1] and the idea of combining interesting building technics to create play feature revolves over times.[2]

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The Ultimate Collector's Series represents the pinnacle of the LEGO Star Wars theme, usually valuing detail and authenticity over every other factor. 75098 Assault on Hoth was released in 2016 and does not adhere to those principles at all, instead containing an array of small models which would be far better suited to a standard retail set by the admission of the set designer in the instruction manual. These models are of mixed quality and combining them to form a focal point does little to improve the design. The "selling to parents" point definitely is important, but another reason people don't buy Castle and Space is because Lego doesn't sell them as they would "conflict" with licenses like SW, Harry Potter and LOTR. I'd love to see a well-built semi-realistic space theme (inspired by the type of illustrations you'd see in popular science mags) with sets based on locations in the solar system like the Moon, Mars, Venus, Titan and Europa. It would also be nice with a castle theme with a little more focus on "civilian" structures similar to Medieval Market and Mill Village Raid, too bad Lego has such a rigid attitude to religious buildings as a church really is the centerpiece of any medieval village. Furthermore, the interior is very sparsely detailed. Later models have contained a smaller vehicle but this one is almost entirely empty and certain areas of the hull therefore feel flimsy. The minifigures are also relatively unappealing and the absence of any opposing forces is disappointing. The overall shape of the vehicle is reasonably faithful to the source material though and I quite like the idea of opening the model to create a static base. 7144 Slave I LEGO Star Wars will be celebrating its twentieth anniversary next year and most of the 643 sets released since 1999 have been excellent in my opinion, depicting numerous iconic vehicles, locations and characters. However, there are a couple of mitigating factors to be taken into consideration. Firstly, the designer probably only had access to limited material from which to take inspiration as the set was created while the film was in production. The range of pieces and colours available was also far less comprehensive than it is today. Elements such as curved slopes, which have been used to good effect in modern Sith Infiltrator sets, were not created until 2004. 7184 Trade Federation MTT

had a bunch of small sets that were mostly pretty good. The worst to me, by far, is 4489: AT-AT. It makes me sad to say an AT-AT is the worst set of a year.LEGO has released a number of sets based upon their own animated series in recent years, the latest of which are from The Freemaker Adventures. On the one hand, these sets are at a disadvantage because they are not based upon a familiar or beloved design from the Star Wars movies. However, this situation also allows the designers to create something from their own imagination, without the restrictions imposed by a source material. T-16 Skyhopper - as featured in A New Hope. Err... really? It's not a bad model, but it's presence here perplexes me. At least I saw the Jakku Quadjumper in TFA. this could be literally anything else. Thomas the Tank Engine would be a great choice for a system licensed theme. (the old tv show). Theres roughly 70 years of fans and the lego train fans would go crazy. (this is if there were parts included to remove the engine's faces).

However, I think it would be unfair to ignore sets from the first few years of LEGO Star Wars entirely. Sets should be judged according to the context of their release and in that regard I think certain older models, such as those mentioned in the article, fare comparatively poorly in relation to other sets released in the same year. Also, from a purely practical perspective it would be almost impossible to identify a single year after which we are able to judge sets by modern standards. I agree with those who have suggested that early sets are beholden to different standards in relation to those released today and made certain to stress the limited availability of parts and colours during that period in the article, as well as the potential for limited source material being available. After 2007, things are a little more difficult for me. I never had a real connection to the Clone Wars show (though I greatly enjoyed the initial shorts). Lego also begins adding in some other Star Wars properties that I have no connection to (such as Force Unleashed, Yoda Chronicles, Freemaker Adventures). In a few years, you get more and more exclusive sets and small polybag type sets, both of which can be difficult to obtain. There are a lot more sets I don't care about. Even some of the base movie sets are at times uninteresting. Just because I'm not interested, are they really that bad? Hard to say.As for "accountants had taken over Lego and people only care about making money instead of bringing joy and creativity to children", any company nowadays is about money. Like it or not that's the world we live in. LEGO can't make sets if they don't bring in the money to do so. Star Wars brings in the money, and quite a lot of it. The reason there is a large market of child star wars fans is because there parents are either SW fans themselves, or watched the movies as a child. Say whatever you want, but calling licenced sets a bad thing just shows your ignorance of the wider market and how business works. Upload an Image in the specific color if you have one and the one in the above listing is not available. I have selected ten sets which I believe to be among the worst ever released and have tried to explain my reasoning for each selection below. The following items have not been taken into consideration as I do not think they can be properly compared with conventional System sets.

There are studies proving that a parent is much more likely to buy something if they can relate to it. While children may be the target audience, Lego is really selling sets to adults. So when Star Wars is chosen over say, Castle, its because of the parents, not the children.System-scale Thomas trains certainly has a potential, but personally I think Lego should stay far away from both Thomas, Cars and the other licenses listed as they all have a stigma of excessive merchandising.