Comparing LEGO Star Wars 75409 Jango Fett’s Starship to 75060 Slave I

10 years on from the release of LEGO Star Wars 75060 Slave I, 75409 Jango Fett’s Starship returns to the same ship in a different era.

Although LEGO Star Wars Senior Designer Jackson Hughes made a point not to be influenced by 75060 Slave I, there was a clear consideration for the precedent set by the ship. The two sets are recreations of the very same shape, only at different points: 75060 Slave I while it was owned by Boba Fett and 75409 Jango Fett’s Starship while it was owned by his father, Jango.

As such, there were always going to be similarities between the two but Jackson was clear about wanting to deliver a ‘fresh’ design while speaking to Brick Fanatics and other LEGO Fan Media in a recent roundtable. Here’s a closer look at some of the biggest differences.

First things first: the colour

The most obvious change is clearly the colour. Boba Fett uses his father’s ship and armour, yet updates it to his own green and red colour scheme, rather than the blue and silver that we associate with Jango.

Translating this into a LEGO set required large amounts of two relatively rare colours, sand green and dark blue, including a number of recolours. Jackson estimated there were more than 20 colour changes in the model to ensure accuracy to the original source material – which meant sacrifices were needed in other areas.

“Whenever we’re creating a new set or new minifigures, there are a certain number of colour changes and things that we can make,” explained LEGO Graphic Designer Madison O’Neil. “You always need to look holistically at the whole set to see where we think the most can be achieved, right? Whether that’s the new elements that were used to create the shape of the model, the arm print on Django, or the new range finder, we’re looking at all of it and in the grand calculus of that, some things just don’t make the cut.”

In this case, that meant that young Boba has all-blue legs, without the boot printing we’ve seen on some minifigures, like the hobbits in 10354 The Lord of the Rings: The Shire, for example.

10 years, same scale

Returning to an area the two LEGO Star Wars ships align is the scale. Both are built to the same scale, on very similar stands, making them perfect to display side by side. However, that doesn’t mean that the design has remained the same, with simple recolours.

“75409 Jango Fett’s Starship is built in the same scale as 75060 Slave I from 2015, so the dimensions are the same – but the design is completely new and built from scratch,” explained Jackson.

“The biggest difference is that, 10 years ago, there just weren’t as many curved elements to work with,” he continued. “So the base is not as accurate as it could be at the time. It was great, but we have higher standards these days.

“In the new model, this rounded base section that’s shaped like an egg is almost one-to-one accurate. That was an exciting improvement that we worked on and we developed a couple of new elements to help do that.”

Those elements include two new curved slope pieces and a four by four by five stud curved slope that offers a better build experience and more stability in the bow. Plus, there are the more instantly noticeable additions of a new canopy and the new rangefinder element for Jango’s helmet, which we’ve broken down in more detail here.

Not everything needs to rotate

Like 75060 Slave I, 75409 Jango Fett’s Starship features rotating wings, but also includes rotating blaster cannons that the 2015 ship didn’t for extra posability. What’s more, Jackson and the LEGO Star Wars team removed the rotating cockpit from 75060 Slave I to maintain accuracy to the original source material.

When Jango Fett had this ship, the interior did not have the gyroscopic rotating feature that it does under Boba’s ownership – it’s fixed,” Jackson explained. “In Attack of the Clones, when young Boba goes into the ship to shoot at Obi-Wan, he has to lie on his back.

“[Removing that feature] meant that we didn’t have the constraint of needing a rotating interior in this model. That let us focus on having a much larger interior with more detail, so we’ve got the full two decks that you can see in the movie. Most of the time is spent in the upper deck of the cockpit, which is removable and sits on sliding rails.”

75409 Jango Fett’s Starship is due to launch for Insiders on May 1 and for everyone else on May 4, priced at £259.99 / $299.99 / €299.99. You can find out everything you need to know about the LEGO Star Wars set in our in-depth review here.

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