75159 Death Star

75159 Death Star is a 4,016 piece Classic Star Wars set released in September 15, 2016 for VIP membersBrickset, 75159 Death Star and 10254 Winter Holiday Train now available!, September 15, 2016 and October 1st for the global release. It is a re-release of the 10188 Death Star being around 95% the same. It includes Luke Skywalker (Tatooine, Disguise, Final duel), Han Solo (Smuggler, Disguise), Princess Leia, Ben Kenobi, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, R2-D2, C-3PO, Emperor Palpatine, Grand Moff Tarkin, an Imperial Officer, Moff Tian Jerjerrod, R3-M3, 2 Stormtroopers, 2 Royal Guards, a Death Star Droid, 2 Death Star Troopers, and 2 Death Star Gunners.
== Description ==
=== Rooms ===
Similar to 10188, this set contains rooms from both the Death Star in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and the Death Star II from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Thus, this set is made to replicate a playing experience from both Death Stars. The rooms included in this set are:
* Trash compactor
* Tractor beam power coupling
* Detention Block
* Conference chamber.
* Superweapon firing room.
* Room that C-3PO and R2-D2 spent much of their time on the Death Star in Episode IV
* Droid maintenance room
* Emperor's throne room
* Hangar bay with a mini model of Darth Vader's TIE Advanced
* Room with crane
* Chasm that Luke and Leia swing across in Episode IV
* Room that contains two turrets
* Room that has a missile launcher and various guns located under the super-weapon itself
* Several storage bays on the set's bottom level
=== Features ===
This product is 41 cm high and 42 cm wide. The set is built around a circular base made up of a triple layer of angular plates, and the lowest level is directly on top of this. One feature of this level include some barrels, many smaller cans, and a pipe. There are two wall pieces with a special sticker on each. This area spans two levels. The walls around the center each have a pair of lights and buttons on each side. The second bag is opened on the second level, after the floor for it has been built. There is a loading bay with red lights, a rack of blasters, and an entrance to the turbolift, a mechanism similar to an elevator which connects all of the set's levels. In the landing area, there is a pair of grey and blue barrels, most likely containing fuel. The exit to this area has a yellow and black "caution symbol" part. There is also a working elevator leading up to the hangar. On the wall which separates the elevator section from the rest of the floor is a pulley. A piece of string is connected to it and makes it possible to operate the elevator. This section has walls between rooms, unlike the section below it. Again, the shaft has buttons and lights adjacent to it. Instead of the floor spanning the entire circle, it only spans three-fourths, with one fourth being simply a long, angled connection, making the room taller. It has multiple entrances and exit spots, each with lights on either side. On one of them is a large cone with transparent green parts at the top which prevents the door of the trash compactor from sliding out of the set. There are many handle "grip" parts but only one ladder. There is a place on the ceiling to connect Luke Skywalker's grapple rope, allowing the builder to recreate the scene in which he and Leia Organa swing across the chasm. 
The entrance and exit to the trash compactor is the turbolift shaft. The sides can both open and close. This room spans one-sixth of the circular area. The other side of the elevator is round. On the top of the shaft on that level is a set of red lights. The wall cutting the trash compactor from the shaft is placed on a flat surface so that it can slide out. To open or close the doors of this area, there is a TECHNIC axle which can make these functions possible. There are pieces of trash that are placed in this section as well. A large laser can be found next to the trash compactor and is composed of two lasers, and a TECHNIC cannon. This part can rotate and angle up and down. The laser is piloted by one minifigure, but has another seat. There is also yellow claw which is also piloted by one minifigure. The next floor has a black area over the elevator area and serves as the landing pad for the smaller TIE fighter. There are three boxes and some arrows pointing towards another room, as well as the hole for the elevator.
The doorway to the room has an access panel similar to the one from the Star Wars video games. This doorway contains a door that slides out. The area right next to it has a set of barrels and a tube. There is also a ladder leading up to a control area with some computer screens, and a gear which opens a sliding blast door. Also occupying this area is a window to view the room. This room also contains the hyper-laser with the control panel array, which can rotate and angle. The room is connected to the next room by a doorway with lights on either side. There is also a hole which drops to the trash compactor and some small steps. A control panel operates a device here. The last fourth of this level has a part which stops minifigures from falling over the edge of the area. A set of openings into the tall room are covered by some "robot arm" parts. The room has a stairway leading up to a viewing area. This place has a chair which can rotate and a pair of transparent blue lights. The room's only doorway is covered by a large panel with a sticker which represents a long hallway. That doorway, in turn, is in its own small section.
Leading to the "hallway piece" is an angled part representing the hallway as well. The area has a gear which turns to open the hole to the trash compactor room covered by a vent. There are two control panels in the area controlling this and the gateway. There is a wall on the other side which can be raised by the turn of another gear. A control panel is right next to this piece. The area is a detention center. A laser and camera guards this area. On the top floor is the droid maintenance room. It contains a table, a chair, a desk, a rack to store Luke and Han's Stormtrooper helmets, the control mechanism for the turbolift, and a rack of equipment. Next to it is the superlaser control room. It contains two sets of computer panels. One of them rotates and raises/lowers the superlaser. On its other side is a pair of large turbolaser cannons, which both rotate. It connects to the droid maintenance room via a small hole in the wall, which is for MSE-6 Droids There is also a conference room on this floor, with seven rotating chairs and a large table. The central shaft contains the turbolift, which connects all of the station's floors.
== Background ==
The Death Star was a large battle station with the power to destroy entire planets. The first Death Star was ordered by the Separatists to be built by the Geonosians then construction was later taken over by the newly formed Galactic Empire. After its destruction by the Rebel Alliance, the Empire built another. The purpose of such construction was to instill fear throughout the galaxy. The laser beam itself was built by Galen Erso, Jyn Erso's father who was forced by Director Orson Krennic to build the laser beam. Jyn and her team called Rogue One was given on a mission to Scarif to steal the Death Star plans codenamed Stardust and to deliver to the Rebellion. After the completion of the first Death Star, Darth Vader captured Princess Leia and questioned her regarding the secret Death Star plans he believed she had in her possession. After Princess Leia was forced to give them the location of the Rebel base so her homeworld would not be destroyed (to which she gave the wrong location) Grand Moff Tarkin still executed the command to destroy the planet of Alderaan, using the superlaser. Just prior to her capture, Leia secretly had sent her two droids, C-3PO and R2-D2, in an escape pod to later bring Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Ben Kenobi to rescue her. After escaping, Luke Skywalker and other Rebels attacked in X-wings and Y-wings, and destroyed the Death Star. The Empire later created the second Death Star, which was larger and more powerful than the first. When Rebel forces launched an assault on this Death Star, it was still incomplete; however, its superlaser was operational, and destroyed several Mon Calamari cruisers. The second Death Star was finally destroyed by Wedge Antilles, who was piloting an X-wing, and Lando Calrissian, who was piloting the Millennium Falcon with Nien Nunb, by flying into the battle station and firing concussion missiles and proton torpedoes at the main reactor, which in turn led to its destruction.
==LEGO.com Description==
== Notes ==
* Almost every scene that took place in the Death Star in A New Hope and Return of the Jedi can be reenacted in this playset.
* This set released on October 1, 2016.
* This set is a near 100% re-release of 10188, with it appearing to be mostly unchanged. Changes include:
** The removal of the assassin droid. 
** The addition of two Death Star gunners, Moff Tiaan Jerjerrod, and Imperial Navy Officer. 
** R2-Q5 has been replaced with an unnamed blue Imperial astromech with a trans-black dome (later identified as R3-M3).
** The Imperial protocol droid has been given the updated RA-7 head mold first seen in the Jedi Scout Fighter set.
** Updated versions of all of the minifigures to match the most recent versions, including a new hair mold for Han. 
** Updated builds for the TIE Advanced, the superlaser dish, and the crane in the cargo bay. 
** A new gear mechanism for the superlaser control system. 
** A different window piece in the throne room; the same piece was used in the Death Star Final Duel set, while 10188 used a TIE fighter windshield piece. 
** The tractor beam control module was rounded in 10188, while it now has blockier corners in 75159. 
** The Dianoga is significantly smaller and utilizes different tentacle pieces. 
** There is now a hole in the floor of the trash compactor where the Dianoga’s eye stalk can be put through, representing its eye poking up above the water level. There is a platform on the level below the trash compactor that the Dianoga can sit on. Conversely, the Dianoga had to be put directly in the trash compactor in 10188 and took up most of the space. 
** The ion cannon has been redesigned, and the Technic missile launcher has been replaced with two spring-loaded green missiles, meant to represent laser bolts.
* This set was released to substantial criticism, with several LEGO reviewers and fans claiming it was one of the worst ever due to the fact that it is almost the exact same as the older 10188 Death Star with only a small minifigure selection update.
* This set appeared in Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming. At the beginning of the film, Ned Leeds has just gotten the set (he brings the Palpatine minifigure to school) and Peter Parker invites him over to his apartment to finish it. It appears later on when Peter enters his room, climbing at the top of the ceiling as Spider-Man. Ned, who Peter forgot was coming over, sees him take off the Spider-Man suit, causing a shocked Ned to drop the Death Star and break it.
** Tom Holland has said that the Death Star was his favorite prop in the film.
==Minifigures Included==
== Gallery ==
28717941304_0d73a6dcf1_b.jpg|Emperor's throne room.
28718011554_4b82e3d0a3_b.jpg|Superlaser control room.
28718031514_3353210c48_b.jpg|Trash compactor room. The walls close in when one pushes a lever.
28718083284_e1379e2c66_b.jpg|Princess Leia's cell.
28720276313_6b67ff89fa_b.jpg|Superlaser fire control room, with viewscreen. The superlaser can be aimed and rotated from here with a dial.
29233194102_3be1422464_b.jpg|Detention Block AA-23.
28720299683_5efbd647f9_b.jpg|Rotating turbolaser turret with two spring-loaded missiles. Two spare missiles are mounted on the wall.
29262474611_d30fbb0ec2_b.jpg|The scene in Episode IV were Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader fought. 
29307605886_11a31a7f26_b.jpg|The tractor beam power coupling. Removing one of the levers causes the blue power beam to lower.
29307616426_33bcec152e_b.jpg|The conference room seen in Episode IV. The table can be removed to reveal a weapon storage compartment.
29233314122_12d0d7c452_b.jpg|Rotating turbolaser turrets
LEGODEATHSTARSPIDERMANHOMECOMING.PNG|The 75159 Death Star in Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming.
== See also ==
* 10143 Death Star II
* 10188 Death Star
== External links ==
* Brickset
* Death Star I on Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
* Death Star II on Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
==References==
Category:Star Wars
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Category:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Category:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
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