Lego Announces Five New Star Wars Smart Play Sets

Lego has announced five new Star Wars-themed sets compatible with its innovative Smart Play system, expanding the interactive toy line just weeks after its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The additions, revealed Tuesday at the Nuremberg Toy Fair by actor Anthony Daniels, who portrayed C-3PO in the original films, include recreations of the Millennium Falcon, Luke's Landspeeder, the Mos Eisley Cantina, Yoda's Hut and Jedi Training on Dagobah, and an AT-ST attack on Endor. All sets will launch on March 1 and are available for preorder now through Lego's website and select retailers.

The new sets build on the Smart Play technology, which uses proximity sensors, accelerometers, speakers, and other components in a core Smart Brick to generate real-time lights and sounds during play. No screens or apps are required, allowing children to engage directly with the physical builds. Smart Minifigures and Smart Tags, included in each set, detect movements and interactions to trigger effects such as engine roars when flying a spaceship, lightsaber hums during duels, or character voices like Darth Vader's breathing. For instance, the Mos Eisley Cantina set features a...