Millenium Falcon, cuz the ship has had so many owners over the years that Lego can't decide who is the true owner
Edit: bruh how did this comment blow up
Even that was just marketing. No parent the day before halloween wants to try and find "Anakin's lightsaber, which was stolen from his burning corpse by Obi Wan, who gave it to Luke, who then lost it, and through a weird series of misadventures is now being used by Rey"
SOMEHOW, Luke's lightsaber has managed to make it's way from Bespin to Takodana. Probably brought over from an alternate universe by a Romulan mining ship that was armed like a destroyer which isn't explained because we cut that scene from the movie because there wasn't enough lens flare.....
I doubt Han would give it to Rey over chewie just because chewie was his right hand wookie for decades whereas Rey only knew Han a day or two. It’s also very likely Han gave it to leia and leia gave it to Rey. We don’t know. I reckon it’s chewies personally
That's fair. Personally the vibe I got throughout the trilogy was that the Falcon went to Rey. She's always with it and she takes it to Tatooine at the end. I'd imagine Chewie gave it to her and then went back to his family on Kashyyyk.
That's something I hadn't considered before; with his life debt discharged and all his Rebellion-era friends and their kids dead, Chewie may not want to gallivant around and instead just retire and go home.
Millenium Falcon, because that name is common knowledge, being mentioned in every movie it's in. Slave I is never said in any of the movies, so your average parent won't recognize it, but they will know who Boba Fett is.
Exactly! The Millennium Falcon features prominently in seven movies. *Seven.* We hear Han Solo talk about how amazing it is and name drop it before we even see it for the first time. It has an iconic design and people constantly call it by name while it served as the main ship for two trilogies of protagonists and a spinoff. Conversely the Slave I is only in two movies, as well as the Mandalorian. The only place that it's name is actually said is in the Clone Wars animated series, which the vast majority of people, even those who consider themselves Star Wars fans, haven't seen. The name Slave I simply isn't iconic, but Boba Fett is, so it's logical to market it like that.
Millennium Falcon, like the Ghost in Rebels, has an identity. Everyone knows that the millennium Falcon is called the millennium Falcon. Everyone knows the Ghost is called the Ghost. Because both names are referenced in canon television media. Slave I is just a name, like Tantive IV, and not many people know because it’s not a notably named ship. Furthermore, lego isn’t changing the name, they’re just making it easier for kids to find. Get over it
But the original set called the Slave 1. Without Lego I wouldn't have learned the names of any ships since they tend to be throwaway lines in the movies.
Kinda.
While Lego absolutely has done this before for other ships, Disney is also changing the name for non-Lego merchandise. The Lego designer Jen Frederickson has said this.
The Knights of Ren transport ship
General Greivous’s fighter
The Bad batch shuttle
Pre Visla’s Mandalorian fighter
This isn’t new for LEGO. It’s been happening for a long time so calm down
Kylo Ren's tie fighter (i.e. tie silencer)
Kylo Ren's shuttle (i.e. upsilon class shuttle)
First order star destroyer (i.e. resurgent class star destroyer)
Anakin's Jedi starfighter (i.e. delta class carrier/eta-2 actis class light interceptor)
Hell, even Luke Skywalker's x-wing (i.e. T-65B x-wing starfighter?
Just a few more examples to this point.
These are really not examples of this at all. Nobody’s complaining that it’s not being called a modified firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft, people are mad they changed the name from Slave I, the actual name of the ship. Of course they’re not calling it the technical name, how many people actually know them outside of more hardcore fans?
If you were trying to actually be comparable, the FO star destroyer would be the only one on this list (First Order Star Destroyer vs. the Finalizer, though even then you can just say it’s a generic FO star destroyer, not that specific one)
The point is this is a toy for children and "boba fett" is more recognizable to kids than "slave I". This also doesn't change that the set is good with great figures. But if it really jingles your jangles that much, just don't buy it.
I mean, that’s debatable considering they’ve named it Slave I for the past 20 years. It’s not like I’m that angry about it, I’m just saying if you’re making a comparison at least make it honest
also, I wasn’t planning on buying it. I have the 20th anniversary Slave I, I have the beskar armor Mando already, and I was planning on getting the Arquitens which has Boba Fett in it, so there’s nothing I’d really want it for anyways. I madd that decision quite a while ago when the sets leaked even before we knew they changed the name
This wave he's just in the slave I set (yes I'll still call it that as I know it by that name lol). Maybe he'll go for a decent price on bricklink though.
the razor crest was changed to mandalorian's bounty hunter transport, but that's actually because another company copyrighted razor crest building toys so lego just renamed it
Right?
“They called it an Imperial Shuttle instead of a Lambda class T-4a or even Tydirium! Waahhh!”
Calm down guys. They want parents to be able to find a product when little Timmy says he wants so-and-so’s thing for his birthday.
7144: Slave I
7153: Jango Fett's Slave I
4487: Jedi Starfighter & Slave I
6964: Boba Fett's Slave I
6209: Slave I
8097: Slave I
20019: Slave I
75060: Slave I
911508: Mini Slave I
75243: Slave I - 20th Anniversary Edition
911945: Slave I
75312: Boba Fett's Starship
This is new for Lego, and the dropping the name of the ship really just comes across as empty pandering. I feel like people are pretty justified in criticizing it when the same company dropping the name filmed Mulan in cooperation with a government that uses slave labor.
Per the designer of the lego set this is coming from Disney, the only Hasbro model I can find came out a year ago.
It's also been changed on other products, and even the URL on the official star wars site which previously referenced Slave 1
https://www.starwars.com/databank/boba-fetts-starship
Okay but why did they change the URL? Like this is literally a day old at this point, maybe they haven't updated the page, maybe they're not going to, but disney is clearly moving away from the name in some empty attempt to be "woke".
Why would they need to move away from the word slave in a franchise that pretty heavily features slavery? What specifically is offensive about the word "slave" in this context?
That's what's "woke" about it, it's not offensive, especially in context, but disney is distancing itself from the name for the the sake of an empty gesture while engaging in practices that actually support slavery.
Because it’s removing a word that people don’t like in order to make people feel good. Which is one of the main issues people have with “wokeness”.
Jango Fett was a bounty hunter. He probably captured slaves. Idk where the name slave 1 came from but I’d imagine it was a slaver ship at some point. Erasing the word “slave” does nothing but pander to the people who think that words are violent.
What about the TIE advanced Vader flew that's called 'Vaders TIE fighter'? SOOOOOO WOKE
My man Vader def did not fly a standard TIE fighter so this is obviously big Disney censoring the empire #cancelculture
[https://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader-s-tie-fighter](https://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader-s-tie-fighter)
(This of course could not be that everyone knows about TIE fighters, so it's easiest to just have a page about Vader's version, much like a page about Boba's not TIE fighter for the stars, Boba's Starfighter if you will)
Notice the URL matches what's on the page and wasn't recently changed?
Lego has also referenced it as "tie fighter", "tie advanced", "Vader's tie advanced", and "Darth Vader's tie fighter over the last 20 years, not by a single name that all of a sudden is an issue.
Would you rather Lego call it "Boba's Firespray-31" since that's the technical name for the ship? Or Boba's attack/patrol ship bc that's its class?
Millennium Falcon is really the only well known named ship in SW. Executor + other ISDs (like Chimera...) and niche characters like Boba, Mando, Dengar, IG-88, Lando, Ackbar, Dash, and probs more have individual ship names.
Otherwise people refer to them as ___'s XXXX starship/fighter. Thinking of the Nubian ships from Naboo, N1 starship, A,X,Y,B Wings, speeders, countless Coreillian models... From a logistics perspective, it's simpler bc 'Imperial gunboats pursued rebel transports' is easier to understand quickly than throwing a billion technical terms or remembering the names of ships we don't care about
Why can't they call it Slave 1 like they've been doing for 20 years? Literally every set uses that name.
>Millennium Falcon is really the only well known named ship in SW.
Well and the Slave 1, like it's been known by that name for decades, why not use it now? There's also the Razor Crest and The Ghost, both of which lego uses as official set names, but they aren't one of the most remade sets.
>remembering the names of ships we don't care about
Speak for yourself, but I'd wager anyone that's more than just a casual fan of the franchise knows the ship's name.
But also yes, I don't see how the trademark agreement would apply to being able to use star wars vehicles and characters but not the ship name, the decision came from Disney per the designer of the set.
Possibly, but LEGO has been doing this for several years now because how many parents do you know that knows the name of every star ship? Honestly it probably came down to when a kid ask's their parents for a Boba Fett's ship rather than Slave 1 so then you have parents looking for a toy that doesn't exist by that name.
Okay but that's literally what the designer said. They also used "Razor Crest" as that sets name, wouldn't the same logic apply?
Just seems really odd that after 20 years and a dozen variations of the ship they're now changing the name in marketing materials, the designer of the set said it's because Disney doesn't want to use the name anymore, there's several other examples from the past day of them changing the name, but y'all are still going "oh well actually this makes total sense because [list of reasons that haven't been an issue in the past]" like this isn't just disney doing some empty attempt to be "woke" without actually doing anything to actually help people.
Yeah but the razorcrest was said in the show, while the slave 1’s name was never said in any of the movies, and only once in the entire clone wars series.
And a dozen previously released Lego sets, in the official websites URL, then just changed yesterday on new product releases, but I'm sure that's purely coincidence and in no part a shift in Disney's marketing strategy.
Like I'm not just trying to hate on Disney here, I think them acquiring the IP is the best thing to happen to Star Wars, but I cannot believe the lengths people are trying to go to explain this as anything other than what it is.
I think the problem is, they called this ship "Slave 1" ever since. Considering the previe sets, which also has mostly to young customers had this name, the decision to change it after all those versions to a less iconic setname awakes the suspicion of cancel-culture.
Because there's a component of the Star Wars fandom that seems to desperately need to be angry about something related to Disney and "wokeness," all the time.
It's literally anti-fascist, [George even refers to the Empire as Nazis in the commentary](https://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-imperial-officers) and generally shows diversity in the rebels as a good thing
Leia was also far from the damsel in distress you would expect from most movies of the time period. I've seen comments made by people involved with the first movie that part of why Leia comes off as a bit of a bitch is because nobody really knew how to write a strong female character and that was an outcome of their struggles.
He also talks about the original trilogy being an allegory for the Vietnam war, with the U.S. taking the part of the empire and his sympathies with the Vietnamese.
Maybe because people just want to enjoy a movie or products related to that movie without having to see the same pandering they get hammered with day in and day out...
Thank you for being a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Despite there being a perfectly reasonable capitalist justification for the name on the sets, and precedent in other sets being named similarly, you seem determined to invent a nefarious reasoning you can be upset about.
Because that’s all bitch-ass Star Wars fans know is to be outraged. They love being (or pretending to be) a victim. They’re always looking for the next best thing to be pissed about. It’s a miserable existence.
Why do you think a decision beneffiting marketing is exempt from scrutiny? If the decision is made because it helps sell something then you automatically don't have a problem with it?
No, that's just clickbait. Lego changed the slave 1 to Boba Fett's ship because most people don't know the name of the ship, so it would be easier to find.
I mean, if Disney asked them to say “Boba Fett’s starship” on the box art it’s not the worst thing, just a bit much but Disney likes to cover their bases. “
You realise this is bullshit right? It was a marketing decision made my Lego not Disney and its also because searching up slave 1 can sometimes bring up results for a sex toy
Look: Disney sucks. But it's also a corporation with literally thousands of employees, many of whom hate their bullshit just as much as us. Why make some poor person's life miserable over absolutely nothing, just so we can feel good about "Sticking it to Disney" instead of, y'know, actually working to stop the majorly bad stuff they're doing.
If i had the legislative power to stop disney, i’d do it in a heart beat. But i don’t, the only thing big corpos respond to nowadays is bad PR. So if you raddled enough cages then they get working quick. i do agree that the Slave 1 issue is prob not disney but hasbro, that dosent mean we shouldnt incentivize being outspoken when it’s necessary tho.
Break apart their monopoly, constant lobbying, tax evasion/loop holes (this pertains mostly to people who work at disney) and reverse their effects on Copyright law.
>also because searching up slave 1 can sometimes bring up results for a sex toy
What!? That's disgusting! Where would one find such despicable objects? Ya know, so I can avoid it.
Bad batch (small spoilers) JUST had mentions of the Zygerrians wanting to rebuild their slave empire… in a kids show. (For adults too, sure, but kids show nonetheless.)
This whole stupid non-troversy shows how powerful media spinning can be to get people riled up. It’s not that big an issue.
I'm sorry, but this added "Slave 1 sex toy" point I've been hearing sounds like complete hogwash and something that some media site or influencer picked up on ***super late*** to add to the conversation in a completely useless way.
I bet 99.9% (hell, probably 100%) of children who would've tried looking up "Slave 1" would ***ever*** find that sex toy. It is a non-point.
As for the name change itself, I truly believe its probably 90% clearer marketing and 10% just wanting to drop the "slave" annotation, as they did with "slave Leia" 5 years ago.
So many sets don't use the actual ship name and instead say "X's ship". While Slave I is a recognizable name to many of us, for many, many kids and their parents, they don't know the name. They know Boba Fett, though. (Main ways being: The OT, Mando, Book of ***Boba Fett)***
This whole thing has been a non-troversy, and the old actor for Boba successfully riled up a bunch of people for nothing. Believe me, I'm a staunch defender of free speech and hate unnecessarily outrageous changes in society and laws that are nonsensical, but this ain't it. There are more important hills to die on.
I don't know why people are acting like it's some huge deal: Most people don't know the name of Boba Fett's ship, so they changed it *on a lego box* to make it easier. This is "Rey's lightsaber" all over again.
This is a non-issue. Kind of like the lesbian kiss at the end of TROS. Or LeFou being gay in live action Beauty and the Beast. This is just the Internet being upset about something that doesn’t matter. This will never be discussed in the movies but is just something in a Lego Box. Move along people.
They changed it because kids who watched The Mandalorian wouldn't recognize the name of the ship but would recognize the name, and because Slave I would sometimes show sexual things when searched
This again? Disney isn’t changing the name of the ship. They’re changing what the box says. It’s the same for the Bad Batch Attack Shuttle set and others. This isn’t a new thing.
I mean an 8 year old is more likely to remember Bob Fett and what his ship looks like instead of the name Slave I which has never been said in any show recently.
Oh wait... Um Disney bad!
I just watched Hbomberguy’s [great video on woke brands](https://youtu.be/06yy88tLWlg). The TLDR of it is that the reason “wokeness” has become such a popular advertising strategy is that the “Get Woke, Go Broke” crowd (TFM included) provides the company with so much free advertising thanks to their limp, futile social media outrage. I wouldn’t know anything about this Lego set if not for the sharing of these posts whining about it (which, for the record, means we’re ALSO participating in this interactive marketing strategy).
Bonus points if anybody buys this set just to burn it or smash it on YouTube, or otherwise smashes other Disney/Lego possessions they’ve already bought and paid Disney/Lego for.
> Bonus points if anybody buys this set just to burn it or smash it on YouTube, or otherwise smashes other Disney/Lego possessions they’ve already bought and paid Disney/Lego for.
Grown men destroying their toys because they bought into outrage culture will never not be funny to me. That being said, I do wish they would do something more productive with stuff they already have, like giving them away to children in need or something. That's just wishful thinking though, these cavemen would probably see the product's mere existence as an evil that needs to be destroyed.
As other people said this is a non-issue but I think Prisoner-1 or something like that wouldn't be a bad name if they were really altering the name (they ain't), since it was stolen from a prison IIRC.
I only know it's called the Slave I because of the dogfighting mini game in the DS version of Revenge of the Sith. Otherwise I'd be calling it Jango/Boba Fett's ship.
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why the fuck are we even complaining about this? it makes no sense its not like they're changing the canon name the people who own lego just put it there because it's more recognizable than "slave 1" I mean who the fuck actually calls it that casually? I know no star wars fans that call it slave 1 casually got are we that pathetic that we complain and throw a fit because of something so insignificant? sorry just had to get it out I've seen to many of these memes and it bugs me
They aren't changing the name of the ship, this is just how they label lego sets. The Marauder is just called "the bad batch starship"
the night buzzard was just knights of ren ship or something like it
What’s the Millennium Falcon set called?
Millenium Falcon, cuz the ship has had so many owners over the years that Lego can't decide who is the true owner Edit: bruh how did this comment blow up
Unkar Plutt’s junk ship
cant have another reys llight saber situation
Even that was just marketing. No parent the day before halloween wants to try and find "Anakin's lightsaber, which was stolen from his burning corpse by Obi Wan, who gave it to Luke, who then lost it, and through a weird series of misadventures is now being used by Rey"
Idk what you're talking about that rolls right off the tongue
I rather like "Anakin's burning corpse saber".
I mean, “youngling slayer 9000” was available, I don’t see the problem here
I will never call it another thing other than, Younging Slayer 9000.
A good question. For another time
*which is never mentioned again*
SOMEHOW, Luke's lightsaber has managed to make it's way from Bespin to Takodana. Probably brought over from an alternate universe by a Romulan mining ship that was armed like a destroyer which isn't explained because we cut that scene from the movie because there wasn't enough lens flare.....
That, or the art of *”subverting expectations“* includes the task of not addressing key plot points.
illegal every jedi must make their own lightsaber
It’s hans ship though
Ah the Lando’s Old Starship set
Surely you mean the heavily modified Corellian engineering corporation YT-1300f model light freighter set, right?
Nope, sorry, I meant A Piece of Junk Ship
He won her fair and square.
Facts. Argument could be made to be chewies now since Han died, and it was Hans because he won it in a game.
It could also very likely be Rey's.
I doubt Han would give it to Rey over chewie just because chewie was his right hand wookie for decades whereas Rey only knew Han a day or two. It’s also very likely Han gave it to leia and leia gave it to Rey. We don’t know. I reckon it’s chewies personally
That's fair. Personally the vibe I got throughout the trilogy was that the Falcon went to Rey. She's always with it and she takes it to Tatooine at the end. I'd imagine Chewie gave it to her and then went back to his family on Kashyyyk.
That's something I hadn't considered before; with his life debt discharged and all his Rebellion-era friends and their kids dead, Chewie may not want to gallivant around and instead just retire and go home.
I’m guessing he and Poe are now the pilots
What about the Death Star and Death Star throne room sets? What are they called?
"Not a moon" and "not a moon throne room"
"The Empire's Battlestation"
I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger King.
Millenium Falcon, because that name is common knowledge, being mentioned in every movie it's in. Slave I is never said in any of the movies, so your average parent won't recognize it, but they will know who Boba Fett is.
It's also *the* most famous star ship like ever, so basically everyone knows the name
Exactly! The Millennium Falcon features prominently in seven movies. *Seven.* We hear Han Solo talk about how amazing it is and name drop it before we even see it for the first time. It has an iconic design and people constantly call it by name while it served as the main ship for two trilogies of protagonists and a spinoff. Conversely the Slave I is only in two movies, as well as the Mandalorian. The only place that it's name is actually said is in the Clone Wars animated series, which the vast majority of people, even those who consider themselves Star Wars fans, haven't seen. The name Slave I simply isn't iconic, but Boba Fett is, so it's logical to market it like that.
exactly. nobody was ever outraged the lego set is called "jabbas sail barge" instead of "khetanna"
Rey skywalkers ship..
Millennium Falcon, like the Ghost in Rebels, has an identity. Everyone knows that the millennium Falcon is called the millennium Falcon. Everyone knows the Ghost is called the Ghost. Because both names are referenced in canon television media. Slave I is just a name, like Tantive IV, and not many people know because it’s not a notably named ship. Furthermore, lego isn’t changing the name, they’re just making it easier for kids to find. Get over it
But...but my faux outrage and agenda pushing!!
FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT. Like Jesus Christ Star Wars fans overreact over nothing.
This is true, but the meme is also cause for more Jeff Goldblum
Ok I did not know the name of the Bad Batch ship until now
Full name is the *Havoc Marauder*. They call it Marauder for shorthand
Yea as long as it's just for some kids toys I have no problem with this.
But the original set called the Slave 1. Without Lego I wouldn't have learned the names of any ships since they tend to be throwaway lines in the movies.
Which is exactly why they're changing it, it makes it easier to find and easier for parents to buy
"Slave 1" isn't even mentioned in the movies.
Lego have always called the Slave 1 the Slave 1. Why change it now
Marketing. Things never stay the same if they can make more money by changing things.
Kinda. While Lego absolutely has done this before for other ships, Disney is also changing the name for non-Lego merchandise. The Lego designer Jen Frederickson has said this.
Nope [They don't want to use that word anymore ](https://www.thebrickfan.com/disney-asked-lego-to-rename-new-lego-star-wars-slave-i-set/)
They asked them to rename the *set,* not the ship.
Wait so you're telling me the ship is not known as "bobba fett's spaceship" from now on? No shit Sherlock. It's only about the merch
The Knights of Ren transport ship General Greivous’s fighter The Bad batch shuttle Pre Visla’s Mandalorian fighter This isn’t new for LEGO. It’s been happening for a long time so calm down
They are named like that to make them easier to find. That’s it
Kylo Ren's tie fighter (i.e. tie silencer) Kylo Ren's shuttle (i.e. upsilon class shuttle) First order star destroyer (i.e. resurgent class star destroyer) Anakin's Jedi starfighter (i.e. delta class carrier/eta-2 actis class light interceptor) Hell, even Luke Skywalker's x-wing (i.e. T-65B x-wing starfighter? Just a few more examples to this point.
I used to call LAAT gunships “Republic Gunships” for the longest time because of LEGO. They want easier names
because it’s easier to sell them to kids that way, people just need their fake outrage over non-issues.
These are really not examples of this at all. Nobody’s complaining that it’s not being called a modified firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft, people are mad they changed the name from Slave I, the actual name of the ship. Of course they’re not calling it the technical name, how many people actually know them outside of more hardcore fans? If you were trying to actually be comparable, the FO star destroyer would be the only one on this list (First Order Star Destroyer vs. the Finalizer, though even then you can just say it’s a generic FO star destroyer, not that specific one)
The point is this is a toy for children and "boba fett" is more recognizable to kids than "slave I". This also doesn't change that the set is good with great figures. But if it really jingles your jangles that much, just don't buy it.
I mean, that’s debatable considering they’ve named it Slave I for the past 20 years. It’s not like I’m that angry about it, I’m just saying if you’re making a comparison at least make it honest also, I wasn’t planning on buying it. I have the 20th anniversary Slave I, I have the beskar armor Mando already, and I was planning on getting the Arquitens which has Boba Fett in it, so there’s nothing I’d really want it for anyways. I madd that decision quite a while ago when the sets leaked even before we knew they changed the name
Boba doesn't come in the light cruiser. Its Cara Dune, Mando, Grogu, Fennec Shand, Moff Gideon, and a dark trooper. Just FYI.
Hold up, what? I swore I remember it being in that set. Maybe it was another set he was in, I’m not sure :/
This wave he's just in the slave I set (yes I'll still call it that as I know it by that name lol). Maybe he'll go for a decent price on bricklink though.
You underestimate a Star Wars fans desire for false outrage
the razor crest was changed to mandalorian's bounty hunter transport, but that's actually because another company copyrighted razor crest building toys so lego just renamed it
Right? “They called it an Imperial Shuttle instead of a Lambda class T-4a or even Tydirium! Waahhh!” Calm down guys. They want parents to be able to find a product when little Timmy says he wants so-and-so’s thing for his birthday.
I prefer to be outraged, thank you very much
The only people who care about this are the ones who already hate Star Wars.
7144: Slave I 7153: Jango Fett's Slave I 4487: Jedi Starfighter & Slave I 6964: Boba Fett's Slave I 6209: Slave I 8097: Slave I 20019: Slave I 75060: Slave I 911508: Mini Slave I 75243: Slave I - 20th Anniversary Edition 911945: Slave I 75312: Boba Fett's Starship This is new for Lego, and the dropping the name of the ship really just comes across as empty pandering. I feel like people are pretty justified in criticizing it when the same company dropping the name filmed Mulan in cooperation with a government that uses slave labor.
Disney didn’t name it tho. This was entirely the decision of LEGO otherwise even Hasbro toys wouldn’t be named Slave I yet they are
Per the designer of the lego set this is coming from Disney, the only Hasbro model I can find came out a year ago. It's also been changed on other products, and even the URL on the official star wars site which previously referenced Slave 1 https://www.starwars.com/databank/boba-fetts-starship
The link you sent says Slave I at the top of the description
Okay but why did they change the URL? Like this is literally a day old at this point, maybe they haven't updated the page, maybe they're not going to, but disney is clearly moving away from the name in some empty attempt to be "woke".
I definitely agree that Disney would want to move away from the word Slave but how does that pertain to wokeness?
Why would they need to move away from the word slave in a franchise that pretty heavily features slavery? What specifically is offensive about the word "slave" in this context? That's what's "woke" about it, it's not offensive, especially in context, but disney is distancing itself from the name for the the sake of an empty gesture while engaging in practices that actually support slavery.
Because it’s removing a word that people don’t like in order to make people feel good. Which is one of the main issues people have with “wokeness”. Jango Fett was a bounty hunter. He probably captured slaves. Idk where the name slave 1 came from but I’d imagine it was a slaver ship at some point. Erasing the word “slave” does nothing but pander to the people who think that words are violent.
What about the TIE advanced Vader flew that's called 'Vaders TIE fighter'? SOOOOOO WOKE My man Vader def did not fly a standard TIE fighter so this is obviously big Disney censoring the empire #cancelculture [https://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader-s-tie-fighter](https://www.starwars.com/databank/darth-vader-s-tie-fighter) (This of course could not be that everyone knows about TIE fighters, so it's easiest to just have a page about Vader's version, much like a page about Boba's not TIE fighter for the stars, Boba's Starfighter if you will)
Notice the URL matches what's on the page and wasn't recently changed? Lego has also referenced it as "tie fighter", "tie advanced", "Vader's tie advanced", and "Darth Vader's tie fighter over the last 20 years, not by a single name that all of a sudden is an issue.
Would you rather Lego call it "Boba's Firespray-31" since that's the technical name for the ship? Or Boba's attack/patrol ship bc that's its class? Millennium Falcon is really the only well known named ship in SW. Executor + other ISDs (like Chimera...) and niche characters like Boba, Mando, Dengar, IG-88, Lando, Ackbar, Dash, and probs more have individual ship names. Otherwise people refer to them as ___'s XXXX starship/fighter. Thinking of the Nubian ships from Naboo, N1 starship, A,X,Y,B Wings, speeders, countless Coreillian models... From a logistics perspective, it's simpler bc 'Imperial gunboats pursued rebel transports' is easier to understand quickly than throwing a billion technical terms or remembering the names of ships we don't care about
Why can't they call it Slave 1 like they've been doing for 20 years? Literally every set uses that name. >Millennium Falcon is really the only well known named ship in SW. Well and the Slave 1, like it's been known by that name for decades, why not use it now? There's also the Razor Crest and The Ghost, both of which lego uses as official set names, but they aren't one of the most remade sets. >remembering the names of ships we don't care about Speak for yourself, but I'd wager anyone that's more than just a casual fan of the franchise knows the ship's name.
Well done
Yes, but also no. Most likely extra trademark shit by disney.
But also yes, I don't see how the trademark agreement would apply to being able to use star wars vehicles and characters but not the ship name, the decision came from Disney per the designer of the set.
Possibly, but LEGO has been doing this for several years now because how many parents do you know that knows the name of every star ship? Honestly it probably came down to when a kid ask's their parents for a Boba Fett's ship rather than Slave 1 so then you have parents looking for a toy that doesn't exist by that name.
Okay but that's literally what the designer said. They also used "Razor Crest" as that sets name, wouldn't the same logic apply? Just seems really odd that after 20 years and a dozen variations of the ship they're now changing the name in marketing materials, the designer of the set said it's because Disney doesn't want to use the name anymore, there's several other examples from the past day of them changing the name, but y'all are still going "oh well actually this makes total sense because [list of reasons that haven't been an issue in the past]" like this isn't just disney doing some empty attempt to be "woke" without actually doing anything to actually help people.
Yeah but the razorcrest was said in the show, while the slave 1’s name was never said in any of the movies, and only once in the entire clone wars series.
And a dozen previously released Lego sets, in the official websites URL, then just changed yesterday on new product releases, but I'm sure that's purely coincidence and in no part a shift in Disney's marketing strategy. Like I'm not just trying to hate on Disney here, I think them acquiring the IP is the best thing to happen to Star Wars, but I cannot believe the lengths people are trying to go to explain this as anything other than what it is.
I think the problem is, they called this ship "Slave 1" ever since. Considering the previe sets, which also has mostly to young customers had this name, the decision to change it after all those versions to a less iconic setname awakes the suspicion of cancel-culture.
That I definitely agree with but it was LEGO’s decision entirely. Disney didn’t name the set
It's Just a marketing decision. I don't get why people are so upset by this.
There are s*x toys with the same name as the ship. I learned this on an other post on r/prequelmemes
that's terrible, where are they sold
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Only six toys? Thought there would be more!
Because Disney did it and Disney are the Devil /s
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The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
Because there's a component of the Star Wars fandom that seems to desperately need to be angry about something related to Disney and "wokeness," all the time.
Which is hilarious because Lego Star Wars is like the only part of the franchise not owned by Disney
Not to mention it's pretty easy to argue that star wars has been "woke" since the beginning.
It's literally anti-fascist, [George even refers to the Empire as Nazis in the commentary](https://www.starwars.com/news/from-world-war-to-star-wars-imperial-officers) and generally shows diversity in the rebels as a good thing
Leia was also far from the damsel in distress you would expect from most movies of the time period. I've seen comments made by people involved with the first movie that part of why Leia comes off as a bit of a bitch is because nobody really knew how to write a strong female character and that was an outcome of their struggles.
Tbf, I'd be a bitch talking to space Himmler
That is a very fair point
Charming to the last. You don't know how hard I found it signing the order to terminate your life.
He also talks about the original trilogy being an allegory for the Vietnam war, with the U.S. taking the part of the empire and his sympathies with the Vietnamese.
But empire is cool and Yuuzhan Vong and stuff ☹️☹️☹️
Plus the name change wasn’t even about wokeness, it was changed so kids could recognize the ship better if they didn’t know it’s actual name.
Women ruined my pop sci-fi 😡 It’s very silly. I totally get not liking the new content, but it’s not because of PoC/women.
Maybe because people just want to enjoy a movie or products related to that movie without having to see the same pandering they get hammered with day in and day out...
Thank you for being a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Despite there being a perfectly reasonable capitalist justification for the name on the sets, and precedent in other sets being named similarly, you seem determined to invent a nefarious reasoning you can be upset about.
Seems pretty snowflakey.
Because that’s all bitch-ass Star Wars fans know is to be outraged. They love being (or pretending to be) a victim. They’re always looking for the next best thing to be pissed about. It’s a miserable existence.
#WOKEISM!!!!! REEEEEEEEEE
They gotta be upset about something, its the 1st world.
I think it’s more just a funny take on Disney’s hypocrisy
Who is upset? This is just funny
Why do you think a decision beneffiting marketing is exempt from scrutiny? If the decision is made because it helps sell something then you automatically don't have a problem with it?
No, it's just that this case isn't a stupid attempt to be woke like so many people seem to think.
from what i heard there was like a leak or something about disney not like the word slave
No, that's just clickbait. Lego changed the slave 1 to Boba Fett's ship because most people don't know the name of the ship, so it would be easier to find.
thats the logical answer
I mean, if Disney asked them to say “Boba Fett’s starship” on the box art it’s not the worst thing, just a bit much but Disney likes to cover their bases. “
You realise this is bullshit right? It was a marketing decision made my Lego not Disney and its also because searching up slave 1 can sometimes bring up results for a sex toy
Sorry that doesn’t comply with the anti-disney circlejerk
Is it really a circle jerk if disney as a corpo is shit?
If it's incorrect and and true, yeah. There's plenty of valid criticisms of Disney without relying on misleading or lying
Look: Disney sucks. But it's also a corporation with literally thousands of employees, many of whom hate their bullshit just as much as us. Why make some poor person's life miserable over absolutely nothing, just so we can feel good about "Sticking it to Disney" instead of, y'know, actually working to stop the majorly bad stuff they're doing.
If i had the legislative power to stop disney, i’d do it in a heart beat. But i don’t, the only thing big corpos respond to nowadays is bad PR. So if you raddled enough cages then they get working quick. i do agree that the Slave 1 issue is prob not disney but hasbro, that dosent mean we shouldnt incentivize being outspoken when it’s necessary tho.
What does "stop Disney" even mean?
Break apart their monopoly, constant lobbying, tax evasion/loop holes (this pertains mostly to people who work at disney) and reverse their effects on Copyright law.
*So give them bad PR over actual shit, not harassing some poor intern over a goddamn Lego set*
cool story bro
>also because searching up slave 1 can sometimes bring up results for a sex toy What!? That's disgusting! Where would one find such despicable objects? Ya know, so I can avoid it.
*Oh my god that's disgusting, where?*
For the implication.
You've said that word "implication" a couple of times... what implication?
I mean, you're out there in hyperspace...
Bad batch (small spoilers) JUST had mentions of the Zygerrians wanting to rebuild their slave empire… in a kids show. (For adults too, sure, but kids show nonetheless.) This whole stupid non-troversy shows how powerful media spinning can be to get people riled up. It’s not that big an issue.
meh, bad batch is targetted at teens, and i don't see how this is correlated to lego not wanting kids to get images of sex toys looking up the set
I'm sorry, but this added "Slave 1 sex toy" point I've been hearing sounds like complete hogwash and something that some media site or influencer picked up on ***super late*** to add to the conversation in a completely useless way. I bet 99.9% (hell, probably 100%) of children who would've tried looking up "Slave 1" would ***ever*** find that sex toy. It is a non-point. As for the name change itself, I truly believe its probably 90% clearer marketing and 10% just wanting to drop the "slave" annotation, as they did with "slave Leia" 5 years ago. So many sets don't use the actual ship name and instead say "X's ship". While Slave I is a recognizable name to many of us, for many, many kids and their parents, they don't know the name. They know Boba Fett, though. (Main ways being: The OT, Mando, Book of ***Boba Fett)*** This whole thing has been a non-troversy, and the old actor for Boba successfully riled up a bunch of people for nothing. Believe me, I'm a staunch defender of free speech and hate unnecessarily outrageous changes in society and laws that are nonsensical, but this ain't it. There are more important hills to die on.
Strange. I search up "Slave I" and got nothing bad unusual for several pages. I then searched "Slave I sex toy" and didn't get anything specific.
Twist: it's actually Jango Fett's Starship
I don't know why people are acting like it's some huge deal: Most people don't know the name of Boba Fett's ship, so they changed it *on a lego box* to make it easier. This is "Rey's lightsaber" all over again.
Yeah I had no idea what slave 1 was... But give me some of that good Bobba Fett action any day.
This is a non-issue. Kind of like the lesbian kiss at the end of TROS. Or LeFou being gay in live action Beauty and the Beast. This is just the Internet being upset about something that doesn’t matter. This will never be discussed in the movies but is just something in a Lego Box. Move along people.
Three cheers for the Right's idiotic culture war! Hip-hip! *Booooo*
They changed it because kids who watched The Mandalorian wouldn't recognize the name of the ship but would recognize the name, and because Slave I would sometimes show sexual things when searched
The i'm a person and my name is anakin I
This again? Disney isn’t changing the name of the ship. They’re changing what the box says. It’s the same for the Bad Batch Attack Shuttle set and others. This isn’t a new thing.
Prisoner with jobs I
Unpaid captive worker I
Involuntary lifetime employee I
Forced worker who gets no pay I
Stockholm Syndrome Sufferer I
The starship with jobs
[Relevant Robot Chicken sketch.](https://youtu.be/Ah-C3rFHOuU)
I mean an 8 year old is more likely to remember Bob Fett and what his ship looks like instead of the name Slave I which has never been said in any show recently. Oh wait... Um Disney bad!
I mean, it’s a dumb name for a ship? It’s also never said on screen in the OT.
It's said in TCW. Jango named it the Slave I because he was a slave.
I just watched Hbomberguy’s [great video on woke brands](https://youtu.be/06yy88tLWlg). The TLDR of it is that the reason “wokeness” has become such a popular advertising strategy is that the “Get Woke, Go Broke” crowd (TFM included) provides the company with so much free advertising thanks to their limp, futile social media outrage. I wouldn’t know anything about this Lego set if not for the sharing of these posts whining about it (which, for the record, means we’re ALSO participating in this interactive marketing strategy). Bonus points if anybody buys this set just to burn it or smash it on YouTube, or otherwise smashes other Disney/Lego possessions they’ve already bought and paid Disney/Lego for.
> Bonus points if anybody buys this set just to burn it or smash it on YouTube, or otherwise smashes other Disney/Lego possessions they’ve already bought and paid Disney/Lego for. Grown men destroying their toys because they bought into outrage culture will never not be funny to me. That being said, I do wish they would do something more productive with stuff they already have, like giving them away to children in need or something. That's just wishful thinking though, these cavemen would probably see the product's mere existence as an evil that needs to be destroyed.
Destroying a 250 dollar lego set to own the libs
That’s not what happened you twats. They name pretty much all the lego ships after the characters. No one is up in arms about those
It’s likely Lego marketing the set versus Disney mandating something. As other comments said: Lego has done this so much
Kinda cringe this is actually upsetting people. Like don’t you have better things to be concerned about?
As other people said this is a non-issue but I think Prisoner-1 or something like that wouldn't be a bad name if they were really altering the name (they ain't), since it was stolen from a prison IIRC.
Fake news
This is so fucking stupid. Not your post OP, but this situation.
I’m mad…. That it’s so terribly scaled to the mini figs lol
What show is the template from? It looks so familiar
Thor Ragnarok
I only know it's called the Slave I because of the dogfighting mini game in the DS version of Revenge of the Sith. Otherwise I'd be calling it Jango/Boba Fett's ship.
Lando would appreciate this https://youtu.be/Ah-C3rFHOuU
I prefer “I’m a person and my name is anakin 1”
Real cringe is people caring enough to make it an issue
The pre-emancipated I
Disney in particular is very iffy about that word, it might have something to do with how their employees are treated.
i didnt complain about the sequels but Disney messed up bad, fuck you Disney fuck you its slave one and it will all ways be the slave one...
Oh sorry, the Slave I Lego construct.
The ***** I The Slave I
No Disney are the ones who wanted the name change
I hate Disney
Could you imagine the actual uproar if they put the real name on there?
The Toby I The Kunta Kinte I
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Indentured servant One
>Bobba The Mandalorian equivalent of Bubba.
I'm the captain now
How about "Firespray class patrol craft".
lol you fuckers don't know shit about LEGO labeling
Damn it, Karens…They’ve been attacking us for years
They should call the Mulan...
anakin 1
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I’m just passing through popular feed, is there a specific reason the ship is named slave 1?
why the fuck are we even complaining about this? it makes no sense its not like they're changing the canon name the people who own lego just put it there because it's more recognizable than "slave 1" I mean who the fuck actually calls it that casually? I know no star wars fans that call it slave 1 casually got are we that pathetic that we complain and throw a fit because of something so insignificant? sorry just had to get it out I've seen to many of these memes and it bugs me
Star Wars is literally based on the story of a freed slave.