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Learn more.We Build LEGO Star Wars: Smart Play Sets, Which Bleep-Bloop and Pew-PewThe new interactive LEGO sets are a questionable idea with an uneven execution.By Kevin WongUpdated: Apr 14, 2026 5:40pm UTC1 commentsIn LEGO's new Star Wars Smart Play sets, the designers merged their traditional brick builds with interactive media.

These new sets are motion sensitive and color sensitive, and they respond to a kid's movements to make contextual, corresponding sounds.

We built Luke's Red Five X-Wing (Set #75423) and Darth Vader's TIE Fighter (Set #75421) – two of the core sets in the Smart gaming series – to experience them firsthand.

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SMART Brick IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Luke’s Red Five X-Wing6$89.99 at Amazon$89.99 at LEGO StoreSMART Brick IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter4$69.99 at Amazon$69.99 at LEGO StoreSMART Brick IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Throne Room Duel & A-Wing6$159.99 at Amazon$159.99 at LEGO StoreSMART Brick NOT IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Millennium Falcon8$99.99 at AmazonSMART Brick NOT IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Mos Eisley Cantina4$79.99 at AmazonSMART Brick NOT IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Yoda’s Hut and Jedi Training6$69.99 at AmazonSMART Brick NOT IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: AT-ST Attack on Endor4$49.99 at AmazonSMART Brick NOT IncludedLEGO Star Wars Smart Play: Luke’s Landspeeder5$39.99 at AmazonIn the end, this is more a neat oddity than a new way to play.

LEGO prides itself on its worksmanship, and it has successfully persuaded the general public that quality and consistency justify expense.

But these sets, unfortunately, do not serve that reputation.LEGO Star Wars Smart Play - X-WingView 75 ImagesThe key innovation behind Smart Play (worth keeping, once this current trend runs its course) is the new Smart Brick, a 4x2 piece that glows when it's running ## Editor's Note Stay tuned for more updates as this story develops. Source: [IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/we-build-lego-star-wars-smart-play-sets-2026)