LEGO Star Wars 75192 Millennium Falcon is one of four UCS sets scheduled to retire by the end of 2026 – but what are the chances of it actually happening?
The current UCS Millennium Falcon has been on shelves since September 2017, and easily ranks amongst the longest-serving LEGO sets full stop. Its retirement date has been pushed back time and time again, to the point that it’s still readily available nearly a decade later (presumably much to the chagrin of day-one investors hoping for a payday on the scale of the original UCS Falcon) – but its shelf life may soon be coming to an end.
At the time of writing, 75192 Millennium Falcon is scheduled to retire by December 31, 2026, along with fellow Ultimate Collector Series sets 75367 Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser, 75382 TIE Interceptor and
The wider LEGO Star Wars portfolio
One thing definitely worth considering is the state of the wider LEGO Star Wars portfolio. Three of the UCS sets due to retire in 2026 come in at over £400 each, and if they were all to depart in unison it would leave a conspicuous gap in the line-up that won’t be filled by the rest of this year’s releases alone, or likely even 2027’s (when was the last time the LEGO Group debuted two £400+ LEGO Star Wars sets in one calendar year?).
It may be that production of these models will instead be handed over to other sets (hello, SMART Play) or themes, in which case fair enough, there’s every chance they’ll all retire in 2026. But if any set in that trio – the Venator, Jabba’s Sail Barge and the Falcon – has the kind of staying power to merit an extension, and with all credit to the other two for still being excellent sets, it’s Han Solo’s hunk of junk.
The timing
We’re a little under five months away from the first batch of retiring LEGO sets leaving shelves in 2026, with an unusually high number of models due to depart in July. But as the recent shifting of 10307 Eiffel Tower proves, even those sets aren’t locked in right now – so there’s still plenty of time for the contenders due to retire by the end of 2026 to be pushed back into 2027 and beyond.
Examples of that happening already in recent weeks include 76446 Knight Bus Adventure and 40638 Heart Ornament, both of which were scheduled to retire by December 2026 and will now stay on shelves until at least the end of 2027.
That said, it’s worth noting that 75192 Millennium Falcon was pushed back from 2025 to 2026 all the way back in August 2024, so its retirement this year has been on the cards for quite a while – and the LEGO Group hasn’t yet deemed fit to extend its shelf life any further. So while there’s definitely still time for it to happen yet, you’d be forgiven for assuming it would have happened by now…
A potential successor
The other point of consideration here is that 75192 Millennium Falcon has obviously been a great seller for the LEGO Group, outlasting countless other UCS sets, and it feels like an evergreen product in the Star Wars line-up – so if it does retire, surely it won’t be long before a new and improved version comes along. But could the LEGO Star Wars team really build on the Falcon? What would a redesign even look like?
Well, from a design perspective there are a handful of immediately obvious improvements, not least a more fully-realised interior (rather than the pockets of interior in the current set). The broader parts catalogue in 2027 and beyond would also open up plenty of opportunities for small tweaks to the design and building experience, and launching it 10 years after the last one would be nicely timed.
75192 Millennium Falcon is also hooked to both The Empire Strikes Back and The Force Awakens/The Last Jedi, having debuted just ahead of Episode VIII. That’s reflected primarily in its alternate radar dish and its minifigure selection, which includes two Han Solos alongside Princess Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Finn and Rey. But with the sequel trilogy all but forgotten by Lucasfilm’s merchandising machine, you could imagine the LEGO Group being keen to revamp the set’s minifigure selection (giving Han, Leia and Threepio dual-moulded legs, for example).
A new UCS Falcon also has benefits from a budget and marketing perspective: the LEGO Group could charge more for a new version even without substantially inflating the piece count (not a good thing for us, but you can easily imagine it happening), avoiding the need to give the 2017 set yet another price hike; and the chance to make a big song and dance about a new release would bring in plenty of new consumers.
Plenty of LEGO Star Wars collectors would probably also feel compelled to double-dip (or triple-dip by that point) on UCS Falcons, so the LEGO Group would be making money hand over fist. Refreshing its flagship LEGO Star Wars set makes sense in a lot of ways – and for that to happen the old one will need to leave shelves first, even if there’s a months-long gap with no UCS Falcon available to buy at retail.
We saw it happen in 2015 with the retirement of 10188 Death Star months ahead of the release of 75159 Death Star, and even if the current LEGO UCS Millennium Falcon doesn’t feel in dire need of an update, the LEGO Group also has precedent for revamping sets almost for the sake of it (see this year’s new London Bus upgrade).
Should you buy the UCS Millennium Falcon in 2026?
With all that in mind, we really wouldn’t be surprised to see 75192 Millennium Falcon finally retire for good at the end of 2026. Does that mean you should buy it as soon as you can? Well, that depends on your personal risk tolerance. There are no guarantees that it will retire, and if it does there’s every chance that we’ll be staring down the barrel of a new and possibly better version within a year or two at most.
That said, 75192 Millennium Falcon is such an incredible LEGO Star Wars set (it’s been on the podium of our Top 20 LEGO sets list since we launched it) that you’re unlikely to regret buying it even if it doesn’t retire for another few years, or a new one does come along shortly after. Chances are a subsequent release would cost more than the current version, and with a £900 Death Star on shelves right now, the Falcon looks cheap by comparison – especially if you can find it on sale, as it’s still pretty regularly discounted to £600 or less.
We don’t have a crystal ball and can‘t say for sure whether LEGO Star Wars 75192 Millennium Falcon will retire in 2026, but hopefully this consideration of the contributing factors to its retirement (or lack thereof) will help you make an informed purchasing decision.
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