Star Wars – Mark Pospesel (Coding and Other Stuff)

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2023 in Pictures

Our thirteenth year opening this LEGO advent calendar together and still fun. Shot for a second year with an iPhone 14 Pro Max.

LEGO minifigure of Omega from the Bad Batch stands in a tiny sled because the minifigures with the short legs can't even sit. — Day 1

Mini LEGO startship build made mostly out of gray parts. It supposedly is The Justifier, piloted by bounty hunter Cad Bane. It's kind of ugly. — Day 2

Mini LEGO build of the Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter. It's mostly made of light gray parts and has a sleek shape. — Day 3

3 LEGO micro-builds, from left-to-right: a holiday-themed pit droid, a gray clone turbo tank, and a clone trooper mini figure with orange markings. — Days 4–6

Two LEGO micro-builds. A nondescript amalgamation of mostly gray bricks on the left and a battle droid minifigure holding a blaster on the right — Days 7–8

LEGO micro-build of a Star Wars Clone Wars era battle droid speeder. It's mostly brown and black and hovers above a small square of grass. — Day 9

LEGO micro-build of a weird tank with two big brown wagon wheels mounted at an angle. — Day 10

LEGO micro-build of a tank with a dark blue lower body and light gray upper. There are two small side cannons and one large central cannon. — Day 11

LEGO micro-build of a brown Star Wars GONK droid dressed as Rudolph with tan antlers and a red nose. — Day 12

LEGO micro-build of an Imperial shuttle in white. It has a large vertical upper fin and two wings that angle down. — Day 13

LEGO minifigure of Return of the Jedi era Princess Leia in her Endor moon forest camouflage outfit. She holds a small blaster in her right hand and a cookie in her left. — Day 14

LEGO micro-build of the ewok village with light tan pathways connecting three dark brown trunks. There's a ramp up from the ground. — Day 15

LEGO microbuild of the bunker on Endor that the rebels took over and blew up. It's just a collection of gray plates and slopes. — Day 16

LEGO micro-build mostly in light gray of an Imperial AT-ST, All-Terrain Scout Transport, a two-legged mechanical walker with guns. — Day 17

LEGO micro-build of an Imperial Speeder Bike mostly done in brown and dark gray. — Day 18

LEGO micro-build of the Imperial shield generator on the forest moon of Endor. It has a large gray radar dish pointing upwards that towers over three conifer trees that are represented by green cones. — Day 19

LEGO minifigure of Emperor Palpatine wearing an ugly red Christmas sweater with a Death Star under construction design on it. He holds a red coffee cup in his left hand and bolts of purple and blue energy fly from his right hand. — Day 20

LEGO micro-build of Emperor Palpatine's throne with black arms and high back and a gray seat. — Day 21

LEGO micro build of an Imperial Star Destroyer in light gray with dark gray highlights. It has the classic triangular wedge shape and raised bridge but is missing any engines. — Day 22

LEGO micro build of an Ewok hang glider made mostly out of brown and tan parts. The results are not good. — Day 23

Previous Years

2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

Day 24: Holiday Ewok

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 24: Holiday Ewok. A white ewok with an ugly sweater-style headdress. And he can fall with style using yesterday’s glider. Solid holiday-themed minifigure. Thumbs up. That’s a wrap for advent 2023!

Day 23: Ewok Glider

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 23: Ewok Glider. If this hadn’t been teased on the box art I would have no idea what this was supposed to be. The ewoks were terrible and their primitive Da Vinci hang glider was worse. It might be barely tolerable when they inevitably pair it with an ewok minifigure tomorrow, but on its own this just sucks. Thumbs down. One day to go.

Advent Star Destroyers

Advent star destroyers 2023 vs 2015 vs 2012. Earlier star destroyers were chunkier and two studs wide at the tip but they did have engines. The earliest version didn’t properly capture the characteristic wide bridge tower.

Day 22: Imperial Star Destroyer

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 22: Imperial Star Destroyer. This model captures the destroyer’s pointy shape better than previous editions, but it’s missing any engines. It feels a little small compared to other ships we’ve gotten this year. Somewhat of a departure from the Return of the Jedi theme. Marginal thumbs up.

Day 21: Emperor’s Throne

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 21: Emperor’s Throne. The Emperor’s throne from the Death Star II. It’s a bit lame on its own but at least it’s recognizable (unlike Day 7’s Clone Command Station). Infinitely better with Palpatine seated on it. Marginal thumbs up on its own merits. Solid thumbs up with the Emperor enthroned upon it having his morning cuppa joe.

Day 20: Ugly Sweater Emperor Palpatine

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 20: Ugly Sweater Emperor Palpatine. With a big mug of coffee in one hand Emperor Palpatine looks ready to rock a holiday party with unlimited power! Or perhaps he’s merely ready to blast anyone who disturbs him before noon. Thumbs up.

Day 19: Endor Shield Generator

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 19: Endor Shield Generator. The one the rebels needed to knock out to be able to attack the Death Star. More Return of the Jedi goodness. I like the trees. Thumbs up.

Advent Speeder Bikes

Advent Speeder Bikes: 2023 vs 2018 vs 2014. Speeder Bikes have also appeared numerous times over the years. The 2014 version is done up as Santa’a sleigh complete with toy sack. (Fun fact: the 2018 speeder was photographed in the Amazon rain forest!) There was another bike in the 2021 calendar, but that year I must have been overwhelmed by life and never photographed anything past day 5.

Day 18: Speeder Bike

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 18: Speeder Bike. The Endor builds just keep on coming. Love this. Thumbs up.