This past weekend
LEGO revealed a new
Star Wars based set from the
Disney+ The Mandalorian series labled as
"Boba Fett's Starship". Of course most of us since the ship originally appeared back during
Empire Strikes Back in the 80's know the ship by it's original name
Slave-1.
So this had some asking why the new
LEGO set for
Slave-1 was being labeled with a generic name like
Boba Fett's Starship? Well
JediNews is reporting that
Jens Kronvold Frederiksen (LEGO Star Wars Design Director) told them that the directive to change the name and no longer call it Slave-1 came from
Disney.
Jens: Then, the next one, also from The Mandalorian, is Boba Fett’s Starship.
Michael: Yes, I built another. We’re not calling it Slave I any more. This is Boba Fett’s Starship.
James: OK, why are we dropping the Slave I name?
Jens: Everybody is. It’s probably not something which has been announced publicly but it is just something that Disney doesn’t want to use any more.
