Star Wars

BARC Speeder Escape

A tiny speeder chase that smuggled in one of the best minifigures of the year.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 75378 · 2024

Pieces221

Minifigs4

Year2024

Set number75378

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The verdict

I picked this one up purely for Kelleran Beq and walked away happy about the whole box.

The BARC speeder itself builds up fast and looks properly gangly and mechanical, all exposed pistons and thin landing struts, and Grogu tucked into his little basket is the kind of detail that makes me grin every time. This is a minifigure set wearing a vehicle set's clothes, and once you accept that, it delivers. Skip it if you need a serious playset for the money, grab it if you want a shelf piece with real Star Wars moment attached to it.

Best for: Star Wars minifig collectors who want the Order 66 flashback scene on their shelf

The full review

What it is

I bought this one for a single reason and that reason has a name: Kelleran Beq. He's the Jedi Master who pulled off that jaw dropping Order 66 rescue in The Mandalorian season 3, and this was the first time LEGO put him in plastic. The moment I clipped his cloak on and handed him his lightsaber, the rest of the box stopped mattering quite so much, but I still built the speeder that afternoon and enjoyed it more than I expected to. It's spindly and mechanical looking, with thin struts standing in for landing gear and just enough greebling on the engine block to feel like a real vehicle instead of a toy.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about what this isn't. It is not a substantial building experience. Two hundred and twenty one pieces goes fast, and a decent chunk of that count is the four minifigures and their accessories rather than structural parts. If you're after an afternoon of satisfying engineering, this will feel over before it starts. The two extra 501st Clone Troopers are perfectly fine but they're the kind of figures you've likely built a dozen times before in other sets, so they're padding more than payoff.

Who it's for

Get this one if you collect Star Wars minifigures or if that Order 66 flashback hit you the way it hit me, because that scene deserves a shelf spot and this is the only way to build it. Skip it if you want your money going toward a vehicle with real build heft, there are bigger BARC speeders and better clone army sets that will satisfy that itch far more.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is quick work, maybe twenty minutes if you're not stopping to admire the minifigures along the way. The speeder frame goes together in a handful of steps, with the cockpit and rear engine assembly clicking on fast, so most of your time actually goes into snapping accessories onto four figures rather than wrestling with the model itself. It's a set you build in one sitting without breaking a sweat, which makes it an easy one to hand to a younger builder too.

The whole reason to own this box is Kelleran Beq, debuting here with his own cloak piece, a lightsaber, and the calm expression that fits a Jedi who just pulled off an impossible rescue. Grogu rides along in a small pram accessory that is genuinely charming in person, and the two 501st Clone Troopers round things out with standard but perfectly clean printing. Piece count value is fair rather than exceptional given how much of the budget goes toward the figures, but if minifigures are what you're chasing, this is exactly the trade you want to make.

Fun facts

01Kelleran Beq made his LEGO debut in this exact set, based on his Order 66 rescue flashback from The Mandalorian season 3, played on screen by Ahmed Best, the actor who also brought Jar Jar Binks to life
02The set launched as part of LEGO Star Wars' May the Fourth 2024 lineup, timed around the brand's 25th anniversary of Star Wars sets
03Grogu comes included in his own small floating pram accessory rather than as a loose printed tile, matching how he's shown being smuggled out during the rescue scene
04Brickset lists the set with an official retirement date at the end of 2025, and it carries a 3.5 star average across several hundred member reviews