Star Wars

Inquisitor Transport Scythe

The angry black-and-red wedge from Obi-Wan Kenobi, and honestly one of the best mid-size Star Wars ships in years.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 75336 · 2022

Pieces924

Minifigs4

Year2022

Set number75336

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The verdict

This is the ship that made me forgive the Obi-Wan Kenobi series for its slow patches.

The Scythe has such an aggressive, angular silhouette that I assumed LEGO would round off the edges and call it close enough, but they nailed the shaping with almost no gaps. Four exclusive minifigures, a genuinely roomy interior, and wings that fold between flight and landing modes make it feel complete rather than compromised. If you love the Inquisitors or you want a display ship with real presence, this one earns its shelf.

Best for: Obi-Wan Kenobi fans who want a display-worthy villain ship with a strong minifig lineup

The full review

What it is

The Inquisitor Transport Scythe is Reva's ship from the Obi-Wan Kenobi series, and it is that mean black-and-red wedge with the sweeping wings that the Inquisitors fly around in. The hull is what got me. That shape is all sharp diagonals and forward-leaning menace, the kind of silhouette that usually turns into a gappy mess in brick form, and instead the designers used a clever mix of System and Technic to hold those angles tight. At around 37cm long it has real heft on a shelf, and the whole thing reads as one continuous aggressive shape rather than a collection of plates trying to look like a ship. I did not expect to like it as much as I do.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the trade-offs. At the launch price of 99.99 this is a set where you feel the size a little. It is meaty in the hand but it is not huge, and if you are used to counting centimeters per dollar you might raise an eyebrow. The wings are the other honest caveat. They mount on Technic pins so they can fold between flight and landing modes, which is lovely in theory, but a fair few builders (myself included) had one pop off while turning the model over. It is not fragile exactly, it just wants two hands and a bit of care. And there is no stand in the box, so if you want it posed nose-up in flight mode you are improvising.

Who it's for

If you followed the Kenobi series and the Inquisitors are your thing, get this without overthinking it. The minifig lineup alone carries it, and the ship is one of the better mid-size Star Wars models of its year. It also suits anyone who wants a striking display piece that does not eat a whole shelf. Who should skip it? If you only care about play features you will find the interior nice but not deep, and if raw part count per dollar is your metric, there are bigger builds for the same money. This one is about shape, color, and character, and on those it delivers.

The parts story

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

The build is a satisfying two to three hours, and it is more engaging than the finished look suggests. Getting those steep angles to sit right means a lot of Technic framing under the panels, so you spend the early stages building a skeleton and then hanging the sleek black plating off it. It is the kind of process where the ship does not look like much until suddenly a whole section snaps into shape and the profile appears. The wing assemblies and the opening cockpit are the fiddliest bits, but nothing here is frustrating, it just rewards paying attention to which pin goes where.

The real treasure is the minifigures, all four exclusive to this set. Ben Kenobi comes with the new hairpiece and double-sided head from the series, plus a sand blue tunic that matches his Tatooine look, and he carries both a blue lightsaber and a spare. The Grand Inquisitor and the Fifth Brother return in updated form, and that Fifth Brother matters because his 2016 version had climbed to painful prices on the aftermarket. Reva, the Third Sister, has a sharp new head print with a clean torso design. The black hull relies more on smart everyday parts and angle-holding Technic than on flashy new molds, which is part of why the shaping feels so solid.

Fun facts

01The Scythe retired around the end of 2023, and sealed copies have since climbed roughly 30 percent above the original 99.99 price on the secondary market.
02All four minifigures are exclusive to this set, and their combined aftermarket value has been estimated at more than half the price of the whole box.
03The previous Fifth Brother minifigure, from a 2016 set, became one of the pricier Inquisitor figures to track down, so this updated version was a relief for collectors.
04The wings mount on Technic pins so they can be repositioned between flight and landing modes, echoing how the ship transforms on screen.