Star Wars

Resistance I-TS Transport

The little ship that greets you at the start of Rise of the Resistance, and it earns the spotlight.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 75293 · 2020

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Year2020

Set number75293

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The verdict

This is one of those sets that hits differently if you've actually stood in that boarding room at Galaxy's Edge, waiting to pile into the transport before the whole ride pulls the rug out from under you.

As a model it's chunky, angular, and built like a tank thanks to a proper Technic skeleton. The four Galaxy's Edge exclusive figures are the real hook, and they're characters you genuinely cannot get anywhere else. It loses a little shine on the tight cockpit and some exposed white beams, but if you love the parks or want figures you can't find in any other box, it's a lovely thing to own.

Best for: Galaxy's Edge fans and Star Wars collectors who want minifigures found in no other set

The full review

What it is

The Resistance I-TS Transport is the little ship you board at the very start of Rise of the Resistance, the one that gets ambushed by TIE fighters and yanked into a Star Destroyer's tractor beam before you've even settled in. It was designed by Disney Imagineers for the ride, which makes it one of the more unusual subjects LEGO has ever put in a Star Wars box, and I love that about it. This isn't a hero ship from the films you've watched a hundred times. It's a piece of theme park lore, and building it feels like bottling a very specific memory. The finished model is chunky and grey and wonderfully angular, with a shape that reads instantly if you've stood in that queue.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about where it stumbles. At its launch price it always felt a touch steep for what's inside, and the four minifigures, lovely as they are, are on the thin side for a hundred dollar set. The bigger frustration for a lot of builders is the cockpit. It's genuinely cramped, and there's visible Technic clutter around the pilot's seat, plus a couple of white beams holding up the roof that never quite get covered. On a ship that's otherwise so clean, those exposed bits nag at you. It's also not a display centerpiece the way a UCS model is, so temper your expectations on shelf presence.

Who it's for

So who should chase one down now that it's retired and creeping up in value on the secondary market? If you've done Galaxy's Edge and that boarding room means something to you, this is an easy yes, because the figures alone justify it. Collectors who want characters like Vi Moradi and Lieutenant Bek in plastic have literally no other option. If you're mostly after a big, showy display build or the most parts for your money, though, you'll probably feel better served elsewhere. This one rewards affection for the source more than it rewards pure engineering hunger.

The parts story

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

Building it is more satisfying than the finished shape lets on. You start with a Technic core and work outward, and by the time the frame is done the whole thing feels rock solid, the kind of model you can grab one-handed and wave around without a single tile popping off. The angled panelling that gives the transport its silhouette is put together cleverly, and the opening cockpit hatch is the moment that got a smile out of me. It's a steady, grown-up sort of build, not fiddly for the sake of it, and it never drags across the four bags.

For parts hunters there's a decent haul of grey and dark grey plates and slopes, exactly the palette you'd want for future ship MOCs, so this bag of bricks keeps earning long after the ship is built. The four figures are the real treasure though. Vi Moradi's black and blue wig is beautifully done, Lieutenant Bek gives you a Mon Calamari torso and head, and you get an astromech plus a workhorse GNK power droid. New Elementary noted LEGO reused an older head print for one figure, a small corner cut, but the exclusivity of the lineup more than makes up for it.

Fun facts

01The ship isn't from any Star Wars film. It was created by Disney Imagineers as the vessel guests board at the beginning of the Rise of the Resistance attraction at Galaxy's Edge.
02Vi Moradi, the Resistance spy in the set, first appeared in Delilah S. Dawson's novels Phasma (2017) and Galaxy's Edge: Black Spire (2019) before getting her own minifigure here.
03Nien Nunb actually pilots the transport during the ride, yet the popular Sullustan was left out of the set, a decision that frustrated plenty of fans.
04Retired and out of production, sealed copies have climbed well above the original 99.99 dollar retail price on the secondary market.