What with Star Wars Celebration Anaheim coming up in just two days and May the 4th nearly upon us, I’m feeling pretty Star Wars-y this week! And so, let’s journey back to a galaxy far, far away and discuss one of the sets I looked past in my initial New York Toy Fair 2015 coverage: the LEGO Star Wars Naboo Starfighter 75092! It’s definitely new… but is it improved?

Of all the sets that popped up on the earliest list of summer 2015 Star Wars list, the Naboo Starfighter was the one that immediately caught my eye and surprised me the most. I wasn’t surprised because the vehicle isn’t worthy of the spotlight–it’s almost definitely the most-marketable vehicle from The Phantom Menace–but by the fact that we’re getting another Naboo Starfighter set so soon.

The 7877 Naboo Starfighter set (which was a Target exclusive in the United States) was only released in 2011 and retired in 2013. In fact, that particular set sold very poorly and ended up being cleared out of many Target stores for half price.

Meanwhile, the 9674 Naboo Starfighter & Naboo set was released in 2012 and rotted on shelves for two years (largely due to the undesirability of the Naboo Pilot minifigure, no doubt). Obviously the Episode I Naboo Starfighter is not the most in-demand vehicle around.

Even so, I walked into the LEGO booth at the New York Toy Fair 2015 last month and immediately spotted the 2015 Naboo Starfighter on display, confirming what I already knew to be true.

Perhaps having realized that the Naboo Starfighter is not the intergalactic apple of every Star Wars fan’s eye, the LEGO Star Wars Naboo Starfighter 75092 is being loaded with figures to help sell the set to kids and collectors.

In total, LEGO 75092 will include nine figures: two brick-built Droidekas and minifigures of kid Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, two Battle Droids, a Battle Droid Commander, R2-D2 and a Naboo Pilot. While none of these are especially rare characters, that’s still a lot of minifigs for a $50 set to contain!

While not exactly a drastic evolution of the Naboo Starfighter, the 2015 version of the ship does feature a new build that incorporates more parts and looks slightly better than the 2011 incarnation.

This will also be the first Naboo Starfighter LEGO vehicle to feature spring-loaded missiles (translucent green in this case), a feature that I’m growing to love more and more on recent sets.

At $49.99 for 442 pieces–about 11 cents per brick–this set isn’t the hottest deal around. Even so, it’s still an infinitely better deal than the 2011 Naboo Starfighter, which cost the same price for 318 pieces (almost 16 cents per piece)!

Though I’m feeling a mite burnt-out on Naboo Starfighters at the moment, I am a big Jake Lloyd Anakin Skywalker fan, so I always pick up the sets with kid Anakin minifigures. And though it’s only a modest improvement, this is the definitive LEGO Star Wars Naboo Starfighter, making this set a definite ‘buy’ on my summer list.

 The 75092 Naboo Starfighter set is part of the LEGO Star Wars Summer 2015 sets wave scheduled to be released in June 2015. That means that we’ll hopefully be seeing early shipments of this set arrive as early as next month!

Thoughts on the new 2015 LEGO Naboo Starfighter 75092? Is this new version of an oft-released vehicle a worthy upgrade, or are you satisfied with the previously-released builds of the Naboo Starfighter?