Random set of the day: The Twilight

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The Twilight

The Twilight

©2008 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 7680 The Twilight, released during 2008. It's one of 21 Star Wars sets produced that year. It contains 882 pieces and 4 minifigs, and its retail price was US$99.99/£68.49.

It's owned by 4,062 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $288.10, or eBay.


45 comments on this article

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By in New Zealand,

So which one is the Vampire?

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By in United States,

This is based off the not so popular 2008 clone wars movie. For me, someone who grew up on the 2008 clone wars this is super nostalgic. One of my first Lego sets was from the 2008 clone wars. I never got this set because it was way out of my family’s price range.

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By in Canada,

Honestly if you look at the instructions it's a pretty cool set with some interesting features- one of the truly underrated Star wars sets imo (not just on one of the common "underrated" sets lists)

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By in United States,

It's like a flying garage, that brings half of its driveway with it.

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By in United States,

Always liked the design of the Twilight, seems to be a pretty polarizing set but hey its cool to see it again.

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By in United States,

All I see is a navigator and a spice freighter.

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By in United States,

It's the cargo van of B-Wings. Really, it just needs an airbrushed Krayt Dragon on the side.

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By in New Zealand,

What a Coincidence. I just watched The Clone wars movie last week! ! The thing i hate about it is the use of the light Gray lightsaber pieces. I think it was the time when they phased out the chrome piece but before the design used today. And they make it worse by putting them on backwards!

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By in Canada,

This set is sooooo Rotta.

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By in Canada,

I always thought this was a pretty cool set, maybe just because it had so much space inside! Space isn't a very hard thing to add to models, and functions are more interest-grabbing, but as a kid, I would trade play features for space to carry my minifigs any day! 2008 Clone Wars is also quite nostalgic for me.

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By in United States,

Always nice to see a one-off Star Wars vehicle. Makes them feel special, a relic from a bygone age yet unreplaced.

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By in United States,

A cool set, neat functions, but a bit empty, and kind of unwieldy. I at least thought so anyway.

Also, it is kind of odd how The Twilight's never really seen past the first few episodes of Season 2 of Clone Wars, and then Obi-Wan gets to borrow it in Season 5 just for the thing to blow up. There was a deleted scene explaining its history of disrepair over that course of time, but it was cut for time. I don't know if it was included on the Blu-ray, I got the DVD, and it's only ever mentioned, I don't even know if it ever made it to a stage of animation, but I want to say that there was official voicework done by Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, and James Arnold Taylor, but don't take my word for it.
The Twilight was invented so that there was some truth to the line that Luke's father flew a Spice Freighter in A New Hope, and then it gets this glorious sendoff, but I don't even recall if I ever noticed that it was The Twilight because it had been so long since we saw it again back in Spring 2013 (last seen before then was Fall 2009). Obi-Wan mentions that it's the last time he borrows a ship from Anakin, but I think I might have completely forgotten about The Twilight and figured it was just another hunk of junk he was messing with because Anakin's just a tinkerer. I'd really like to see that deleted scene now because that explosion is spectacular, but I don't think it held as much weight as I think might have been intended since there were more pressing concerns like the safety of Duchess Satine and the looming threat of Maul and his forces. Things blew up all the time in that show, another ship getting blown up was kind of nothing, it's all just about how you do it that makes it special.

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By in United States,

@MCLegoboy said:
"A cool set, neat functions, but a bit empty, and kind of unwieldy. I at least thought so anyway.

Also, it is kind of odd how The Twilight's never really seen past the first few episodes of Season 2 of Clone Wars, and then Obi-Wan gets to borrow it in Season 5 just for the thing to blow up. There was a deleted scene explaining its history of disrepair over that course of time, but it was cut for time. I don't know if it was included on the Blu-ray, I got the DVD, and it's only ever mentioned, I don't even know if it ever made it to a stage of animation, but I want to say that there was official voicework done by Matt Lanter, Ashley Eckstein, and James Arnold Taylor, but don't take my word for it.
The Twilight was invented so that there was some truth to the line that Luke's father flew a Spice Freighter in A New Hope, and then it gets this glorious sendoff, but I don't even recall if I ever noticed that it was The Twilight because it had been so long since we saw it again back in 2013. Obi-Wan mentions that it's the last time he borrows a ship from Anakin, but I think I might have completely forgotten about The Twilight and figured it was just another hunk of junk he was messing with because Anakin's just a tinkerer. I'd really like to see that deleted scene now because that explosion is spectacular, but I don't think it held as much weight as I think might have been intended since there were more pressing concerns like the safety of Duchess Satine and the looming threat of Maul and his forces. Things blew up all the time in that show, another ship getting blown up was kind of nothing, it's all just about how you do it that makes it special."


The reason why you can’t find much about the Twilight is because it wasn’t really seen in the clone wars TV show. It was the main ship in the from the less rememberable 2008 Clone wars animated movie.

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By in Germany,

There's so much space inside this thing, but they didn't use it. There's not even a floor!

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By in United States,

@Endermen39 said:
"The reason why you can’t find much about the Twilight is because it wasn’t really seen in the clone wars TV show. It was the main ship in the from the less rememberable 2008 Clone wars animated movie."
No, it was used plenty in Season 1. It's used to rescue Plo Koon and Padmé from The Malevolance in two separate episodes, it's used in the two episodes where R2 is captured, they fly it to Florum to negotiate with Hondo about Dooku, they go to Iego with it for the cure to the Blue Shadow Virus, and then in Season 2, it's used to rescue kids that Cad Bane captured for Sidious. Anakin could have used it in the battle over Saleucami, but I get why not. They could have easily flown it when dropping Ahsoka off on Mandalore to teach the police academy kids, and been in it when they were taken to Mortis in Season 3. Anakin and Ahsoka could have chased down Cad Bane in the Deception Arc of Season 4 with it, too. It's Anakin's ship, he flies it all the time, but then the T-6 and Eta Class shuttles were introduced and he's only ever flying those things if there's more than one person needing to be transported despite The Twilight having ample space for passengers. I've thought about this before. The Twilight's not always super active in its episodes, but it is prevalent... until it's just suddenly not.

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By in United States,

@Endermen39:
Except the movie is literally part of the TV series. After production was underway on the show, Lucas decided there should be a theatrical film to kick it off (keeping in mind that merch sales tanked when there wasn’t any film to stoke interest, so the post-2005 fate of the franchise was resting pretty heavily on this show). Rather than make a movie from the ground up, a handful of episodes were stitched together into a cohesive story, and that’s what got a very short theatrical run. Ironically, the film may have done more bad than good, since it was probably the worst story written for S1.

It’s still the only theatrical release under the Star Wars name to gross less than $100 million, in part thanks to a very short release window. I can’t remember if it ran more than a week, but the DVD release was about three months later, which was unheard of at the time. Well, except maybe indie films (which, technically, any Lucas-era SW production was). It was critically panned, and not just by the professional movie critics. Fan media hated it too. I’m now wondering if the Clone Wars film isn’t partly responsible for the tan backlash against the prequels, which I distinctly remember only happening once Ep3 had a successful run.

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By in Australia,

We really need a remake of that version of Ahsoka...

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By in Canada,

"Consider if you will: a company devoid of 'new vision'...having to steal from their own backlog of vehicles; "primitive" them, and put them into a cartoon...if you see that then, then you've entered 'The Twilight Zone'" :D

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By in Faroe Islands,

I really hope that LEGO releases a remake of this set in the near future because I really like the design of Anakin's old ship and it was criminally underused in the original Clone Wars animated series

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By in United States,

This is certainly a set I used to pass over, but due to nostalgia, and enjoying unique models more now, I love it! I would love to see a microfighter version, but it may be too niche of a vehicle. At least there was a good Rebrickable model for it.

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By in Netherlands,

I always looked at this thing like an obese B-Wing with no neck and a tiny cockpit off to the side. At the time I didn't watchThe Clone Wars.
Looking at it as I do now as basically a boxy ship with some extra wings and one huge wing with an escape pod makes so much more sense, yet it also kind of doesn't.

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By in Germany,

It's so ugly; I want it!

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By in United States,

Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars.

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By in Australia,

This was one set I never really understood the hate for. Yes, the ship is kind of ugly, but as a kid who grew up watching S1 and 2 of The Clone Wars (plus the movie) on repeat, this was like the Millennium Falcon to me. For that reason, it's a set I was quite interested in for a long time.

And then I grew up and realised that most of the 2008-2010 LEGO Clone Wars sets were oversized, grey and bulky with some really ugly minifigures, and this was probably the greyest, most oversized and bulkiest of them all. I got the Rotta figure in 7675 (which I have a lot of nostalgia for), so I don't really have a need to get this.

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By in United Kingdom,

@Zrath said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars."

I dunno, I think 7672 might take that dubious honour. This thing's fairly cohesive in its chunkiness, and it makes sense for what it's supposed to be; the Rogue Shadow has so many extraneous bits and pieces that just look like stuck on afterthoughts

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By in Netherlands,

I got this earlier this year and I quite like it, in part for its ugliness. It is big and clunky, but not everything in space has to be sleek. At least it look useful.

As for the 'other' ugliest ship (7672); I also bought this recently and this is the first set I consider reselling... It looks like a 3d stick figure and the build matches that.

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By in Poland,

Really cool set. I submitted it in December last year when I managed to buy it from MiSB at a very favorable price. Personally, I don't understand why the Clone Wars pilot movie is so hated. IMO it's 100 times better than the sequel trilogy.

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By in United States,

@Klontjes said:
"As for the 'other' ugliest ship (7672); I also bought this recently and this is the first set I consider reselling... It looks like a 3d stick figure and the build matches that."

Xiao Xiao In Space?

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By in United States,

@PurpleDave said:
" @Endermen39 :
Except the movie is literally part of the TV series. After production was underway on the show, Lucas decided there should be a theatrical film to kick it off (keeping in mind that merch sales tanked when there wasn’t any film to stoke interest, so the post-2005 fate of the franchise was resting pretty heavily on this show). Rather than make a movie from the ground up, a handful of episodes were stitched together into a cohesive story, and that’s what got a very short theatrical run. Ironically, the film may have done more bad than good, since it was probably the worst story written for S1."

I propose an alternative Clone Wars movie:
Keep the Christophsis part, have the Twilight be on there somewhere, and that's how Anakin and Ahsoka can escape a bunch of droids before they blow up the shield generator with a larger explosion (maybe they even just shoot it), and then just do the Malevolence Arc since outrunning the Ion Ring was what convinced George that the animation team could make the show work. The hyperspace lanes for Jabba's son never really play into anything, but the movie has ramifications within the show because of stories dealing with Ziro the Hutt.
Meanwhile, the Malevolence Arc is wholly contained, and a lot more fun to watch. You can keep the story about Jabba's son within the show itself (although it would be a rather lackluster set of episodes for Season 1, I don't know exactly where to place it in the lineup that doesn't just grind any momentum to a halt), but at least it makes sense to be in the show than sequestered off to a movie.
Disney+ doesn't even have it listed as part of the Timeline. It's just Attack of the Clones and then the Clone Wars Series, forget having to learn where Ahsoka is introduced or why any of the episodes dealing with Ziro the Hutt have any significance. The Clone Wars Movie isn't even listed as a movie, it's listed as a Special! Like, that movie sucks, but I'm curious how many people have just watched the show not even knowing there is this rather important piece to kicking it all off.

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By in United States,

@Brickalili said:
" @Zrath said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars."

I dunno, I think 7672 might take that dubious honour. This thing's fairly cohesive in its chunkiness, and it makes sense for what it's supposed to be; the Rogue Shadow has so many extraneous bits and pieces that just look like stuck on afterthoughts"


I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks that ship looks awful. I see a lot of praise for it online, but I don't think it deserves it. Sure, it's great that there is a force unleashed set, but that doesn't immediately make it amazing.

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By in United States,

Always wanted this one as a kid

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By in United Kingdom,

As others have already mentioned, the complete lack of proper interior for the Twilight is just baffling and I remember thinking the same as a child. There is so much space available and potential to expand the cockpit or add the medical bay, based on what we see in the movie alone.

That being said, the exterior shaping is quite good and I do like asymmetrical vehicles in Star Wars. Also, I find the rotating laser cannon on the main wing very satisfying, for some reason.

@Brickalili said:
" @Zrath said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars."

I dunno, I think 7672 might take that dubious honour. This thing's fairly cohesive in its chunkiness, and it makes sense for what it's supposed to be; the Rogue Shadow has so many extraneous bits and pieces that just look like stuck on afterthoughts"


75147 StarScavenger holds this title for me. I think the Twilight and the Rogue Shadow have some character because of their awkward features, but the StarScavenger is somehow both ugly and bland.

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By in United States,

@MCLegoboy:
Or you could just watch the intro section, put the movie back in the DVD case, and dive right into the series. This isn’t my first time dealing with a sci-fi series that got off to a rough start. I watched ST:TNG in original broadcast, and Babylon 5 after that. For TNG, you could just watch the premiere, the ep when Yar dies, the ep when Worf shows up, and then bump straight to S3 without batting an eye. For B5, it got a lot more complicated. Because that was basically the first multi-season genre series with long-form storytelling (the producers of Lost even cited it as their inspiration for even attempting to get Lost off the ground), _every_ episode had essential bits. Because they were wringing every drop out of a fairly modest budget (TNG spent on an average episode what B5 spent on the premiere movie), some episodes got shifted out of order so FX-heavy eps had more time for the CGI rendering, but it creates plot issues. There have been multiple stabs at compiling the optimal viewing order. It got even worse with the spin-off series Crusade. They’d filmed half the initial batch of episodes, and then the network (who wanted out of the contract without penalties) demanded they shoot a new pilot with new costumes. When viewed in the original broadcast order, it’s painfully obvious that the series actually starts midway through its run, but neither can you simply watch it in production order. Again, there’s a specific order someone came up with that puts the original pilot where it belongs, explains the costume change, and then blames a laundry accident for why they have to switch back to the original, much better uniforms before the series abruptly concludes. They’re rebooting B5 with a legitimate budget, and hopefully they can do the series as the creator envisioned, without anyone sabotaging it. I’d like to be able to simply recommend nB5 as a great series instead of the original as a great series…except you have to be really patient with the first season or so because the CGI is so incredibly rough compared to what people get these days.

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By in United States,

@CapnRex101 said:
"As others have already mentioned, the complete lack of proper interior for the Twilight is just baffling and I remember thinking the same as a child. There is so much space available and potential to expand the cockpit or add the medical bay, based on what we see in the movie alone.

That being said, the exterior shaping is quite good and I do like asymmetrical vehicles in Star Wars. Also, I find the rotating laser cannon on the main wing very satisfying, for some reason.

@Brickalili said:
" @Zrath said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars."

I dunno, I think 7672 might take that dubious honour. This thing's fairly cohesive in its chunkiness, and it makes sense for what it's supposed to be; the Rogue Shadow has so many extraneous bits and pieces that just look like stuck on afterthoughts"


75147 StarScavenger holds this title for me. I think the Twilight and the Rogue Shadow have some character because of their awkward features, but the StarScavenger is somehow both ugly and bland."


Oof. That vehicle does suck

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By in United Kingdom,

@CapnRex101 said:
"As others have already mentioned, the complete lack of proper interior for the Twilight is just baffling and I remember thinking the same as a child. There is so much space available and potential to expand the cockpit or add the medical bay, based on what we see in the movie alone.

That being said, the exterior shaping is quite good and I do like asymmetrical vehicles in Star Wars. Also, I find the rotating laser cannon on the main wing very satisfying, for some reason.

@Brickalili said:
" @Zrath said:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ugliest ship in all Star Wars."

I dunno, I think 7672 might take that dubious honour. This thing's fairly cohesive in its chunkiness, and it makes sense for what it's supposed to be; the Rogue Shadow has so many extraneous bits and pieces that just look like stuck on afterthoughts"


75147 StarScavenger holds this title for me. I think the Twilight and the Rogue Shadow have some character because of their awkward features, but the StarScavenger is somehow both ugly and bland."


I'd forgotten that one even existed, but pretty much agree with you now you've reminded me. At least the Twilight -has- some interior and isn't a hollow shell of plates where even the official art can't hide the gaps

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By in United States,

@CapnRex101:
It was released in a blitz of new Clone Wars sets in 2008, a year or two before the SW design team really started to step up their game and cater more to adult collectors. For the time, I’m not at all surprised by the lack of an interior. This was, after all, only one year after 10179, which had a cockpit and one gunner seat for interior space.

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By in United States,

Wow that's a lot of studs. We've come quite a ways.

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By in United States,

I remember seeing this in the local Lego stores at a steep discount for quite a while. I was tempted, but ultimately never got it. No regrets about that.

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By in United States,

Cool nice set

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By in United States,

I love ugly utilitarian Star Wars vehicles and would love to see this get a set again.

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By in Canada,

This set gave us a trans neon green 6x6 dish.

Very good Blacktron score for a grey box with wings.

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By in France,

It might not be very popular as a Lego set, but I like it a lot, one of those sets I wished most before I eventually get it. Many functions and gimmicks, super playability, and the so cute and exclusive Rota figurine. I have modded a bit the interior... I really love this set.

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By in United States,

I always thought this was ugly. Never got into the TCW sets.

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