LEGO Star Wars 10188 Death Star

LEGO Star Wars set 10188, Death Star, represents the Imperial battle station as a model for both play and display.

Death Star has a distinctive place in LEGO Star Wars because it treats the Imperial station as a built setting rather than only an exterior shape. The model brings together characters and recognizable locations from the license in an open layout suited to scene building.

The build uses 3807 pieces and results in an accessible structure with areas for arranging minifigures. The 21 minifigures include Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, Emperor Palpatine, a Stormtrooper, a Death Star Trooper, R2-Q5 and a white Assassin Droid.

This set suits Star Wars collectors who want a substantial display model, while also serving builders who value character driven play. Within the theme, it is best understood as an interior focused interpretation of the Death Star, supported by a broad cast rather than a closed outer shell.

Inventory of set 10188

The inventory of set 10188 lists 3,807 pieces, spare parts excluded: 454 different lots (one shape in one color) for 323 part shapes. The box also contains 78 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 10188

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 35% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (31%) and black (19%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 10188

276 of the 323 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

Exclusive parts in set 10188

2 part shapes in set 10188 appear in no other set in the catalog, most often printed elements, stickers or molds specific to the model. If one gets lost, you will need to look for it individually, for example on BrickLink, rather than in another set. Counting colors, 4 lots in the set are not found in any other set.

Rebuilding set 10188 from another set

Share of the parts of set 10188 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

Set 75159 Death Star supplies 76% of them: enough to build a good part of the model before filling in the rest piece by piece.

Size of set 10188 within its line

With 3,807 pieces, set 10188 ranks #10 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. Among the 224 sets released in 2008, it ranks #2. That is 7.7 times the average Star Wars set size.