LEGO Star Wars 9493 X-wing Starfighter

LEGO Star Wars set 9493, X-wing Starfighter, depicts the Rebel fighter closely associated with Luke Skywalker in the saga. Released in 2012, it belongs to the Star Wars theme and contains 560 pieces for the ship and its accompanying characters.

The X-wing Starfighter is a central Rebel Alliance craft in the Star Wars setting. This LEGO version captures the recognizable outline of the fighter, including the long nose, cockpit, and cross shaped wing arrangement, placing it clearly within the Star Wars vehicle range.

The build uses 560 pieces and focuses on a complete spacecraft rather than a location based scene. The set includes 4 minifigures: R2-D2 with a light bluish gray dome, Luke Skywalker in an orange Rebel pilot outfit, an R5-D8 or R5-D4 astromech droid, and Jek Porkins. The mix of pilots and astromech droids supports play or display centered on Rebel flight operations.

This set is suited to Star Wars vehicle collectors, builders who want a playable X-wing, and displays focused on Rebel craft. Within the theme, it serves as a straightforward representation of a well known fighter, with enough character support to stand on its own without needing a larger scene.

Inventory of set 9493

The inventory of set 9493 lists 560 pieces, spare parts excluded: 151 different lots (one shape in one color) for 137 part shapes. The box also contains 17 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 9493

Main color: white, making up 26% of the parts, followed by light bluish gray (22%) and dark bluish gray (19%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 9493

122 of the 137 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 9493

3 part shapes in set 9493 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 9493 from another set

Share of the parts of set 9493 found in each of these similarly sized sets, counting shape, colour and quantity:

No similarly sized set goes above 31%: the model relies on a little-shared assortment, most of which has to be gathered piece by piece.

Size of set 9493 within its line

With 560 pieces, set 9493 ranks #229 out of 814 Star Wars sets in our database, which have an average of 495 parts. Among the 321 sets released in 2012, it ranks #43.