LEGO Star Wars 9526 Palpatine's Arrest

Set 9526, “Palpatine's Arrest”, depicts the arrest of Chancellor Palpatine in the Star Wars universe. Released in 2012, it belongs to the Star Wars theme and uses 649 pieces to build an interior scene focused on the characters.

“Palpatine's Arrest” presents a character driven moment from the Star Wars licence, bringing together Chancellor Palpatine, Anakin Skywalker and several Jedi. Within the Star Wars theme, it sits among location based scene sets rather than vehicle models, with the subject defined by a specific confrontation.

The set contains 649 pieces and 6 minifigures: Kit Fisto with cape, Mace Windu with dark tan plain legs and cape, Saesee Tiin with cape, Anakin Skywalker in a black robe with angry face, shadowed eyes and cape, Agen Kolar with cape, and Chancellor Palpatine in a dark red Episode 3 outfit. The build provides an interior setting for arranging the figures around the arrest scene.

This set is suited to collectors interested in Star Wars character lineups and to builders who prefer scenes that can be displayed or used for narrative play. Compared with many sets in the same theme, it is notable for grouping several Jedi with Palpatine and Anakin in one enclosed setting, making it useful as a focused display piece within a broader Star Wars collection.

Inventory of set 9526

The inventory of set 9526 lists 649 pieces, spare parts excluded: 202 different lots (one shape in one color) for 145 part shapes. The box also contains 12 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 9526

Main color: light bluish gray, making up 27% of the parts, followed by dark bluish gray (23%) and black (12%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 9526

121 of the 145 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 9526

9 part shapes in set 9526 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. The table lists 8.

Rebuilding set 9526 from another set

Share of the parts of set 9526 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 9526 within its line

With 649 pieces, set 9526 ranks #193 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 #38.