Remembering Kenneth Colley

Star Wars LEGO Updates

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Karl Sander
July 10, 2025

Good Morning, Youtinians. This week brings mixed news, as we honor the life of an actor from the Star Wars Original Trilogy. But we’ve also found some good news that will hopefully lift your spirits for the week, too.

Kenneth Colley Passes at Age 87

Image Credit: Lucasfilm/Youtini Illustration

All of us at Youtini were saddened to hear the news of Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley’s death, so we want to take a portion of this edition of the Dispatch to memorialize his role in the galaxy far, far away.

Colley’s Career: Kenneth Colley brought the role of Admiral Piett to life aboard Vader’s flagship, the Executor.

  • Admiral Firmus Piett served the Imperial Navy during the Battle of Hoth and the Battle of Endor as an Imperial Officer and, eventually, commanded the Executor.

  • Kenneth Colley portrayed Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi. Colley even reprised the role to voice Admiral Piett in the 2012 animated movie, LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

  • His acting career outside of Star Wars spanned six decades. He also played diverse roles, such as a German officer in the award-winning World War II miniseries War and Remembrance, the Duke of Vienna in a BBC production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, and a Soviet officer in Clint Eastwood’s Firefox.

Colley’s agent released a statement announcing that the actor passed peacefully, surrounded by friends, on Monday, June 30th.

We're all fine here now — how are you? With Star Wars premiering in theaters almost fifty years ago now, it is a great time to rewatch and reminisce on the Original Trilogy and the cast and crew who made the movies happen.

LEGO Star Wars Introduces a New Villain

Image Credit: LEGO/Lucasfilm/Youtini Illustration

It's almost been three months, and the dust is still settling from some of the news that emerged at Star Wars Celebration! Among other surprises, we were excited to hear from Ahmed Best that LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy will return!

The Second Season

  • The second season will be titled LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy — Pieces of the Past.

  • It will be a 4-part story featuring both new and returning characters.

The New Villain: Among the new characters, poster art revealed last week shows a new Sith Lord!

  • His name is Solitus (which in Latin means usual, ordinary, or customary - let’s hope he’s anything but!)

  • Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Beauty and the Beast) voices him.

  • From the first images, he appears to be a Duros (the same as the awesome Bounty Hunter, Cad Bane), and he sports the familiar dark Sith hooded cloak.

  • He has double PURPLE lightsabers chained together at the bottom of the hilts. Why, do we wonder?

  • Solitus is Jedi Bob's former master who has turned to the dark side of the Force and seeks to control the LEGO Star Wars universe!

Other Character News: Other exciting new characters have been confirmed:

  • Ashley Eckstein as the voice of BrickHeadz Ahsoka Tano

  • Ben Schwartz as Jaxxon the Lepi

As well as many returning favorites and exciting cameos:

  • Gaten Matarazzo as Sig Greebling

  • Tony Revolori as Dev Greebling aka Darth Dev

  • Bobby Moynihan as Jedi Bob

  • Marsai Martin as Yesi Scala

  • Michael Cusack as Servo

  • Ahmed Best as Darth Jar Jar

  • Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker

The new season comes to Disney+ on September 19th, 2025.

We're all fine here now — how are you? We're so grateful that LEGO has maintained its license for these incredibly fun animations! Stay tuned, as next week we’ll have an exciting look at new LEGO sets on the way later this summer!

🛰️ In the Youtiniverse

🎙️On this week's episode of The Youtini Show, listen to the latest rumors about a second season of Obi-Wan Kenobi and follow the crew further down the Star Wars: Unlimited rabbit (lepi?) hole.

🎙️The Cosmic Force looks at Poe Dameron's return in Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker #2 and Jedi Knights #5, featuring Yaddle, Dooku, and Trade Federation troubles.

🎙️On The Star Wars Archives, Oz joins Jose and Trev to unravel the timeline in Phase III of The High Republic. 

✏️Oz has the rundown on Poe's undercover mission inside the First Order in Hyperspace Stories: Codebreaker #2. 

✏️Jacob reviews Legacy of Vader #6, following Kylo Ren from Naboo to Corellia. 

🧭 Smuggler’s Finds

Fresh Star Wars treasures, hand-picked by the Youtini crew.

  • Update your figure collection with this Star Wars The Black Series 3-pack featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn, Darth Vader, and General Grievous. Each six-inch figure features premium material, design, and articulation as well as accessories and individual cardbacks.

  • Refresh the decor of any bedroom in your home (or all of them!) with this 7-piece bed set. Available in twin, full, queen, and king sizes, the set includes a fitted sheet, flat sheet, comforter, two pillowcases, and two shams.

  • Still buzzing from Andor's epic second season? Us too! Keep the excitement going with this LEGO U-Wing set. Its wings move just like you see on screen, and the set includes minifigures of not only Cassian and K-2SO but also Dedra Meero!

📆 Releasing This Week

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