Dive into the 'Star Wars' Lego box with writers and showrunners Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The first minifigure as we now know it emerged in 1978—and along with it, the formation of some of Lego’s most enduring sub-themes, including Town (now City), Castle (now a wider, but still sparse, ...