I person received many, galore Star Wars gifts implicit the years. I spent the archetypal Christmas Day that I tin retrieve flying Luke and his X-wing astir the house. I met Darth Vader (David Prowse) erstwhile I was 6. I tin inactive consciousness the shiver of fearfulness arsenic helium strode done the treble doors, reaching implicit the assemblage to shingle hands with maine arsenic my dada held maine up. I ne'er questioned wherefore the Dark Lord of the Sith was successful Woolworth’s.
When I became a dad, I had a caller excuse to sojourn that postulation far, acold distant and bargain caller toys. (I inactive regret selling my ain successful a store merchantability to rise funds for our archetypal home.) My woman and I emotion the archetypal movies, and our kids similar the prequel trilogy, but we each enjoyed watching the latest shows together. And due to the fact that conscionable astir everyone knows I’m a fan, and I person received (and given) countless Star Wars gifts implicit the years. These are immoderate of my favorites.
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Updated November 2026: I added a marble run, a jigsaw puzzle, and an advent calendar. I besides updated prices throughout.
A Helmet
Hasbro’s Black Series of Star Wars helmets strikes the close equilibrium betwixt prime and price. They look bully capable to fulfill collectors but travel cheaper than high-end movie replicas. My favourite is the sadly discontinued archetypal battered Boba Fett helmet. You tin inactive find it oregon the newer re-armored mentation if you're prepared to wage an inflated bounty. Many different Black Series helmets, including Vader and various Troopers, are besides fantabulous and inactive available.
A Lego Set
Lego
Star Wars Smart Play Throne Room Duel and A-Wing
I person spent galore hours gathering Star Wars Lego sets with my kids, and thing compares to the Death Star (if you’re looking to propulsion the vessel out), but you whitethorn besides privation to cheque retired 1 of the caller Smart Brick sets. While it’s not cleanable and lacks authentic Star Wars dependable effects, I did person amusive with the Star Wars Smart Play Throne Room Duel and A-Wing set. Recreating the iconic last airy saber conflict successful Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, arsenic Emperor Palpatine sits connected his throne, watching Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker fight, with airy saber swooshes arsenic a synth mentation of “The Imperial March” plays, volition enactment a grin connected immoderate fan’s face.
Darth Darts
Target Darts
Darth Vader Darts Set
A Metallic Print
If you’re unfamiliar, Displates are metallic artworks with a clever magnetic equine strategy that makes it speedy and casual to power your prints erstwhile you privation a change. The artwork is layered and textured with gloss varnish connected the details, and this one, released for the 20th day of Revenge of the Sith, depicts Darth, flanked by Clone Troopers, with Anakin and Obi-Wan duelling connected Mustafar successful the foreground. If you don’t similar this peculiar print, Displate has an tremendous Star Wars section to browse.
A Lightsaber
Any aspiring Jedi oregon Sith needs a lightsaber. If you privation a high-quality replica that’s close for you, beryllium prepared to research. I tried a Combat Saber from Padawan Outpost, Model Vader E6 (Xenopixel), inspired by Darth’s lightsaber from Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. There is simply a learning curve, but this lightsaber truly looks and feels the part. You tin alteration the color, trigger countless dependable effects, and adjacent play music. There’s besides an app, truthful you tin link to the saber from your telephone and tweak the settings. No worries if you’re not a instrumentality of Vader, due to the fact that the Outpost offers a wide scope of realistic lightsabers (check present if you’re successful the UK) based connected those wielded successful the movies and shows by everyone from Obi-Wan to Count Dooku.
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A Marble Run
Ravensburger
GraviTrax Star Wars Action-Set Death Star
Marble runs are universally fashionable with kids (mine loved them erstwhile they were younger), and this Star Wars-themed 1 is portion of the GraviTrax series. Kids tin get originative erstwhile they conception it, gathering antithetic types of runs with X-Wings, Tie Fighters, a Star Destroyer, and the Millennium Falcon—all connected a Death Star board. They tin besides perchance link it to different GraviTrax sets.
An Arcade Machine
Basic Fun
Arcade Classics Atari Star Wars Ultra Series
I spent an full summertime arsenic a kid successful an Atari Star Wars cockpit compartment astatine my section arcade, reliving the climax of the movie successful wire-frame signifier arsenic I blasted TIE Fighters, sped done the Death Star trench, and timed proton torpedoes to stroke it up. That 1983 merchandise is bundled with The Empire Strikes Back (1985) and Return of the Jedi (1984) games successful this ROTJ-styled arcade cabinet. It takes immoderate gathering and feels a small cheap, but it does see the archetypal yoke formation controls, and it’s inactive precise amusive to play. Just marque definite your giftee has country for it, arsenic it’s 61.5 inches tall, 19 inches wide, and 24 inches deep.
A Phone Case
A Darth Vader telephone lawsuit volition spell down good with astir Star Wars-loving dads, and this scope from Casetify features immoderate fantabulous Galactic Empire designs. My woman and kids person been utilizing Casetify cases with a premix of iPhones and Pixels for implicit a year, and we find them durable and protective, if a small chunky. Unfortunately, it’s not conscionable the Star Wars designs that are connected the acheronian side; these cases are besides pricey.
A Book
Of the galore fantabulous books astir Star Wars, this mightiness beryllium my favorite. It charts the emergence of the franchise, offers countless nuggets of trivia, and acknowledges the relation fans person played successful making Star Wars truthful special. It's an entertaining peek down the scenes that is affectionate but besides dares to beryllium critical. Perhaps mercifully, it ends with the caller trilogy inactive connected the horizon.
An Apron
It’s mode excessively casual to get messy erstwhile cooking, which is wherefore aprons exist. Respected apron purveyor Hedley & Bennett makes immoderate top-quality aprons, and it has a Star Wars line. I tried the Darth Vader Essential Apron (a large acquisition for dads), and my woman tried the Ahsoka Tano Crossback Apron. We emotion them. The thoughtful designs see tons of wee Star Wars quality references (there are 8 options). Mine has an adjustable cervix strap, portion the Crossback goes implicit your shoulders. Both are comfy, with lengthy straps to necktie and 3 pockets. Made from protective fabric canvas, these aprons tin beryllium machine-washed cold.
A Board Game
This beautifully themed spin-off of the Villainous bid challenges players to instrumentality connected the relation of a Star Wars baddie. You tin play arsenic Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, General Grievous, Asajj Ventress, oregon Moff Gideon. Each has unsocial abilities and a circumstantial acceptable of triumph conditions, and determination are chances to meddle with your foes arsenic the crippled unfolds. One of the best household committee games, it works champion with 4 players aged 10 years and up.
Action Figures
Kenner sold implicit 300 cardinal Star Wars enactment figures successful the precocious ’70s and aboriginal ’80s. I spent each penny of my pouch wealth connected them for years, and there’s a roaring commercialized successful secondhand figures. When Hasbro realized its potential, it started making caller figures nether the Kenner brand, and determination are 3 main lines today. The Retro Collection is each 3.75-inch figures similar the originals Kenner sold, with a peg spread successful the bottommost of their feet and legs that don’t bend. The Vintage Collection figures are the aforesaid size but with much item and bendable limbs. The Black Series figures are larger, astatine astir 6 inches tall, and thin to beryllium overmuch much detailed.
An Ornament
Based connected the 3 omniscient monkeys and the Confucian maxim “See nary evil, perceive nary evil, talk nary evil,” this trio of ornamental stormtroopers is simply a large acquisition for Star Wars fans. One of excavation took a tumble and broke some his legs, but aft a speedy superglue treatment, helium made a afloat recovery. I counsel putting them retired of scope of young kids and cats.
A Jigsaw Puzzle
This challenging 2,000-piece puzzle packs successful much than 60 characters from the Star Wars beingness (some look twice), with a starship-filled abstraction conflict backdrop. It’s a amusive enactment for fans of immoderate age, but expect to instrumentality a fewer days assembling it. The finished jigsaw is huge, measuring 39 x 30 inches, truthful marque definite you've got a due array for the job.

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