LEGO has only revisited the Executor Super Star Destroyer under its Ultimate Collector Series banner twice, 15 years and one month apart.
2011's 10221 Super Star Destroyer and 2026's 75457 Executor Super Star Destroyer recreate the same ship, but Brick Fanatics' own side-by-side comparison found a lot more separating them than just time.
Nearly double the piece count, a noticeably wider hull, and a completely different minifigure lineup all changed between the two releases, even though the overall length barely moved.
Here's how the numbers actually stack up between the two models, drawing on Brick Fanatics' published comparison alongside LEGO's own official set data.
10221 Super Star Destroyer from 2011 used 3,152 pieces, while 75457 Executor Super Star Destroyer from 2026 nearly doubles that at 6,130 pieces, making it the fifth-biggest LEGO Star Wars set ever by piece count.
Despite that near-doubling, the length only grew from roughly 124.5cm to 136cm, a modest 10cm increase that shows most of the extra pieces went toward width and structural detail rather than simply stretching the ship longer.
The 2011 model measures just shy of 34cm wide, while the 2026 version reaches up to 50cm across, by far the largest proportional change between the two sets.
That extra width lets the newer model correct the original's overly tapered stern, which in hindsight looks narrower and more squeezed than the ship's actual on-screen proportions from The Empire Strikes Back. Side by side, the difference is immediately visible even to someone who has never closely studied either set's box art before.
10221 included Darth Vader and Admiral Piett alongside three bounty hunters, Bossk, Dengar, and IG-88, tucked inside the ship itself rather than displayed separately.
75457 drops Admiral Piett entirely in favor of completing the full six-bounty-hunter lineup from the briefing scene, adding Boba Fett, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss, and moves the whole group onto its own standalone bridge diorama. A LEGO minifigure display case suits that newer diorama setup especially well, since the figures are meant to be viewed as their own display piece.
The 2011 model used fairly traditional greebling, built from grille plates, clips, and bars, mixing light and dark grey pieces to suggest shading across the hull.
The 2026 model instead relies on exclusively light grey elements and heavy use of inverted studs and anti-studs for texture, plus 60 repeated printed tiles designed to read as randomly placed hull lights rather than a visible pattern.
10221 retailed for $399.99 USD in 2011; 75457 launches at $799.99 USD in 2026, exactly double the original price for very close to double the piece count.
Adjusted for inflation, the 2011 price would sit meaningfully higher in today's dollars, so the new set's piece-count-to-price ratio tracks reasonably close to where the original landed at launch. That's a useful reference point for anyone deciding whether the new set is actually a fair deal relative to its predecessor, rather than assuming a doubled price automatically means worse value.
Both sets include a smaller-scale Star Destroyer build specifically to help communicate the Executor's true size by comparison, a detail that's carried through across both generations of the set.
The 2026 version's side build is a clear step up in shaping over the original's blockier attempt, right down to a hidden 1x1 Millennium Falcon-printed tile on the back of its bridge. Displaying both side builds together on a 4-step acrylic display stand makes the scale jump between generations easy to see at a glance.
The original 10221 left the underside of its hull completely flat, a shortcut that was common for UCS ships of that era but noticeably skips detail on a ship this large and prominent on a shelf.
75457 builds the underside out properly, following the same approach LEGO used on 75252 Imperial Star Destroyer, so the newer model holds up to scrutiny from angles the 2011 version was never designed to survive.
2,978 pieces: 3,152 in 2011 versus 6,130 in 2026.
The 2026 Executor, at 50cm versus the 2011 model's roughly 34cm.
No, the 2026 set drops Admiral Piett and adds Boba Fett, 4-LOM, and Zuckuss.
$399.99 USD in 2011 versus $799.99 USD in 2026.
Whether you already own the 2011 original or are weighing the 2026 rebuild, both minifigure lineups deserve a proper display setup. A LEGO minifigure display case works for either era's bounty hunter crew.
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