In celebration of the 20^th anniversary of the LEGO ® Star Wars^TM product line, the LEGO Group just broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS^TM title for largest display of LEGO® Star Wars minifigures!

LEGO Group celebrates the 20th anniversary of its iconic LEGO Star Wars theme by breaking a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for largest display of LEGO Star Wars minifigures at Star Wars Celebration at McCormick Place in Chicago, April 11, 2019. The display is made up of 36,440 LEGO stormtrooper minifigures arranged in the shape of the stormtrooper helmet, and took a team of 12 people 38 hours to build and install. (Alex Garcia/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

Yesterday, at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, the LEGO Group Senior Director of Brand Relations, Michael McNally was presented the certificate of achievement by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Adjudicator, Christina Flounders Conlon. Composed of 36,440 LEGO stormtrooper minifigures and assembled in the shape of the iconic stormtrooper helmet, the 20 feet tall by 20 feet wide model took 12 people 38 hours to create and install.

Michael McNally, LEGO Group Senior Director of Brand Relations, right, pumps his fist as he receives a certificate of achievement from GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Adjudicator, Christina Flounders Colon, at the Star Wars Celebration at McCormick Place in Chicago, April 11, 2019. Flounders Colon adjudicated the title for the largest display of LEGO Star Wars minifigures for the company’s installation of 36,440 LEGO stormtrooper minifigures (Alex Garcia/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

Yesterday, the LEGO Group marked 20 years of LEGO® Star Wars by achieving a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for largest display of LEGO® Star Wars minifigures, kicking off a weekend-long experience at Star Wars Celebration. Two decades worth of products, content and collaboration between two of the world’s most beloved brands will be showcased at booth #1616 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago, giving fans of all ages the chance to relive their fandom and build excitement for what’s to come this Fall.

Star Wars enthusiast Joseph Naiman, 7, takes a selfie with his parents Marshall, left, and Danelle next to the largest display of LEGO Star Wars minifigures at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, April 11, 2019. The display, which is made up of 36,440 LEGO stormtrooper minifigures, broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. (Alex Garcia/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

Made up of 36,440 LEGO Star Wars stormtrooper minfigures, the record-setting display is arranged in the shape of the iconic stormtrooper helmet, measuring 20 feet tall by 20 feet wide. A team of 12 LEGO builders spent 16 hours assembling all of the minifigures, which were then shipped to Chicago to be arranged for display at Star Wars Celebration. Once assembled, the baseplates were transported to McCormick Place, where they were arranged for final evaluation by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Adjudicator, Christina Flounders Conlon.

LEGO Star Wars Design Director Jens Kronvold Frederiksen places a final piece on the largest display of LEGO Star Wars minifigures at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, April 11, 2019. The display, which is made up of 36,440 LEGO stormtrooper minifigures, broke the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title. (Alex Garcia/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

The collaboration between the companies began 20 years ago when 13 LEGO Star Wars sets were introduced at the American International Toy Fair in New York in 1999. The line of licensed construction toys was the LEGO Group’s first licensed property and has since remained one of the company’s most popular, allowing fans across generations and geographies to come together in fun and challenging building exercises. Since the launch, over 700 different sets and more than 1,000 LEGO Star Wars cobranded minifigures have hit shelves. Notable LEGO Star Wars milestones include, the first modeled minifigure headpiece being introduced in 1999 with the Jar Jar Binks minifigure, while new short leg molds introduced in 2002 brought Ewoks and Yoda to life in minifigure form. Beyond construction sets, the collaboration has also produced five video games, several television and web series, and an abundance of other merchandise based on the endless stories, characters and vehicles of the beloved galaxy.

LEGO Star Wars fan Edie Guild, dressed as a Twi’lek character, studies a visual history of the 20 years of LEGO Star Wars history in the LEGO Booth at the Star Wars Celebration at McCormick Place in Chicago, April 11, 2019. (Alex Garcia/AP Images for The LEGO Group)

Fun FACTS

• 36,440 LEGO® Star Wars minifigures total, beating the previous record of 35,210 LEGO Star Wars minifigures
• Display measures 20 feet tall by 20 feet wide
• Arranged in the shape of the iconic stormtrooper helmet
• The display took a team of 12 people 38 hours to create
• The installation was then evaluated by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS adjudicator, Christina Flounders Conlon
• The LEGO stormtrooper minifigures used in the model are the same stormtrooper minifigures that are in our new 20^th anniversary commemorative building set, the LEGO Star Wars Imperial Dropship (available now).