Clone Wars (SDCC 2008 exclusive)

The 2008 San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Clone Wars set, designated COMCON001-1, was released to coincide with the launch of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated feature film and subsequent television series. It served as a promotional bridge between the Lucasfilm animation project and the LEGO Star Wars product line, highlighting the shift toward the stylized, angular aesthetics of the new series compared to the more realistic proportions of the original trilogy sets.

The set consists of two primary minifigures: a Clone Trooper and an assassin droid, packaged in a unique blister card style that departed from standard retail box packaging. The design was intended to capture the distinctive, simplified visual language of Dave Filoni's animation team. While initially a limited giveaway for event attendees, the set has since become a noted curiosity for completionists, representing the specific moment in 2008 when the franchise began its long-term expansion into the episodic storytelling format that would come to define the modern Star Wars canon.