Capitalism realized a while ago that a huge swath of young millennials and elder Gen Z are just broke enough to not comfortably start a family or buy a house but just flush with enough cash to fill the emotional holes left by shitty boomer parents with overpriced children’s toys.
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There is actually a space in this model explicitly designed to put in a tie fighter and a couple dudes working on it. Early photos of the kit included this.
They decided to remove it and turn it into a special separate kit that you can have included with the death star, but only if you buy it now!