LEGO unveiled Smart Play at CES 2026, embedding interactive tech into bricks. The first Star Wars sets launch March 1, with preorders Jan. 9.

Now, Lego is bringing the culmination of this technology and play features to a galaxy far, far away with its new Smart Play system. Unveiled at CES 2026, I had a chance to see exactly how Lego is upgrading its Star Wars theme with lights,

The Smart Brick looks very similar to a normal 2x4 Lego brick, but it contains a custom Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chip which is smaller than one of the studs on the brick itself. It’s joined by an accelerometer and a copper coil, and Lego has created its own Play Engine and Neighbor Position Measurement (NPM) system.

In this video I play around with the new LEGO Art Love set inspired by Robert Indiana and joke about my half finished letters before finally completing the build. I walk you through some of the details,