“Always in motion is the future.”
Welcome to your home away from home! The battleship Resolute is the Republic’s mobile command center, and serves as the Republic’s hub level. You visit the Resolute between missions, and you use the ship’s command consoles to pick your next op. The Resolute also holds many secrets—and here we reveal them all!
Red Power Bricks
| Icon | Name | Location | Price | How to Get |
| Red Brick Detector | Bridge | 125,000 | Destroy some boxes, then build the bits into a crawl space hatch. Crawl through. | |
| Score x6 | Reactor Chamber | 10,000,000 | Force-move the power plug into the socket, then grapple up to the brick. | |
| Stud Magnet | Reactor Chamber | 500,000 | Use rapid-fire attacks to destroy the four large gold objects on the walls. | |
| Score x10 | Reactor Chamber | 40,000,000 | Find it hidden in the silver object near the bridge elevator (explosive attacks and Dark Force abilities are required). | |
| Character Studs | Brig | 100,000 | Open all of the cells, then use the Force to turn the valves inside the cells. Activate the far-right power panel, followed by the nearby bounty hunter panel, to open the final cell with the brick. | |
| Score x4 | Superkit bay | 3.000,000 | Force-move the red dumpsters over to the nearby trash compactor. | |
| Fast Build | Turbolaser bay | 500,000 | Attack the punching bag five times. | |
| Glow in the Dark | Medical bay | 25,000 | Attack the background beds to make them rise. | |
| Super Seeders | Minkitbay | 40,000,000 | Use Jar Jar to reach the background balcony. Build a hook point to the right, then grapple up with a character that has explosive attacks. Blast the balcony’s silver box. | |
| Minkit Detector | Minikitbay | 750,000 | Activate the foreground astromech Droid control panel. | |
| Fast Saber Cut | Hangar overlook | 300,000 | Use a sniper to shoot the three green targets in the background. | |
| Score x2 | Hangar | 500,000 | Destroy boxes to discover a hook point on a crate. Grapple the hook point. |
You won’t find minikits stashed around the Resolute, but you will find several hidden goodies called red power bricks. Once found, a red power brick (also called simply “red bricks” or “power bricks”) can be purchased for a tidy sum of studs—each brick has its own attached price tag. Often, a variety of character skills are required to uncover a red power brick—read the following sections to learn how to obtain every power brick from each area of the Resolute!
Unlocking the Resolute
You’re restricted to the ship’s bridge during your first visit to the Resolute—three gold bricks are required to use the elevator on the left, and you can only acquire a maximum of two gold bricks following the mandatory prologue mission (Geonosian Arena). Other areas of the Resolute require even more gold bricks to unlock—see the following table for the quick breakdown.
Resolute Unlocks
| Gold Bricks | Area Unlocked |
| 3 | Reactor chamber; brig; turbo laser bay |
| 6 | Medical bay; imnikit bay; superkit bay |
| 10 | Hangar |
| 15 | Ground assault staging area |
Gold Bricks
There are 130 gold bricks to obtain in LEGO Star Wars III. You earn one gold brick each time you accomplish one of the following:
- Beat a level in Story mode.
- Satisfy a level’s True Jedi stud requirement during Story or Free Play mode.
- Collect all ten minikits from a level (you can accomplish this only during Free Play).
- Beat a ground assault mission, space combat mission, or bounty hunter mission.
Area 1: Bridge
The bridge is the first area of the Resolute that you visit following the mandatory prologue mission, Geonosian Arena. Build the jiggling pieces to reform the central command console, then stand on the pad to activate the computer.
The command console lets you pick your next mission. Choose to follow along one of three separate story lines: Count Dooku (blue), General Grievous (green), or Asajj Ventress (purple). Each path features six unique missions that put your heroism and adventuring skills to the test. Clear all three story lines to unlock the bonus epilogue mission!
The command console also lets you change your hub level character. This is useful when you need special skills to obtain a certain red power brick!
Most objects on the bridge can be destroyed for studs. Use an explosive attack from a character such as Waxer to destroy the silver box, then stack the jiggling pieces to form a decorative hang-up that rains studs. Grapple the hook point to the right of the command console to expose even more hidden studs. Activate the background astromech Droid control panel to turn on the ship’s windshield wipers. Fun!
Red Power Brick 1: Red Brick Detector
Cost: 125,000
Skills needed: Small size
Effect: Helps you track down red power bricks
Destroy the junk on the bridge’s left side, then build the pieces to form a crawl space hatch. Use a small character to crawl through. You emerge in a lower area—right next to a power brick!
Area 2: Reactor Chamber
After acquiring just three gold bricks (see the previous “Unlocking the Resolute” section to learn how gold bricks can be acquired), you’re able to explore beyond the Resolute’s bridge and visit the reactor chamber—a cavernous area that connects to several other rooms.
Three red power bricks can be acquired in the reactor chamber—see the sidebars for details!
Red Power Brick 2: Score x6
Cost: 10,000,000
Skills needed: Force manipulation; grapple gun
Effect: Multiplies the value of studs you collect
Use the Force to lift the power plug that dangles near the elevator to the bridge. Force-move the plug over to the nearby purple socket to extend a hook point high above.
Grapple the hook point and climb up to a high walkway. Check to the left to discover a shy power brick that’s trying to hide!
Red Power Brick 3: Stud Magnet
Cost: 500,000
Skills needed: Force manipulation; grapple gun; rapid fire
Effect: Draws in nearby studs for easier collecting
Grapple up to Red Power Brick 2 awith a rapid-fire character such as Lieutenant Thire, then use rapid-fire attacks to overheat and destroy the gold turbine on the wall. After the turbine spins and falls, open fire again to destroy the exposed core on the wall.
Go right and stand on a platform’s right button to extend the platform. Destroy another gold turbine and core on the background wall with rapid-fire attacks.
Grapple down to the ground floor and spy a third gold turbine to the right. Blast this with rapid-fire attacks as well, then destroy the exposed core. Find and destroy a fourth gold turbine and core to the left of the bridge elevator to make a red power brick appear nearby!
Red Power Brick 4: Score x10
Cost: 40,000,000
Skills needed: Explosive attacks; charge up; Dark Force manipulation
Effect: Multiplies the value of studs you collect
Destroy the boxes next to the silver object near the elevator to the bridge, then build the remaining bits to construct a panel. Then blast the silver object with an explosive attack from a character such as Jek, and build the resulting pieces to bring the panel online.
Activate the power panel with a character such as the MagnaGuard to make a small cage rise nearby. Use a Sith character’s Dark Force ability to shatter the cage and expose a spendy red power brick!
Area 3: Brig
No special access is required to reach the ship’s brig—it’s located just off the reactor chamber to the right. Several Separatist character skills are required to open the brig’s cells, where the most notorious Separatist pawns, such as Poggle the Lesser, are being held.
Separatist characters can be acquired by flying a starship over to the Invisible Hand—the Separatists’ battleship and hub level. Ten gold bricks are needed to access the Resolute’s hangar and fly to the Invisible Hand—read on for details!
Take aim and blast the high blue plates on the brig’s background wall to obtain some hidden studs!
Bring any Sith character (such as Count Dooku) and any enemy Droid (such as HELIOS-3D) down to the brig—use the command console on the bridge to change your character. Use the Dark Force to move a plug into a socket, then use your enemy Droid to activate one of the panels and open a cell.
To open the second cell from the right, you must first beat the Republic Assault mission at Naboo (see the “Secrets and Extras” chapter for details). Then you’ll be able to use the Dark Force to spin the device on the wall near the cell. Spin the device quickly to light up all four of its lights and bring the nearby enemy Droid control panel online. Then quickly activate the panel before the device’s lights go out.
Return to the bridge and trade your enemy Droid for Robonino, but keep Count Dooku. Use Robonino to activate the remaining panels in the brig—this should allow you to open every cell except the one on the far right, which contains the brig’s red power brick. See the sidebar for details!Red Power Brick 5: Character Studs
Cost: 100,000
Skills needed: Charge up; Dark Force manipulation; enemy Droid; bounty hunter
Effect: Causes enemies to give off studs when defeated
Open every cell in the brig except the one on the far right. Enter each cell and perform a Force slam attack by jumping up and then pressing the Attack button with any Jedi or Sith character. This shatters the plate on the background wall of each cell and exposes a valve—spin each valve with the Force to reconnect the flow of green energy through the piping.
With every cell’s valve turned, the far-right power panel comes online. Activate this with Robonino to expose a bounty hunter control panel, then activate this with Robonino as well to at last open the final cell. The brig’s lone power brick awaits you inside!
Area 4: Superkit Bay
Pass through the brig to reach the superkit bay, which is also accessible after collecting just three gold bricks. Here, a super-secret ship can be built after you’ve toiled long and hard enough to obtain all 130 gold bricks in the game (see the previous “Unlocking the Resolute” section to learn how gold bricks can be acquired). Use the superkit bay’s left elevator to proceed to the Resolute’s turbo laser bay.
Red Power Brick 6: Score x4
Cost: 3,000,000
Skills needed: Force Manipulation
Effect: Multiplies the value of studs you collect
Use the Force to move the bay’s three red dumpsters over to the nearby compactor. Place each dumpster on the machine’s purple plate to make the mechanical arm give them a good shake. A red power brick emerges from the base of the machine after it upends the final dumpster!
Area 5: Turbo Laser Bay
Take the superkit bay’s left elevator to reach the ship’s turbo laser bay. There’s plenty to smash here for studs, and you can even man the gunner’s seats to blow away some Separatist fighters that buzz about your battleship!
Red Power Brick 7: Fast Build
Cost: 500,000
Skills needed: None.
Effect: Lets you build objects from bits very quickly
To obtain this pricey power brick, simply attack the turbo laser bay’s punching bag five times. Numbers light up on the board behind the bag as you whack it—reach the number five to make a red power brick appear!
Area 6: Medical Bay
Once you’ve gathered six gold bricks, you’re allowed access to the Resolute’s medical bay. Simply build the jiggling pieces near the reactor chamber’s left door to repair it and open the door.
The medical bay is a neat area—here you can customize and create your own characters! Simply use the customization panels in the background wall to formulate your own incredible action heroes. More customization options will become available to you as you unlock more characters, so stop by often!
Red Power Brick 8: Glow in the Dark
Cost: 25,000
Skills needed: None
Effect: Lights up the area around the player
Bash the medical beds in the medical bay’s background wall to make them rise. An affordable red power brick hides beneath one of the beds!
Area 7: Minikit Bay
Exit the medical bay via the left elevator to reach the minikit bay. All of the minikits you collect from the game’s 22 missions are stored here for safekeeping!
Each minikit is actually a part of a secret character—once you’ve acquired all ten minikits from a level, visit the minikit bay and see how many studs it’ll cost you to purchase the character you’ve unlocked!
Red Power Brick 9: Super speeder
Cost: 40,000,000
Skills needed: Super jump; grapple gun; explosive attacks
Effect: Speeders become invulnerable during ground assault missions, and their increased firepower can destroy silver and gold structures
Use Jar Jar’s superior jumping ability to reach the tops of the minikit capsules, then leap to the high background balcony.
Run to the balcony’s right end and destroy the boxes to obtain some bits. Build these into a hook point so that a character with explosive attacks and a grapple gun, such as Waxer, can grapple up to the balcony.
Run left and use an explosive attack to destroy the silver object on the balcony’s left side to expose a red power brick. Score!
Red Power Brick 10: Minikit Detector
Cost: 750,000
Skills needed: Astromech Droid
Effect: Helps you track down minikits during missions
Simply use an astromech Droid, such as R2-D2, to activate the astromech Droid control panel in the minikit bay’s left foreground. A red power brick pops out of the nearby device!
Area 8: Hangar Overlook
Things really begin to open up for you once you’ve amassed ten gold bricks. Now you can build the jiggling bits to repair the reactor chamber’s background door and access the hangar overlook! You can’t access the elevator on the right without fifteen gold bricks, so use the one on the left instead to reach the Resolute’s hangar.
Red Power Brick 11: Super Saber Cut
Cost: 300,000
Skills needed: Sniper shot
Effect: Allows Jedi and Sith characters to cut holes in walls much faster than normal
Use any sniper character, such as Aurra Sing, to take aim and blast the three green targets in the hangar overlook’s background. The targets must drop down before you can target them. Blast all three to make a power brick appear on the walkway!
Area 9: Hangar
Use the terminals inside the hangar to call down any of the various spacecraft you’ve unlocked by playing through the game. Wait a moment for the ship to arrive after making your choice, then approach the vessel and choose whether to spend some studs and purchase it. You can also use the hangar’s command console to start new missions or change your character—it’s identical to the one on the bridge.
Once you’ve purchased a ship at the hangar, you’re able to pilot it out of the Resolute—and into the vastness of outer space! This allows you to participate in exciting space combat missions—see the following chapter, “Secrets and Extras,” for further details.
Red Power Brick 12: Score x2
Cost: 500,000
Skills needed: Grapple gun
Effect: Multiplies the value of studs you collect
We strongly urge you to make this power brick one of your first purchases. Save your moolah until you acquire ten gold bricks and 500,000 studs (you can do this after beating just five missions if you reach True Jedi status in each stage), then visit the hangar with a grapple gun character and clear the junk away from the background box. Grapple and pull on the box’s hook point to open the box and expose a power brick! Purchase and activate this brick through the pause screen’s Extras menu, and every stud you collect from this moment forward will be worth double its original value! This precious power brick makes reaching True Jedi status significantly easier during missions, and will pay for itself in no time.
Area 10: Ground Assault Staging Area
Acquire fifteen gold bricks and repair the hangar overlook’s right elevator to reach the Resolute’s final site, the ground assault staging area. Here you may use panels to call down ground assault vehicles, such as the rugged AT-AP walker!
Call down an AT-AP walker and spend a few studs to purchase the vehicle. Pilot the AT-AP and use it to destroy the silver force field emitter in the background. This exposes a small control room with a command console similar to the ones found in the hangar and on the bridge.
Access the staging area’s command console to unlock a whole new game mode: Republic Assault! Now you can participate in special grand-scale battles at many of the planets you’ve visited! Complete Republic Assault missions to earn gold bricks that help you access new hub areas. That’s right—you might be finished with the Resolute, but there’s another hub level to explore: the Separatists’ battleship!