![Speeder Bike (With Luke Skywalker In Endor Gear) - Hasbro - The Power of the Force [Green/Freeze Frame] (1997)](/star-wars-power-of-the-force-green/thumbs/potf2-green-vehicles-speeder-bike-with-luke-skywalker1-th.jpg "Speeder Bike (With Luke Skywalker In Endor Gear) - Hasbro - The Power of the Force [Green/Freeze Frame] (1997)")
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Hasbro signed a multi-year extension to their licensing agreement with Disney and will keep making Star Wars and Marvel action figures! In a press release the toymaker said this:
Under the extended agreement, Hasbro will continue to develop a wide range of products for families and fans of all ages, based on the iconic brands. This includes bringing characters from the Star Wars galaxy to life in action figure form through the highly popular lines, The Black Series and The Vintage Collection, as well as engaging new generations of fans with Lightsabers toys and other kids’ and preschool toys themed around characters from Darth Vader to The Mandalorian.
Read the full press release here!
My own guess is that Hasbro probably has more favorable conditions now, given the current state of Star Wars at least. Either way, this is good news for all those who want continuity. And objectively speaking the action figures made by Hasbro have never been better. The only remaining question is how Hasbro will deal with the tariffs. But both parties involved are apparently confident that Star Wars and Marvel is in good hands at Hasbro and that both toylines can and will have a bright future.
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Hot Toys is adding the Range Trooper (TMS157) to their sixth scale Star Wars: Andor line-up. Click through for full details and gallery images.
Tags: Andor (Disney+ Series), Hot Toys: Sixth Scale Figures, Range Trooper, Sixth Scale Figures
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Andor is back! Finally! We had to wait 2 1/2 years for this.
Lucasfilm and Disney have wisely decided to release each movie consisting of three episodes all at once, so for three weeks we will get three episodes on the same day. But that also means it’s a lot, and I mean a LOT, of content. The first movie is almost 2 1/2 hours long, reaching Lord of the Rings (theatrical cut) territory.
I want to make it short here: Andor is still the same. So it’s still the most “un-starwarsy” thing ever and anyone who felt Andor season 1 was boring or just bad even maybe will not change his or her mind. If you are one of those then you really need not bother and you can move on. What you will get here are lavish wedding parties, people talking in offices, and Syril having dinner with his mom who wants to get to know his all new sweet girlfriend (none other than ISB officer Dedra).
And anyone who loved season 1 will almost certainly also enjoy or even love the first three episodes of season 2! There is lots to talk about, so please either click here or on the banner below to discuss the first three episodes of season 2, One Year Later, Sagrone Teema and Harvest!
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It is another repaint, but a well-deserved one in The Vintage Collection line. Check out Chopper (Imperial Disguise) in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)
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Target has two new pre-orders up today, one new and one re-release. Click below for the product pages:
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It seems as if Lieutenant Callahan is as relevant to the Star Wars timeline as the Blue Origin “astroNOTs” are to space sailing. Check out this figure from The Vintage Collection line in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)
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If you missed out on Amazon, Hasbro Pulse has the Celebration Japan exclusive The Black Series Ronin & R5-D56 Visions set available (while supplies last). Click here for the product page.
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Wow! The Imperial Snowtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear) figure from The Vintage Collection line is pretty close to perfect. How many are you buying? Check it out in our Research Droids Reviews today. (more….)
Thank you for reading Research Droids Reviews: Season 16!
Tags: 3.75-inch Super-Articulated, Battle Of Hoth, Blizzard Force, Galactic Empire, Hasbro, Imperial Snowtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear), Imperial Stormtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear), Kenner, Snowtrooper, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, The Vintage Collection
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The Ninth Jedi was easily the best episode in the first Visions season. Back then the Japanese studio behind the short said that they hope to be able to continue the story since they have mapped out so much more than the short was showing, enough for a full series even.
In case you forgot: The Ninth Jedi is set in the far future of the Star Wars Galaxy where the Jedi Order is nothing but a distant memory and all but extinct, even if there are still a few Force sensitive people who call themselves Jedi in the galaxy. But they have no lightsabers. The art of making them has been lost a long time ago, but on a remote planet one man still knows how to make lightsabers, the Sith however capture him and eventually his young daughter and a young Jedi boy set out to help rebuild the Jedi order and to rescue the lightsaber swordsmith after defeating a couple of Sith who try to kill them all.
And now at Celebration Japan we not only got the release date for Visions Volume 3, October 27th on Disney+, but we also learned that yet another The Ninth Jedi short, “Child of Hope”, will be part of Visions Volume 3. However, the news do not stop here, because then it was announced that The Ninth Jedi will even get its very own limited spin-off series in 2026 that will continue where the Volume 3 short “Child of Hope” ends.
This is certainly excellent news for all the fans who asked for The Ninth Jedi not to be forgotten about. The very best thing would have been to announce a live action project, but seeing the story continue in animated form is certainly the next best thing.
Is there any other Visions short you’d like to see more of? Especially volume 1 had a few interesting stories. Volume 2 maybe not as much, which I found very uneven or at times even bad. Let’s hope Visions Volume 3 can step up the quality again. Ultimately I feel that Visions should become something of an ideas lab for Star Wars where creators can pitch their “vision” of Star Wars, with the best ones then getting picked up for more.
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Star Wars will mark its 50th anniversary in 2027 with Star Wars Celebration Los Angeles, taking place April 1–4.
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Pre-orders are live for the Celebration Japan The Vintage Collection and The Black Series reveals. Click below for pre-order options:
The Vintage Collection
- Cobb Vanth (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Crosshair (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Moff Gideon (Dark Trooper Armor) (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Nightsister Merrin (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Rocket Launcher Trooper (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Bantha with Tusken Raider (Hasbro Pulse)
The Black Series
- Chewbacca (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Han Solo (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Nightsister Merrin (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Dash Rendar (Entertainment Earth • Amazon)
- Cal Kestis, Turgle & Scoova Stev 3-pack (Amazon Exclusive)
Full Cases Via Entertainment Earth
- The Vintage Collection Wave 23 (Includes Cobb Vanth, Crosshair, Moff Gideon (Darktrooper Armor), Rocket Launcher Trooper, and Nightsister Merrin)
- The Black Series Wave 3 (Includes Chewbacca, Han Solo, and Nightsister Merrin)
- The Black Series Wave 8 (Includes Dash Rendar)
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Amazon has added official Celebration Japan merchandise to their Star Wars Store, including the exclusive The Black Series Ronin & R5-D56 Visions set. Click here to browse through the merch!
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S.H.Figuarts is still in the business of making Star Wars figures, even if things have slowed down considerably. SHF are also notorious for showing prototypes of figures that never make it to production. So do not think the figures shown at Celebration are all guaranteed releases down the road. But one can always be hopeful. That being said the choice of figures shown at Celebration is somewhat of a headscratcher here and there… click through for more!
Luuke with Yodaa or Luke with Yoda?
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Pre-orders are live for the Amazon exclusive Cal Kestis, Turgle & Scoova Stev 3-pack. Click here for the product page.
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Hasbro’s latest The Black Series reveals from Celebration Japan:
- Nightsister Merrin
- Han Solo
- Chewbacca
- Dash Rendar (Fan Channel & Amazon US)
- Cal Kestis, Turgle & Scoova Stev 3-pack (Amazon Exclusive)
Pre-orders kick off today at 3 PM Eastern except for the Amazon exclusive 3-pack, which opens pre-orders at 12 noon Eastern.
Here are a few images courtesy of mrstevie18:
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The Hasbro Star Wars panel revealed several upcoming The Vintage Collection Figures:
- Nightsister Merrin (VC367)
- Cobb Vanth (VC371)
- Moff Gideon (Dark Trooper Armor) (VC368)
- Rocket Launcher Trooper (VC369)
- Crosshair (VC370)
- Bantha with Tusken Raider (VC380)
The Bantha/Tusken set is a Pulse/Disney Store exclusive. Pre-orders kick off today at 3 PM Eastern.
Here are a few images courtesy of mrstevie18:
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Revealed at Star Wars Celebration Japan, Star Wars: Starfighter is set to hit theaters on May 28, 2027. This standalone film, starring Ryan Gosling, will take place after the events of Episode IX.
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Celebration Japan kicks off soon, and tonight at 10:30 PM Eastern will be tomorrow at 11:30 AM Tokyo time and time for the Hasbro Star Wars Panel! That means we get to look into the future tonight to check out the latest The Vintage Collection and The Black Series reveals. It should be fun wrapping our brains around this weekend’s time difference!
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GameStop has several of the newly released The Black Series figures available and in-stock. Click below for product pages! Thanks to JTA reader Jon for the alert!
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Pre-orders are live for both Cassian Andor (MMS802) and K-2SO (TMS156). Click below for the pre-order pages:
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Hot Toys is re-releasing a Sixth Scale Star Wars: Andor version of K-2SO (TMS156) in preparation for the upcoming Season Two of Andor. Get all the details after the jump.
Tags: Andor (Disney+ Series), Hot Toys: Sixth Scale Figures, K-2SO, Sixth Scale Figures
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Hot Toys has announced the long-overdue Cassian Andor (MMS802), as seen in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Click through for details and gallery images.
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Hot Toys drops another exclusive today with the reveal of their Darth Vader (Sith Apprentice) (Artisan Edition) (DX47AE) 1/6 Scale Figure. Click through for complete details and gallery images.
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The current US president has signed an executive order which will effectively put a 54% tariff on all imported goods from China and 46% on imported goods from Vietnam. This will have a huge impact on Hasbro and other toy companies who have their toys made predominantly in those two countries! Click through for more!
George Lucas – A True Visionary!
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Hot Toys will have no shortage of exclusives available at Celebration Japan! The Darth Maul (Concept Art) (MMS778) Sixth Scale figure joins the dual exclusive club, limited to 1000 in Japan, with 1500 more available via select outlets. Click through for details and images.
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