Force in Focus: The Empire Strikes Back Action Figures Wave 1

Friday, September 30th marked the second modern (ie post-Disney/tied-to-new-movies) Force Friday event, in which the new batch of Rogue One-specific merchandise was unveiled to the public. Though I knew going in it would be less substantial than last year's Force Awakens event, it was still rather underwhelming (in that it was mostly all toys, with little in the way of extra stuff like books, clothing, etc., and both the Target & Toys R Us I went to did a poor job of clearing out the Force Awakens stuff, so it seemed less like an event than a restocking). Nevertheless, in honor of Force Friday, let's take a look at the first wave of figures from The Empire Strikes Back.

Figures Released
Bossk
Bespin Security Guard
FX-7
Han Solo (Hoth Battle Gear)
IG-88
Imperial Stormtrooper (Hoth Battle Gear) aka Snowtrooper
Lando Calrissian
Luke Skywalker (Bespin Fatigues) yellow lightsaber, no telescope
Princess Leia (Bespin gown)
Rebel Soldier (Hoth Battle Gear)
Yoda

Force in Focus: Force Friday

(Apologies for the back-to-back non-comic book review posts; Disney keeps throwing newsworthy Star Wars stuff at us...).

Yesterday was Force Friday, described by some as "Star Wars Christmas", the day in which an enormous wave of new and Force Awakens-centric Star Wars product was released, everything from new action figures and Lego sets to new Star Wars-branded clothes, books and games. Many stores were opening at midnight, with cosplayers present, creating something of a carnival atmosphere. In my younger days, I absolutely would have been one of those rushing the doors at midnight, even if, then as now, there wasn't a whole lot of product specifically I wanted or had to get right away.