Lucasfilm (and therefore now Disney) has full likeness rights for the OT cast. Always has (it was part of their original contracts).
You're not sick, you just need a large online community of enablers to validate your analysis. And.here.we.are.
That was one thing that bugged me the most about the first episode. Fett casually handing over his helmet for cleaning. WTF? This is his father's helmet, his identity essentially that he lost for five years and has gotten back. I didn't think that Favreau or Rodriguez would let big misses like that happen on their watch but they did. I'm still excited to see where this goes but I don't really like happy-go-lucky Fett being the more stoic and measured Fennec's sidekick.
Dang you, Hot Toys!
What people need to remember with the Sarlac is to disregard the slowly digested over a 1000 years part as they'd be dead long before, even Yoda didn't live that long outside a Sarlac in that environment no one would survive a week without food and water.
I can't wait for the reaction to the first episode of The Acolyte, I'll get the popcorn ready for reading the comments section.
They're waiting to ship the seven clear plastic Iron Mans(iron men?) they sold before pre-ordering the War Machine...What I got from the HT video was that if new material shows classic characters, then Howard will make them. He also mentioned a new series of figures for this year. Not sure what that means as his new line last year ended with the clear plastic comic Iron Man. Yeah, where is the teased clear plastic War Machine?
I think it was to one up Fennec eg. doing as the locals do; but unlike Mando smacking Toro when the Tuskens showed up - (metaphorically) it wasn't funny and cool. Just flat and out of character. Really needed better direction (and I thought Grogu announcing his presence to the universe in general was dumb but that was WTF.
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Once the mirth has passed, and we realise how F'd up it really is, it'll be pure frustration at the waste of money, time and opportunity.
I guess they are playing it that the classic characters are timeless and they can go to that well when needed… D+ and newer movies may end up being a flash in the pan so if they and Disney want to sell figures they have to do it now.
Exactly. I'm sure this is why OT figures have been put on the back burner. They can sell anytime. New stuff has to be struck while the iron is hot.
Apparently they started filming something recently. Word is it's the Acolyte. Not sure if that's been confirmed in the meantime ?
Just my speculation but I think we get something earlier than Bad Batch, which I believe will release in May. I don’t think they will want the Star Wars content to overlap, so my timeline will be something like this:
