Even if Clones and droïds variants were obvious releases to maximize profit, Sideshow having yet to release Dooku and AOTC Anakin remain a mystery. If only two PT characters were ever to be released, they would be my picks.
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To be fair, the clones sold very well for the most part. Even I ended up buying one.
I looked at those Shinys for a while. But just couldn't do it.
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[...]Do I dare even say the unthinkable....
even Jar Jar.[...]
I would buy a Hot Toys Jar Jar in a heartbeat.
I would buy a Hot Toys Jar Jar in a heartbeat.
Like many things in the PT, JarJar isn't a bad design. It's the way they behaved - their characters - that was bad.
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Yes...but I wouldn't buy a Jar Jar figure for the design.
I would buy it for...revenge.
EU is not Star Wars? EU panels (clone wars, rebels, del reys) were among the most popular panels in celebration VII. Millions watched clone wars and Star Wars Rebels. So no, ALOT of people care about the EU. And I believe you are exaggerating when you said cantina aliens would outsell a new maul, qui-gon jinn or dooku.
But you are right. Majority of the merchandise are going to be about the films, and mostly focus on OT and ST from now on. With HT's release schedule I doubt we'll see any PT characters release in the next couple of years, let alone EU characters. I just hope we get a couple major characters from those periods somewhere down the line.
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Sorry but the clone wars and rebels cartoon is considered to be canon... Not expanded universe.
I know that. But if you read pixel's post he's clearly referring to clone wars and rebels.
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I was in fact clearly NOT referring to those. Straight-Edge is on the money. Those are canon. I'm talking about stuff from comics and novels for the most part - stuff that any tom **** and harry reinvented as they saw fit. That stuff was never "Star Wars" and now it's been clearly spelled out.
Newer isn't better, better is better. If a bounty hunter or cantina alien didn't outsell a Qui-Gon Jinn by an order of magnitude, I'd be surprised. FFS, Qui-Gon. That's funny. And while I admit to liking the Darth Maul design and concept, the execution, his role in the movies, was just a total waste of time. He was no villain and lasted all of 15 minutes.
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I'd kill for a Walrusman.
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Who wouldn't right? That's what I'm talking about.
My apology, thought u meant the new EU. Old EU is definitely not Star Wars. Revan and Darth Talon will still sell though, just like malgus.
I don't know what give you the idea that cantina aliens or bounty hunter other than the fetts will outsell QGJ. I mean if you are comparing to the QGJ made 10 years ago then yea, that's definitely true. But if everything else are the same, price, edition size, etc, QGJ will do better.
Boba Ben
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He'd be awesome. I do take the higher price levels into consideration, though. I can't be 100% positive, but I think a $220 price tag for somebody like Walrusman might discourage quite a few collectors from buying him. If he was made during the golden age of Sideshow aliens alongside Hammerhead, Greedo, and the Gamorrean Guard I'm sure he'd be a big seller. I was very happy to see R5-D4 and the Jawas at Celebration, though. I was afraid we wouldn't get anymore cool background characters.
As far as prequel/clone wars stuff, I think there are a few select characters that might sell well among the stuff from the OT and ST. Maul by Hot Toys would sell well, a Sideshow Dooku might be pretty popular, and I bet Ahsoka Tano would sell especially with her involvement in the new cartoon series. Other than that, I can't really think of anything from the prequels that hasn't been done already that would be a really big seller.
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Malgus didn't sell very quickly. It was still available this year - is it finally sold out now? Star Wars (movie) fans (the ones that exist in the largest numbers) don't know who Darth Revan is. Just saying.
But put aside background characters for a moment and let's remember that we haven't seen but ONE contemporary (today's level of production) release of a RotJ figure (Sideshow's Scout Trooper). Taking into account only that one movie, that's a lot of potential before any company in their right mind should consider working on any PT content. Besides, it was pretty obvious that Howard at HT likes Anakin Skywalker, yet that figure is nowhere to be seen - there must be some indication from Disney to tell them to GTFO when it comes to PT - at least for now.
The OT Star Wars films are classics and that will never change. Likewise, none of the PT will ever become a classic. That's just the way it is.
But put aside background characters for a moment and let's remember that we haven't seen but ONE contemporary (today's level of production) release of a RotJ figure (Sideshow's Scout Trooper). Taking into account only that one movie, that's a lot of potential before any company in their right mind should consider working on any PT content. Besides, it was pretty obvious that Howard at HT likes Anakin Skywalker, yet that figure is nowhere to be seen - there must be some indication from Disney to tell them to GTFO when it comes to PT - at least for now.
The OT Star Wars films are classics and that will never change. Likewise, none of the PT will ever become a classic. That's just the way it is.
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Umm the **** are you talking about the EU was the biggest part of the Star Wars universe and were considered canon before lucasfil decided it wasn't it's still Star Wars it just does not carry canonical weight I'm not gonna argue but I can pull many quotes from Star Wars.com stating how the eu is part of the same story it pisses me off when people don't know what the **** they are talking about.
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The SW franchise has become kiddie enough. Don't give them any ideas
They are goings to become Jedi how is that kiddie then they all get slaughtered by Darth Vader that kiddie nough for you?
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Hahahahahahahahaha. Funny. Guess the execs at Disney didn't get the memo when they dumped it like a bag of plague-infested blankets.
Like what you like, but Star Wars was, and always will be, the Movies. What you're holding onto as the EU was fan-fiction. Plain. Simple. Not saying that none of it had merit, but it's just not the "Star Wars" that 99% of people know and love.
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"..biggest part of the Star Wars universe.." In what sense the biggest? The majority of Star Wars fans, including long times ones, really only had the most basic familiarity with the EU world. The EU comics and novels were/are mostly a niche part of the franchise, and no one but the most hardcore really thought of anything EU when the subject of Star Wars was brought up. I've been a fan of Star Wars since I was a kid in the 80s, and I have next to zero knowledge of EU stories or characters. That's how I always saw it anyway.
Thats like 90% of this site. No respect for the EU. No use in arguing with people who will never accept it. The EU is star wars just as much as the movies are.
Disney scrapped it to make more money. More new books and comics under the Disney name for more money. Don't act like it was because of anything else, it is for the money. Funny though how Disney is pumping out the books and comics... part of the new EU............
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