Most wanted Star Wars the Black Series Jabba's Palace denizens

I made a list quite a while ago talking about the specific aliens from A New Hope's Cantina scene that I wanted most to get figures in Hasbro's Black Series line of 6 inch scale Star Wars figures, and now I'm coming around to the original trilogy's other hot spot of alien designs in Jabba's Palace. This place was filled to the brim with creative designs that hadn't been seen before in the movie universe, and has barely  been touched upon yet with a select few like Gamorrean guards getting the figure treatment. With Return of the Jedi lately getting a lot of love from the line, I hope soon that these five denizens I'm about to go over will be made sooner rather than later.



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5. Skiff guard
This is one that could easily become an army builder for the line, as many were seen around Jabba's sail barge during the final act of this portion of the movie. Their prune faced designs made for excellent canon fodder and it would be the ideal opportunity as well for the line to give us a 6 inch scale Skiff for displays!


4. Ephant Mon
As soon as the line's more deluxe sized price point was introduced for larger sized characters, my mind immediately shot to Ephant Mon and the viability of doing him in the line now. He isn't the most prominent of the aliens in this sequence, but his insane design would make for a stand out action figure that is already astounding in 3.75 inch scale! He was one of my favorite designs as a child, and that's lasted through to today!


3. Yakface
I'm sure this alien has a real name like many throughout the series, but Yakface is the term used to describe him most and that is what I'm sticking with. The Vintage Collection crowd got an incredible rendition of this character lately as a pack in with the Haslab Sail Barge from a couple years ago, so Hasbro must understand the desire for this character and I hope that the six inch crowd one day gets this stand out alien design in the Black Series as well.


2. EV-9D9
One scene that always unnerved me as a child and stands out as one of the best set pieces in the whole of Jabba's palace is no doubt the droid torturing lair. It was upsetting and always caught me off guard how violently we saw the droids treated there, with the head it all being a droid herself and one that would make a great addition to the Black Series line. While aliens have begun to become more prominent, droids are still sitting in the recesses when it comes to Black Series priority it seems and I hope that changes soon.


1. Bib Fortuna
Out of all the aliens not yet given to us in the Black Series line I think that the one most notably missing is Jabba's right hand guy, Bib Fortuna. He is such a twisted and interesting take on the Twi'lek design and I'd love to get his ugly form in the Black Series not only for the iconic role he played in the movie but for such a cool alien design as well. With Jabba in our displays already, this character is the most obvious choice to be made next.

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