Despite its grand opening on Hoth, Empire Strikes Back was much more of a contained movie when it came to the cast of characters that it employed. There was no Cantina or Jabba's Palace where a few dozens different alien species could be seen. We only really got Hoth, Dagobah, and Cloud city, with the Bounty Hunters being the major new alien additions to the cast. Because of this smaller pool of characters, a good majority of them have been done already. That doesn't mean though that there aren't plenty more to be done! So here is my most wanted Black Series figures from Hasbro as represented from Empire Strikes Back!
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Ugnaught
These are the pig men who were helping out on Cloud city when Han was being frozen into a brick. They were ugly, creepy looking aliens who would look stunning in figure form! And as a plus, a few of these guys were seen on Jabba's attendants so they would work in displays for both movies! Plus, the line needs more aliens!
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2-1B
Not just aliens, the line needs more robots too! 2-1B was one of the front runners in the Empire Strikes Back fan vote for a while, and I think that Hasbro should see that as a reason to go ahead with a figure of this robot anyways. There's no way around it, droids help make Star Wars what it is so in a line thriving with human characters (many in brown jackets), 2-1B would go a long way in diversifying the cast.
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Hoth rebel trooper
It took a while, but we finally got a Rebel fleet trooper to battle our Stormtroopers. Now we need to start filling out the rest of the Rebellion. Hasbro can start with the Hoth troopers, in a battle that is remembered very fondly by fans. A figure representing this unit was released as part of the first wave of the Vintage Collection's relaunch, so Hasbro knows the worth of this character type to fans, and 6 inchers hopefully can get another Rebel army builder under their belts.
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Lobot
This character made it very far in the Empire Strikes Back fan vote, and for good reason being a character that many fans remember fondly. He was Lando's right hand man in the film, and sported a mechanical ring around his head that on its own made him visually interesting. Long ago we got the Bespin version of Lando, and his second in command has been long awaited.
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Bespin dress Leia
For a while it was rumored that we would be getting this figure until it turned out that the Bespin Leia figure was the Bespin escape version that came out exclusively at Target. I'm still holding out hope that this figure is on the way in some capacity; it may just be a dress Leia wore and didn't do any action in, but it was still a primary outfit that the character wore in the film and therefore it deserves to be made into 6 inch plastic form. The 3.75 inch line has gotten this outfit a few times, so it isn't impossible.
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Jacketless Han
After we got the jacketed version of Han, I thought that the original trilogy version of Han had been covered, but then I realized that aside from his Endor trench coat, we are also missing the version of him without a jacket from when he was frozen in carbonite. He also went on to be jacketless for the first bit of Return of the Jedi, so this figure can be used in a few displays by collectors. Han is one of the biggest characters in Star Wars history, and with Luke set to receive several figures, Han should receive the same love as well.
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