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Star Wars Power of the Force Wave 4 Collection


Wave 4 of the Power of the Force line picked up right after Shadows of the Empire. SotE gave us our first Return of the Jedi character with Leia in her Boushh disguise and this wave would give us our final two RotJ figures before the Red Card retired. 

Jedi Knight Luke



This was a monumental figure because it represented Luke in his "final form". If you wanted to imagine adventures that followed episode 6, this would be the figure you needed. Plus, this figure gave us the green lightsaber! Before green and blue would saturate the Star Wars landscape with the prequels, the green lightsaber was a big deal. To our knowledge, there had not been a green one before. Obi Wan had a blue one, Anakin had a blue one, it was like Star Wars was completely blue versus red. And then when the green lightsaber popped out on the skiff above the Pit of Carkoon, there was a paradigm shift.






Carbonite Han Solo


Return of the Jedi was always my favorite Star Wars episode and getting more figures to recreate those moments was an amazing feeling. I remember visiting vintage toy shops in the mall and reading toy guides about the vintage line and wondering what it would be like to recreate Jabba's Palace. I had a lot of the 'denizens' thanks to my cousins passing on their classic figures to my brother and I, but my Han was the vintage Hoth figure until 1995. Getting this guy for my Birthday was a good day!






 

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