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Star Wars Vintage The Mandalorian Wave 1


I don't need to tell anyone reading this anything about the Mandalorian, so let's get to the toys. As a fan of the Vintage and Power of the Force 2 era style of toys, I was pretty excited to find out about the Retro style figures being made. Wave 1 is pretty great, I only wish that we had more characters. Wave 2 will be here soon but it also is focusing on big names. As a fan of B list Star Wars characters, I'm slightly nervous that some figures won't make it into this line. Despite that, I plan on getting everyone that I can. I have spoken.

Greef Karga


Carl Weathers was a great bit of casting. Not only because he is such a great actor but because many of us know him from the late 70's and 80's, the same era that gave us Star Wars. In a show that is trying to bring us back to the Original Trilogy timeline, Weathers becomes a bridge of nostalgia.


Cara Dune


Cara was my favorite secondary character in this series. As someone who always identified more with the cause of the Rebellion versus the story of the Jedi, her backstory had strong appeal for me. The loss of Alderaan was one of the first evils we saw the Empire perpetrate. Cara takes us right back to that point when a million voices cried out and were suddenly silenced. 


IG-11

Wow, this show set out to devastate us emotionally. IG's new programming and eventual sacrifice was powerful but not as powerful as that of his master's.



Kuiil

Kuiil. Sigh. This Nick Nolte voiced puppet worked his way quickly into our hearts with his straightforward nature and value system. His death taught us to live second by second in the world of the Mandalorian.



Moff Gideon

Our big bad. Calm, suave, and assured, Moff Gideon is our final proof that the Empire is not as dead as we thought. He not only serves as our source of agitation, he is the connective tissue to all of our eventual Mando allies. His service as an ISB officer gives him intimate knowledge on all of our heroes. He even named the Mandalorian for us. His role in the Great Purge that we finally saw a glimpse of in The Book of Boba Fett shows just how ruthless our enemy will prove to be. He might currently be imprisoned, I have little doubt that his threat is far from removed.


The Mandalorian


Our nameless, faceless, emotionless space cowboy has sure grown on us. The journey into discovering just who our hero truly is has been amazing and emotional. We now know who he is and what he was but the true journey will be discovering what he will be. The Book of Boba Fett has shown us a reflection of the Mandalorian with Boba himself. He was the original best of the best Bounty Hunter and now we see him on his journey to become something better/more. If Boba can move from bounty hunter to, what I assume will be, ruler of Tatooine, I can only imagine what our story has in store for Din Djarin.  




The Child


The money maker. The mascot. The fuel for change in the life of the Mandalorian. This little guy has worked his way into all of our hearts and wallets. Honestly, he probably changed the fortunes for Disney Star Wars in ways they could only have hoped. And it's not for nothing. This Gizmo the Gremlin inspired green guy can melt the hardest of hearts. And he may have started as just a plot device, we now have seen him becoming very much a character in his own right with his own choices to make. And wow, what a choice he has been tasked with (as of this writing).






Some final photos for fun and comparison :)























 

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