Gimme some Prequel lovin’...Star Wars figures in action!

Darth Plagueis & Darth Sidious

With Episode 7 looming around the corner (hey, it’s a mere 15-months before we’d all get the chance to crack out our home-made Jedi robes once again for a Star Wars premier show!) I thought it’s only right to snap some Star Wars-related action figure photography to whet my insatiable appetite for a ‘back-to-basics’ SW movie. 

Podracing is the way of life here at Mos Espa...

General Grievous

It’s strongly rumoured that Disney, being the current owner of Uncle George’s universe, might re-classify the Prequel movies as ‘non-canon’, a fate similar to that of most of the Expanded Universe novels. So what this simply means is that we might have to forget what we’ve learn and accepted from Episodes 1 till 3. Not a bad thing really, since Episode III was such a hunk of a mess and to be honest, it looked more like cut-scenes from a video game rather than an actual movie.

Palpatine's aides....

Neimodians on board the trade federation battle-ship...

Having said that, I still have profound love for Episodes I and II, barring the very elaborate love scenes in AOtC. Although I am also in the opinion that the Prequels could’ve been much better had Uncle George went back to his Original Trilogy roots, I think the three movies served their purpose in opening up fanboys’ minds to what went on before the events of A New Hope. I personally love to have seen countless Jedi going about in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant and how the Master-Padawan Learner dynamics took place during those times.

The Clone Wars

Meanwhile on Kashyyyk...

I’m not too crazy about them clones though. One or two is ok (I totally dig Cody, Rex and Gree) but I think Disney went on the overkill when they simply created too many ‘unique’ clones through the Clone Wars animated series. On the collector front, I think most have seen how there are countless 1/6 clones being produced by Sideshow Collectibles. Such a shame really, when obvious fan-demanded ‘Troopers such as the Scout Trooper* and the Imperial Navy Trooper/Commander have yet to be materialised.

Here’s hoping for a great collecting year ahead. Bring on SDCC!

*At the time of writing, yours truly still has no clue whatsoever that the 1/6 Scout Trooper’s coming our way through the upcoming SDCC! Yay!


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