Hasbro is holding their annual Twas The Night Before Comic Con preview night tomorrow evening and Bantha Skull will be there.  The indomitable and irrepressible nomadscout will be on the ground, but he will be wearing his favorite proactive head gear as a precaution.  Check in tomorrow as we effort to bring and news as soon as we can.

If our inspiration for McQuarrie week is the concept artist’s heavy influence on the Rebels aesthetic, we would be remiss if we didn’t tackle the Concept Chewbacca as that design is the basis of the Rebels character Zeb.  Check out the 30th Anniversary Colllection Concept Chewbacca.

Do you remember those Imperial propaganda posters that made the rounds a few months back? They are featured on a new Jakks Pacific 4-way display hitting Walmart stores.  Hmmmm, Jakks Pacific can get figures to the stores in time for the show.  Click through for the full sized image.

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As we’re a Boba Fett themed site, we’d better get to the Concept Boba Fett pretty quickly if we’re going to do a McQuarrie week.  Without further ado, here is 2007’s Concept Boba Fett from the 30th Anniversary Collection

In classic storyteller fashion we’re going to kick off our week of McQuarrie Signature Series reviews at the end and work our way backward.  The Concept Rebel Trooper is the last figure released in the series, but is the subject of our first review.

As mentioned below in the post below, the Rebels TV series is heavily inspired by the art work of Ralph McQuarrie.  In honor of that and in anticipation of the series premiere on October 13th, the next week of Throwback Reviews will focus on the 30th Anniversary R. McQuarrie Signature Series figures starting tomorrow.

It’s no secret that the visual style of Star Wars Rebels is directly inspired by the art of Ralph McQuarrie.  While Zeb, the concept IG-88 and the concept Snowtrooper helmets in Spark of the Rebellionare fairly overt, did you catch the homage to the Han Solo concept art among the downtrodden in Tarkin Town?  Click through for the full sized image.

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The TAC train keeps rolling today with one of the last figures from the 2007 lineup.  We look at the Destroyer Droid which features a massive accessory in true 30th Anniversary Collection fashion.

The Spark of the Rebellion Rebels movie premieres tonight on Disney XD.  Despite the fact that the show hasn’t even aired a single episode, Disney XD has ordered a second season according to a press release on the official site.

For a line that has it’s fair share of timeless figures, the 30th Anniversary Collection also has a number of figures that should be stricken from the Jedi archives.  2007’s Mace Windu is one such example.

An ancient fear has returned.  Trooper31 from Germany was lucky enough to get his hands on a Rebels Stormtrooper, but a familiar problem with white armor figures appears to have resurfaced.

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Even if you’re not excited about the Shadow Squad itself, one bit of related news could turn out to be exciting.  It is expected for the week ending November 1 as part of a special end cap.  Hopefully this means a feature end cap for Star Wars product.

Availability:  November 1
Price:  $49.99
DPCI:  087-06-1202

Another one of my “figures I’m glad they made”, Hermi Odle is one of the most notable figures in the history of the line, but this Throwback Review addresses one glaring question.  Why is he pink?

Stormtroopers are about to invade the small screen in a few days, so it makes sense that their merchandising counterparts are flooding the nation’s largest retailer.  We received this report of both the Jakks Pacific and 6” Black Series Stormtroopers hitting the same Walmart store en masse.  Click through for the full sized image.

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You’re probably expecting my Throwback Review of 2007’s Galactic Marine to focus on the fact that “marine” is completely out of context in the Star Wars universe and the usage of the term was too arbitrary, but you’re wrong. The review is mostly about the figure for a change and it’s one that impresses me to this day.