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.

A trip to my local Walmart forces me to admire their dogged perseverance when it comes to their clearance policy.

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I started to worry for our beloved super articulated action figure line the day I saw Mattel’s Green Lantern figures hanging in Target.  I knew that Hasbro would look across the aisle and see that retailers were gobbling up lots of minimally articulated low quality figures and say “hey, why not us?”.  I hope Hasbro doesn’t see what I saw today at Toys R Us from the Schleich company. 

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We switch back to the POTJ era today and look at the first R4 series astromech droid in the line.  Today’s Throwback Review looks at 2002’s R4-M9.

For your reading and viewing pleasure, check out our review and full gallery of POTJ - R4-M9

A failed hard drive created a content outage for Bantha Skull yesterday, but we’re back in the swing of things today and look at 2007’s Mustafar Lava Miner for our Throwback Review.  If your lava needs minin’, this is your figure.