Get the Gunship!  Or don’t.  But definitely Get the Gunship! instead of not getting it.

Today is a big day.  After 38 long years, we have finally reached the end of the ROTS20 Basic Figure retrospective.  We seriously started this on May 5th, and my initial idea that I pitched to Chris was that if we did 2-3 of these reviews each day, we would finish in May.  Chris was enthusiastic about the idea, and he responded with an epic text:

No.

So instead, it’s taken 3 and a half months.  The hype surrounding the 20th Anniversary of Revenge of the Sith was real, and was headlined by the theatrical re-release of the film as well as Banthaskull’s retrospective.  People couldn’t get enough of it.  Until they saw something shiny.  And that was that. 

The basic line consists of 68 individually numbered figures, along with 5 running changes.  That’s 73 figures that I photographed, and 73 curved bubbles that Chris photographed.  This didn’t happen without consequences.  Daniel Jones is now the starting quarterback of the Colts.  Chris is currently housed in the Steve Grogan Institute for the Criminally Insane.  And while I am still living at home, it’s not without some misfortune.  I no longer remember what pizza tastes like, I’ve changed my legal name to MAKMCSWF (pronounced “Nigel”), and I wear my sunglasses at night so I can, so I can keep track of the visions in my eyes.

So anyway, we’ve got a figure to talk about.  It’s another Wookiee!  Here’s the clickah.  Nobody would blame you.. (Okay, enough of that.)  The ROTS line was full of clones and Wookiees, and while I certainly don’t mind having the vast array of Wookiee variants in my collection, reviewing bunches of them from 20 years ago has been tedious.  But here we are.

This guy is a repaint of the Wookiee Warrior that was part of the 4-figure Sneak Preview wave that was released at the tail end of the OTC line.  It wasn’t a bad figure at the time, but the articulation system has aged pretty poorly by now.  Nevertheless, the repaint execution was pretty good.  The figure has a completely new fur color and pattern, and the accessory loadout is completely different.  It’s one of those repaints that really feels like a completely new figure. 

The outfit is a thin “pleather” vest, with an elastic belt, instead of the armor that was included with the sneak preview figure.  For accessories, we skip the helmet, armor/pauldron, and rifle.  This time, we get 3 different ways for this guy to do battle.  He’s got a 2-piece bowcaster with a “push-to-fire” projectile, 2 suction cup thermal detonators, and a grappling hook attached to a string rope.  Despite the crappy articulation, you can still get some decent poses out of the figure, and he interacts with each accessory surprising well.  You get a bunch of these guys, and they can attack the droid army in a number of ferocious ways. 

The weirdest thing about the figure is the name.  As I has mentioned in an earlier review, it seems like Hasbro swapped the names of a couple of Wookiee figures.  ROTS 58 Wookiee Commando comes with a giant cannon, while this multi-skilled Wookiee has an array of weapons at his disposal.  It would be more logical for this guy to be the Commando, while the other guy should be the Heavy Gunner.  These types of things have plagued the line since time immemorial, but we forgive Hasbro with grace.

This figure isn’t bad.  It’s certainly better than the aforementioned Wookiee Commando.  While the articulation is limited and dated, it’s better than most figures from 2005.  The paint job, outfit, and accessories made this figure a very well executed and very well deserving re-paint choice.  So while it’s not the most exciting figure, it’s still pretty decent.

5 Stars
6/10 Banthaskulls

Ok.  Now what do we do?