Every once in a while, Hasbro comes up with a figure or toy, that so well matches the on screen model (even with some practical scale modifications), that it’s an automatic home run.  Even better (for Hasbro) is when Lucasfilm, through films, TV, comics, or other sources, moves ahead and uses that same source material repeatedly.  This way, the toy that was originally made for a specific purpose is able to re-issued and repainted multiple times with no changes to the sculpt at all.  That mere home run then becomes a grand slam.  Ok, a fully featured modular Death Star would be a Grand Slam.  Maybe this is more like a grand single:

Such is the case for Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi Starfighter, from 2002.  It’s funny now to think that this was the only Jedi Starfighter to appear in Attack of the Clones.  In all kinds of media until the release of Revenge of the Sith, these ships appeared, which each Jedi featured as having their own personal color and pattern.

This model of starfighter was known as the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor.  It was soon upgraded to the Delta-7B version.  By the end of the Clone Wars, the Jedi were flying Eta-2 Actis-class interceptors, which started to show many traits similar to that of the Empire’s TIE Fighters.  Hasbro took the opportunity to make multiple repainted versions of all 3 starfighters.  Between the 3 models, Hasbro issues something like like 15 (I forget the exact number) Jedi Starfighter toys. And don’t forget that each Jedi needed their own color-coordinated astromech!  Thatsalotta toys to buy!

But to get to the point already, this toy is excellent.  It’s an aggressive looking design, and can be flown around by hand in order to annoy those around you.  There’s a retractable landing gear and a functioning canopy.  An Obi-Wan figure fits pretty well in the cockpit, even the best AOTC Obi-Wan that came out years later.  An off-screen action feature included has the wings tips popping open, which give it a look that was later shown in the Eta-2 Actis-class interceptors in ROTS.  Hasbro also included a feature in which each side of the fuselage can be removed, exposing spring-loaded missiles that can be fired by the push of a button.

One neat thing Hasbro included was a small hole near the rotating R4-P17 dome.  The hole accommodates the radar dish that comes with the Obi-Wan Kenobi pilot figure, so you can recreate the scene where Obi-Wan uses profanity.

The ship isn’t exactly to scale, and the on-screen model is sleeker and longer.  Also, Lucasfilm designed the ship in such a way that a full-sized Astromech could not fit into the hull, so it was explained that only the dome was there.  R4-P17 was later modified to include a full body, and joined Obi-Wan throughout the entirety of the Clone Wars, until dismantled during the Battle of Coruscant.

It’s a neat toy.  Not super exciting and loaded with features, but it is a nice design, and a great job by Hasbro to bring it to life.  8/10.