Ewoks are a bit of a strange choice for this wave.  Of the 8 figures, 6 are from the first act on Tatooine.  BD8 Darth Vader was born on Tatooine.  So why throw in a pair of ewoks?  Who cares.  Everyone loves ewoks. Especially other ewoks.  As Hasbro often has done over the years with small figures, we get a two pack here.  Even still, it was a strange combo. Both characters have blink and you’ll miss ‘em moments.  As far as I can tell, Nippet is one of several baby ewoks that can be seen listening to C-3PO re-tell the whole saga.  He definitely left out some good parts, though.  I don’t think he mentioned the time he was ripped apart by Ugnaughts and almost thown into the incinerator.  Nor did he mention the part with Salacious Crumb pulled his eye out.  Anyway, I tried to find out what I could about Leektar, and while I couldn’t confirm this for myself by re-watching the scene, Wookieepedia says that Leektar was present at the celebration on Endor, and was playing some kind of drum.  So these two characters seem to have very little in common other than that they are from the same tribe.  In fact, Nippet is actually the child of Lumat, who was carded singly in the Vintage Collection as VC104.  It would have made more sense to include Nippet with that figure, but then collectors would have risen up in outright rebellion because of the whole original 92 thing (or whatever you decide that number really is).  It is also interesting that Hasbro named both characters on the card, whereas they opted for the generic “Ewoks” when they issued Paploo and Nho’Apaak.  Whatever, man.

Leektar is a nice looking sculpt.  For a figure of such small stature, we had thought that the 10 POA was outstanding for the time, and it was.  Nowadays, ewoks have knees and elbows.  Knees and elbows!  Shame on those 5POA figures of full height characters!  The paint applied is quite good, although the face is a bit sloppy on my sample.  He comes with a removable hood (again, as with past ewok reviews, I had some trouble removing the hood from Leektar, so I didn’t force it for the gallery above.)  He’d got a stone axe which he holds fairly well in both hands (his right hand is a bit loose).  He’s got a separately sculpted (non-removable) belt with a working sheath, which includes a removable knife.  Leektar can hold the knife in his left hand, although on my sample the right hand is sculpted a bit too wide to hold the knife convincingly. 

Nippet is nothing more than a tiny statue.  He has no moving parts.  As such, for those who care, it is debatable as to whether or not this is really an action figure or just an accessory.  As he was given a character name, I consider this wee wokling to be an individual figure.  You’re a curmudgeon if you think differently.  Nevertheless, Nippet is sculpted and painted quite well, and fits nicely in his little basket.

Hasbro’s ewoks that date from The Legacy Collection forward are all pretty darn good.  Some of the earlier ones lack full super articulation, but overall, it’s hard to complain about them.  There are quite a few different body sculpts for Hasbro to kitbash and make unique heads for, so as far as I’m concerned, they should continuously pump these out with different paint apps and accessories to further deepen the Ewok tribe.  I’m not necessarily interested in any Ewok related figures to be released in the near future by Hasbro, but I wouldn’t complain if one or two sprinkled into the line somewhere here and there.  Overall, it’s a neat two-pack, and worthy of your collection.  Only because the Ewok articulation has improved, and because Nippet is barely an independent figure, I’ll give this set a 7.

Build-A-Droid 

Leektar & Nippet contains the body for the astromech R4-D6, which could be seen rolling in the background of the Yavin Hangar while Luke and Han had their snippy farewell. Source:  A New Hope.

Verdict: No Action 

Nothing much to do here.  It is the only opportunity to get a wokling for our collections.  If Hasbro did do something ewok related in the future, it wouldn’t be terrible to include the two other woklings that are seen listening in terror to C-3PO’s impression of Darth Vader.

Verdict Guide:
Re-sculpt = The figure is not definitive, and a new version should be developed.
Re-issue = This version is definitive (or close enough), and shows sufficient secondary market demand to warrant a straight repack.
No Action = This release does not require new attention.