Star Wars: The Black Series Imperial Patrol Trooper (Solo: A Star Wars Story)

 Stand alone films Rogue One and Solo have, if absolutely nothing else, given us a few new Imperial units, such as the Deathtrooper, Shoretrooper, and this Patrol trooper, which is essentially the highway patrol officer of the Empire. Briefly (real briefly) seen pursuing young Han as he races the streets of Corellia, this is, like the other two mentioned newbies, an excellent addition to the Imperial ranks.

Star Wars: The Black Series L3-37

 2018’s Solo brought some new characters to the Star Wars universe, and tried to answer some not too frequently asked questions about existing ones, such as, how did the Millennium Falcon get the best navigation system in the galaxy? Look, no one was asking this; we all just took it as a given, because Han says it at some point in the Original Trilogy. But, the answer is here, in the form of L3-37, a feisty droid partner of the young Lando Calrissian who gets wrapped up with the Beckett Gang and their Kessel heist.

Star Wars: The Black Series Imperial Range Trooper (Solo: A Star Wars Story)

 

 Making their debut in this years’ Solo: A Star Wars Story, the Imperial Range Trooper appeared in a bunch of promotional material for the movie and looked like the newly revealed unit would feature in the movie.

LOL.

Star Wars: The Black Series Han Solo (Solo: A Star Wars Story)

 

 The standalone Han Solo movie is reportedly the biggest box office flop in the Star Wars franchise. That is an entirely relative statement, as I’m not sure many people would label $265 million dollars in ticket sales a bad thing. But, the movie had a $400 million budget apparently, so in industry terms, it flopped. There are multiple theories as to why this happened, but as is the case with all things Star Wars these days, only a few of them are rational, while many more are fueled by a truly impotent rage coming from the more delicate corners of the fan community.

Star Wars: The Black Series Chewbacca (Solo: A Star Wars Story)

 

Apparently certified as a flop based on box office returns, this springs’ Solo gives us younger versions of some beloved Star Wars characters, and shows us how they met. Long standing in the EU is the story of how Han and Chewie came to be such a pair, and we get a version of it in the Han origin story. For some reason, Chewbacca was sent to Target as an exclusive while Han and Lando went to general retail, Han at least almost destined to warm the shelves.

Star Wars: The Black Series Lando Calrissian (Solo: A Star Wars Story)

 

 

In a little over a month, the second Star Wars anthology film Solo will hit theaters, bringing us details from the early years of the galaxy’s greatest smuggler, Han Solo, whose death in The Force Awakens I am still not over. Naturally, this means new figures, some for new characters and some for new versions of old favorites.