The celebration, metaphorically and literally, couldnt have come at a better time.
Check out our full interview below.
Whats led the design team to start embracing that side ofStar Warsrecently?
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Andthentheres gaming in between, and we want to do those!
io9: Dash was one of the big announcements right out of the gate here.
Can you talk about the inspirations you drew on to create the sculpt for the figure?
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Its based off ofallthe Dashes, and trying to figure out what Dash looks like [to us].
io9: Youve started exploringShadows, weve seenHeir to the Empirefigures like Joruus and Pellaeon.
Wed love to do every bit of every Expanded Universe thing.
Weve got theAcolytecharacters in there, thats a great example of that too.
Houle:Never say never, right?
Reiff:Thats the thing as wellwe have the same questions.
Ill say were committed to the stuff weve got in the pipeline and whats going forward.
There are no signs of that changing, principally, with whats happening.
But yeah: I think well figure it out with everybody else, the collectors too.
Were on the roller coaster with you guys too.
io9: Pivoting away from the serious, lets talk silly.
Theotherbig Black Series surprise of the panel was Turgle in theJedipack.
I think Skoova Stev came first!
And then the possibility of Turgle worked out, and it started snowballing.
Ireallywanted mullet Cal to be a reality in the Black Series too.
I would give huge, huge kudos to Eric Franer, and Tom Rego, on the development team.
Theyre gamers, you guys know, the whole Black Series teamtheyre all huge fans.
Eric was definitely pushing for Turgle and Skoova Stev.
This is actually going to be a thing!
And I love the reception to is, because it shows how fun it can all be.
Reiff:Its the fact thatStar Warsisnt all Death Troopers and Darth Vaders.
Theres Turgles and Skoova Stevs.
Its a galaxy of characters!
Its a really wide spectrum.
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