Hasbro Finally Busts Out the Twins
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I’m still catching up on Star Wars figure news, but it seems noteworthy that Hasbro has finally resorted the making the offspring of Han Solo and Leia Organa — specifically, the twins Jacen (far right middle) and Jaina (far right bottom), stars of a few Dark Horse comics and about a bajillion Young Adult novels of varying quality. I’m actually not sure why Hasbro hasn’t gone for these kids earlier, as opposed to some of the more esoteric figures found in the comic two-packs, but it doesn’t matter, because they’ll be here in early 2010, along with the other figures you see above. I’m not up on my Expanded Universe, so does anyone have any guesses as to the gunk on Jacen’s torso?
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