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Star Wars: The Saga Collection

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Star Wars: The Saga Collection

Publication information

Publisher

Hasbro

Start date

2006^[1]

Toy type

Action figures, accessories, vehicles

TheStar Wars: The Saga Collection toy line began in2006. It has featured a variety of collector-aimed characters and vehicles from the first sixStar Wars films alongside character from theExpanded Universe. The entries in the series mixed those that had already appeared in previous lines with new ones.

Two separate lines of figures were released consisting entirely of reissued figures: TheEpisode III: Heroes and Villains collection, consisting of the film's main characters, andEpisode III: Greatest Battles sets, consisting primarily of secondary characters. Each basic figure came with a display base as well as a mini holographic figure pack-in. The initial wave of the holographic figures were blue, while later waves were red.

In addition to the pack-ins, theUltimate Galactic Hunt promotion featured chase figures with special packaging and a mail-away offer for a figure ofGeorge Lucas instormtrooper disguise. The sale of exclusive figures to retailers expanded with Wal-Mart receiving an entire wave of exclusives, primarily consisting of repaints.

Continuity[]

This collection provided names for a number of unidentifiedastromech droids previously appearing in various sources, includingR2-C4,R3-Y2,R4-K5,R4-M6 andR5-J2. All of these were later referenced in other Legends material.The Saga Collection is also the first source to provide a full-body representation of theYam'rii species.