Star Wars reveals quite rightly occupied a significant chunk of Hasbro's Pulse Con on Friday, some new figures coming to The Black Series being among the bigger reveals during that particular section. The collection will be getting two new action figures in Spring 2024 but can be pre-ordered today, and both pull characters from the ongoing Disney Plus show Ahsoka into the action figure world.
The two characters joining The Black Series are Baylan Skoll and his apprentice, Shin Hati. Both are significant as the live-action characters will be making their action figure debuts, but a particularly big moment for Skoll as the figure is naturally based on the likeness of the actor who plays the character in the show.
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Skoll is played by Ray Stevenson in the Disney Plus series who tragically passed away before it ever hit the streaming service, dying this past May. Skoll's Black Series figure is very well designed and even in toy form it's easy to see Stevenson in its design. A fantastic actor whose performance in Ahsoka was always going to be celebrated - six episodes in and he has been terrific so far - but one made all the more meaningful since it's airing after his death.
As well as revealing the two new Ahsoka figures joining The Black Series, as well as a Luke Starkiller figure and Captain Rex helmet, hints at what's next for the action figure line were also shared during Pulse Con. Four of the next corners of a galaxy far, far way the series will pull from were revealed and include Darth Vader from a New Hope, The Mandalorian, a Phase One Night Trooper, and the Mandalorian Night Owl. Presumably a long wait for reveals on those figures and a very long wait until you get your hands on
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