At Star Wars Celebration 2025, Hasbro unveiled an exciting array of new toys and collectibles that have fans buzzing with anticipation. Among the highlights were new figures from The Mandalorian series and the much-anticipated debut of a Dash Rendar figure. Attendees were treated to an up-close look at these upcoming releases, which were showcased at the event.
IGN captured stunning photos of Hasbro's display and engaged in insightful conversations with designer Chris Reiff and Hasbro's Marketing Director, Jing Houle. They shared their enthusiasm for crafting toys inspired by these beloved characters. Dive into the slideshow gallery below to explore these new additions, and continue reading to discover Reiff and Houle's thoughts, including their vision for enhancing some of the most iconic figures in the Star Wars universe.
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivor enthusiasts will be thrilled to see new figures added to this latest collection. Nightsister Merrin joins the lineup with a new figure, while Cal Kestis is featured in a dynamic three-pack set with Turgle and Skoova Stev. A standout feature of Cal's figure is the inclusion of multiple interchangeable heads, including one sporting a handlebar mustache. Jing Houle expressed the team's playful approach to this design, stating, "Honestly, we just wanted to have fun with it. This is one of my favorite packs that we revealed in the panel. We actually started with the handlebar mustache and the mullet and then added in the clean cut. Then the short beard later. So for us, the primary look is almost the handlebar and it's just so much fun."
Merrin's inclusion was a natural choice, given her significant role in the Jedi: Fallen Order and Survivor storylines. The challenge, as Chris Reiff explained, was capturing her unique Force abilities accurately: "It's tough to have Cal without Merrin. So we're glad we finally got to Merrin, but doing that Force effect, the green blast coming there, all the great detail of that new costume and the face tattoos with the inkjet. Just some beautiful subtlety going on there. She's a really cool character I know we know fans are invested in and really being able to build out that world."
This year's lineup also includes refreshed versions of classic characters Han Solo and Chewbacca. Despite the numerous iterations of these figures over the years, Houle emphasized the need for updates: "I mean, we haven't done them in a long time. They needed an update, so we gave them fully new tools so they're brand new with the latest articulation so that fans can really celebrate and enjoy... classic characters out again in the latest technology and articulation that we have. And they've made quite a few updates on top of the articulation just in general. We learned a lot from the Wookiees that we've done where they have really long hair."
Houle further elaborated on the improvements, "And so, despite the long hair, having softer plastics so he can still pivot and move his head in a seamless way, that was really important to us. And we added articulation into Han too, but we didn't give him the thigh break because we didn't want to separate the red bars on his right side of the outside of the thigh. So we thought it was important to keep that clean. So we added articulation to the top of the boot instead."
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One of the most visually striking figures in the lineup is The Ronin, inspired by the anime anthology series Star Wars: Visions. This black-and-white figure, accented only by his red katana lightsaber, is a Celebration-exclusive release. Both Houle and Reiff emphasized their meticulous attention to detail: "I love that we kept to it," Houle said. "And then taking from learnings from what we know about Japanese culture and stuff, the way the box is built, how premium it looks, the magnets that let it open, how clean it looks, the watercoloring, the accessories that's hidden on the top of the box so you don't just see it. Everything. There was so much attention from packaging to design to engineering."
Reiff added, "And even the Japanese language for this exclusive packaging, we don't do that normally, but for here, because we're here in Japan, we wanted to really embrace all that and do a special package that was just Japanese language for that too."
Lastly, fans of the 1:1 scale Black Series helmet line were delighted with the reveal of a meticulously detailed Death Trooper helmet. Chris Reiff described this new addition: "[It's] a great fully new tooled helmet for the Black series Premium roleplay line. It looks like it's straight out of the movie with the weathering, the lighting detail, and you poke a button on the side and you control the chin lights and the spectre sensor lights over on the side. So, just a great addition to our line. And working with Lucasfilm in partnership to work from original files so that we could really nail all the details of this helmet and then add our own stuff to the inside because the real ones never had an inside, but this one does. All our other helmets, it has the full detailed interior."
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