Hasbro
sends in their last Q&A for 2008! Click
here for all the details!
Don't
forget, you can submit
questions in our forums and we'll try to get as many as possible submitted to
Hasbro. We can send only three questions per week, so make sure they are good ones! Now,
on to this weeks Questions and Answers directly from Hasbro.
Q.
Dark Horse comics has recently launched a CLONE WARS comic series as a companion
to the animated series. Can we expect a related offering in the Expanded Universe
Comic 2-Packs that utilizes the animated style figures?
A.
We have no plans to introduce animated Clone Wars-themed comic packs, at
least for now.
Q.
The CLONE WARS series seems to be a fountain of new characters with every passing
episode. Can you give us some insight on how the Hasbro Star Wars team is able
to plan the figure line in conjunction with Lucasfilm for an ongoing television series? Is
the Star Wars team seeing episodes in advance or preliminary artwork? And on
a related front has the team seen any preliminary artwork or plans for the
live action television series?
A.
Yes, we collaborate with Lucasfilm well in advance so we can design and
deliver figures as close to the original airing as possible. This usually
involves reading scripts and seeing character art well before the episodes
get put together for viewing. We do get a chance to view episodes well
before the public does, but by the time we see them, our work on new
characters (if any) drawn from that episode would have begun long ago.
Lucasfilm has no news to report on the live action show, although we can't
wait to talk about it when there is information ready to share!
Q. In a March Q&A
session with 4-Inches.De Hasbro stated the following:
"We really like the Rebel Pilots, and can guarantee that not too far down the
road there will be a red-suited Sullustan pilot."
Our tracking of the Q&A sessions has indicated that there are still some spots
in the early 2009 RETURN OF THE JEDI wave which have yet to be filled. Could
we see this previously mentioned red-suited Sullustan pilot in the basic figure line? And
could it in fact be an update on Nien Nunb? The previous version is a 1997
figure and is in dire need of being brought up to the current aesthetic.
A.
There is indeed a red-suited Sullustan pilot in the wave, in the B-Wing
outfit developed for the Evolution packs. Our hope is that it will be
named Nien Numb, but we are working with Lucasfilm on that now and have
not nailed it down yet.
Check back in a few weeks and we'll post
the next round of Questions (and answers) as soon as Hasbro offers them.