C-3PO Epic Force Display Figure

To quote old golden rod, "I'm standing here in pieces,and you're having delusions of grandeur!"

This Kenner figure released in 1997 is taken from a scene towards the end of The Empire Strikes Back, where, having partially been put back together by Chewbacca on Cloud City ("Wait. Wait! Oh, my! what have you done? I'm backwards, you stupid furball....") before they escape with Lando's help (big shout to Lobot too!) In this scene C-3PO is berating R2-D2 for not completin his repairs and instead is about to fix the hyperdrive so Luke, Leia, Lando, Chewie and the droids can escape the clutches of Vader and the Empire.

Not sure it needed the rotating 360 base but there you go, it has one. This has never been out of the box and has been in a display cabinet for a few years as I think it's quite neat.

The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot

One of my most treasured Star Wars possessions from when I was a kid is a book at aimed young reader's published in 1979 by Armada / Random House.

"The Mystery of the Rebellious Robot" was one of three Star Wars children's storybooks released that year. The other books were "The Wookie Storybook" and "The Maverick Moon" - sadly I had neither of these books and apart from pictures on the Internet, I've never seen them either.

In this story R2-D2 malfunctions, and nearly destroys the Millennium Falcon and then other rebel droids start malfunctioning too.

I like to think that my copy is in pretty decent condition - surprising really as I often scribbled on my books! I guess as it was a Star Wars book it was saved that fate.

Prices do vary on the book. Anything from a few pound for a poor condition to £100+ for a near new condition copy. I'll make sure I keep mine in good nick!

I updated this article in light of the latest mischievous droid, BB-8. I was thinking that a BB-8 adventure book would be a good idea. Of course, not ones to miss out on a marketing opportunity, Disney already have lots of BB-8 related merchandise, including many books already. Here's a few for you. 

Star Wars - Ewok and Droid cartoon spinoffs

The Ewoks
Them lovable fluffy teddy bears from Return of the Jedi got their own cartoon series in 1985. Following the adventures of Wicket W Warrick (the cute little one who befriended Princess Leia in ROTJ) and his pals as they outwit the Duloks.

A few years after these cartoons were on the TV I bought a video containing several episodes. My kids enjoy watching these even now, despite the look and feel of the cartoons being very different to modern cartoons.

On a trip to Florida in 1994 I also managed to pick up an Ewoks action figure.I was surprised to see such as thing as they were never on sale in the UK.Same applies to the Droids figure purchased in the USA at the same time.

The action figure above is Urgah Lady Gorneesh. There were only 6 figures ever released from the Ewoks series - 2 Ewoks ( Logray and Wicket W. Warrick) and 4 Duloks (King Gorneesh, Urgah Lady Gorneesh, Dulok Scout and Dulok Shaman).


Droids - The Adventures of R2-D2 and C-3P0 
The storytellers from Star Wars returned in their own animated cartoon adventures. Antony Daniels reprised his part as Threepio. As it was a cartoon Kenny Baker wasn't really needed for Artoo!

At the time (early 1990s) I couldn't get hold of a pristine copy of this cartoon series, however, a friend happened to find an ex-rental copy for me.

As mentioned above, the Droids action figure was picked up in Florida. Only 12 figures were released plus some vehicles, including an A-Wing. The figure below is Jord Dusat.
I would've really loved to have picked up R2-D2, C-3PO from this series. The figures for these droids look a bit different to the vintage Star Wars figures from the movies. Boba Fett and the A-Wing Pilot also made in to Droids carded packaging.

Here's an advert from the US for the toys.


A few years ago Ewoks and Droids cartoons were released in DVD, however, for some bizarre reason they have been mashed together in to feature films instead of individual episodes. If you're interested you might be able to obtain these on the links below.