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"Are you a Jedi?" "I am." I usually do a little writeup on the character in case someone doesn't know them, but this is Luke Skywalker so I think I can forego that this time. I've wanted a version of this Luke since the finale of season 2 of The Mandalorian dropped. I've no idea why Hasbro drags it's feet on Star Wars figures when hundreds of Marvel Legends come out in the interim, but here we are. SPOILERS AHEAD (I mean, c'mon, if you haven't seen it already!) As an adult, outside of live sporting events, I've never had an emotional response to a moment like I did the moment that lone X-Wing swooped on to screen. I'd heard people say maybe Luke will show up, but I wasn't expecting it. I figure Ahsoka, or a group of friends were arrive to save the day, but nope. And as that scene unfurled, I stood up from the couch and I slowly, almost hypnotically, moved closer to the TV so that I was only a couple feet away and I watched the rest of the episode like that. And I'm not ashamed to admit my eyes welled up a bit. This was Luke Skywalker! He wasn't some bitter, old, blue milk drinking coot. This was Luke freaking Skywalker: Jedi Knight. I've watched that ending countless times since, and I'm sure I'm not alone. So I had to have that Luke for my shelf, and it wouldn't be too hard to make since he isn't that far removed from Return of the Jedi and his garb was pretty much the same. Only I always thought something was off with the face on the Walmart Jedi Knight Luke, so I played around with a few other heads and that hair and found I liked the Bespin Luke head with that hair much better. It's still not perfect, but neither was their CGI, lol. The rest is mostly reuse of the Jedi Knight body. I repainted the tunic because it's some weird black/grey that doesn't match the rest of the black, and added the right hand and belt from the original Black Series ROTJ Luke and bought a custom cloak off eBay because I am many things, but I've discovered I am no tailor. And that was it. Not the most complicated of customs, but one I'm happy to add to my collection. And when Hasbro gets their act together and releases one, well, I can always find a place elsewhere for him in my collection, so win-win.. Thanks for looking! MTFBWY! ![]() |
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