• Yellow Telescoping Lightsaber

Force fact:
This figure was included in the Early Bird Set but made its first carded appearance on the Star Wars 12 back card.

The original Double Telescoping Lightsaber plastic weapon would pop and rise from the hollow arm of each figure then a thinner piece would pop out. However these figures proved difficult to manufacture and also breaks easily thus it was cut from production by the time the second wave of star wars was released.

Variations: Luke Skywalker figure has more variations than most other figures in the vintage line. The major variations are the color options on the figure’s head. This figure is mostly available with yellow hair, but also shipped with dark brown hair (primarily in North America) and light brown hair (primarily in Europe) as well as the ultra rare ESB release of the orange hair version.

• Leia Blaster
• Vinyl Cape

Force fact:
This figure was included in the Early Bird Set but made its first carded appearance on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Princess Leia Organa has no major variations.

• “Clicking Head”

Force fact:
R2-D2 aka Artoo-Detoo shipped on all cards from the STAR WARS 12 back to the The Empire Strikes Back 48 back. It overlapped its replacement Artoo-Detoo R2-D2 with Sensorscope on The Empire Strikes Back 47 and 48 back card.
This figure was included in the Early Bird Set but made its first carded appearance on the Star Wars 12 back card.

• Bowcaster Rifle
• Collector’s Coin (POTF)

Force fact:
This figure was included in the Early Bird Set, but made its first carded appearance on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Variations: Chewbacca has no major variations. There is often talk of a green-limbed version of this figure but it is popular belief that it is discoloring due to plastic deterioration.

• None

Force fact:
C-3PO aka See-Threepio shipped on all cards from the STAR WARS 12 back to the The Empire Strikes Back 41 back. It overlapped its replacement C-3PO With Removable Limbs on The Empire Strikes Back 47 and 48 back card.  This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

• Red Telescoping Lightsaber
• Vinyl Cape

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

The plastic weapon would pop and rise from the hollow arm of each figure then a thinner piece would pop out. However these figures proved difficult to manufacture and also breaks easily thus it was cut from production by the time the second wave of star wars was released.

• Stormtrooper Blaster

Force fact: This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Variations: the only major variation is the scarce Japanese Takara version, though in a similar stance, is an entirely different sculpt. It is easiest to spot by looking at the head. Also of interest with the Takara version is the bolt on the figure’s back, not unlike any See-Threepio (C-3PO) or Death Star Droid figures.

• Blue Telescoping Lightsaber
• Vinyl Cape

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

The plastic weapon would pop and rise from the hollow arm of each figure then a thinner piece would pop out. However these figures proved difficult to manufacture and also breaks easily thus it was cut from production by the time the second wave of star wars was released.

Variations: the Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi figures only major variation in the figure itself is the hair color. It was available with either white or gray hair.

• Smuggler Blaster

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Variations: Han Solo figures major variation is in the “Big Head” sculpt. For reasons often speculated upon, though Kenner has never publicly stated, the figures rather diminutive head was replaced with a head that though sporting a better likeness to Harrison Ford seems almost too big.  The Big Head Han is truly the ugliest figure in the entire line.

• Jawa Blaster
• Vinyl Cape or Soft goods Cloak

Force fact:
The Tri-logo version is one of the scarcest carded pieces in the entire vintage line.
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Variations: The authentic carded vinyl version of the figure was shipped with a vinyl cape not unlike the other removable capes found on the Star Wars 12 back figures.

The original Jawa figures first hit the shelves outfitted with a thin vinyl cape thus named “Vinyl Cape” Jawa. By the Jawa figure’s second release the vinyl cape was replaced with a cloth robe. This was Kenner’s way of giving more value to the buyers because the Jawa was half the size of the other figures.

This version is often reproduced and makes finding a genuine version near impossible for the untrained eye. The vinyl on an authentic cape is a near perfect match to the figure itself though many fakes that are the right color do exist. Many fakes use slightly retooled Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi capes but these are usually easier to spot. These can often be mistaken for the Australian Toltoys vinyl cape version.

The authentic carded vinyl cape Jawa sits in a blister unique to this variation with a flat clear piece of plastic behind the figure. An authentic blister is flat along the front and sits very close to the figure itself.

• Gaderffii stick
• Vinyl Cape

Force fact:
Originally named Sand People on the Star Wars card this figure was also named Sandpeople on The Empire Strikes Back cards and changed name on The Return of the Jedi card to Tusken Raider (Sand People). Finally the Tri-logo card lists the figure as Tusken Raider (Sand People) (Hommes des Sables).

Variations: The Tusken Raider’s only major variation was a slightly resculpted head with hollow cheek tubes. The hollow tube variation has only appeared on cards from Return Of The Jedi. No carded examples on either Star Wars or Empire Strikes Back card have been found.

• Stormtrooper Blaster

Force fact:
This figure was renamed to the Star Destroyer Commander on The Empire Strikes Back cards and has stayed as such on every card printed afterwards.

This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

• Han Solo Blaster

Force fact:
Though pictured on the back of the Star Wars 20 and 21 back cards with a Stormtrooper blaster the figure was packed with a Han Solo Blaster.

Though this figure was originally included in the Cantina Adventure Set He made its first appearance on the Star Wars 20 back card.

• Stormtrooper Blaster

Force fact:
Though pictured on the back of the Star Wars 20 and 21 back cards with a Han Solo blaster the figure was packed with a Stormtrooper Blaster.

This figure was originally included in the Cantina Adventure Set He made its first carded appearance on the Star Wars 20 back card.

• Han Solo Blaster

Force fact:

Everyone knows that the blue one came from the Cantina Adventure set sold exclusively through Sears and never shipped as a single carded version. Similar in many ways, this version of the figure is 3 3/4 (as opposed to the later version which is 2 3/4) had silver boots and a blue jump suit.

Now infamous, the story goes that Kenner designers only had a grainy head-shot picture to use as reference when making the action figure. Deciding that he was tall, and had a blue uniform (which he was actually a short character, dressed in all red) they produced this “Blue” version of Snaggletooth.

After George Lucas finally learned of the error he demanded the figure be corrected to it’s short, red state as seen in the film. Kenner made the correction during the production run and only changed the box art to depict the new corrected red Snaggletooth.  The figure, which was also later released separately on a card, along with the other creatures that came with the Cantina Set. The Blue Snaggletooth disappeared seemingly un-noticed.

Carrying the same weapon as the small version the blue Snaggletooth was available only in a sealed Kenner baggie and never on any blistered card back.

• Smuggler Blaster

Force fact:
Though pictured on the back of the Star Wars 20 and 21 back cards with a Stormtrooper blaster the figure was packed with a Han Solo Blaster.

The red version of this figure first appeared as a replacement to the Blue Snaggletooth in the Cantina Adventure set. Then he was released on the star Wars 20 back card.  The blue version was never available on a blister card but it was originally included in the Cantina Adventure Set.

• Stormtrooper Blaster

Force fact:
Pictured on the back of the Star Wars 20 and 21 back cards with a Han Solo blaster the figure was packed with a Stormtrooper Blaster.

Though this figure was originally included in the Cantina Adventure Set he made its first appearance on the Star Wars 20 back card.

• Han Solo Blaster

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 20 back card. This is the first of many alternate outfits for the original characters.

• “Clicking Head”

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 20 back card. In the original story R5-D4 did not malfunction but was sabotaged by R2-D2. Princess Leia overrode his normal programming telling to do anything necessary to complete his mission.

• None

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 20 back card. In actuality this Droid was on the Jawa Sandcrawler. A similar but different colored Robot was on the Death Star.

• None

Force fact:
This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 20 back card. Also called the Gonk Droid in reference to the sound the robot made.

• Stormtrooper Blaster

Force fact:
Originally appearing on the later 20 back cards as the first of many Star Wars send away offers this figure’s first carded appearance was on the Star Wars 21 back card. The action figure was offered as a Mail Away figure via offer sticker on fronts of 20 back Star Wars figure cards. The Fett is the 21st figure as seen on Star Wars 21 Backs and the first of the six Bounty Hunter figures.

The figure original was to come with a missile that fired from its backpack. Kenner got worried about the safety of the tiny projectile and released Boba Fett with the missile permanently glued to its backpack. No Missile Firing Boba Fetts were ever manufactured nor shipped to customers.

Variations: Boba Fett figure has one major variation that is highly sought after the Tri-logo version. The sculpt itself is basically the same minus the lack of a COO* stamp (country of origin) but it is molded in a very light blue plastic.

There are four minor variations in the Tri-logo Boba Fett. Thus far the Tri-logo version of Boba Fett has only been documented on European cards.