Star Wars: Princess Leia Empire Strikes Back Figure Announced By Hot Toys

The Star Wars community lost an amazing woman in Carrie Fisher earlier this year, and Hot Toys has designed an outstanding new figure to celebrate her work in the franchise’s best film, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back.

The new figure depicts Fisher’s Princess Leia in her white Hoth garb and features a wonderfully accurate likeness to the actress. The figure comes with all the articulation that Hot Toys is known for, and all of the clothing items are made from real fabrics. She’ll also include a blaster, interchangeable hands, a welding torch, and more. You can view the impressive new figure in the gallery, and for all of the included items you can check out the official description below. Princess Leia will ship out sometime between Quarter 4 of 2017 and Quarter 1 of 2018.

The strong and fearless Princess Leia holds a very special place in many Star Wars fans’ heart. With her courageous personality and dedication to end the tyranny of the Empire, she ranks among the galaxy’s greatest heroes and one of the most beloved heroines of all time.

Today, in celebrating Star Wars Day, Hot Toys is proud to officially present the Princess Leia 1/6th scale collectible figure from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back!

The highly-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on the appearance of Princess Leia in the film. Featuring a newly developed head sculpt with stunning likeness, sophisticated tailoring of Leia’s outfit as seen in the battle of Hoth, an assortment of weapon and accessories, and a specially designed snow-theme figure stand, this collectible captures all of the details of the great Rebel leader.

A long time in the making, the 1/6th scale Princess Leia collectible demonstrates undoubted quality. The dearest princess will surely become a cherished addition to all Star Wars fans’ collection!

Special features of the 1/6th scale Princess Leia Collectible Figure:

Authentic and detailed likeness of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
Newly developed head sculpt with movie-accurate facial expression and make-up
Detailed hair sculpture of Princess Leia in the battle of Hoth
Body with over 28 points of articulations
Approximately 26 cm tall
Eight (8) pieces of interchangeable hands including:
One (1) pair of relaxed hands
One (1) welding torch holding right hand
One (1) pair of blaster holding gloved hands
Three (3) accessory holding gloved right hands
Each piece of head sculpt is specially hand-painted

Costume :
One (1) sophisticated tailored off-white color jumpsuit
One (1) beige color vest
One (1) pair of grey color boots

Weapon:
One (1) blaster pistol

Accessory:
One (1) pair of safety goggles
One (1) welding torch
One (1) breath mask
Specially designed rectangular-shaped figure stand with Princess Leia nameplate and Star Wars logo

Artists:
Head Sculpted by So Young, Lee
Head Painted by JC. Hong
Head Art Directed by JC. Hong

Star Wars: The Last Jedi, from writer/director Rian Johnson, is in post-production now for a December 15, 2017, release. The film follows-up and continues the story of the next generation of the saga as Rey, Poe, Finn, and Kylo Ren find their place in the galaxy and follow the legacy of Luke Skywalker, Leia, and Han Solo. Daisy Ridley returns to star as Rey, with other returning stars John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Peter Mayhew, Andy Serkis, Anthony Daniels, Lupita Nyong’o Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa. Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern join the cast in as-yet-unrevealed roles.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is slated for release on December 15, 2017. Han Solo: A Star Wars Story hits on May 25, 2018, while Star Wars: Episode IX has a release date of May 24, 2019.

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