Skip to content

7) R4-D4

Image: Chuck Paskovics and Paul Harrison
Image: Chuck Paskovics and Paul Harrison

Again, even the earliest droids and aliens of the Power of the Force line looked pretty good compared to their human brethren. But clearly, a Hasbro executive was worried that kids wouldn’t be interested in buying a figure of the R5-D4 unit that only appeared for a moment in A New Hope, and then only to break down. The solution: give R5 big lasers on his legs and a hidden, firing missile inside his torso. Just like he didn’t have in Star Wars! The gray speckles covering the droid, meant to replicate the dirt and grim of Tatooine, just add insult to injury.