Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (toy line)

Publication information
Publisher	Kenner Products
Release date	1980–1982
Toy type	Action figures
General information
Timeline	3 ABY

Warning: This infobox has missing parameters: title and unrecognized parameters: name, era Kenner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back vintage toy line ran from 1980 to 1982, following the success of Kenner's original Star Wars toy line. This line featured a variety of characters and vehicles from the 1980 film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. It was succeeded by Kenner's vintage Return of the Jedi toy line in 1983.

Development

Kenner's The Empire Strikes Back line re-released many toys from the original Star Wars line but with the new film's logo on the packaging.

Continuity

Although Star Wars author Stephen J. Sansweet noted in his 1999 book Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive that Kenner's The Empire Strikes Back product line lasted from 1980 to 1982, he later stated in his 2012 book Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection that the line lasted until 1983. In fact, The Empire Strikes Back line's final toy releases came in 1982 before Kenner transitioned to its Return of the Jedi line in 1983.

Appearances

By type

Characters	Organisms	Droid models	Events	Locations
Organizations and titles	Sentient species	Vehicles and vessels	Weapons and technology	Miscellanea

Characters

2-1B 4-LOM (as "Zuckuss") Bossk C-3PO Lando Calrissian Cloud Car pilot Dengar Edian (as "Bespin Security Guard") FX-7 IG-88B (as "IG-88") Lobot Leia Organa R2-D2 Luke Skywalker Han Solo Derek Torent (as "Star Destroyer Commander") Maximilian Veers (as "AT-AT Commander" and "Imperial Commander") Jeroen Webb (Picture only) Yoda Zuckuss (as "4-LOM")

Organisms

Snake Tauntaun Wampa

Droid models

2-1B surgical droid 3PO-series protocol droid FX-7 medical assistant droid IG-88 assassin droid LOM-series protocol droid R2-series astromech droid Viper probe droid

Locations

Bespin Cloud City Dagobah Hoth Echo Base

Organizations and titles

Alliance to Restore the Republic Alliance Army Rebel trooper Bespin Wing Guard Galactic Empire Imperial Army Imperial Army pilot Stormtrooper Snowtrooper Imperial Navy TIE pilot Jedi Princess

Sentient species

Gand Human Trandoshan Ugnaught Yoda's species

Vehicles and vessels

Cloud Car toy All Terrain Armored Transport All Terrain Scout Transport CAP-2 Captivator Storm IV Twin-Pod cloud car Executor-class Star Dreadnought Executor Firespray-31-class patrol and attack craft Slave I GR-75 medium transport INT-4 Interceptor MLC-3 Mobile Laser Cannon MTV-7 Multi-Terrain Vehicle PDT-8 Personnel Deployment Transport Rebel personnel carrier (Picture only) T-47 airspeeder

Weapons and technology

1.4 FD P-Tower Blaster Blaster pistol DH-17 blaster pistol DL-44 heavy blaster pistol Blaster rifle E-11 blaster rifle E-Web heavy repeating blaster Class three carbon-freezing chamber Comlink DF.9 Darth Vader's meditation chamber Lightsaber Anakin Skywalker's second lightsaber Roamer-6 breath mask Vehicle Maintenance Energizer

Miscellanea

Gimer stick

Bibliography

• "Galactic Bazaar: Vader Rules Collectibles" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 11
• "The Man Who Shot Luke Skywalker" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 1
• "Around the Galaxy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3
• "An Elegant Toy" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 3
• Star Wars: The Action Figure Archive
• "Mexican Stand Off" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• "Market Wars: What's Hot and What's Not in the World of Star Wars Collecting" — Star Wars Galaxy Collector 8
• "Scouting the Galaxy: Of Freebies, Wimps and Fake Fetts" — Star Wars Insider 31
• Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
• "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 156
• "My Star Wars" — Star Wars Insider 156
• "Classic Moment: The Fastest Hunk of Junk in the Toybox!" — Star Wars Insider 157
• "Classic Moment: He's Worth a Lot to Me!" — Star Wars Insider 159

External links

• The Original Collection 1977-1985 by Kenner Vintage Star Wars Photo Archive at Rebelscum.com
• Jedi Temple Archives Vintage Visual Guide