Hasbro’s 6” Black Series Fan’s Choice Poll – Final Results!
The results are in! After 5 days and nearly 500 votes, you have chosen who SWNN will submit for the Star Wars Fan’s Choice poll. So, what did the results show?
Well, SWNN readership seems to be somewhat evenly divided between the new canon and legends EU. Book-ending the results were some OT heroes. One is sporting their classic look and another sporting their new one. Luke from The Force Awakens took the top spot. So for all those out there who voted for this, soon you too may be able to put your Skywalker on a rock and have him stand there motionless for minutes on end. At the bottom of the top was Lando in his original Bespin gear (sorry to the one vote for General Lando, SWNN readers prefer that suave, seventies, blue).
Falling between the monolithic Jedi and the former owner of the Cloud City Tabana Gas Mines was a variety of EU favorites from both the new canon and old EU. Representing the new canon was the always popular skin head sister of Dathomir herself, Asajj Ventress.
Meanwhile, filling out the rest of the top 6 were EU favorites and legacies of the now evaporated Skywalker extended family, Jaina Solo and Mara Jade, and the sullen and powerful protagonist of The Force Unleashed games, Starkiller (aka Galen Marek)
So, those are the top 6 who will be submitted for final consideration and aggregated together with the rest of results from the other participating sites. Special shout outs to near contenders, Cad Bane, Kyle Katarn, General Grievous, and HK-47 who just missed the final cut.
Additional mention should also be made for some of the more surprising entries. Matt the Radar technician, also known as Kylo Ren gone Undercover Boss from SNL, got some votes. Favorites from the new canon EU, Ciena Ree and Mr. Bones, got votes as well. I’d expect demand will grow for them in coming years. Also, a very nice couple of votes for R2-KT, maybe she’ll do better next year as well. Yes, even George Lucas and Pablo Hidalgo got votes. Maybe someday we’ll be able to play fantasy Lucasfilm Story Group meeting with our Black Series figures, but today is sadly not that day.
So that is that. Look out for the official site to post the final poll so you can vote for your favorite in the finals. If your pick didn’t make the finals, better luck next year. Here is the final tally for the top 6 finishes.
- TFA Luke Skywalker*
- Jaina Solo
- Mara Jade
- Asajj Ventress
- Starkiller
- Lando Calrissian
*NOTE: After being informed of a pending Luke Skywalker release by helpful commenters, we have contacted those running the contest. Since Luke from The Force Awakens is already in line for a release (as is Hera Syndulla), we will be omitting him from the final results. With Cad Bane, Kyle Katarn, HK-47, and General Grievous tied for 7th place, we went to twitter for an hour lightning round to determine a victor. Cad Bane has emerged victorious and will be submitted as the last selection as an alternate to Luke (Kyle Katarn has received more votes overall, but by the time we sent the results to Hasbro, Cad Bane was the winner).
So the final list we submitted to Hasbro is:
- Jaina Solo*
- Mara Jade
- Asajj Ventress
- Starkiller
- Lando Calrissian
- Cad Bane
Runners up:
- Kyle Katarn
- HK-47
- General Grievous
*2ND NOTE: The vote for Jaina Solo came later in the contest as several bursts of comments at the same time. We checked the commenters and they are all legit. There was probably an organized event, but still the votes count.
Also the winner of a 6” Black Series figure of his/her choosing is user
, who commented in our poll. We will contact him for his prize via the email he used to comment.
VICTORY!
The “2ND NOTE”, basically you allow a bunch of botters to decide?
It was a perfectly legit vote from users with many DISQUS comments. It’s all good.
Hm
I was one of them. No bot here.
Long live Jaina Solo, the Sword of the Jedi!
She is a Legend…
I wasn’t a part of this contest, but I second the sentiment towards Jaina Solo. The worst part about the canon breaking the way it did (ie “Legendizing” the old post-RotJ EU) was it rendered great characters like Jaina Solo and the like canonically moot. The official canon is fine, I am liking it, but it still hurt to lose the continuing stories of those “Legends” characters.
DAMN NO PAPANOIDA!!!!!!!!!!
Thank goodness that it was decided to omit TFA Luke. I want one too at some point, but it was obvious that he was going to get his own release at some point without a fan contest. Better to choose EU characters who probably wouldn’t get a Black Series release, or movie and TV characters who may be a long ways off from getting a release(it’s kinda criminal that we don’t already have a Black Series Lando).
I couldn’t agree with you more.
No Kyle but a Clone Wars character? Mmmmm
Would pick up a Ventress and Lando in a heartbeat. Looks like I’ll have to make my own C-21 Highsinger however…most badass droid in canon IMO but no takers…time to buy a 3D printer!
Would pick up a Ventress and Lando in a heartbeat. Looks like I’ll have to make my own C-21 Highsinger however…most badass droid in canon IMO but only received my vote. So it goes! Time to buy a 3D printer and patiently await K-250 as well… 😉
Crap I should have voted for Grevious. If he came with arms that split in four, that would be amazing.
Would pick up a Ventress and Lando in a heartbeat. Mostly stoked on collecting droids though personally – C-21 Highsinger would have been rad, but I’m glad HK made the runner up cut at least. Shall patiently await K-2S0 as well and maybe finally pick up a 3D printer to make my own customs.
Would pick up a Ventress and Lando in a heartbeat. Mostly stoked on collecting droids though personally – C-21 Highsinger would have been rad, but I’m glad HK made the runner-up cut. Excited for K-2S0 when the time comes as that one’s pretty much guaranteed… 😉
Yeah Jaina Solo is the right one! I didn’t think to vote for her, but now that I think of it, I LOVE it. A hot chick in black wielding a lightsaber?! C’Mon, that’s awesome 😉
The most visually boring character on the list – yeah sure it was the right vote… I wouldn’t be surprised if Hasbro pull the plug on fan voting if Jania Solo wins overall.
Jaina Solo, haha. Sure, random girl with brown hair. Vote for something with visual style.
Indeed. From this list I think Cad Bane would look much more interesting compared to the others.
Cad, Asaj, lot of others with better visual looks than her. But EU gonna EU!
This is the only EU I would vote out of…
So the top 2 votes were for non-canon book characters…where’s the price is right wrong answer music when you need it.
Jania Solo (laughs hysterically) – well it looks like you’re going to get the crappiest, most pointless figure in the line since Constable Zuvio. I look forward to seeing her in the bargain bin.
As I look forward to seeing you live under an overpass.
That’s the problem with this site – morons like you. I bet you’re a Trump voting American with an uzi under his bed. Oh, and lets not forget the porn magazines because you can’t get a girlfriend.
Yea well Hasbro will never make her, poll or no poll. Not gonna happen
Lol yes they will. That’s the point of the poll.
Surprised to NOT see Darth Talon on the list at all. She finished 1st in a couple other polls. Crossing fingers for Jaxxon next go ’round.
Can someone please show me a link with proof that we are getting a Black Series Luke from TFA. The internet research that I have done shows no conclusive evidence.
For personal reasons I cannot say how I know but I know. He is incoming.
For personal reasons I cannot say how I know but I know. He is incoming. That said there are probably a few links out there if you rummage around enough. 😉
For personal reasons I cannot say how I know but I know. He is incoming. That said there are probably a few links out there if you rummage around enough, and this page is one of them. The staff at SWNN have already confirmed it with Hasbro, hence their mention above.
Regarding my prior comments, for personal reasons I cannot say how I know but I know. He is incoming. That said there are a few links out there if you rummage around enough, and this page is one of them. The staff at SWNN have already confirmed it with Hasbro, hence their mention above. Part of the logic is that he will be wearing a the same outfit for part of VIII.
Regarding my prior comments, for personal reasons I cannot say how I know but I know. He is incoming. That said there are a few links out there if you rummage around enough, and this page is one of them. The staff at SWNN have already confirmed it with Hasbro, hence their mention above. Part of the logic is that he will be wearing the same outfit for part of VIII, so it’s not just a TFA figure… 😉
It’s “almost” guaranteed we’re gonna see plenty of TFA/Ep.8 figures down the line. Why not vote for something less likely to appear in the black series line?
It was discussed during this year’s New York Toy Fair. You can see a video in the comments of the poll article.
Jaina Solo = Rey
Not really…..Jaina started as a jedi from the age 4 to her current age. She became a Jedi Master. Rey is a junkyard girl, grow up without a family; has powerful microorganisms.
in my opnion in the TFA the Leia’s hug, be familiar with the Falcon, Chewie’s new pilot teamate, she could be Adam Driver sister in terms of cast, the Rey / Kylo position on the poster…for me they are brother and sister, sons of Han and Leia jedi trained by Luke
Rey = Reincarnation of Anakin. whenever the force it out of balance a chosen one spawns, explains the flashback when she touches the sword, the title “the force awakens”, the sentence “if you live long enough you see the same eyes in diffrent people”, why rey is so strong in the force and such a skille mechanic/pilot, why luke abandondened her and was afraid to train her, why kilo looks so shocked when he searched her mind and wanted to maker her his apprentice afterwards…
Absolutely no chance of Rey being Kylos sister. If you don’t believe me, you’ll find out on your own.
You don’t know what Rey is. Noone does.
Way to go Sword of the Jedi.
Rey in episode 9
i would love to see her lightsaber be incorporated into her staff… saber pike!
I can’t believe Jaina and Starkiller actually made it into the top 5 let alone her ranking #2 but then winding up as #1 because Luke is actually in the pipeline. Super glad that Cad Bane won the lightning round to eek his way in!
And people say Legends is dead. I like how all the EU characters on this list are pre-2012 as well showing what a load of shit it is that fans of it represent only a “small minority”. Fucking corporate western media, Man!
Pretty sure Luke is already in the works too.
Hardcore fans are a minority. The majority of people are casual fans or a little more. Pretty much only hardcore fans are going to be searching out and partaking in polls like this or bothering to organize.
Jainia Solo. SMH
That list is about stupid… I voted for Darth Bane… who is now definitely canon as of the last season of Clone Wars.. Geesh!
Ugh, Mara Jade (AKA Zahn’s wet dream girl), I never understood the fascination with her. I’m glad she (so far) doesn’t exist in the current canon. It got really tiresome reading about how beautiful or intelligent she was in every single chapter she appeared in. Or how she was essentially a good person but yet was somehow the Emporer’s Hand. And then to place the cherry on the Mary-Sue cake, she marries the lead hero of the Star Wars saga and has a child with him. I would happily say goodbye to Mara Jade and hope they introduce a new strong (and not so poorly realised) female EU character in her place.
The new EU isn’t any better than old EU , unfortunately. And then there is Rebels, no comment on that, ( not a good one anyway).
Debateable, Legends EU has been around a lot longer so naturally everyone who is an older Star Wars fan grew up with all of that stuff. Some of my favorite characters are still stuck in Legends, but now we should be getting a more organized and ultimately better canon with the Lucasfilm Story Group overseeing everything.
Not quite sure I remember her that way in any of the books I read with her in it, except the scene where her and Luke finally got together. Then I remember her also struggling to be a good person as she fought and struggled against her final order from the emperor and instead becoming a smuggler essentially.
Why vote for Mara Jade?
Is this fake?
It’s not fake, but this is not 6”.
Ahhhh!
How did Thrawn not take this? Not even top five? I saw more Thrawn on the first day than anything.
Once again, showing the popularity of the EU! Disney, wake up!!!
Man! Kyle Katarn is my most favorite character out of all Expanded Universe and Canon characters! He’s only had two small figures, both being underwhelming. A guy this badass deserves a good figure! Especially in the black series line! 🙁
Maybe next year. I am hoping after possibly two years in a row of EU characters winning, Hasbro will announce a Legends line. KOTOR in my opinion is the best Star Wars story and I would love to have some more figures from that era.
Damn it, twice I could have had HK in there, but nope!
Yes!! Luke won I voted for it. Epic
They will not make Jaina Solo. Remember her I said that.
According to the Star Wars Hasbro team, they still have access to all the expanded universe characters and can make any one of them into future figures. Revan won the Fan’s Choice Poll last year for the new pick for the Black Series, which they did not expect.
They stressed this: If you want new EU figures, let your voice be heard..
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17332
I’ll be voting with my wallet and won’t be buying any of these on the list since TFA Luke is going to be made anyways… there are so may other great character designs that could have been chosen ; (
Jaina Solo has ZERO chance of happening. Good. TESB Lando or GTFO.
According to the Star Wars Hasbro team, they still have access to all the expanded universe characters and can make any one of them into future figures. Revan won the Fan’s Choice Poll last year for the new pick for the Black Series, which they did not expect.
They stressed this: If you want new EU figures, let your voice be heard.
http://www.jeditemplearchives.com/content/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17332
Jaina Solo