#4103: Darth Vader – Dagobah

DARTH VADER — DAGOBAH STAR WARS: POWER OF THE JEDI (HASBRO) “Taking the form of Darth Vader , the Dark Lord of the Sith, this spirit is the embodiment of the dark side of the Force. It dwells in a cave on the swamp-covered planet of Dagobah. Although defeated by Luke Skywalker in combat, its unmasked face revealed that Luke has yet to master the ways of the Force and become a Jedi.” One of the aims of Power of the Jedi was to reintegrate the Original Trilogy characters into the main Star Wars line, to assuage retailers after the concerns surrounding the unsold Episode I product. In some ways, it feels like a continuation of Power of the Force, but it also leans into a concept not quite as explored in PotF: scene specific variants. They went to the scene specific well twice for franchise icon Darth Vader, and I’m looking at the first of those two instances today! THE FIGURE ITSELF Darth Vader — Dagobah was released in 2000 as part of the first year of Star Wars: Power of the Jedi.…