Black Series Publishing Figures Press Release

This morning Starwars.com announced the latest subline that will be joining The Black Series line: Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary Publishing figures. This wave of figures is meant to pay respects to characters from Star Wars' 40-plus years of publishing titles. This follows in the steps of the Holiday and Credit Collection lines that are meant to appeal to a subset of collectors. Unlike those previous waves, these figures are not exclusive to one retailer. The source material for each figure is as follows: Jaxxon is from Marvel's Star Wars comic series from 1977 Luke Skywalker is from Del Rey's Heir to the Empire series from 1991 Carnor Jax is from Dark Horse Comics' Crimson Empire comic mini-series from 1997 Darth Maul is from Dark Horse [...]