Hasbro's Bail Organa (Alderaan Senator) from Star Wars Saga: Attack of the Clones
vSenator Bail Organa of Alderaan is a trusted advisor in Chancellor Palpatine's inner circle. An impassioned supporter of civic virtue, Bail regrets that to counter the Separatist threat, the Republic must deploy a newly discovered clone army. Although the Republic garners an equivocal victory at the Battle of Geonosis, it is only the first step in a much larger, carefully conceived Clone War. The noble Senator stands in somber observation as thousands of clone troopers, marching in military formation, board countless warships and disperse throughout the galaxy to new battlefronts. - From the Hasbro Star Wars Saga - Bail Organa (Alderaan Senator) action figure's package blurb
Introduced in 2003 as the 33rd action figure of the Saga line, Bail Organa (Alderaan Senator) is the very first figure depicting one of the future founders of the Rebel Alliance.
As "action figures" go, this is a good example of how Hasbro lavishes attention to detail on figures whose characters, no matter how pivotal they may be in the overall story, have limited screen time in one particular Star Wars Episode.
Though the sculpt is not exactly one of Hasbro's most life-like efforts, the figure's physical features do resemble actor Jimmy Smits' patrician-yet-heroic ones in Star Wars - Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Bail's hair, eyebrows and Francis Drake-like goatee are black against pale flesh skin tones, giving the character a somewhat interesting and timeless blend of Flash Gordon-meets-Elizabethan Era looks.
Further enhancing the character's neo-Elizabethan looks is the nice replication of costume designer Trisha Biggar's outfit for Bail as the Senator from Alderaan. With the exception of Star Wars-style knee-length black boots, Organa's outfit is done in different shades of blue, featuring a cerulean-shaded shirt with what looks like a small neck ruff (thus the Francis Drake reference) matched with a royal blue overtunic/cape combination with matching trousers.
Reflecting both Alderaan's peace-and-neutrality philosophy and its prominent role in the Republic as one of the influential Core Worlds, Bail's outfit is both elegant and a visual representation of his people's political and artistic sensibilities.
Articulation is fairly limited to the basics of neck/head, upper arms/shoulders and hips. Bail, after all, only appears in three short scenes, one of them without any dialogue, and none of them feature him as a warrior or action hero.
Weapons and Accessories:
Obi-Wan Kenobi Hologram
Because Bail only appears in three short "Loyalist Council" scenes where he shares screen time with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and other Republic supporters, his action figure only has one "extra" feature: a translucent blue "hologram" of Obi-Wan Kenobi; presumably this is derived from the scene where Bail, along with other politicians close to Palpatine, watches the Jedi's hurried - and interrupted - report from the Separatists' secret outpost on Geonosis.
Though it's fairly small, the holo is a pretty cool mini-figure of the young Jedi Master; Obi-Wan is shown in a "ready stance" with a freshly-ignited lightsaber, just as in the scene when his message to Coruscant is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Separatist droidekas.
The holo comes with a silver-gray "holo-emitter" base.
My Take: Considering that Bail Organa is a crucial supporting character in the Star Wars mythology, it matters not that Smits did not have too much screen time in Attack of the Clones; he did have a few lines (at least) and his role was expanded a tad in Revenge of the Sith. The fact that he did get to be "introduced" in Episode II was enough to earn him the right to be "figurized."
Because he's a "political" character in Episode II, his figure obviously doesn't lend itself to any "action figure" derring do. He has no blaster or any weapon (unless kids have him throw the holo emitter at a "pretend" villain), so this figure will more likely appeal to older collectors (nine and up) rather than its supposed target audience of children four and up.
As always, parents are strongly cautioned that Star Wars figures have small parts that can be choking hazards for kids three and under, and that Hasbro recommends this toy for children aged four and up.
Introduced in 2003 as the 33rd action figure of the Saga line, Bail Organa (Alderaan Senator) is the very first figure depicting one of the future founders of the Rebel Alliance.
As "action figures" go, this is a good example of how Hasbro lavishes attention to detail on figures whose characters, no matter how pivotal they may be in the overall story, have limited screen time in one particular Star Wars Episode.
Though the sculpt is not exactly one of Hasbro's most life-like efforts, the figure's physical features do resemble actor Jimmy Smits' patrician-yet-heroic ones in Star Wars - Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Bail's hair, eyebrows and Francis Drake-like goatee are black against pale flesh skin tones, giving the character a somewhat interesting and timeless blend of Flash Gordon-meets-Elizabethan Era looks.
Further enhancing the character's neo-Elizabethan looks is the nice replication of costume designer Trisha Biggar's outfit for Bail as the Senator from Alderaan. With the exception of Star Wars-style knee-length black boots, Organa's outfit is done in different shades of blue, featuring a cerulean-shaded shirt with what looks like a small neck ruff (thus the Francis Drake reference) matched with a royal blue overtunic/cape combination with matching trousers.
Reflecting both Alderaan's peace-and-neutrality philosophy and its prominent role in the Republic as one of the influential Core Worlds, Bail's outfit is both elegant and a visual representation of his people's political and artistic sensibilities.
Articulation is fairly limited to the basics of neck/head, upper arms/shoulders and hips. Bail, after all, only appears in three short scenes, one of them without any dialogue, and none of them feature him as a warrior or action hero.
Weapons and Accessories:
Obi-Wan Kenobi Hologram
Because Bail only appears in three short "Loyalist Council" scenes where he shares screen time with Supreme Chancellor Palpatine and other Republic supporters, his action figure only has one "extra" feature: a translucent blue "hologram" of Obi-Wan Kenobi; presumably this is derived from the scene where Bail, along with other politicians close to Palpatine, watches the Jedi's hurried - and interrupted - report from the Separatists' secret outpost on Geonosis.
Though it's fairly small, the holo is a pretty cool mini-figure of the young Jedi Master; Obi-Wan is shown in a "ready stance" with a freshly-ignited lightsaber, just as in the scene when his message to Coruscant is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Separatist droidekas.
The holo comes with a silver-gray "holo-emitter" base.
My Take: Considering that Bail Organa is a crucial supporting character in the Star Wars mythology, it matters not that Smits did not have too much screen time in Attack of the Clones; he did have a few lines (at least) and his role was expanded a tad in Revenge of the Sith. The fact that he did get to be "introduced" in Episode II was enough to earn him the right to be "figurized."
Because he's a "political" character in Episode II, his figure obviously doesn't lend itself to any "action figure" derring do. He has no blaster or any weapon (unless kids have him throw the holo emitter at a "pretend" villain), so this figure will more likely appeal to older collectors (nine and up) rather than its supposed target audience of children four and up.
As always, parents are strongly cautioned that Star Wars figures have small parts that can be choking hazards for kids three and under, and that Hasbro recommends this toy for children aged four and up.
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