Giant green Marvel Star Wars rabbit may be Hasbro's next action figure
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:27PM
Comic Book Resources reports that Jaxxon, the giant green rabbit that featured in early Marvel Star Wars comics (much to the annoyance of George Lucas), is in the running to be Hasbro's next action figure:
Back in the 1970s Marvel Comics was saved by a little film called Star Wars, according to Jim Shooter....
And after Marvel adapted the film into six-issue series, they continued to tell tales set in the Star Wars universe. Issue #7 sported a cover promising new stories about Han Solo and Chewbacca, as the duo appeared in a “Seven Samurai” style tale with a whole bunch of new characters, including a big green rabbit named Jaxxon. While Jaxxon only appeared in a handful of Star Wars comics at the time, he made enough of an impression to achieve a sort of cult status with some folks....
And now the Bugs Bunny tribute character is up for the ultimate form of recognition, as Hasbro and Star Wars Insider magazine are holding a “Fans’ Choice Poll” where fans can vote on which action figure Hasbro will make next. Jaxxon is going up against some other “expanded universe” characters and the expected “Hey, weren’t they on the screen for five seconds? Make a figure!” characters from the films.
Personally if I were to choose a Marvel Star Wars character to make an action figure out of, I think it would have to be LE-914, otherwise known as Ellie. I might have said Lumiya, but Hasbro's already done that.
Star Wars Insider poll: Vote for the next Star Wars action figure