Boba Fett: Mystery Man in Not-So-Shining Armor" — Star Wars Galaxy Magazine 1 (Indirect mention only) In more than one thread on our forums, I’ve called out 2006’s 6210 – Jabba’s Sail Barge as my all-time favorite Star Wars LEGO set. It was a crown jewel of any collection (at least until the UCS Falcon came out), and has held up remarkably over the years. If for no other reason, it finally gave us a reason to embrace the Fleshy figure transition by giving us both Lando and Slave Leia.

Later in the Imperial Era, Jabba welcomed two new smugglers into his employ, the Corellian human Han Solo and his Wookiee co-pilot Chewbacca. As the Hutt's majordomo, Fortuna often found himself dealing with the pair, handing them assignments from Jabba and delineating their pay. One such assignment [20] between around 8 BBY and 2 BBY [21] was no different, as Fortuna informed Solo that the Hutt lord was willing to pay one million credits for the delivery of a verillix urn that contained the ashes of Krestrel D'Naran, a rival of Jabba. To Solo's dismay, Fortuna also specified that the smugglers would be required to work with Greedo, a Rodian bounty hunter of Jabba's who had been the first to learn of the urn. Reluctantly, the trio agreed to the job and headed for Solo's homeworld of Corellia. [20] The most obvious thing to be excited for in this set if you’re an owner of the previous Sail Barge is the new set of minifigures. How can you not be excited to see Max Rebo in minifig form? That’s a pure callout to fans of the OT. Sure, we still don’t have the rest of the crazy band and that terrible song from the Special Edition, but we did get Oola in the Jabba’s Palace set. Can I make up some of my nerd cred from the whole green lightsaber debacle in my RGS review by saying I know the names of these minifigs without having to go to the hive of scum and villainy that is Wookiepedia? Although rereleases aren't out of the question, Evans says Hasbro is concentrated on creating new, highly-articulated figures to populate Jabba's sail barge, so expect to see some complementary action figures released in 2019. Sitting next to the old one, it really doesn’t look all that different (other than years of dust marring the clear cups on my old R2). A complete aside… if there was ever a figure that deserved the Chrome treatment, it’s our buddy R2. Seriously LEGO… you want to get people excited for a poromotion? Make a shiny R2-D2. The money from Don alone could buy one of the LEGO owners a new solid gold shark tank.It's definitely a lived-in world... I'm hoping people look at it with a sort of duality of like, 'Wow, that's what it looks like!' But also, 'Yeah, that's what it would look like.'” In the end, unlike the RGS model, this is a set that lived up (down?) to my initial impressions. This is far more Jay Fiedler (the QB that replaced Marino, for those paying attention) than Aaron Rogers, and it shows. If anything nice can be said about it, it’s that it makes you want to take the few good elements and go and improve the old Sail Barge, or perhaps try to build and even better MOC between them. Tired of her promises, Bib Fortuna personally journeyed to Cid's office for an update on the rescue of Muchi. I’m an American, and a fan of our brand of Football, so there’s a great analogy here to describe the impossible mission that’s here for this model. Basically… no one wants to be the guy who replaces John Elway (or Joe Montana, or Troy Aikman, or Dan Marino). When Elway retired in 1999, he was coming off of two Super Bowl wins and was, without question, the best player that the Broncos had ever had. Now, there was a massive gap in the lineup, and the guy who had to come in and replace him would never be able to win over the fans or perform at the same level. Soon after, Crimson Dawn sent invitations to many of the major crime lords in the galaxy, including Jabba. Revealing that they held Solo in their possession, they bid the invitees to travel to Jekara and witness the return of Crimson Dawn. Believing that Fett had cheated him and sold the smuggler to a competitor, Jabba placed a bounty on the hunter's head before departing for Jekara, leaving Fortuna to look over his palace. Unaware that the Hutt had left, Fett stormed through the castle's dusty gates, incinerating two Gamorrean guards and demanding that Fortuna give him answers. After explaining that his master was absent, Fortuna suggested that Fett leave, lest the retinue of thugs and mercenaries that made up Jabba's court turn their weapons on the hunter. Fett reminded the rabble, however, that many of their number would perish in a firefight against him, dying in the meager name of Bib Fortuna. With this in mind, no one fired a shot. [25]

With a long nose, accentuated with fluffy, white facial hair, Yak Face was easy to spot on the crowded sail barge. The Yakora, also sometimes known by his formal name All of you want to live. Who doesn't? But I promise. Fight me…some of you die. Maybe most of you. And you'd be dying…for him . Doesn't seem fair, does it?" ―Boba Fett convinces Jabba's court not to lay their lives down for Bib Fortuna [25] Again, that cannon, which you can tell ruined so many other things about the set: the front, piece count, look of it closedLater in the war, Fortuna greeted two droid visitors to his master's palace. The two mechanical units, called C-3PO and R2-D2, claimed that they had a gift for the Hutt. The majordomo demanded that they hand over that gift to him so he could bring it to Jabba himself, but the droids answered that their instructions were to give it only to the crime lord himself. Fortuna relented, and led the droids into the throne room, where they delivered a holographic message from their owner, the Rebel hero and fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker. In the message, Skywalker asked to bargain for the life of his friend Han Solo, offering C-3PO and R2-D2 in exchange. [7] The printed torso shows some promise, but has the little bit of not-quite-right color flesh printing. He’s a nice figure, but I don’t have a lot to say about him, since he was on the screen for a few seconds total. The interesting thing about the new Sail Barge is that it looks better sitting next to the old one than it does all by itself. The first pictures of this set just looked absolutely horrible, and were met with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. I’ll admit, I did more than my fair share of it, and after building this set, I was right for the most part. While it’s not as bad as I had first thought, it certainly not as good as the old one, but does have a few updates worth noting.

So far, Hasbro has announced that rounding out figures already in production will be the Klaatu Skiff Guard and Saelt-Marae, who was originally known by a slightly different moniker when the character was introduced into the toy line years ago. “He'll always be Yak Face to me,” Evans says. The principle of HasLab is it's special. It is special and kind of ridiculous,” Evans says. So in limiting releases, designers have the chance to create mini masterpieces. “It's important to keep it meaningful and not have one running constantly.” A male Twi'lek, Bib Fortuna hailed from Ryloth, the homeworld of his species. [1] Fortuna was born to a prominent clan that had close ties to the criminal underworld, though his more politically minded cousin Beezer resented his family's associations. [6] Before coming into the service of Hutt crime lord Jabba Desilijic Tiure, Fortuna worked as a slave trader, one who was focused on members of his own species. He became rich from selling his fellow Twi'leks into slavery. [9] At some point, Fortuna came into Jabba's service and competed against Bidlo Kwerve to become the Hutt's majordomo. [10] Fortuna also gave Jabba his pet rancor [11] Pateesa [12] as a birthday present. [11] Ultimately, Fortuna succeeded and claimed the job whereas Kwerve ended up as an early victim of the rancor. [10] Jabba’s area has tiles under it now. To be honest, I don’t know if there were colored tiles under him in the movie… my eye was typically fixed on Carrie Fisher in that gold bikini. We do get some dark green 2×2 tiles, so there is that. Mostly, though, it’s empty space.Bib Fortuna was a Twi'lek male who lived on the desert planet Tatooine. He served as Jabba Desilijic Tiure's majordomo and chief of staff for decades, handling all of the day-to-day operations at Jabba's Palace. By 32 BBY, Fortuna had assumed the position as Jabba's majordomo, and it was he and the Hutt who oversaw that year's Boonta Eve Classic, in which a nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker won the podrace. Max Rebo (2nd picture, leader of band, plays a red ball jett organ, Ortolan (male), Alive (Legends), played/puppeteered by Simon Williamson and two additional puppeteers), Last up, the figure that drew everyone’s eyes to the set, Max Rebo, our nalargon playing buddy (again, SWG… I always had an entertainer character of some sort when I played that game). K. Operational shutters in Jabba's Lounge help to minimize distractions and protect from glares of the blazing twin suns of Tatooine Dune Sea Songs of Salt and Moonlight" — From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi audiobook (Mentioned only)