"Star Wars was a surprise hit when it was released in May 1977. It had everything: creatures, droids, aliens, spaceships, good guys, versus bad guys, a beautyiful and feisty princess. . . . but, anxious kids wanted to know, where were the cool toys? As surprised by the phenomenon as anyone, Kenner Products worked overtime to produce them. But it was still nine long months before the first action figures started shipping. No matter, because Star Wars was still in full force. By the time the phenomenon cooled, more then 250 milllion action figures had been sold." -Stephen Sansweet

In 1995 Kenner again decided to test its luck with the release of a new Power of the Force 2 figure line (POTF2). Kenner struck gold again, and still today is producing quality figures (now over 500 different ones) for all six movies. Not too long after Kenner released the second line, Hasbro bought the rights to the line.

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