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Star Wars Black Series HasLab 2021 Project

Writer: Mephitsu
Mephitsu
Jun 9, 2021
2 min read


The Hasbro Fan First 'I am your Father' live stream on the 9th of June revealed that the Star Wars Black Series will get its first-ever HasLab project later this Summer.


There were no other details given, other than it would not be a vehicle! That puts it as either a creature release or an environment/diorama of some kind. HasLab projects by their nature have been big-ticket and big-sized releases that Hasbro can't do under their usual retail model. Each project needs a certain number of backers to proceed - meaning the choices of the project have to be popular ones.


We will find out what the HasLab project is later this Summer, with the item then most likely due for a Summer/Autumn 2022 release. In the meantime, it is fun to speculate....


While environments like the Carbon Freezing Chamber or Vader's Chamber are possible, they don't really fit into the Hasbro HasLab model. The more likely option is a creature of some kind. We saw with the Dewback and Tauntaun that smaller creatures are possible in the mainline, so this will have to be a bigger beast....



Considering the announcement of Bib Fortuna and the upcoming anniversary for Return of the Jedi, the Rancor is something that would fit the profile of HasLab - and they have of course done a 6-inch scale one for SDCC 2019's display piece? He could sit alongside a Jabba's Throne and that then opens up the backer tiers for bonus items like Malakili, Klaatu or Nikto Guards and even Oola?


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(SDCC 2019 Rancor creature in the Hasbro Jabba's Palace display)




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