While Chewie's own gimmick, articulation, is no big deal we should note his accessory really hit the mark. Nothing is more important than making a figure true to the film, and his damaged C-3PO accessory has a light-up panel along with his eyes, allowing you to recreate some of the scenes in Cloud City's prison. Also, it's the second instance of electronics being used in a basic Star Wars figure, the first of which was R2-D2 (which was just a reworked 1998 Electronic R2-D2 and was therefore not a new gimmick.)

When word came down that metal lightsabers were coming along with magnetic Jedi, fans went nuts. It sounded like a match made in heaven, as this would allow figures to "use the Force" in a way previously unheard of. Magnets were also used to secure detachable appendages, and to allow for new manners of play such as the Force Flipping figures. While some were great and welcomed with open arms, some weren't. Zam Wesell's arm was a little too strong and it made it hard to hack off the limb, and Anakin Skywalker (Hangar Duel) had a manget so weak that Jay Leno took the time to show how awful the mechanism was during Hayden Christen's visit to NBC's The Tonight Show. When it works, it works... and when it doesn't, it really doesn't. It was cool, and it will hopefully stick around for the rest of the line, just in a slightly more refined format.

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