Star Wars Black Series Saga Collection gives each film a figure
Hasbro's Star Wars Black Series Saga Collection, revealed at NYCC 2026, puts six figures in VHS style sleeves, one per saga film. Here is the lineup, the other Star Wars reveals, and a pre-order calendar.
Hasbro closed New York Comic Con on Sunday with a joint Star Wars and Marvel Legends panel, and the Star Wars half had one idea I keep turning over. The new Star Wars Black Series Saga Collection is six figures, sold individually and as a boxed set, and each figure comes in a sleeve made to look like a VHS tape for its movie. StarWars.com lists the six: Queen Amidala, Anakin Skywalker (Padawan), a Galactic Marine, Luke Skywalker (X-wing Pilot), IG-88, and Tessek. Everything Hasbro showed at the show lands in spring 2027.
Put those six names next to the six films and it clicks. One figure per episode, from The Phantom Menace through Return of the Jedi. That is my reading of the lineup, not a line from Hasbro, but the official copy says the sleeves represent "each movie," and the cast fits too neatly to be an accident.
Tessek is the tell. You do not put a Quarren from Jabba's palace in a box set unless you are building it for people who already own the obvious figures.
The Saga Collection, film by film
| Figure | Film it maps to | Why it is an interesting pick |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Amidala | The Phantom Menace (1999) | StarWars.com calls it her Black Series debut |
| Anakin Skywalker (Padawan) | Attack of the Clones (2002) | The braid era, not the armor era |
| Galactic Marine | Revenge of the Sith (2005) | A clone trooper variant, not Order 66 Vader |
| Luke Skywalker (X-wing Pilot) | A New Hope (1977) | The one safe pick in the box |
| IG-88 | The Empire Strikes Back (1980) | A bounty hunter instead of Boba Fett |
| Tessek | Return of the Jedi (1983) | A Jabba's palace deep cut |
The packaging story is the real product. The Mephitsu Archives describes 1997 VHS inspired sleeves over the standard boxes, all slid into a larger VHS box set outer package, and says the Black Series name itself is being rebranded for 2027. JediInsider's panel notes go further and describe the multipack as movie poster themed boxes with Drew Struzan slipcovers. I have not seen Hasbro put Struzan's name in its own copy, which only promises "nostalgic film poster art," so treat that detail as panel reporting until the product page goes up. Either way, the target here is anyone who remembers the 1997 Special Edition tapes on a living room shelf. I am that person. I will be pretending this is about the figures.
The timing is not subtle either. StarWars.com's convention recap leans on the 50th anniversary of the film that became A New Hope, which lands in 2027. A box that walks the whole saga in tape form is a very tidy anniversary gift for a spring launch.
The rest of the Star Wars reveals
Three more Black Series figures are a fan channel wave: Jedi Master Agen Kolar, Jedi Council member Saesee Tiin, and the Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wesell, all from Attack of the Clones. Jedi News has Hasbro's product copy. Saesee Tiin gets a soft goods robe and a lightsaber with swinging FX, and Zam comes with a blaster pistol, a blaster rifle, a face covering, and swappable heads, which is exactly what a shapeshifter figure needs. Over in The Vintage Collection, a Mandalorian Season 2 three pack puts X-wing pilots Trapper Wolf and Carson Teva next to Frog Lady and her egg backpack, in a closed Kenner branded box with three blister cards.
Your pre-order calendar
All times below are Hasbro's 1 PM Eastern, which is noon Central. StarWars.com says everything announced at the show hits stores in spring 2027. The Walmart pack was announced earlier in the week.
| Pre-order opens | Product | Line | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Dewback and Sandtrooper 2-Pack | Black Series 6 inch | Walmart exclusive |
| October 15 | Saga Collection Multipack (six figures) | Black Series 6 inch | Hasbro Pulse and participating retailers |
| October 22 | Mandalorian 3-Pack: Trapper Wolf, Frog Lady, Carson Teva | Vintage Collection 3.75 inch | Hasbro Pulse and participating retailers |
| October 29 | Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin, Zam Wesell | Black Series 6 inch | Hasbro Pulse and participating retailers |
None of the reveal posts I read carried prices, so I am not going to guess. My only advice: decide now whether you want the Saga figures loose or in the tape box, because the October 15 drop is the one that will move fastest, and the boxed version is the whole point.
The Marvel Legends half, briefly
Marvel collectors got their own stack. Per Toy Hype USA's roundup, Avengers: Doomsday gets Marvel Legends Nightcrawler, Beast, and Lord Doom. The next X-Men '97 wave adds Death Gambit, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Havok, Polaris, and Vindicator, and the comic line brings Cyclops and Wolverine from the Astonishing X-Men run. That is a lot of mutants in one panel.
Star Wars collecting has been busy this fall, from the podracing game that also goes back to Phantom Menace territory to the D&D crossover that picked rebels over Jedi. The Saga Collection is the first reveal in a while that is about how a collection looks on display rather than who is in it. I respect that. I also already know which wall it is going on.
How we made this: researched and drafted with AI assistance. Sources are linked in the piece.
How we made this: researched and drafted with AI assistance. Sources are linked in the piece.
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