Don't think that's the problem, I remember our dear Doctor being like "everything that isn’t in the movies doesn’t exist for me" so I believe it was more a "What's this insignificant character I never heard of?"-Who than a "Oh, who is this character, I want to know about him!"-Who. Just my two cents.

And I don't think they'll go into EU-territory with their figures soon, I think we see more of the movie-cast next and I'm fine with that. Because I expect a SHF Boba Fett to be among the next wave of announcements.

Well, it seemed like an "I don't know who this is tell me" who, but ok.

and yeah, I feel like it'll even be a good long while before we even get Prequel stuff. I'm expecting Bespin Luke, Han and Boba Fett next...because EVERYONE these days needs to do a Bespin Luke...

If Vader with his bonus-stage is any indication, I think they might go straight to ROTJ-Luke and I would love to see that happen. I'm curious to see the facesculpt though, I only know Tamashii for sculpted helmets, not faces.

it's the best version of Luke there is. Stop complaining.

They did a pretty good job with Michael Jackson, so I'm to completely repulsed by the idea. Especially considering how hit-and-miss Hasbro has been over the years.

Myfigurecollection has a listing up for Darth Maul. I know that's a user-generated database so it could be a false entry but there were a fair few figures that werent pictured at Tamashii Nations if I recall correctly. I didn't pay much attention to the Star Wars info coming out of it, anyone remember if he was confirmed?

Oh yeah, totally forgot about MJ. And there's the Injustice Joker too who looks pretty awesome.

If they can bring Mark Hamill's best role to life, one of his others should be no problem ;D

And I agree with Habsro, I don't think I have seen any Luke action-figure where I like the face. The same goes with Vader where many figures just don't get the "face" right, I'm glade Tamashii nailed it.

Hamill has a particular asymmetry to him that makes it very difficult to capture in plastic form, I think. It seems like every step forward they take, the next iteration is a step back, though the "recent" Black series ROTJ apparently comes damn close.

Hot Toys aside, I've never really seen any sort of action figure that I thought did a good job of looking like any actor's face TBH. It's why I don't collect Star Wars/Marvel/DC/etc.

Well, to be fair, realistic faces that really capture a likeness are difficult to do. Sculpting itself is a hard task and requires skill and hard work to do, and just look how much detail a real human face has. With helmets and masks it's a little bit "simpler". Not that it isn’t hard work as well, but they are easier to work with and sometimes you get models from the source.

Hot Toys nails it a lot of times, but that reflects in the price.

As much as I love the Vader, it's not perfect. There are issues with the belt boxes, the chestbox, and the bucket (based on what I can see in the pics) seems a bit off, though I can't tell for sure exactly why.

Nitpicky, sure, but that's what we do here. :D