Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (toy line)

Kenner's Star Wars: Return of the Jedi vintage toy line ran from 1983 to 1984 and featured various characters and vehicles from the 1983 film Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The line also included plush Ewok "stuffed figures", featuring large Ewoks and smaller Woklings. It was succeeded by Kenner's The Power of the Force line in 1985.
The Return of the Jedi toys were sold at the same time as the short-lived 1984 Kenner Preschool Wicket the Ewok toy line.
==Development==
The Return of the Jedi line re-released many toys previously available through Kenner's Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back toy lines but with the new film's logo on the packaging.
==Continuity==
As with Kenner's initial Star Wars toy line, many action figures based on background characters from Return of the Jedi did not have proper names, leading Kenner to use nicknames used during the film's production. Many of them would later receive proper names in the works of the Expanded Universe. These characters included Pruneface, Squid Head, and Rancor Keeper. Two similar looking characters were both identified as Klaatu wearing different outfits, but later sources confirmed one of the two was a separate character named Wooof. It was also later revealed that the names of action figures "Nikto" and "Weequay" were actually the species names of the characters Lathe and Pagetti Rook.
Though most of the line featured toys based on the film, a few original items were produced. To avoid the high cost of creating large vehicles for the line, small Mini-Rigs vehicles that did not originate in the films were created (starting with the toys from The Empire Strikes Back). Many of these went on to appear in the fiction of both the Legends and later canon continuities.
The plush Ewok toys introduced characters who also appeared in later Ewok books and animated series: Gwig, Kneesaa, Latara, Leeni, Malani, Mookiee, Nippet and Zephee.
The baton that then-Captain Ackbar holds in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes "Water War" and "Prisoners" is an homage to the 1983 action figure that came with such an accessory. Though it was not originally intended to be a weapon, the episode director Danny Keller vividly remembered pretending it was a blaster, so it was worked into the show. 
==Table of action figures==
The table below takes information as given on the cards with which each action figure debuted. After the debut of an action figure, details in the packaging, the shape of the action figure, and the name of the action figure were subject to change. No one characteristic (name, shape, or product number) completely defines the list, rather all the characteristics taken together form a clear list.
"Wave"	Debut package card 	Action figure 	Product no.	Debut year
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Admiral Ackbar 	No. 70310 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Luke Skywalker (Jedi Knight Outfit) 	No. 70650 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Princess Leia Organa (Boushh Disguise) 	No. 70660 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Gamorrean Guard 	No. 70670 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Emperor's Royal Guard 	No. 70680 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Chief Chirpa 	No. 70690 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Logray (Ewok Medicine Man) 	No. 70710 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Klaatu 	No. 70730 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Rebel Commando 	No. 70740 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Weequay 	No. 70760 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Squid Head 	No. 70770 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	General Madine 	No. 70780 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Bib Fortuna 	No. 70790 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Ree-Yees 	No. 70800 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Biker Scout 	No. 70820 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Lando Calrissian (Skiff Guard Disguise)	No. 70830 	1983
J 	65-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Nien Nunb 	No. 70840 	1983
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Nikto 	No. 71190 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	8D8 	No. 71210 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Princess Leia Organa (in Combat Poncho)	No. 71220 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Wicket W. Warrick 	No. 71230 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	The Emperor 	No. 71240 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	B-Wing Pilot 	No. 71280 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Klaatu (in Skiff Guard Outfit) 	No. 71290 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Han Solo (in Trench Coat) 	No. 71300 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Teebo 	No. 71310 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Prune Face 	No. 71320 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	AT-ST Driver 	No. 71330 	1984
K 	77-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Rancor Keeper 	No. 71350 	1984
L 	79-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Lumat 	No. 93670 	1984
L 	79-Back "Return of the Jedi"	Paploo 	No. 93680 	1984
==Appearances==
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*Star Wars: The Ultimate Action Figure Collection
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*Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition
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Category:1983 releases
Category:1984 releases
Category:Kenner toy lines