figuines

One of the nice things about the New, Rebooted Star Wars Extended Universe is that writers are finally free to experiment with new characters, or new backstories for old characters. Doctor Aphra probably wouldn’t exist otherwise. Invented during Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca’s run on the Darth Vader comic book in 2016, Aphra was introduced as an assistant to Lord Vader and came with two droids much like C3PO and R2-D2 only frequently sociopathic. Doctor Aphra eventually betrayed her master and fled, along with the droids, into her own spinoff comic book — which, unlike Darth Vader, is still going to this day. The fact that an original creation like Aphra can support her own ongoing book in such a tough market, while Vader himself cannot, should tell you something. Aphra is awesome. It is really only a matter of time before this character bleeds into other media, and it starts today with the announcement of an official Doctor Aphra collectible figuine. Sized at 3.75″-scale, Aphra is part of the