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Powered up this #StarWarsSaturday, we’re still inside Echo Base during The Empire Strikes Back. Today, from the Saga Collection, it’s the Power Droid!
As members of the Rebellion prepare for a ground assault, Leia is seen addressing pilots and other personnel while others scramble to their troop carriers and other stations. Not only are there many astromech and protocol droids seen around Echo Base, but also multiple power droids, all who look different from the version seen in the original Star Wars just a few years earlier.
In canon, power droids are among the most common droids in the galaxy. Both the Rebel Alliance and the Empire make use of these droids to supply power to all types of technology. During the Battle of Hoth, power droids are used to power up the Rebel Alliance’s snowspeeders so that they can engage the invading enemy ground forces in battle.
Hasbro included this version of the Power Droid in a group of Battle of Hoth figures during the Saga Collection. While the package just says ‘Power Droid,’ making no mention of the packed-in treadwell droid, the included stand is labeled as “GNK & Treadwell Droids.” GNK is simply a new way of labeling a power droid, which is also called a “Gonk droid” due to the “gonk” sound they make in the first film.
This figure is an updated version of the Gonk Droid, which was included with the Power Of The Force 2 Jawa figure seven years earlier. This time around, he includes a sensor attachment and a power coupling that plug into two holes on the top of its head, differentiating it as an EG-4 power droid.
The included stand is a necessity for this guy as the action feature to move the legs makes his feet uneven, and it is very difficult to stand up on its own. Unfortunately, the foot peg broke off into the droid’s foot when prepping this shot, so my power droid is out of order for the moment. 😄
The Empire Strikes Back turned 45 years old this year! I “figure” there’ll be a new Episode V figure to share here for the rest of the year. Happy 45 years of ESB!
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