Vice Admiral Holdo' is an amazing action figure
Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2019
As a huge fan of collecting the various female action figures in the Star Wars: Black Series action figure 6" line, I was thrilled to hear Holdo was being added to the series. I was even more happy when mine arrived. The computer-scanned image of Laura Dern's face makes for a dead-on likeness of the celebrated actress. I love her lavender outfit with the sheath material overlay & her plastic cape attachment (super detailing), plus Holdo's signature purple hair (with the head piece) is incredibly well done. Although some fans of the Star Wars series didn't like 'The Last Jedi', I definitely enjoyed it; and especially Holdo. Her sacrifice to save Leia and the other's is one of my favourite screen moments in the entire film series. One major plus with the newer installations to the Star Wars mythology is that women, finally, get to be reflected back to the audience with more variance, and in greater numbers. Trust me no one is a bigger fan of Carrie Fisher's leia than I am, but the newer generations of Star Wars fans get something I didn't in my youth ...a chance to see a multitude of strong women in the franchise, not just one. The addition of Laura Derns' Vice Admiral Holdo to the action figure line is a definite win for me, personally. I thought she was a strong, brave, complex & ultimately fearless leader of the resistance. I even bought a 2nd one of these for a good friend. I feel it's important to aid in the sales of female character toys (maybe one day we'll finally get a 6" Oola action figure for 'The Black Series' line?. One can pray.