Back by popular demand! Hasbro is once again asking you, the fans and collectors, to help determine the next figure(s) released in the 6″ Black Series line. Click on through for details on how to cast your vote for the 2016 Fan’s Choice Poll!

UPDATE: Full list of participating sites added.

The Rules:

• All characters are fair game except from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Any characters from the Star Wars Rebels or Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series would be sculpted in the realistic style of the Star Wars: The Black Series line
• To vote, fans can only submit one (1) character per email address to yakfacenews@comcast.net; subject “TBS Fan’s Choice 2016“.
• We will be accepting submissions until 11:59pm ET on 7/10
• The top six (6) submissions will be sent to Hasbro on July 11 at 12pm ET.
• Similar to last year, the final vote will be held on StarWars.com, and the winning figure will be revealed at the San Diego Comic-Con Hasbro Star Wars panel

Participating sites;
Dork Side of the Force
Flyguy.net
From 4-LOM to Zuckuss
Galactic Hunter
Imperial Shipyards
Jedi Business
Jedi Defender
Jedi Insider
Jedi News
Jedi Temple Archives
Legion of Leia
Rebel Scum
Star Wars Collector
Star Wars News Net
Star Wars The Black Series
Star Wars The Black Series Facebook
Star Wars Underworld
Yakface
Yoda’s News

StarWars.com has updated today with the official 6″ Black Series Fans’ Choice poll.

Your choices are:
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi (A New Hope)
Darth Revan (Knights of the Old Republic)
Gamorrean Guard (Return of the Jedi)
Sabine Wren (Star Wars Rebels)
Lando Calrissian (The Empire Strikes Back)
General Grievous (Revenge of the Sith)
Snowtrooper (The Empire Strikes Back)

Head on over and cast your vote today!

The Yakface Toyguide updates resume today with the addition of Bastila Shan (VC69) from The Vintage Collection.

PROS: As winner of the 2009 Fans’ Choice Poll, Hasbro delivers pretty much the ultimate Bastila. Faithful to the KOTOR source material though the figure’s portrait on the card has had a likeness makeover. Great articulation and paint as well.

CONS: Due to the figure’s popularity, she might be a little difficult to find in the wild at retail. Could benefit from ball jointed hips for addition display options but not a deal breaker.

Head to the toyguide for the full image gallery and to judge for yourself whether this figure is worth adding to your collection.

You can also weigh in with your impressions on the figures we add to our toyguide on facebook and in our forums.

Dan and Jerry are back and they kick things off with a lunch-time store run. Jerry finds and reviews the Target exclusive Tauntaun set, “The Search for Luke Skywalker.” But, the big news this week was the announcement of the 20 characters eligible to be the 2013 Fan’s Choice figure. Did your favorite figure make the list? Listen and find out. Also, Dan and Jerry offer their “certain point of view” on which ones you may want to save your vote for. All that and a run-down of the Legendary Scale Darth Maul that Sideshow put up for order this week! Listen and see what you think about Dan and Jerry’s picks!

Regular Version:
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/SWAN318.MP3

Enhanced Version
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/Enhanced/SWAN318.M4A

Here they are! The top 10 Return of the Jedi characters that we will be submitting to Hasbro as your selections for the Hasbro Fans’ Choice Poll.

Sim Aloo (Imperial Dignitary)
Saelt-Marae (a.k.a. Yak Face)
Sgt. Doallyn
Mon Mothma
Nikto Guard (Vintage Deco)
Shasa Tiel (Ishi Tib from Jabba’s Palace)
Bib Fortuna
Admiral Piett
Nien Nunb
Princess Leia (Ewok Celebration Outfit)

This is a great list and I feel confident that some have a real chance at being a contender to win the Fans’ Choice Poll.

Again, thanks to all that voted.

There is less than 4 hours until we close the voting in our forums for the Yakface/Hasbro Fans’ Choice Poll! We’d like to thank all that have participated thus far and hope that one of your selections makes the list Hasbro and Star Wars Insider publishes next month. Finally, to those readers who felt slighted by our take on the Fans’ Choice Poll, your opinions and concerns haven’t gone unheard and we hope your lists found a home at any/all of the other sites participating in the Fans’ Choice Poll.

The internet has burned up this past week with Star Wars news and, to the surprise of no one, Lucas has made further changes to the Star Wars saga for their blu ray release. “Leave Star Wars alone” one faction typed loudly. “It’s Lucas’ property, he can change it however he wants” the other faction replied. On this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast, Marjorie and Arnie give their opinion on the changes, why minor changes mean so much to Star Wars fans, and why all the internet ink in the world protesting the changes doesn’t matter.

And Hasbro is once again doing a Fan’s Choice figure poll! The top Star Wars collecting sites are asked to gather fans’ Top 10 figures for a new vote, the results of which will be announced at Toy Fair in 2012, and the figure released in 2013! Listen to this week’s show for details.

Also on the podcast, R2-D2 is sick, and only you can make him feel better in Star Wars Operation! With a Toys R Us Clone Wars display, a new Blu Ray exclusive poster, vintage finds, a Backstage Toys.com giveaway for a Wedge Antilles Vintage Collection figure, and more, it’s on this week’s Star Wars Action News podcast.

Regular Version:
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/SWAN311.MP3

Enhanced Version
http://www.swactionnews.com/Podcasts/Enhanced/SWAN311.M4A

Hasbro is pleased to once again invite you to help determine its next STAR WARS Fans’ Choice figure! The winner will be included in Hasbro’s STAR WARS action figure line in 2013, in time for the 30th anniversary of STAR WARS: EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI.

We will be polling our readers to again compile a top 10 list for submission on Wednesday, Sept 28, 2011. All polling result lists will be combined together (each outlet getting an equal voice) with the #1 character on each list worth 10 points, the #2 character worth 9 points, the #3 worth 8 points, etc. The resultant point values will be used to generate the final ballot of 20 choices, which will be announced in October by STAR WARS Insider. 

Fans will then be able to vote on STAR WARS Insider’s site for their favorite character out of the Top 20, and the character with the most votes as of December 1 will be the new STAR WARS Fans’ Choice figure! The winning character will be announced at Hasbro’s 2012 Collector-Fan Media Day event at Toy Fair in New York in February 2012.

Please note: any characters selected from the current STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS animated series would be done in a realistic style.