Speaking of the Supreme Leader, the brand also recently debuted their new Lights and Sound line with Darth Vader and Kylo Ren.Īdding to the expressiveness of the figures, designers incorporated a sensor button in the neck so bobbling the heads on these figures sets off character-specific effects. Like Kylo Ren, “it’s a deep, black nothingness that you’re looking into,” O’Brien says. In fact, you don’t even know what’s inside those helmets.” “They’re just they’re very, very frightening characters. Part of what makes the characters so terrifying is that their eyes are hidden behind their masks. “They’re legit frightening….Sometimes just Pop-ifying something, it comes out cute. “The Knights of Ren are probably the scariest Pops! we’ve ever made,” O’Brien says. The style of the wide-eyed Funko Pop! form makes almost everything the line touches instantly adorable. If they had made the figure sized down, it likely would have been the smallest Funko Pop! to date.īut there was a gang of marauders that gave the team some trouble in the design phase: the Knights of Ren. Since Funko Pops! are stylized, designers don’t worry too much about sizing to screen accuracy. Her hair is killer!” he adds, a facet that alone took about two days of work to define and sculpt.īB-8 got a whole new sculpt, and his brand-new pal D-O is making his Pop! debut. “The detail, the texture in her cape, is unbelievable. “The amount of care that she put into that Pop! was astounding and it shows,” O’Brien says. Lead sculptor Amanda Brock did a phenomenal job bringing Jannah to life. And Lando, ever the debonair caped hero, has been appropriately aged to match the timeline, with bands of gray highlighting his hair.įor new characters, like Jannah and Zorii Bliss, designers relied on detailed reference photos to capture everything from individual ringlets in Jannah’s gorgeous curly coif to the stitching on her cape and the specific “warm raspberry jam” hue of Zorii’s costume, who stands with blasters drawn “ready to rumble,” O’Brien says. Rey, Finn, and Poe also look more determined and ready to lead in their new Funko counterparts. Rose, for example, has grown as lot from her screen debut in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so beyond her new outfit and hairstyle, the Pop! version has to exude a whole new attitude, O’Brien says. Recently, sat down with O’Brien to talk about the latest incarnation of Funko Pops! from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, including the deeply creepy Knights of Ren, the delicate details on characters from The Mandalorian, and how the brand keeps pushing the envelope.Įven though some characters from The Rise of Skywalker have already appeared in Pop! form - Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, Kylo Ren, Rose Tico, and Lando among them - there’s no recycling old sculpts when it comes to prepping familiar characters for the new line of figures. “Even if you don’t know the characters, you know the mythos,” O’Brien says, with some help from the Lucasfilm team to guide designers on their journey. Find out how the creative team added hand-painted décor, delightful details, lights, and sounds to some of the most enduring heroes and villains capping off the Skywalker saga.įunko Pop! bobbleheads have come a long way from the stoic sculpts and static hero poses of the brand’s earliest creations, and the collectible figures from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continue to push the boundaries of innovation with delicate craftsmanship, hand-painted details, and even lights and sounds that help capture an individual character’s personality.īut months before these figures hit store shelves, Funko’s creative director Reis O’Brien and his team are sculpting the details for the next generation of adorable desktop décor, using reference photos provided by Lucasfilm and word association to try to capture the personalities of characters they have yet to see onscreen.
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