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Chewbacca Family — Holiday Special Concept Figures

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

Conceptual Kenner figures based on Chewbacca’s family from the Star Wars Holiday Special.

Development OriginUSA

Developer / LicenseeKenner

Development PeriodUnknown

Research ConfidenceHigh

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Development storyKenner’s Chewbacca Family concept figures are among the clearest pieces of evidence that the company seriously mined the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special for possible toys. The Holiday Special introduced Chewbacca’s family — Malla, Itchy and Lumpy — and surviving Kenner concept figures show that these characters were not dismissed as television-only curiosities. They were translated into physical toy form during the same broad period when Kenner was still expanding the original Star Wars action-figure world. The…

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