Han Solo (Endor) — Star Wars The Black Series #ROTJ 05

Overview

Han Solo closes the Phase 4 ROTJ Collection’s opening five figures at #ROTJ 05, and he arrives exactly as you’d expect him to arrive — in practical combat gear, blaster ready, leading the ground team on the most operationally complex mission the Rebellion has ever attempted. The Endor configuration is the most specifically ROTJ Han Solo has ever looked: the strike team fatigues, the command role he accepted without fully accepting, the forest moon that is either the site of the Rebellion’s final victory or its complete annihilation.

19 joints. $19.99. 2020. The ROTJ Collection’s Endor strike team complete.

Han Solo at Endor: The Reluctant General

One of the things we appreciate about ROTJ’s characterisation of Han Solo is how it handles his promotion to general. Han didn’t want to be a general. He joined the Rebellion for specific reasons, he stayed for specific reasons, and none of those reasons were because he wanted to command a ground assault on an Imperial installation. He takes the Endor mission because it needs doing and because he’s the right person for it — which is exactly how Han Solo operates throughout the trilogy.

The Endor configuration communicates this perfectly. He’s not in a general’s uniform; he’s in the same combat fatigues and poncho as the soldiers under his command. He leads from among rather than from above. The blaster is his primary tool because he is, before he is anything else, a person who solves problems by shooting at them. The Endor mission is the final expression of the Han Solo who turned up at the Death Star when he didn’t have to — the man who, when it matters enough, shows up.

19 Joints and the Blaster Draw

At 19 joints, the Endor Han Solo has the highest joint count in the ROTJ Collection’s opening five figures. This reflects the specific display demands of a Han Solo figure — the blaster draw pose, the running combat stance, the specific Han Solo body language of someone operating in a high-stakes environment with studied nonchalance. The ball-jointed upper body is particularly valuable here, enabling the slight torso twist that reads as motion rather than static stance.

The 19-joint scheme enables the specific Han Solo poses we want from an Endor display: the blaster raised in the two-handed grip as the squad discovers the shield bunker is trapped; the directed arm-point of the commander ordering his team to move; the running crouch of the assault on the Imperial installation. All of these are achievable at the 19-joint count.

The Endor Strike Team Completed

With Han at #ROTJ 05, the Phase 4 ROTJ Collection’s Endor strike team is complete: Leia (#ROTJ 03), Luke (#ROTJ 04), Han (#ROTJ 05). All three in their Endor combat configuration. All three 2020 releases at consistent Phase 4 production quality. All three at $19.99. The three principal heroes of the original trilogy, dressed for the same mission, at the same production standard.

We think this is one of the cleanest three-figure ensemble displays the Black Series has ever enabled. The uniform consistency of the Endor fatigues means the three figures read as a team rather than as three individuals who happen to be in the same display. The shared poncho design creates visual cohesion. The three different heights — Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford — create natural depth variation that makes the display interesting rather than flat.

Han Endor vs Han ANH

The Han Endor configuration is specifically different from the ANH Collection’s Han Solo (#ANH 10), and the differences communicate the character’s evolution across three films. The ANH Han’s Corellian smuggler outfit — white shirt, black trousers, low-slung holster — communicates a man operating as an individual on his own terms. The ROTJ Han’s Endor fatigues communicate a man who has joined something larger than himself without entirely admitting it.

Both figures serve different displays and different arguments about the character. For the ANH Millennium Falcon crew display: the ANH #10. For the ROTJ Endor ground assault: this figure. For collectors who want both arguments: buy both.

Photo Real Harrison Ford at ROTJ

The Photo Real Harrison Ford portrait at ROTJ — approximately 41 at time of filming — is the oldest version of Han Solo in the Phase 4 principal collections. The face is more weathered than the ANH version, the eyes carry the specific quality of someone who has been through the events of ESB and emerged changed. Harrison Ford’s specific acting choices in ROTJ — Han Solo is slightly softer, slightly more willing to be vulnerable, slightly more invested in outcomes beyond his own survival — are what the portrait is trying to capture.

We think the Endor configuration is actually one of the more successful Han Solo portraits in the Phase 4 range precisely because the outdoor location shooting gives the Photo Real process good source material. ROTJ Han on Endor was photographed in natural light on a real forest set. The portrait has the specific quality of genuine outdoor photography rather than sound stage approximation.

The Complete ROTJ Collection Opening at #01-#05

Looking at the first five figures of the ROTJ Collection as an ensemble, we’re struck by how clearly they communicate what ROTJ is actually about. The fleet admiral (#01) and the Ewok warrior (#02) establish that this is a film about alliances across difference — the Rebellion wins because it builds partnerships that conventional military analysis would dismiss. The three Endor heroes (#03-#05) establish that the victory is earned through real fieldwork, real risk, and real operational planning rather than through Force powers alone.

Han Solo at #ROTJ 05 is the ground-level embodiment of that argument. He has no Force powers. He has no special heritage. He has nineteen joints, a blaster, and the specific quality of a person who does the hard thing when it needs doing. The ROTJ Collection closes its opening five on exactly the right note.

Secondary Market and Availability

Above-retail secondary market prices. Han Solo figures across all eras hold secondary market value consistently; the ROTJ Endor configuration is no exception. No production variants documented. Verify blaster on secondary market purchases.

Our Verdict

Han Solo Endor at #ROTJ 05 is the ROTJ Collection’s most satisfying closing note for its opening five figures. The 19-joint scheme enables the specific Han Solo poses the display demands. The Photo Real portrait captures Harrison Ford at ROTJ age at current production standards. And completing the Endor strike team — Leia, Luke, Han, all in the same fatigues, all at the same production quality — creates one of the Black Series’ most display-compelling three-figure ensembles. Buy all three together. This is the display the ROTJ Collection was built to enable.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 ROTJ Collection. Related: Luke Skywalker Endor P4-ROTJ-04 | Princess Leia Endor P4-ROTJ-03 | All Han Solo figures | Return of the Jedi.