Princess Leia Organa Boushh (Archive) — Star Wars The Black Series

Overview

Princess Leia Organa at the Archive Collection captures the canonical Return of the Jedi Boushh disguise — Leia having planned a rescue with Han frozen in carbonite and held in Jabba’s Palace, disguising herself as the bounty hunter Boushh to bring Chewbacca to Jabba before later sneaking to Han’s carbonite slab. Released October 2022 single-carded as part of the Wave 7 Archive Collection. Mainline non-exclusive at $24.99. 19 joints. Four accessories: a force pike, a thermal detonator, a helmet, and a backpack. The figure is a re-work of the 2015 Black Series Princess Leia Boushh (figure id=2401) — not a straight re-pack — with a corrected height and updated photo-real portrait.

The Re-Work Distinction: Height Correction and Photo-Real

Hasbro adjusted the height by making it shorter and upgraded the portrait with the photo-real print. This re-work status is structurally meaningful across the Archive Collection catalogue — rather than straight re-packing the 2015 body, Hasbro invested in tooling changes to correct the scale. The 2015 source body’s height was taller than canonical screen-accurate Leia proportions; the 2022 Archive variant corrects this with a shorter overall figure. The height comparison between the two releases is a genuine before-and-after improvement.

The head sculpt looks great and the photo-real print on it looks nice in person. Combined with the height correction, this is structurally one of the more active Archive Collection re-work commitments — two meaningful changes rather than paint-and-portrait-only updates.

Hasbro made changes to the figure to make it more accurate instead of just rereleasing the exact same figure from 2015. This is worth landing as a positive distinction — collectors considering whether to upgrade from a prior release have genuine engineering reasons to do so here.

The Four-Accessory Loadout

Helmet — a very tight fit, but it covers the head from front to back well. The tight-fit engineering means the helmet stays in place during dynamic poses without accidental detachment, though it requires deliberate effort to apply and remove.

Force pike — looks great and Boushh is able to hold it well in both hands. Standard ambidextrous reach-weapon grip engineering for the canonical bounty-hunter weapon configuration.

Thermal detonator — can be plugged into a peg located on the belt (the canonical display configuration), though Boushh can only hold it loosely in the left hand. The belt-peg stowage is the primary display state; the loose left-hand grip is a secondary dynamic-pose configuration that works but isn’t as tight as the blaster grips on comparable character releases.

Backpack — plugs nicely into a hole in the back of the figure. Standard positive-engagement plug-retention equipment mount.

The Cape Engineering

The cape looks great and it hangs down beautifully behind Boushh’s right shoulder. This is worth specifically noting — across Archive Collection soft-goods configurations, the Boushh cape is one of the cleaner-draping components. Unlike the Luke Skywalker Imperial Light Cruiser (Archive) hood-with-mind-of-its-own or other problematic soft-goods implementations, the Boushh cape drapes naturally without deliberate positioning.

The ammunition bandolier is its own separate piece, and even though it can be unplugged it’s not meant to be taken off the figure — standard integrated-accessory-adjacent design for the canonical Boushh equipment configuration.

Articulation

19 joints. Ball-jointed neck, swivel neck, ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel-jointed thighs, swivel-joints above knees, swivel joints below knees, ball-jointed ankles. Standard Phase 4 baseline articulation.

Distribution and the Wave 7 Jabba’s Palace Pair

Standard mainline Archive Collection release at $24.99 — released October 2022 as part of Wave 7 alongside Chewbacca (Archive P4), Han Solo TFA (Archive), and Grand Moff Tarkin (Archive). For collectors building canonical Return of the Jedi Jabba’s Palace rescue-mission displays, Leia Boushh pairs with Lando Calrissian Skiff Guard (Archive) (Wave 6) for the canonical infiltration pair — both characters undercover in Jabba’s Palace simultaneously for the same mission.

Other Princess Leia Boushh Figures

Other notable releases include the Power of the Force 2 Boushh Disguise (figure id=138), the Return of the Jedi Jabba’s Prisoner variant (figure id=139), the Ewok Celebration Outfit (figure id=150), the Medical Frigate release (figure id=177), and the 2015 Black Series source body (figure id=2401). The Archive release joins this catalogue as the dedicated 2022 Wave 7 re-work with height correction and photo-real portrait upgrade.

Secondary Market

Single-carded Archive Collection release with dedicated Archive cardback packaging, October 2022. Available through wide retail channels at MSRP and the secondary market. Verify all four accessories — force pike, thermal detonator, helmet, and backpack — are present.

Verdict

Princess Leia Organa Boushh (Archive) at the 2022 Wave 7 Archive Collection is one of the stronger Archive re-work entries — the height correction plus photo-real portrait combination delivers meaningful structural improvements over the 2015 source body in two distinct dimensions, the beautifully draping cape is one of the better-behaved soft-goods components in the Archive sub-line, the four-accessory loadout covers complete canonical Boushh equipment, the belt-peg thermal detonator stowage supports clean display, the backpack plug-mount retains reliably, and the force pike two-handed grip works well.

The helmet is a very tight fit — functional but requires deliberate effort. The thermal detonator left-hand grip is loose rather than secure. The bandolier can technically be removed but isn’t meant to be.

Buy this figure if you build canonical Return of the Jedi Jabba’s Palace rescue-mission displays (pairs with Lando Skiff Guard Archive for the canonical infiltration pair), if you own the 2015 source body and want the corrected-height photo-real upgraded version (the re-work makes this a meaningful upgrade rather than a mere re-pack), if you missed the 2015 release, or if you collect the Archive Collection as a complete set. Worth the upgrade even from the 2015 version given the height correction.

The Rebel Princess who infiltrated Jabba’s Palace in disguise. The figure with the height-corrected re-work, the photo-real portrait, the beautifully draped cape, the belt-peg thermal detonator, the tight-fit helmet, and the pluggable backpack. The Boushh that pairs with Wave 6 Lando Skiff Guard for canonical Jabba’s Palace rescue-mission infiltration assembly. Mainline distribution, October 2022, Wave 7.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Archive Collection. Related: Lando Calrissian Skiff Guard (Archive) P4-ARC-LC | Chewbacca (Archive P4) P4-ARC-07 | Han Solo TFA (Archive) P4-ARC-04 | Princess Leia Organa (Archive) P4-ARC-PLA.