Star Wars Black Series Bounty Hunter Lineup

The bounty hunter lineup is one of the most collectible single scenes in the Black Series — six figures, one briefing room, two minutes of screen time that introduced some of the most enduring designs in the franchise. Darth Vader assembles his hunters aboard the Executor and assigns them to find the Millennium Falcon. The scene is brief. The lineup it created is not.

The Scene in Star Wars

The Executor briefing happens early in The Empire Strikes Back, immediately after the Battle of Hoth. Vader, not trusting the Imperial fleet to locate the Millennium Falcon, brings in outside help. Six bounty hunters stand in a line on the bridge and receive their instructions. Vader’s warning — “no disintegrations” — is directed specifically at Boba Fett, which tells you everything about Fett’s reputation and the dynamic in that room.

The scene lasts less than two minutes and none of the hunters except Boba Fett gets a line. It doesn’t matter. The visual impact of six completely distinct designs standing together — the green armoured Mandalorian, the towering reptilian Trandoshan, the skeletal assassin droid, the bandaged mercenary, the protocol droid with a hunter’s instincts, the insectoid mystic — created characters that have sustained decades of expanded universe material, games, novels, and comics from two minutes of background presence.

Boba Fett finds the Falcon. The others scatter. But the lineup endures.

Building the Display

Assembling all six hunters requires figures from different production eras, which is unavoidable given when each character was produced. The cross-era nature is less visible than it might be because armoured and alien characters hold up across the line’s production history better than human faces do — none of the ESB six have the kind of exposed human face where the quality gap between production eras is most apparent.

The most challenging piece to source is the 4-LOM and Zuckuss two-pack — an Amazon exclusive from the 40th Anniversary ESB wave, no longer in active production. Zuckuss has no standalone Black Series release, making this the only route to completing the lineup. It commands a secondary market premium accordingly. Every other member of the six has been produced in standalone releases at various points in the line’s history.

For individual figure recommendations and sourcing across the full bounty hunter roster, see the Bounty Hunter faction page.

Display Arrangement

The six hunters work best arranged as they appear in the film — line abreast facing the viewer. Boba Fett is the natural visual anchor regardless of where you position him. Bossk and IG-88’s height difference flanks the lineup effectively. Adding Darth Vader behind the group completes the Executor bridge context and gives the display its narrative logic — the man who hired them, and the six who answered.

The scene’s power is in the contrast: six completely different designs standing together, united only by profession. That contrast is what makes this one of the most photographically compelling displays in the Black Series.

All Figures for This Display

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Scenes. Related: Bounty Hunter Faction | Bespin Duel | Carbon Freezing Chamber | Collector Guide.