The Power Of The Force toy line started in July of 1995 and ran for five years until 2000. Even though the first few figures looked buff and muscular (which was a reflection of the Hollywood Schwarzenegger/Stallone trend) the toy line was well received by collectors and Star Wars fans everywhere were happy that their beloved 3.75" action figure line from their childhood continued. Even though Hasbro, Inc. purchased the Tonka Corporation, which included Kenner Products and Parker Brothers, in 1991, they kept using the Kenner logo instead of their own Hasbro logo on the packaging until the Episode 1 toy line in 1999.
The orange carded The Power Of The Force toy line launched in July of 1995 with nine Star Wars figures including Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi, Stormtrooper, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Princess Leia Organa. The next wave of figures wasn't released until February of 1996 and by the end of that year the orange carded run included 26 single cards (plus variations). Although Hasbro only released nine Star Wars figures in 1995 they released five vehicles to go with them right out of the gate including the Millennium Falcon, AT-ST, Tie Fighter, X-Wing Fighter and Landspeeder.
Listed here are four Star Wars figures which were released in 1995 in a Classic Edition 4-pack exclusively at Toys'R'Us stores in the United States. Each figure had a 1995 copyright imprint on it which makes it easy to differentiate from the original figures from 1978.
One year after the relaunch of the 3.75" Star Wars action figure line Hasbro decided to add the Deluxe assortment to the line-up. The first three figures were released in September 1996 on orange cards with another four released on green cards in January of 1997 (those four figure are listed further down).
In February of 1996 Hasbro released the only vehicle in orange packaging which included a Star Wars figure (Imperial Speeder Bike), all other vehicles released in orange packaging didn't include figures.
The first brand new Star Wars figures on a green card were released in February of 1997. The line ran for 1 year before Hasbro changed the packaging to the Freeze Frame cards.
