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Tusken Raider Figure (Tatooine Camp Ambush) - Saga Series, 2003 Action Figure Star Wars...

Tusken Raider (Tatooine Camp Ambush) Action Figure: Overview

Tusken Raider Figure Tatooine Camp Ambush Saga Series decapitated

The Saga Series Tusken Raider (Tatooine Camp Ambush) action figure has a removable magnetic head so that Anakin can decapitate him during the scene in The Attack of the Clones when he frees his dying mother Shmi from the Tusken Raiders. The decapitated Tusken Raider action figure gives us a good reflection of Anakin's brutality and first turn towards the Dark Side (as does the Tusken Raider with child figure which helps to humanise the Sand People to make the slaughter seem all the more genocidal).

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This Tatooine Camp Ambush action figure solidifies a parallel with Mace Windu's decapitation of Jango Fett later on in the film. The elegant and civilised lightsaber has become a brutal and quite barbaric weapon and the parallel between Anakin and Windu that is established here helps set the scene for their confrontation in The Revenge of the Sith as we are shown that both have perhaps strayed from Jedi core values. In turn this adds a layer of complexity to their dispute over what is the right Jedi way to deal with Palpatine as a prisoner. Since Windu too has veered from Jedi core values it is easier for Anakin to twist the logic of the situation and choose the Sith over the Jedi.

The Tusken Raider action figure here actually helps contribute towards our understanding of the prequel trilogy, since the scene in which Anakin decapitates a Tusken Raider happens very fast. It's one of those 'blink and you miss it' moments.

The camp fire figure stand which comes with the Tusken Raider is a nice addition, but I think the fire itself sits too low to the ground to look as good as it could on display.

Tusken Raider Tatooine Camp Ambush camp fire

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Tusken Raider Figure (Tatooine Camp Ambush) - Saga Series, 2003 Action Figure Star Wars...

Tusken Raider (Tatooine Camp Ambush) Action Figure: Overview

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