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Originally Posted by Joe Moore

I don't know the specifics of the original toy line, but actor likenesses are part of the movie contracts themselves. Star Wars has always had full likenesses of the actors included because Lucas always intended to pursue licensed merchandise for the 1st film. Films that tend not to have actor likenesses (60's to late 80's) are those that were never seen as marketable to a toy/collector base.

Not everything can be bundled. There's no Jake Gyllenhaal sculpt for any of the Mysterio figures. Hot Toys even showed a blurred face at some point then removed it. If even the MCU doesn't tie every likeness down, I don't doubt Harrison Ford at some point took control of his likeness. Who knows, maybe he signed his Star Wars A New Hope likeness off but not ESB/RotJ?

There's only 2 reasons I can fathom that Hot Toys has yet to do a Han from ESB/RotJ, 1) they cannot get a good sculpt, which is totally possible. Even the "good" custom sculpts I see for Han or Indy aren't absolutely perfect from what I've seen. And 2) they need his likeness approval and he won't give it.

Like I mentioned before, imagine how much better Bespin Leia would've sold if it went up for preorder at the same time as as a Bespin Han? I totally passed and am still passing on that Leia, but I might at the time preordered both. If Hot Toys or Lucasfilm has the rights totally for Han, there's no reason not to make one now.

The only thing that makes it very hard to understand is that the Black Series is still doing many Han figures, RotJ coming up and Bespin the last couple years. It truly makes NO sense if the rights are not the problem.