In February 1978, kenner produced the first 12 figures from the Star Wars movie. In the same year, eight more figures were made, along with the very popular Boba Fett. 

Boba Fett had appeared in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special (in a cartoon) which you can view here. Boba Fett’s figure originally had a rocket firing mechanism, but sadly a child choked on a similar Battle Star Galactica toy and so the missile firing action was scrapped. This delayed the Boba Fett figures release until 1979.

The Cantina Adventure set was an exclusive Sears set. It included the Blue Snaggletooth figure, who is one of the rarest Star Wars figures to find. In 1979 the set was updated to include the red Snaggletooth figure.

1978 also saw the release of six larger scale figures. Three die-cast vehicles were also released.