Star Wars POTF2 TIE Fighter Pilot, Orange Card, Kenner '96

The TIE Fighter Pilot was among the first waves Kenner released for the Power of the Force 2 line, the ambitious mid-1990s revival that brought 3.75-inch Star Wars figures back to retail after a years-long gap. Carded on the distinctive orange card with the Darth Vader helmet bubble topper, this figure represents the earliest packaging configuration in the POTF2 run. This example carries the .01 card-back designation, identifying it as a first-edition revision card from the early 1996 production run. The orange card preceded the later red and green card variants and carries a particular nostalgia for collectors who remember the line arriving in stores as a genuine event. The TIE Fighter Pilot himself is one of the essential Imperial troopers, present throughout the Original Trilogy and a natural inclusion in any POTF2 Imperial display.

The figure ships with both an Imperial Blaster Pistol and an Imperial Rifle, the two standard weapons issued with this figure. No weapon variants exist for the TIE Fighter Pilot in this assortment. Like other early POTF2 figures, the sculpt reflects the beefier, hyper-muscular aesthetic Kenner used across the initial orange-card assortment, a style that became its own artifact of the era and is now part of the line's identity for long-time collectors. The card back carries the POTF2 branding and the Lucasfilm copyright; the ©1995 date on the card is the card copyright, not the production year.

This is a standard retail release, not a variant, exclusive, or chase, cataloged under Assortment No. 69570 as item No. 69584. The orange-card window closed as the line transitioned to the red card configuration, making clean orange-card examples consistently harder to find in collectible condition than their later counterparts. Original retail price was $4.99.