After Kenner released action figures tied to the release of the last movie in the original trilogy ("Return of the Jedi") in 1983, the toy maker tried to prolong sales of the action figures with a new production line called The Power of the Force. In addition to presenting figures of fans' favorite characters from the films, the new line offered some figures of characters not previously issued and, with each figure, included a character-related collector coin. This series of figures was sold in 1984 and 1985.