We are straying way off topic but...
I think the BTS photos of them being called Star Whores probably makes it tough for Hasbro to touch...
This pic makes me laugh every time...
make them ambassadors, undercover agents, bounty hunters just like everyone else...
They already did - even gave them the classic EU connection to OT main characters....
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-sisters
"The duo worked odd jobs for anyone who would hire them. They were in the cantina that fateful day on an assignment from Jabba the Hutt to bring in Han Solo. (The sisters were well-acquainted with the smuggler, as well as another infamous scoundrel, Lando Calrissian.)"
I think they even had them in the most recent EU book with Han and Leia getting married, whatever that was called.
I stand corrected regarding my theory!
I went to Providence, RI over the weekend for Rhode Island Comic Con. When I was at one of the hotels for a party I recognized someone in the lobby who was taking part in a GI Joe podcast. Lo and behold it was someone who used to work at Hasbro and has a lot of experience with the topic. He and I had a reasonably good relationship when I was reporting on Star Wars for a couple of sites, and at SDCC 2009 he made a point of showing me Hasbro's pitch for a Funeral Pyre Darth Vader that never came to pass.
Having said all of that...I put forth my theory about the possible reasoning behind the ban, along with talking about the scrubbed Official Site article. He was able to say definitively that was not the reasoning behind the ban on the T sisters. The hold on them is definitely coming from Lucasfilm. While the team at Hasbro has completely changed over the past dozen years, the licensing people at Lucasfilm have not, and the position does not appear to have changed. And Hasbro's goals of releasing 1 Cantina alien per year have been dashed by the shifts in the industry. He also mentioned that a big part of what has hurt the line was the demise of Toys R Us.
He was also aware of the current push from some segments of social media for the T sisters. And we discussed just how prominent they are in the scene, as well as having been in the famous Adidas commercial. But I think the point stands that they are are still a lost cause. All of that being said, it was great to run into someone who was such a driving force behind the line during what was a golden era for Star Wars collecting, and has always been really friendly and helpful.