http://www.themarysue.com/hasbro-female-line/ Sad! I wish Hasbro would change their way of thinking.
The 2nd answer includes the phrase "sitting on shelves" ... which could be interpreted as "not selling as well", or "collecting dust". Neither answer is very tactful really. As a company, I have no doubt that Hasbro will make every effort to produce products that it thinks will sell well. It would seem that they feel the female characters won't sell as well as they'd like. Given the choice between making the millionth different Darth Maul figure or a new Aunt Beru figure, they're almost always going to pick Darth Maul because it's a safer investment.