"I swear, we need a tracker just to track our tracker."
The first wave of Star Wars Black Series figures from The Acolyte were released in late Summer 2024, Wave 17 would consist entirely of Acolyte figures. At the end of 2025 Wave 20 would top up The Acolyte collection with two further releases in the shape of Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh and the figure we are reviewing here, Jedi Order Tracker Bazil.
Bazil comes in the newer format boxed packaging with the deep red accent colour and side artwork. Bazil is numbered as 07 in The Acolyte Galaxy Collection and ‘should’ therefore connect Mae (06) and Vernestra Rwoh (08). Unfortunately, it seems a numbering error has got Rwoh and Bazil mixed up, so if you want to display your figures boxed with the side mural on show then the pair will have to swap places for the artwork to connect as intended.
The rear of the box has moved away from the shared generic synopsis as seen with the Wave 17 figures, and instead covers a top-line background of Bazil and his role for the Jedi Order. The newer figures now also feature a colour-coded backing card which also includes an illustrative background, Bazil’s background image is the foliage from Khofar.
The Tynnan tracker is a brand new figure and created in his tracking gear as seen during his scenes through the back half of The Acolyte season in 2024. The torso is a beige plastic with a softer belt and skirt section in the same colour sitting over the waist. The belt and its various pouches is painted in dark brown, as is the sculpted shoulder strap, with the clasp picked out in gold. Just above the buckle and sculpted as part of the torso is a rectangular panel with inset sculpted greebles. The baggy sleeves give way to a pair of thinner sleeves with the right in silver, and the left in beige and grey. The hands are made up of some fingerless gloves with an open panel on the rear of the hands with Bazil’s fur showing through here, on each finger and at the exposed tip. Bazil’s tracker costume concludes with a pair of lighter brown trousers with dark brown knee pads, and furred trimmed lower legs - it's unclear if the fur is that of Bazil themselves or is part of a pair of enclosed boots.
The head sculpt is a strong recreation of the onscreen prosthetics with sculpted fur texture and a two-tone finish from dark brown fur above the eyes that also covers Bazil’s nose and lighter beige fur on the cheeks and chin. The mouth is partly open with the teeth exposed and the eyes picked out in orange and black. Bazil is wearing a flight hat with the straps left unfastened and left flowing down over Bazil’s shoulders. The helmet itself is grey with a turquoise panel and a set of grey goggles that are moveable down over Bazil’s eyes for a variant look.
Our Tynnan has a single accessory, one of the Pip droids originally included with Osha. This features orange, blue, grey and black details which are well applied considering the scale. Pip also comes with an articulated head, allowing the top piece to be rotated and angled. Pip was designed for use with Osha but fits well enough into either of Bazil’s hands.
Bazil has 14 points of articulation on his smaller frame with a limited level of movement due to his stockier arms and legs. The joints do provide Bazil with plenty of display options, either holding Pip, adjusting his goggles, or on the move tracking his quarry. All the joints are tight and secure and Bazil is very secure once posed.
Putting aside the feelings from some quarters about The Acolyte, it is nice to see a release from the series that has a very different look to that of the Jedi who made up much of the first wave - and of course, were further bolstered by Vernestra’s release alongside Bazil. Like most of the alien species tackled by Hasbro, Bazil is a good likeness to the onscreen costume and prosthetics with articulation designed around his smaller frame to good effect. There is also a well-engineered feature to drop his goggles down over his eyes, but I was disappointed with the accessories. While I understand the inclusion of Pip, I wanted to see at least one other piece for Bazil to interact with such as the clothing he uses to track Master Kelnacca. It is good to see Hasbro continuing to put out supporting characters, even those with limited screen time, and regardless of The Acolyte’s reception the small collection is starting to fill out nicely with the addition of Rwoh and Bazil - although The Stranger is still an elusive gap at the time of writing.
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