Doctor Evazan, and his partner Pondo Baba, were first released in the Star Wars Black Series as part of the 2021 Cantina Showdown Exclusive box set. Both figures went on to be repacked singularly in the standard Galaxy Collection packaging. Evazan is the 3rd figure in the New Hope Series with the black packaging accented with the yellow colour assigned to A New Hope. The slanted right side artwork connects to the figures either side in the series - Pondo Baba before Evazan and then connecting into the Figrin D’an art on the other side. He is a 2022 release as part of Wave 6 of the Galaxy Collection.
While Pondo Baba had some subtle changes vs the Exclusive release - notably the lack of alternative hands, and a seemingly tweaked holster - Doctor Evazan appears unchanged. The head sculpt is suitably disfigured as seen on screen and the depth of the sculpt shows off the scars and damage from his surgeries and likely other nefarious activities. The eyes are executed well into the sunken eye sockets while the mouth has visible sculpted teeth beneath the heavy upper lip. The hair is sculpted, complete with bald-spot to the reverse, then coloured in grey. The hair decor doesn't quite cover all the sculpt with the forward strands of hair on my review figure still a flesh colour. While you know this is Doctor Evazan from the features, the actual head sculpt is not a great likeness and too rounded compared to on screen shots. The chin is also too shallow and the hair a little flat.
The costume is made up of a dirty off-white vest with open collar over which the waistcoat is added as a separate rubberised sleeve, complete with belt and integrated holster. The vest is a singular colour, while the waistcoat piece has a textured brown effect overlaid with a darker shade around the front section to add weathering. Evazan’s trousers are purple and cast in the base colour with the boots then coloured in black The figure is another hybrid from Hasbro, reusing a number of parts from earlier figures. The legs are repurposed from the DJ figure from The Last Jedi, while the arms are taken from a Luke Skywalker Jedi Knight figure from Phase 2. Only the chest piece is new, and therefore like the head, while the costume as a whole is recognisable as Evazan, the execution is off with the trousers the wrong colour and too baggy and missing the strap for the base of the holster. The arms too should be more ragged, like the shirt and rolled up on the lower arm.
Evazan comes with a single BlasTech SE-14 blaster that fits into his right hand, and when not in use into the holster. The articulation to support posing consists of a pinless upper body and with double jointed pegged knees on the legs thanks to the use of an earlier figure. Posing is fine without being anything special and Evazan can pull of some generic blaster wielding poses, or just as easily be stood next to the bar of the Cantina. A pointing left hand would have been a nice addition so the Doctor could point at bar goers and tell them he doesn't like them.
Evazan is very much a background character from the Original Trilogy that has been expanded by way of other media and the more recent cameo in Rogue One. The figure is OK, but nothing special and while most fans will recognise him as Evazan, if you compare him more carefully to the on screen Doctor the issues are quite wide ranging.
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