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The first wave of Star Wars Black Series figures from The Acolyte hit stores in September 2024 a couple of months after the show had aired on Disney+. The Galaxy Collection Wave 17 was entirely made up of Acolyte characters including four Jedi as well as the key characters of Mae and Osha.
The Acolyte series within the Galaxy Collection features a new red-shaded accent colour and the figures are packed in the new squared-off box style with the numbering now included on both the front and the back of the box. Padawan Jecki Lon is number 03 in the Acolyte series, connecting her Master, Sol, to her fellow Jedi Jord Fandar. The rear of the box features a cropped version of the same side illustration as well as a short piece of background text that is the same on all 6 Acolyte releases from Wave 17 giving us just a synopsis about the show - most likely to avoid spoilers had these figures arrived early.
The new box design also now features a colour-coordinated backing card for the figure with the deep red Acolyte colour scheme. Rather than being a plain colour backing, there is an illustration within the backing card. For Jecki this is the hallway backdrop as is also seen on the side artwork.
Jecki Lon is wearing her mission Jedi robes as worn throughout her scenes in The Acolyte where she interacts only in the ‘present’ timelines. Her proportions reflect her appearance in the show, standing at least a head shorter than Master Sol, Indara and Jedi Knight Yord Fandar. The very outer yellow robes are applied over the base figure as rubberised jacket and skirt, beneath these are inner layers in cream and salmon with the upper tunic finished with a belt piece sculpted into the skirt section and painted - neatly - in black, light brown, dark brown and with a gold buckle to finish. The legs are plain sandy brown with brown boots. There is no weathering or significant paint details applied across the outfit.
The head is reflective of Dafne Keen in her Theelian-Human makeup complete with pale skin and mottled orange patterning on either side of the head and also on her hands. There are six head spikes on either side of her forehead and her white hair is then added over the top and around the spikes to flow down the back of her head and neck. The Padawan braid is part of this hair piece and sits out on the right-hand side, but lacks any flexibility or moulding to sit flush to the body and has a tendency to jut straight outward defying gravity.
Jecki, like the other four Jedi in the wave, comes with a tailored soft goods outer Jedi robe. While there is tailoring, it is less than seen on the other figure robes which does mean Jecki’s hood can be raised, although it is far too big and misshapen to sit over her head with any semblance of reality. Hood aside, the robes do sit reasonably well when worn with the cloth offering its usual flatness and a lack of the heavy folds we would expect from the real article. It can of course be removed depending on your preference for display.
Jecki comes with her lightsaber a burgundy and silver hilt with a bright translucent green blade that can be removed if needed. When unlit the hilt can hang on Jecki’s belt by way of a peg and socket to her right hand side. It can then sit in either hand, with sufficient articulation to also allow some two handed posing.
The articulation is entirely pinless and there are 18 joints that add to the movement, 19 if you include the neck which is dual-jointed although the base has no discernible movement. The arms include butterfly shoulders allowing a broader range of two-handed posing, but not to the extent of the other Acolyte Jedi with the cut of Jecki’s upper robes clashing with the arms when the butterfly joint brings them inward. Jecki does not have a thigh cut swivel on her legs improving the look and colour match of her trousers, but does get a rotation in the very well-disguised knee joints and also at the boot cut to angle the legs accordingly. She has plenty of posing options, but her smaller stature and elements of overlapping robes do not quite allow full-on dynamic poses we may get from an ‘adult’ sized figure.
Jecki, the only figure in The Acolyte wave who is not human, provides a more interesting look on display alongside Sol, and Yord - and also with Indara if you ignore the fact they didn’t meet on screen. She also scales well with Mae and Osha who are similar in height. The figure is executed as we would expect from Hasbro and Jedi characters with the soft goods robes doing a job but removable and able to be discarded if they are not to your liking for display. A solid release from a property that has had its significant problems within the wider fandom - but putting this aside, a good addition for fans of the High Republic era Jedi.
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