Review: Star Wars Black Series Jedi Temple Guard from The Clone Wars, Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave
- Mephitsu
- Oct 8
- 4 min read
Updated: Oct 12
"To be a Temple Guard is not a specialty or a profession. It is a sacred duty to which any Jedi Knight, or Master, may be summoned."
The Jedi Temple Guards have only appeared onscreen a handful of times in the Star Wars Universe and always within an animated project, namely The Clone Wars, and with a flashback scene in Star Wars Rebels. Despite this, they have become increasingly popular in fandom with their ornate design that now feels like it bridges the gap back to the High Republic and their fighting prowess and stoic personalities. There is also the intriguing principle of the Grand Inquisitor being a former Jedi Temple Guard, further extending their legacy.
The Jedi Temple Guard made its Black Series debut in the early Autumn of 2025, arriving as part of the 3rd Fan Channel Galaxy Collection wave of that year alongside Barriss Offee, Dash Rendar, and The Ronin from Star Wars Visions. The Guard was released under 'The Clone Wars' banner, numbered as 20 in the series, with the golden accent colour used on the text and the side artwork. The side image of the Jedi Temple Guard wielding its dual-bladed saber connects to the Savage Oppress Deluxe release.
The imagery is repeated on the reverse of the box, along with a short background piece that talks about the history of the Jedi Temple Guards and their weaponry in particular. The figure is set against a colour-coordinated backing card in the box, with an embedded image of the interior of the Jedi Temple.
The Temple Guard is a new figure from the ground up, and like all Clone Wars and Rebels figures to date, there has been some level of conversion from the animated styling to a more realistic setting. The robes start with the basic frame of the figure and a beige torso, beige upper arms, and darker grey brown trousers, all sculpted with a flowing, baggy robe design. Over the torso sits the white sash armour weave robes, complete with sculpted and then gold-painted Jedi emblem on either side.
There is a three-layer skirt starting with an inner soft goods skirt in beige, with lighter beige trim. Over this sits the outer, darker brown skirt piece in softer plastic; this is trimmed in gold. The final layer is a belt and sash piece, also in softer plastic. The belt is relatively plain in brown colouring, but we then have a line of hanging ‘keys’ in silver and gold. The outfit is finished with some layered ringed gloves in beige and brown, and a pair of knee-high boots with sweeping knee armour.
The Guard’s hood is part of the upper robes and is shaped from soft plastic around the headpiece and cannot be removed or moved. Within the hood sits the head, complete with the mask in white with sculpted gold relief designs and a pair of rectangular slit eye pieces painted in black.
Our guard wields the usual dual-bladed saber as seen in Clone Wars and Rebels, and this is a single piece of dull gold coloured plastic with a central gunmetal silver grip. A peg on one side of the hilt allows it to be holstered by plugging it into a socket on the Temple Guard’s belt.
The weapon includes two yellow translucent blades that fit into the sockets on either end of the weapon. You can therefore choose to display the Temple Guard wielding a single or dual-blade, or even an unlit or holstered weapon.
Articulation in terms of a count of joints is relatively high, with 17 points in total. There is, however, a compromise between the sculpted robes and the joints, with the legs partially held back by the skirts, and the head by the hood, albeit still able to move within the confines of the hood. The arms are relatively extensive in their movement, thanks to butterfly shoulders, allowing a number of weapon-wielding poses with the lightsaber. The legs, while limited in motion, provide a stable base for the Guard, who is steadfast once posed and with no balance issues.
The Jedi Temple Guard is an impressive looking design that breaks the browns and beiges of the usual Jedi characters from the Clone Wars era with a gold and white design as well as a yellow-bladed light saber not seen outside the figures from the Acolyte or the Old Republic era. The transition from animation to real world setting feels right, with the guard holding good proportions alongside other characters. I do prefer the more recent approach of prioritising the look of robes over the functionality, and the Jedi Temple Guard is perhaps not as articulate as we’d like, but with a much better overall aesthetic than using a full soft goods robe. A great figure for your Clone Wars display, or even to sit with your High Republic Acolyte figures, and one that also presents an army build opportunity.
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