Review: Star Wars Black Series Quinlon Vos from The Clone Wars, Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave
- Mephitsu
- 10 hours ago
- 7 min read
"Yeah, but I'm not a very good Jedi, am I?"
Maverick Jedi Knight Quinlon Vos exists in the Star Wars canon almost exclusively in the animated series, save for the brief shot of a background character in Mos Espa during The Phantom Menace that eventually grew into the Jedi we were introduced to in Season 3 of The Clone Wars. It was revealed in 2025 that Quinlon Vos would finally be joining the Star Wars Black Series, arriving in the Spring of 2026.
Quinlon Vos is part of the first Fan Channel Wave of 2026 alongside Jedi Master Dooku from Tales of the Jedi, Kyle Katarn from the Dark Forces video game series, and the Seventh Sister from Rebels.
Quinlon Vos is a Clone Wars release, arriving in the standard black box and using the deep yellow colouring assigned to the Clone Wars Galaxy Collection. This colouring is used on the main text, and is also used within the main artwork for the box that sits on the right-hand spine, and is repeated at the back. This artwork features Quinlon planted in a wide-footed stance, his lightsaber lit and extended out.
This image forms part of the wider Clone Wars Galaxy Collection montage. Quinlon Vos is number 22 in the collection, and in an appropriate coincidence (or planned scheduling), he connects to Asajj Ventress (Bounty Hunter) from 2025, with whom he shared adventures across the Dark Disciple novel and into the Tales of the Underworld series. Vos and his lightsaber accessories are sitting in the standard inner tray, behind which is a colour-coordinated backing card using the same golden yellow. Inset into this, towards the top, is a background image of a series of cliffs and mountains, most likely from Teth as seen in his significant Clone Wars episode and where he fights Cad Bane.
Hasbro and the Star Wars Black Series team made a decision early on in the run to convert any animated characters into a real-world setting so the entire line feels cohesive. That was first applied back in 2016 for Star Wars Rebels and then onward into The Clone Wars. Quinlon, therefore, takes inspiration in the main from his appearances in Season 3’s ‘The Hunt for Ziro’, and the brief scene in Season 6’s ‘Visions’. This translation to a live-action basis see’s the proportions for Quinlon move in line with characters from the prequel movies and beyond, creating a look for Vos that is not out of place if you display him at any point in your prequel collection or beyond.
As per other Clone Wars era Jedi, Quinlon wears a combination of Jedi robes and armour. These robes are coloured brown on the inner layer, which is the main torso section, with an outer tabard in a sandy tone applied over the top as a softer rubber sleeve. This sleeve section also incorporates the upper chest armour panel in grey, which is painted and on our figure, does see some grey paint bleed onto the sandy robes. A pauldron extends over Quinlon’s right shoulder, using the same grey as the Vos does not have sleeves, so the arms are a muscular skin tone. The Pauldron features a yellow star emblem, which is believed to have its origins on Vos’s home planet and the Kiffu Guardians. As is often seen with Clone Trooper markings, the yellow on this star emblem is not applied fully solid and incorporates wear and scratching as is expected of armoured pieces.
Further markings can be found on Quinlon’s left arm as tattoos with another yellow symbol underscored by two red lines. The forearms are then wrapped in a grey cloth extending into fingerless gloves. The forearm itself is an additional piece plugged into the arm just below the elbow and cast in grey. The hands are then also cast in grey, with the exposed fingers painted. This does mean you might get some paint errors; our figure has a flesh tone splashed on a grey knuckle. It also means there is a visible difference in tone between the hands and the upper arm flesh tone plastic.
The lower part of the tunic mirrors the top half, starting with a wide brown Jedi style belt coloured in red/brown with a darker centre brown band and a silver and jade buckle, the buckle also appearing to carry a star emblem. To one side of the belt sits a sculpted pouch, to the other a silver-framed socket for Quinlon’s lightsaber. From the belt itself flow the two halves of the outer tabard, front and back. The inner brown robes are a secondary piece layered under the belt. The legs are the only reuse I can see on the figure, originating with the Jedi Legend Obi-Wan figure from the Kenobi Disney+ series. On Quinlon, the trousers are coloured the same grey as his arm wraps, with the boots a muddy brown with sandy brown painted soles.
The headscult is a real triumph, perfectly nailing what we might expect Quinlon Vos to look like if cast in live action. Details of the head have probably also been inspired by other media featuring Quinlan, such as the Dark Disciple novel cover and his appearances in the Star Wars comics. The head uses facial printing to give Quinlon an unshaven look. It also adds real intensity to his eyes beneath dark eye brows, and applies the yellow facial markings under his eyes and across the bridge of his nose. The hairpiece is separate, cast in almost black with depth in sculpt across each individual bang and with a single painted beige hair tie on one side.
Vos has 21 points of articulation, benefitting from the older legs format and a bonus swivel on the forearms where the wrapped arms have been added. The upper movement is extensive, starting with butterfly shoulders, unencumbered arms that bend beyond 90-degrees and a pegged ball joint wrist. The shoulder pauldron is hinged like a Clone Trooper so moves with the arm and therefore Quinlon has an array of positions for display, with our without his weapon.
The torso joint sits at the waist, disguised behind the belt, and there is a reasonable all round movement from rotation to forward and backward lean. The legs have hip joints, a thigh swivel thanks to their Obi-Wan Kenobi donor hidden under the shirt, knee joints and secure ankle rockers. Once posed, Quinlon Vos is stable and secure. He will also accept a standard display stand via the foot holes in his feet.
Quinlon includes his lightsaber, again extrapolated from what we see him use in The Clone Wars. This is a longer hilt than usual sabers, with a silver plastic finish and black grip details towards the upper half as well as a red switch. At the far end, a subtle peg will allow the hilt to be slung on the belt using the socket we saw earlier, towards the left hip.
The set comes with two green blades, the first a standard straight version in translucent green that slots into the light saber emitter. The other is the ‘swoosh’ effect, an effects piece that is a theme across the full wave. It is also translucent green, but triangular in shape to reflect a lightsaber blade as it moves through the air. This clips in using the same peg socket as the standard blade, and for those that like to use dynamic effects, it looks particularly effective once Quinlon is posed mid-move. Unlike a couple of others of these ‘swoosh’ blades, Quinlon’s saber hilt is robust, and there is no immediate or obvious issue with the heavier ‘swoosh’ blade drooping.
The Star Wars Black Series Quinlon Vos is a particular triumph in the line, taking a beloved rogueish character from the animated series and replicating him as though he were appearing in live action. The headsculpt is particularly impressive, Hasbro has absolutely ‘cast’ the right likeness. The body is also reflective of his Clone Wars appearances, following suit with the other Clone Wars era Jedi, while also remaining true of Quinlon Vos and his own choices, such as the unsleeved arms, and only picking one Pauldron and marking it with a symbol of his homeworld.
Proportions are great, articulation is great and very well disguised around the sculpt even with the bare arms, and decor is overall impressive with just a couple of areas of paint bleed that is only noticeable significantly close up. Even the swoosh blade works well with Quinlon thanks to his range of movement, with a lightsaber hilt that has been given a few different paint apps and not left that boring and cheap-looking grey plastic.
While it is too early to start picking a figure of the year for 2026, Quinlon Vos is a very early contender, and he and the Seventh Sister in the same wave, are a testament to how animated characters can be transposed and translated to sit side-by-side live-action characters in your Black Series display. Whether he ends up sitting with your Asaaj Ventress, Cad Bane or a live-action Obi-Wan, he will end up being a focal point for most collections.
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