Review: Star Wars Black Series Shaak Ti from Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave
- Mephitsu
- 1 day ago
- 5 min read
Updated: 13 hours ago
"Unity wins war, gentlemen."
Heading into Spring 2025, and we had just two female Jedi released in the Star Wars Black Series from the Prequel Trilogy and the associated Clone Wars series, those being a single release of Aayla Secura and a number of Ahsoka Tano releases. That number was doubled in May of 2025 with the arrival of a three-figure Galaxy Collection Fan Channel wave comprising of Luminara Unduli and Shaak Ti, both as seen in Attack of the Clones, alongside a debut figure of Sebulba from The Phantom Menace.
Shaak Ti’s packaging features the deep red highlight colour assigned to Attack of the Clones, and used on the headline text elements and on the artwork. The artwork depicts a portrait view of Shaak Ti with her hands pressed together in contemplation ahead of her. As number 08 in the AOTC Galaxy Collection, the side artwork connects directly to Luminara Unduli from the same wave. The artwork is repeated around the back of the box with the background text that talks about Shaak Ti as a ‘wise and patient Jedi Master’ while also detailing her role in the Battle of Geonosis from which this figure is taken, but also her expanded role from the Clone Wars training Clone Cadets. The red-hued backing card for the figure incorporates a background featuring a very similar Geonosis backdrop to that of Luminara Unduli.
Shaak Ti and Luminara Unduli share very similar design principles, with Shaak Ti also utilising the original Admiral Holdo legs, albeit with a new boot cut added with a laced-up knee-high boot in black on top of the purple leg pieces. Her upper torso is a simple vest top in burgundy, as are the arms, which are also plain and unadorned in their design. The Torgruta skin tone of salmon red is used to cast the arms, and on the exposed upper chest and neck. Soft goods are applied as an outer robe, using the usual soft ‘Jedi’ cloth and tailoring it to include a faux hood and stitched hem to allow it to hug closer to the body. The skirt, like Unduli’s, is a different material textured with horizontal patterns and in a lighter red tone.
The soft goods are kept in check with the use of softer rubber sculpted segments, starting with two long textured checked pattern scarf sections that come around Shaak Ti’s neck and hang on either side of the figure, creating a physical yet unfixed retainer for the outer cloak. Similarly, a belt with a front tabard is used to hold the skirt in place, and like her fellow Jedi Unduli, this is ornately decorated with a soft red and beige pattern on a sandy backdrop.
The head sculpt is an excellent likeness to actor Orli Shoshan in full makeup from Attack of the Clones, while also being perfectly acceptable in a Clone Wars display or even as in an off-camera scene from Revenge of the Sith. The face features printed tech to apply the facial markings and make-up with white panels around the realistic eyes and a two tone lip marking. The gold headpiece is sculpted and painted neatly in a gold finish, extending down either side of her head and down the front of her forehead. The Togruta Lekku extend upwards to the two-pronged crown of the head, and down the sides and rear of the head. These transition from the harder plastic head sculpt to softer sections that plug in just below the jaw line. All of the Lekku are then painted with the distinctive dark grey markings against the white base.
Shaak Ti features her lightsaber as the sole accessory, and goes one better than Luminara by incorporating a belt hanging function through a plug on the weapon and a socket on her belt. The saber hilt itself is sleek and silver in colour with just a touch of gold decor towards the blade emitter. The hilt will sit in either of Shaak Ti’s hands, both of which are designed to be gripping hands and without any annoying trigger finger inherited from an earlier female figure. The saber hilt is blue translucent plastic, arriving straight and true and connecting neatly into the hilt for posing Shaak Ti with her weapon ignited.
Shaak Ti benefits from 21 points of articulation, picking up a couple of extra points through the new bootcut that connects the newer laced boots to the older legs. These older legs also carry with them dual jointed knees, albeit pinned, but tucked away nicely behind the skirts. The lower tabard of the skirt will move with the figure to a degree, so the leg joints can be applied for more dynamic shots as far as the tabard will allow, from a realism perspective.
The upper body features a ball-jointed waist and two two-joint neck, top and bottom. The Lekku are flexible enough to not lock the head in a single position, and Shaak Ti can rotate her head to the sides with the Lekku moving with and adjusting over her shoulders as needed. The arms feature a butterfly shoulder, which helps with lightsaber positioning in particular, and two-handed options are achievable and a wider ranging than the usual in front ‘ready for battle’ posing that standard shoulder joints allow.
Luminar Unduli was only really let down by the lack of a lightsaber belt option; Shaak Ti has no such issue, going one better than the other Jedi Master in the wave while also not dropping any points on sculpt, decor, or articulation. The sculpt is perfect in terms of on-screen replication, fitting also into the way animated characters are converted to real-world settings, allowing the figure to be posed just as easily with Clone Troopers, and in particular, the Kamino Trooper from 2020. The decor is stunning, particularly the head markings, the Lekku, and that exquisite skirt tabard. Articulation, supported by the right mix of soft goods, is extensive and impressive in terms of the work that has gone into the head and the Lekku, allowing them to move with the figure and not be fixed into position as we’ve seen with similar physiology on figures like Bib Fortuna.
Shaak Ti is a triumph! A Black Series figure without any real flaw, and a marker for future figures to aspire to in all aspects. Even in May, I suspect she is already the front runner for figure of the year with little on the horizon at this point to topple her from that spot. She also reflects Hasbro’s ongoing commitment to the Prequel Trilogy and the Jedi in particular, and let’s hope this long continues with many more Jedi Masters still to be realised in the Black Series scale.
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