Review: Star Wars Black Series Taun We, Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave
- Mephitsu
- 6 hours ago
- 5 min read
"Tell your Council that the first battalions are ready, and remind them, if they need more troops, it will take more time to grow them."
The Star Wars Black Series Fan Channel Wave releases across 2025 were very much influenced by the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and expanded our characters for display with the likes of Bariss Offee, Shaak Ti, and Sebulba. The first Fan Channel Wave of 2026 continues that focus, with a trio of figures who appeared in Episode 2, Attack of the Clones. The wave featured a debut for Watto, as well as a new Geonosian Warrior. The third figure was another debut for both species and character with the release of the Kaminoan Administrative Aide Taun We.
Taun We arrives in the standard matt black box, and uses the red highlight colour as assigned to Attack of the Clones. This red tone is used on the front text to confirm the character name and source, and around onto the side art showing Taun We with her tablet in hand against a backdrop of the Kaminoan City and driving rain. The figure is number 13 in the Attack of the Clones Galaxy collection, and this side artwork follows on from Watto from the same wave.
The back of the box uses the same red-hued image and a short background piece that covers some top-line details about Taun We herself and her role as Aide to the Prime Minister of Kamino, and her role introducing Obi-Wan Kenobi to Jango Fett.
With the box opened, Taun We and her sole accessory are set into the standard inner tray and against a cardboard backdrop. This backdrop is red to align with the rest of the box and also features an image of the Kaminoan city against the raging sea and sky.
As the first Kaminoan in the Black Series, Taun We is entirely new and built to replicate the CGI aliens from Attack of the Clones. This means she stands considerably taller than the standard 6-inch figures, almost 7 inches tall. She is assembled with a slim, elongated torso in off-white, simply patterned and shaped.
From this, we have long slim arms in a purple textured plastic, with darker purple trim, to replicate that part of her outfit, and these then switch to long three-fingered hands in white. The neck similarly starts with a wrapped purple effect and then opens to the white skin-toned head.
The head features painted eyes, a tiny mouth and a tiara-style head adornment in gold colouring with a hanging side tassel and to the opposite left-hand side, her oval earpiece as seen on screen and in the Clone Wars animated appearances.
The lower body starts with a sculpted skirt with inset grey panels with a darker grey border, and lighter grey centre. This belt holds the soft goods skirt in place, with the skirt itself a purple material similar to that of Jedi robes, but with coloured cream patterns and trim. This skirt sits over a pair of sculpted slim Kaminoan legs, white in colour and featuring a high-set knee, extended raised ankle and relatively stubby feet which have a grey sole painted over the white base colour.
Taun We has 18 points of pinless articulation, mirroring the main joints of Kaminoan anatomy we see on screen. This includes joints at the top and bottom of her neck, allowing the head to rotate and tilt while the neck can also be moved around, such as in a bowing motion. Beneath this, the arms include, despite the slim profile, a pair of butterfly shoulders along with the usual elbow and wrist joints. This gives Taun We the ability to have her arms extended outward and upward, with a bend at the elbow that goes well beyond 90 degrees. Ball joints are situated in the torso and waist, allowing the slim but elongated torso to bend and lean as required.
The legs, sat under the skirt piece, have a standard hip joint, with higher positioned knees that bend to a right angle as needed. The ankles have a wide range forward and backward with tilt to the side to position the feet flat to the floor. There is, however, a stability issue considering the size of the feet and the height of the figure, and while Taun We can be posed standing, staying in that position will probably require an aftermarket stand and use of the peg holes in both feet.
There is a solitary accessory in the shape of her datapad. This is simplistic in design, almost a flat piece of grey plastic with no discernible buttons or features other than a recessed screen that appears to then have a grey sticker applied. There is nothing displayed on the sticker. Round the back of the tablet it gets a bit more interesting with a shaped back and a visible bent or dataconection to the base.
The tablet sits in Taun We’s long slim fingers rather than being held securely by a grip. There is just about enough in the left hand in particular to keep the datapad in place, but like the figure itself, the slightest movement or knock will see the piece dislodged.
The Taun We Black Series release does a relatively good job of replicating the Kaminoans we see on screen, but as these are scaled down to 6-inch areas, the face and the adornments are less defined and can look a bit simplistic. The costume is good, mixing the purple with its darker trim, with the white and cream of the upper torso and the soft goods skirt. The skirt itself works fine as a soft goods solution and while it allows a broader level of leg movement, the legs themselves are always going to be kept in a neutral position thanks to their lack of stability, but also the fact that the Kaminoans themselves are rarely seen doing anything other than standing, walking gracefully or occasionally sitting.
I am not sure that the Taun We design will allow further Kaminoan releases, as characters like Lama Su and Nala Sa have different looks in both their head sculpt likeness and costume. What I do hope is that the arrival of Taun We might facilitate a future release of young Boba Fett to display alongside his father Jango.
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