Original review by Chris, 2/27/2014:

This is some crew.  There’s Que-Mars Redath who is Sora Bulq’s brother.  There’s Clone Commander Deviss. Then you have Khaat “no hilt” Qiyn.  And Selig “Two Swords” Kenjenn, who got that name because he did everything with two swords.  Like “I’m gonna slice these droids.  Slice these droids.”  For these guys to live any other way than in a set is nuts.  To them, those goody-good figures that come on single cards are dead.

When this set was announced, the thinking was that it was an okay deal.  It was four super articulated figures for $39.99 which is roughly what you’d pay for four basic carded figures.  Considering this is an exclusive set which usually commands a slight premium, this was thought to be a good deal.  Let me stop you right there, professor.  First of all there’s really only three figures that may be comparable to the current Black Series mainline offerings (more on that later).  The fourth figure, Clone Commander Deviss, is based on the old Clone body.  It’s essentially a figure I didn’t want or need.  So I personally don’t count it in the averaging.  I would have preferred a lower price and only the three Jedi figures.  The only reason to include a dated clone is for kids and parents.  But this is when the message from Hasbro gets so confusing.  Do kids and parents really hate super articulation?  If so, why do we keep seeing decisions in the super articulated line that seem kid/parent sensitive?

I have to get back to the MSRP issue for a second.  Hasbro recently (and rightfully) said that fans constantly waiting for clearance on larger items is disastrous to those lines and I agree.  But they also need to swing that judgmental pendulum back toward their retail partners who play furniture store gimmicks with the pricing of their exclusives.  Retailers, who have inflated initial SRP prices just so they can place the item on sale a few weeks later and make customers think they’re getting one heck of a deal, are also part of the problem.  That’s part of the reason why collectors don’t buy things for full price particularly with Toys R Us.  We know the item is going to go on some sort of sale soon.  I may be the only chump on the planet who paid full price for these sets. 

Now back to the figures.  I’m going to ignore Deviss for the reason mentioned above.  The three Jedi you are getting in this set are the Weequay Jedi, Que-Mars Redath, a female Jedi named Khaat Qiyn, and a two saber wielding Selig Kenjenn.  All three come on standard super articulated Jedi bodies.  Kenjenn is the most simplistically decorated.  Khaat Qiyn introduces a novel color palette for a Jedi figure departing from the various shades of brown with a taupe costume.  Her head sculpt is almost striking with a vague Scarlett Johansson likeness.  Que-Mars Redath is fairly plain looking with the exception of the nicely detailed Weequay head sculp. 

Where I think all three figures are a step below from the mainline figures is in two basic areas.  The lower tunics on all three are plastic which totally hampers the range of motion of the lower body.  Also, as these are recycled body parts, two of the three have holes in their belts for saber hilt pegs, but they do not include the hilts themselves.  If these were mainline releases, I feel they would have partial soft goods lower tunics (with perhaps ball jointed hips) and saber hilts.  But I’m not going to trash the set too badly because I want to encourage Hasbro to keep expanding the diversity of the line with minor characters such as these.  I especially like getting a lot of them in a box at once.  So I’m going to give this set (and its companion) a B grade.  8 out of 10.

Updated review by Bret 4/13/20

Chris’s review from over 6 years ago holds up pretty well.  He’s concerned by Hasbro having introduced figures with lesser articulation seemingly aimed at kids, while the Black Series (may it not rest in any semblance of peace) had taken up the mantle of collector-focused offerings.  This 4-pack, and its sister set which will be reviewed soon, contained retools and repaints for a premium price.  Chris pointed out that while the figure quality and price may not have been what collectors were hoping for, they shouldn’t be scoffing at it.  He was right,  I would LOVE for Hasbro to put out scene building sets with new characters and troop builders today.  It’s just not in the cards.

One other thing Chris mentioned was his disdain for the inclusion of the old Clone sculpt, when Hasbro had already introduced a new clone figure base.  As you may know, I haven’t been a fan of that new skinny clone sculpt, so getting the older version certainly wouldn’t have bothered me back then.  The figure, Commander Deviss, still holds up well today, in my opinion, and is arguable the best “action figure” in the set.  It’s also the least exciting, as a simple repaint of a red phase I clone captain that we’ve seen done to death.  At least this one has a name, which I dig.  Deviss wasn’t actually n the film, but his old EU story placed him and his squad stuck behind enemy lines on Geonosis, where he saved his men by staving off attacks from dwarf spider droids.  Deviss also exists as a Phase 2 clone figure.  In the realistic line, this may be unique.  Off the top of my head I cannot think of another example of this type of clone character evolution.  He also comes with a blaster and rifle, both of which sport the premium silver paint details.

The Jedi are retooled, but I absolutely love that Hasbro gave us 3 minor background Jedi.  I can forgive the lack of posability which is due to the unfortunate hard plastic lower tunics.  They all do look great as additional figures to populate your Geonosis Arena. 

Que-Mars Redath was present at the arena, but probably didn’t make the final cut, unless he can be spotted by someone more eagle-eyed than I. According to the old EU, he was killed by battle droids during the fight.  As a figure, he rounds out 6 Weequays (as of this writing).  Three are three Jedi, and three are scum.  We sure do need a tiebreaker, Hasbro.

Selig Kenjenn is seemingly a Hasbro construct. This is the only real source for this character.  According to Wookiepedia, there was an unofficial rendering of a few Jedi being hunted by Imperial Stormtroopers, and the main Jedi featured was given the likeness of Leland Chee, real world “Keeper of the Holocron.”  Chee supposedly confirmed that this figure of Kenjenn is, in fact, based on the Jedi in the drawing with his likeness.  So there’s that.

Khaat Qiyn is the only Jedi that can (supposedly) be found in the film.  In a scene towards the end of the arena battle, in between shots of C-3PO getting blasted apart, there’s a rather hectic moment where you can see Joclad Danva lunging in the foreground of a shot that is otherwise centered on a female human Jedi fighting off battle droids.  This is (maybe, rabble) Khaat Qiyn.  According to sources, she was “likely” killed during the battle. She wasn’t in the survivor’s circle, and while some Jedi did manage to sneak out of the arena elsewhere before being encircled by the battle droid, it would seem highly unlikely Qiyn was one of them, since there are no records of her existing past the battle. 

Khaat Qiyn

I really like this set, althoughI I wish more of the figures represented characters that were definitely in the arena.  Nevertheless, this is an awesome set of characters to help flesh out your dioramas.  Random Jedi are really never anything to complain about.  And Deviss, while the older clone mold, still holds up well.  Overall, I give this set a 7.  The hindered posability loses a point off the base, but I give it right back for the scene-filler contents of the package.