JEDI MASTER INDARA Pre-Prequel Jedi
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Action Figure
Item No.: Asst. E7763 No. G0904
Number: #345
Includes: Lightsaber, hilt, commlink, robe
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $16.99
Availability: January 2025
Appearances: The Acolyte
Bio: Jedi Master Indara has exacting control of her Force abilities, exuding a sense of command and authority with just her presence. Though she does not seek combat, she is skilled enough to engage on her own terms. (Taken from the figure's cardback.)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
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Commentary: The good thing - or bad thing - about collector figures like
Jedi Master Indara from
The Acolyte is that they set a high bar that we immediately take for granted. Older
Vintage figures look poor by comparison, and any reduction in articulation will be taken as an offense. (And, arguably, rightly so given the price points these days.) As I assume
The Acolyte will always be an "incomplete" line due to how the show clanged with fans, I would have to recommend this figure on her own merits. She'd fit in well in any Jedi-adjacent diorama you may be building, and every single bit about her looks precisely as I might hope. I have the new Mos Eisley playset on my desk and she looks like she belongs there. If you have enough figures? Obviously, you don't need one more. But if you see her in a store, or are filling a shopping cart online, consider giving her a shot.
When it comes to visual entertainments, you have to look at the art, and the craft. There are a lot of both in the 21st century
Star Wars entertainment-flavored products, but it doesn't always gel in a way that appeals to the 50-year-old of today like it did for the 11-year-old of 1977. Nor should it.
The Acolyte is not a "faster, more intense" fairy tale for kids of all ages, nor is Indara a toy action figure for little boys. It's a more thoughtful, ultimately incomplete series and an adult-marketed plastic collectible. It is, to say the least, a challenge to determine precisely how to support the increasing number of
Star Wars fan constituencies in an era of manufacturing where we are about to wax nostalgic about $16.99 being the price in the cheap "good old days." That's democracy for you.
But getting back to the craft, on a good day, Hasbro are masters. It is somewhat remarkable that we've gone from seeing baby-faced lemon-headed plastic people in 1978 to eerily realistic portraits with separately molded wigs and meticulously crafted face paint in 2025 that fairly accurately portray very specific features of one of showbiz' most famous faces. If you had this Carrie-Anne Moss Jedi figure in 2002 you'd have driven all night to go to the right Walmart to find her, and you wouldn't care if she had 5 joints. Today you can have her mailed to your house. This figure is a synthesis of things sci-fi fans love, and she has been nicely engineered. The knees bend nicely and hide the joints in the folds of her pants. The waist joint is positioned just above the belt, not making a big fuss. There are tiny holes for her commlink and lightsaber hilt - but be careful, they seem easily lost. Her robes are pretty good too, and the lit lightsaber is no slouch. Her hips also allow her legs to swing forward almost fully, which is a rare thing on any sort of figure with a skirt. There is little to grouse about here beyond the typical "why can't we get a figure that's $10 worth of awesome in a $10 package" that I frequently make.
The figure matches the show nicely, with a unique pattern on her Jedi robes that set it apart from the rest of the pre-prequel and prequel era Jedi. The collar looks good too, and the belt seems like standard stuff. The fingerless glove hands are on swivel wrists - no bending, as far as I can tell, in part due to her flared sleeves. She stands well, the joints hold nicely. Unless you get an Indara with a wig glued in an unusual direction, I think you're going to have to really appreciate this figure. I doubt we'll see another live-action appearance of this character on-screen, and I doubt Hasbro is likely to make another action figure of her in this size. If this is the only one we ever get, I'm glad to say Hasbro did an excellent job.
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Entertainment Earth.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,237: May 1, 2025
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