JORUUS C'BAOTH Debut At This Size
The Vintage Collection 3 3/4-Inch Hasbro Pulse/Shop Disney Exclusive Action Figure Set
Item No.: No. G1283
Manufacturer: Hasbro
Number: n/a
Includes: 3 figures with accessories, including a hilt, a lightsaber, and a lightning hand
Action Feature: n/a
Retail: $49.99
Availability: May 2025
Appearances: Heir to the Empire, etc.
Bio: A dark Jedi clone of Palpatine's creation, Joruus C'baoth allies with Grand Admiral Thrawn to end the New Republic - and ultimately plans to take over the Empire himself. (Taken from the cardback bio.)
Image: Adam's photo lab.
Availability:
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Commentary: We got a figure of him in
The Black Series recently and it looked a lot like this one. The very first take on
Joruus C'baoth at 3 3/4-inches is... decent. It's very similar to the big guy, with two key differences. One, this figure has a lit saber plus a hilt by itself. Two, this one has only one lightning hand and not two. I think that's probably a mistake. The right number is probably 2, or 0. Having only one makes it look incomplete - but maybe that's not for me to say, they only pay me here to play.
This figure of
Alan Moore Moses Disco Rip van Winkle Joruus, a clone of a dead Jedi from the 1991 book
Heir to the Empire, took surprisingly long to get here. Those books were a huge deal in the early 1990s, and his image was plastered on the cover. Kenner never got to him, nor Palleon. It took them until 1998 to get us Mara Jade and Thrawn, too. I'm kind of surprised we didn't get him in the Comic Packs as a retool of a shirtless Maul - and that's what I thought this figure would be. I honestly am struggling to identify the parts. I'm sure they're retooled from something, but I can't easily tell who or what. The sleeves and plastic robe bits seem new (or new enough), with a bare buff chest and sandals that are actually boots with pants. With the gaudy medallion, this makes the figure significantly weirder or more interesting. Sandal boots certainly evoke "yeah, this guy's been stranded in a warehouse and may be seeking his marbles."
The face looks great. The medallion is nifty. He's tall, hairy, and has some great circles around his eyes that make him look like he's going to cause some problems.
His hands - all three, including the lightning one - are very similar to Count Dooku's. I can't help but wonder if they were developed at the same time, but it does make you think - could C'boath been replaced with a clone Dooku and performed pretty much the exact same function? It seems like it. I was expecting the Jedi clone to show up in
The Bad Batch after we saw Mount Tantiss, but maybe they're holding him and/or Mara Jade for the second season of
Ahsoka or some future show. I can't imagine seeing Pallaeon in
The Mandalorian was just for funsies.
I like this figure - he's the reason I bought the set. If this is the one and only version we ever get in this size, Hasbro did a good job with a better-than-average range of articulation and a lot of cloth bits. He stands, he sits, and maybe some day we'll get a storehouse set for him to lord over. Until then, be glad Hasbro is still digging back to the dead zones of Star Wars for characters like this one. It sold through (and came back) pretty quickly, so if you see it around for $50 I'd say the three-pack is probably worth buying.
Collector's Notes: I got mine from Hasbro Pulse.
--Adam Pawlus
Day 3,255: July 3, 2025
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