Jabba’s Skiff Guard #27

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This skiff guard works for Jabba the Hutt.  Skiff guards are usually mercenaries or slaves whose duties include defending the skiff from attack and keeping prisoners in line.

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1 review for Jabba’s Skiff Guard #27

  1. mr-jabbajohnl

    Officially, this generically titled figure is Brock Starsher. But what’s in a name? For years, fans assumed that the black-suited character that Chewie throws down Jabba’s stairs was the skiff guard later seen wearing the same helmet and a white jumpsuit, and that they were both Sgt. Doallyn. In 2013, Leland Chee revealed that while the character in Jabba’s palace was Doallyn, who survives in the expanded universe, the skiff guard was a separate character named Brock Starsher, who dies in the skiff battle in the movie. Adding to the confusion, Hasbro released a Bane Malar figure in The Legacy Collection in 2008 based on a Jabba’s palace character who looks a lot like Sgt. Doallyn but was apparently cut out of the final film. Early solicitations for this new figure called him Sgt. Doallyn, yet the card gives him the generic Jabba’s Skiff Guard name. All other skiff guards have been called out by name or at least species. I asked marketing manager Jeff Labovitz about this at San Diego Comic-Con:

    SSG: So the new Jabba’s Skiff Guard figure – some fans were surprised to see a generic name on the package.  There’s some behind-the-scenes stuff with Lucasfilm – is he Sgt. Doallyn, is he Bane Malar, is he Brock Starsher.  Was that the reasoning behind his generic name or was it something else?
    JL: Yeah, there’s no big secret there.  It’s because he’s been known by so many different names we just didn’t have resolution in time on exactly what to call him.  So that’s how we ended up where we are.  But fans know who he is, and they got the toy, so that’s the most important thing.
    SSG: We can call him whatever we want.
    JL: Right.  As long as the plastic is right.  That’s the first priority for us.
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    So, is the plastic right? For the most part, yes. Three of the figures in this wave have head problems, and Starsher’s noggin is too small. Try to imagine a human head fitting under the helmet – you can’t. The body sculpt is great, with 14 points of articulation and an appropriately wrinkly jumpsuit. There’s even a separately sculpted hose that wraps behind his neck and runs into his pant legs.

    Brock doesn’t have much color, so it’s unfortunate that Hasbro didn’t take a little more care with his deco. The brown piping on his shirt isn’t painted as far as it’s sculpted. The brown stripes on his legs are mismatched unless he’s posed running or with his knees awkwardly turned outward. He has some gold details on his belt and sand weathering on his boots, which looks nice. The exposed flesh on his neck shows a Caucasian human in the film, but here it’s more of a pale yellow, maybe indicating a different species. His pike and blaster could have used more color as they’re both molded in a cheap-looking brown. But these are accessories that have been released many times over, so you may end up swapping in better pieces from another skiff guard figure.

    Jabba’s Skiff Guard is the only new character in the wave and only one of four previously unmade characters released in The Black Series so far. He’s the fourth skiff guard to be released from the second skiff, joining Pote Snitkin (Power of the Force, 1998), Barada (Jabba’s Skiff Guards cinema scene, 1999; the figure shown here is the repaint from The Saga Collection, 2006), and Lathe, released as Nikto (Skiff Guard – The Vintage Collection, 2012). Now he can recreate all the action he sees in the film, from standing awkwardly in front of Luke to jumping over the side of the skiff! While this figure has its flaws and a too-confusing naming backstory, it’s still worth adding to your collection.

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