There were at least three releases of this (nearly) exact figure.  TLC (Blue) BD44 was the first.  Notable is that the lightsaber included is the old Episode I accessory from 1999.  It was an oversight by Hasbro, of course, but not an egregious one.  Obi-Wan constructed a new lightsaber following the destruction of his first one on Naboo.  He must have liked the design, because his second lightsaber was VERY similar to the one from TPM.  I would venture to say that the differences are almost unnoticeable at the 3.75” figure scale, but I’m sure many insane collectors would be able to identify the subtle variations.  The worst part of the error accessory isn’t so much with the design of the hilt, but with the outdated sculpt itself.  It’s bulkier than the slimmer contemporary hilts that were available at this time, and also lacked the flared base that had become common.  The second release was TLC (red) BD13, and the included saber was changed.  Not to the expected design that Obi-Wan carried after TPM, but instead It appears that Hasbro included the “borrowed” lightsaber that he was given by the Jedi Strike Team during the Geonosis rescue.  That lightsaber seems to have been a nondescript silver cylinder. The third release was VC31, and besides including the much needed robe, it came with the updated lightsaber that was designed by Obi-Wan and carried until it was confiscated on Geonosis.   

What does all this mean?  It means that this figure is the one that can be passed up completely.  BD13 comes with the borrowed arena lightsaber, and VC31 comes with the owned AOTC (pre-Geonosis) lightsaber (as well as a robe).  Both are screen accurate, so you should get those 2, and skip this one, if you’re interested in those details.  Unless, of course, you want the HK-47 droid part…

Editor’s Note:  The following text is lifted straight from the review of VC31.  The accessories differ, as well as one noticeable paint difference on the vest.  Otherwise, the figures are essentially identical.

VC31 Review:  Chris - 06/19/2018 07:05 AM

Well, what a difference a decade makes.  When this figure was first released in the Legacy Collection minus the robe and the extra paint application to the inner tunic, it was pretty special.  It featured one of the first applications of ball jointed hips on a basic line figure.  Now that ball jointed hips are the norm, this figure raises the action figure existential question:  what good is articulation if it can’t be meaningfully engaged?  That’s admittedly harsh.  You can manage some dynamic poses with this figure, but it’s not easy to work with.  The hips operate as if they have two “stops”.  One is a narrow neutral pose and the other is rotated out fairly far out from the body.  Trying to pose the figure in something other than one of those two extremes is challenging, because any pressure on the leg will cause it to revert to the closest of those two “stops.”  This is also an example of a figure that would greatly benefit from the upper thigh swivel.  The hips effectively rotate on a semicircle.  A thigh swivel would allow the lower leg to compensate for that rotation.  As this figure lacks that point of articulation, the most dynamic poses look unnatural. 

Time also hasn’t been kind to the upper body.  The flared upper tabbard impedes the rotation of the shoulders toward the figure’s mid-line.  This actually might be an evergreen issue due to the aesthetic of the Jedi costume and not an age issue.  I’m not sure it would be solved today.  The standard swivel wrists are also a noticeable negative on a Jedi figure in the current landscape.  This is exacerbated by the fact that the grip of the hands has been sculpted in an angle.  This means the two handed weapon grip poses are preordained.  In some poses, the angle of the hand grips become opposing (i.e. forming a “V”) making a two handed grip impossible.  Ball jointed wrists would solve this issue today, but there is another hurdle.  The hands are attached directly to the end of the flared sleeve.  That type of sculpting would impeded the ball jointed wrist unless the end of the forearm were sculpted to protrude form the tunic sleeve.  This figure can achieve some decent poses, but it can’t achieve all the ones you might want. 

This figure would benefit from a round of modern articulation that we’ve become accustomed to in our Jedi figures, but the priority is so low that it can’t be measured by modern science.  I can’t see Hasbro ever revisiting an Episode II Obi-Wan.  If they did update this figure before getting a definitive Episode IV Obi-Wan, I might go mental. 

Build-A-Droid 

Obi-Wan Kenobi contains the head and rifle for HK-47.  This murderous and snarky droid terrorized meatbags during the Old Republic Era.  Source:  Knights of the Old Republic.