Stass Allie exists in the Star Wars universe because of a casting issue.  According to Wookieepedia, Lucas initially intended to have most of the Episode I Jedi Council appear at the Battle of Geonosis.  However, this battle was filmed in Australia, which if you look at a map, is nowhere near England, site of the council shoots.  A new actress in Australia was cast to play Adi Gallia, and was given the same costume to wear.  After filming, it was obvious that the two actresses looked nothing alike, so Lucas decided to change Adi Gallia into a new character, Stass Allie.  The characters are established in literature as related, however.  Adi Gallia, accourding to Legends, did participate at Geonosis, leading a force of starfighters to protect the planetary assault transports as they descended to the surface.  Stass Allie was present on the ground.  She survived the fighting at Petranaki Arena, and was eventually rescued by Yoda and the Clone Troopers.  She then served on the Jedi Council throughout the Clone Wars, and was later killed during Order 66 by Clone Commander Neyo and the 91st Mobile Reconnaissance Corps.

The figure has a beautiful sculpt, in particular having a very pretty face (sculpt and paint), which is a rarity for Hasbro’s female 3-3/4” faces.  Unfortunately, a beautiful form is unable to overcome a horrendous design.  Most egregious, is the entire lower body.  While this 2008 figure is forgivably lacking in modern Jedi-Level Articulation, the design includes a hard plastic skirt.  There is almost no meaningful movement from the legs, due to the skirt eliminating any semblance of range of motion below the waist, even though Stass Allie has ball jointed knees and ankles.  It’s almost the same as a salt shaker figure.  The upper body is hampered by the exaggerated “shoulder pads” on the tunic.  This severely hinders the range of motion of the arms.  Stass can barely lift her arms above her shoulders.  Additionally, the hands are unable to come together in any real action pose, so a THWG is only possible at the basic central ready position, while many other figures allow for a bit more variety, even if they can’t perform an overhead chop. 

A few other negatives are worth mentioning.  She has a peg hole in the belt, but does not include an unlit saber hilt.  The ankle joints are not painted the same color as the boots, which is a plague on the line in general.  And the robe is a bit oversized, but at least it’s included, as she did wear it while racing her speeder bike on Saleucami to her eventual death.

Even in the rest of the TLC line, Jedi figures routinely had soft goods tunics, which enabled the intended range of motion.  It’s a disappointment that this very nice looking figure is just barely a tick above a 5POA figure in posability.  Better, yes.  But not by much.  Stass Allie has no ability to be seated on the Jedi Council chairs, nor on her Saleucami speeder bike.  While a relatively minor Jedi character, Stass Allie was still featured in two iconic scenes:  The Geonosis Surviovr’s Circle, and the execution of Order 66.  She also had some adventures in The Clone Wars series.  As such, she deserves much better.  This figure gets a generous 6, because of the sculpt and the face.  But it could easily have been a 5, which is bordering on 5POA territory.  It is however, objectively better than a theoretical 5POA counterpart.

Build-A-Droid 

Stass Allie contains the left arm for MB-RA-7.  The droid seems to have been inspired by the original Kenner Death Star droid (actually 3B6-RA-7), but the name indicates that it is a specific Expanded Universe droid that served as an instructor during the final days of the Republic.  Source:  Legends.

Verdict: Re-sculpt (Low priority) 

This is the best Stass Allie figure out there, but while it may not be on anyone’s short list of top priorities, she does need a re-do.  The figure could use soft goods tunic, a saber hilt, ball jointed hips (at least), and correctly painted joints.  The figure must be able to sit on a Jedi Council chair as well as a Republic speeder bike.  Ebay values aren’t cheap, but the figure might be available for approximately $30.

Verdict Guide:
Re-sculpt = The figure is not definitive, and a new version should be developed.
Re-issue = This version is definitive (or close enough), and shows sufficient secondary market demand to warrant a straight repack.
No Action = This release does not require new attention.