If you’re keeping track of such things, this is basically the 36th time this Kanan Jarrus figure has been repacked by Hasbro.  For me, it was the first to be added to my collection.  Under increasing pressure from Chris, I’ve been forced against my will to attempt to complete our galleries of recent lines, even though they mostly include 5POA and/or cartoon-styled figures.

For some strange reason, Hasbro LOVES Kanan Jarrus.  They did finally release him in another outfit, but that’s for another day.  Here we have the same figure (slight repaints and unintentional factory differences aside) that’s been put out in various formats, such as the mystery 3-pack preview set, the basic Rebels figure, a 2-pack with cadet Ezra, a pack-in with a Y-Wing Scout, and this basic TFA figure.  Let me know if I’m missing something.  I’m still getting caught up with Rebels figures.  The Inquisitor was plastered all over the place as part of the lead up to the premiere of the series, but he got dead by the season 1 finale.  So Hasbro has apparently decided that Kanan will be jammed down our throats. He’s a cool enough character, but hopefully we’re done seeing this version of the figure.  We’ll need a blind/masked/bearded Kanan somewhere along the way, but really, that’s just a head swap.  Save it for the super-articulated collector version.

Caleb Dume, Kanan’s given name, is a way cooler spelling of the word than Clone Commander Doom.  The character is also cool because he is voiced by Freddie Prinze Jr., who is cool because he’s married to the voice behind The Seventh Sister, Sarah Michelle Gellar, also known for playing some vampire slaying person in another series.  She is also cool.  All of that is cool.

You’re likely to be pretty familiar with this figure, so I’ll keep it short.  The sculpt is very good, and true to his appearance on the show.  The coloring and paint applications are also fairly well done.  His face looks good, although the expression is a bit passive, as he’s usually looking more alert or showing some concentration.  Here, he’s either looking up at Bendu, or he’s rolling his eyes at a whiny Ezra.  While the animated styling reduces the complexity of the sculpt, the sweater has some texture that helps the figure stand out.

Kanan comes with a lit lightsaber that he grips very tightly.  A removable blade and belt hook would elevate this figure a bit, but we already know from extensive research that kids don’t care about such things.  The most disappointing part of this figure is the sculpted blaster/hoslter on Kanan’s right hip.  It is tremendously well done, and I repeatedly wanted to pull the blaster out, but it’s sculpted right on there, those sneaky devils!  It would have been another positive tick upward if the blaster were a separate accessory.  Finally, Kanan comes with a large nonsense rifle of sorts.  It’s kind of cool looking, but seems to be more like something from a first person shooter video game than from Star Wars.  My sample was unable to extend his arm in a firing position due to balance issues, so I only photographed him with the weapon at his side.  Oh well. 

The figure is what it is.  An accurate representation of a cartoon, in 5POA form.  Nothing is particularly remarkable, and by this time, I think we’re done with Kanan in his basic outfit.  He gets a standard cartoony 5POA score of 3.