One of the first batch of six “Geonosis Arena Showdown” 2-packs exclusive to Target, these were so popular that Target ordered a second set of 6 one year later.  The sets generally paired a Jedi and a Separatist that fought during the Petranaki Arena battle on Geonosis. Joclad Danva was one of the 200+ Jedi that was summoned by Mace Windu to rescue Anakin, Obi-Wan, and Padmé.  He survived the arena battle and made it to the “survivor’s circle” as Count Dooku called a cease fire in order to address Master Windu.  Just prior to that moment, Joclad could be seen backing into the circle between Anakin and Agen Kolar.  In the immediate seconds after the cease fire, his body can be seen on the ground in the same spot.  The official site states: 

One of the Jedi, Teräs Käsi specialist Joclad Danva, must have succumbed to his injuries right after Dooku ordered the droids to cease their fire.

However, only a few seconds later, Joclad can be seen very much alive behind a shot of Anakin.  A bit later, just as Dooku is about to order the annihilation of the remaining group, he can again be seen behind Obi-Wan.  When Yoda and the Clone Troopers arrive in the Republic Gunships, the survivors scramble to board the gunships.  At one point you can see Joclad’s body on the ground.  It’s unclear whether Joclad should have stayed dead when the circle first formed, or if he should have been alive up until the moments before the gunships landed.  Either way, there is definitely an editing error.  One interesting note from Wookieepedia is that Joclad “was portrayed by Kyle Rowling, the partial dueling and stunt double for Christopher Lee (Count Dooku) and Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu) in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.  Kinda neat.  There is one other very brief shot of Joclad fighting in the arena before the ceasefire, but he is otherwise very much just a background Jedi.  Nevertheless, Hasbro saw fit to bring us this action figure, and it’s a good thing they did.

Joclad Danva is a decent figure.  It suffers from similar ailments to many of the secondary Jedi figures from Hasbro around this time frame.  While characters like Obi-Wan and Qui-Got received more advanced treatment, many of the other Jedi lacked certain bits of articulation, or if not, lacked soft goods tunic “skirts” to help with the range of motion.  Joclad has basic super-articulation, which would be fine for a background Jedi.  I don’t necessarily need him to have ball jointed hips or rocker ankles (although it would be nice!), but the plastic skirt absolutely hinders the posability, and the hip joints have strict limits as to how far they can range.  We recently saw the same thing when we reviewed Stass Allie.  She’s a bit more than a simple backgrounder however, and the skirt was actually made of a more rigid plastic, so it was a real downer.  We recommended a complete resculpt.  In Joclad Danva’s case, I’ll settle with what we got.  It’s good enough. 

The face has a decent sculpt, which looks at least similar to the character if you can freeze frame Attack of the Clones at the right moment.  He has long hair that runs down his back.  As such, the head is a bit limited in how it can be posed. It’s possible to turn the head, but it doesn’t like to stay there.  The outfit is simple, but effectively sculpted and painted.  Even the joints are the right color.  It can be done!  The figure comes with an ignited lightsaber as the only accessory.  Joclad can be posed in some THWG positions, although nothing too fancy. Again, a Jedi robe as well as an unlit hilt would have been nice, but it’s still okay.

The Battle Droid is a decent sculpt.  It’s a good looking figure if you can overcome the annoyingly loose joints and get it to stand up without crumpling to the ground.  The shoulder and hip joints, while not quite the ball jointed variety that we are used to, does have a bit more posing options than a standard swivel that has been common in the older battle droid sculpts.  This droid can widen its stance, or spread its arms out a bit.  The backpack is removable, and contains the familiar blaster slot, but the actual blaster sculpt does not seem to include the little piece that inserts into the notch.  Maybe after a decade in my storage bin has caused me to give it a mis-matched blaster, but I do not believe this droid can stow its blaster on its backpack.  In any case, the real problem here, besides the crappy joints, is that this droid has no eyes.  So help me god, no eyes!  Hasbro seemed to have forgotten to paint them on the head.  The droid is a decent sculpt but the paint apps and details are better on the TLC2 version, if you’re looking for the best one out there.

Overall it’s a pretty good set:  a background Jedi along with droid fodder.  It’s a nice addition to your Geonosis battle diorama.  I’ll give it a decent 7.  It could have been better if the droid was sturdier, and if Joclad had a soft goods skirt.
Joclad Danva is probably the best version of him we can hope to get.  There would be no reason for Hasbro to revisit this figure, given his very minor role.  If they did, they might as well give him JLA, but it seems completely frivolous at this time.  As such, he’s close enough to definitive for our purposes.  The Battle Droid isn’t anything special.  It’s probably among the better sculpts, but the loose joints, lack of a THWG, the missing paint apps for the eyes, and a lack of any sort of battle damage makes it easily forgettable.  Better versions exist.  We’ll consider this version as surpassed in quality by other versions, but it’s still good enough for display if you have one.  Hasbro need take no action here.