Star Wars Black Series Rey — Every Figure Across the Sequel Trilogy

Rey is the sequel trilogy’s protagonist and one of the clearest examples in the Black Series of how much Photo Real face printing changed the line. The gap between the 2015 pre-Photo Real Red Line Rey and the 2021 Galaxy Collection version is immediately visible — Daisy Ridley’s specific features are accurately captured in the later release in ways the original simply couldn’t achieve. Ten figures cover her journey from Jakku scavenger to trained Jedi.

Rey in Star Wars

Rey is human — a scavenger from Jakku who discovers her Force sensitivity, joins the Resistance, and eventually defeats Palpatine at the Battle of Exegol. Her origins are the sequel trilogy’s central mystery across two films: nobody she meets has heard of her family, she appears to have been abandoned on Jakku as a child, and the question of who she is and where she came from is treated as narratively significant in ways that The Rise of Skywalker eventually resolves, controversially for some viewers and satisfyingly for others.

Her relationship with Kylo Ren is the trilogy’s most interesting character dynamic — a Force bond that connects them across space, enemies who understand each other in ways their respective allies don’t, and a conflict between the dark and light that uses them both as its expression. The throne room fight in The Last Jedi, where they briefly work together against the Praetorian Guard before their objectives diverge, is the trilogy’s best action sequence and the moment that most completely captures what the Force bond between them produces.

Daisy Ridley’s performance anchors the sequel era in a way that the script doesn’t always support. Rey’s specific emotional register — determined, occasionally lonely, genuinely warm — comes through the performance as much as the writing, and the Photo Real likeness in the Galaxy Collection releases captures that specific quality in ways the earlier figures didn’t.

The Pre-Photo Real Figures

The Red Line launch Rey and BB-8 from 2015 is the Force Friday original — the first Black Series Rey, paired with BB-8 in the debut wave, the figure that represented the sequel era’s protagonist before anyone had seen the film. Pre-Photo Real, with the face printing limitations that characterised the era.

The Jedi Training and Island Journey Red Line figures from 2017 and 2018 cover TLJ Ahch-To configurations at the same pre-Photo Real production level. Both have been superseded by the Galaxy Collection Jedi Training update for display purposes.

For historical collecting — the line’s first commitment to the character — these figures have their place. For display, the Galaxy Collection versions are the recommended replacements.

The Galaxy Collection Updates

The Galaxy Collection TFA Rey (Jakku) from 2021 is the definitive Force Awakens configuration — Photo Real Daisy Ridley likeness, Jakku scavenger outfit, standard mainline release as part of the TFA sub-line. The improvement over the 2015 original is immediately visible at any display distance, and this is the figure for the Starkiller Base and Jakku displays.

The Galaxy Collection TLJ Rey (Jedi Training) from 2021 is the definitive Last Jedi configuration — the Ahch-To training outfit updated to the same Photo Real quality standard. For the Throne Room of Snoke display, this is the correct Rey.

The Archive Rey is a reissue that made the TFA configuration accessible at standard retail outside the original sub-line release window.

The TROS Figures

The Rey and D-O Red Line release from 2019 is the primary TROS Rey configuration — the Photo Real era Red Line figure paired with the D-O droid from the film’s later act. D-O has no other standalone Black Series release, making this two-pack the only way to own the character in the format.

The Dark Side Vision Rey from the TROS Galaxy Collection sub-line is the most distinctive Rey figure in the range — the Force vision dark-side version in black robes with a folding red double-bladed staff. It’s a design that appears only in the TROS vision sequence and nowhere else in the trilogy, and the red weapon makes it immediately distinctive on a shelf dominated by blue and green sabers. For collectors who want visual variety in the Rey display, this is the purchase that provides it.

The Force FX Elite Lightsaber

The Rey Force FX Elite covers her blue saber as a prop piece — the repaired Skywalker lightsaber that is her primary weapon across the trilogy. As part of the Force FX Elite programme it connects the character’s figure range to the weapon programme that covers the saga’s most significant blades.

Which to Buy

For TFA: Galaxy Collection Jakku Rey. For TLJ: Galaxy Collection Jedi Training Rey. For TROS: Rey and D-O for the primary film configuration. For the unique design: Dark Side Vision as the display addition that looks unlike anything else in the range. The pre-Photo Real figures from 2015-2018 have all been superseded for display purposes — the Ridley likeness improvement in 2021 is significant enough to warrant the update.

Rey is also worth owning across the three Galaxy Collection era versions simultaneously — the TFA Jakku, TLJ Jedi Training, and TROS Dark Side Vision together show the full character arc at consistent production quality. The costume changes are meaningful: the scavenger gear communicates who she is before she knows what she is, the training outfit communicates the process of becoming something different, and the dark side vision robes communicate the risk that runs underneath the whole journey. Three figures, three chapters, the same person in different registers.

All Rey Figures in the Black Series

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Check off the figures you own with the Black Series Checklist.