Star Wars Black Series Yoda

Yoda has four Black Series figures across a surprisingly modest range for one of the franchise’s most iconic characters — a reflection of the engineering challenges of producing a non-standard-scale alien figure that displays effectively at 6-inch scale. The four releases cover his most significant configurations: the Blue Wave original, the definitive Dagobah version, the Force Spirit, and the Kashyyyk Order 66 two-pack with Commander Gree.

Yoda in Star Wars

Yoda is a member of an unnamed species — small, green-skinned, long-eared, with the specific inverted syntax that has made his speech pattern one of the most immediately recognisable character voices in cinema. He’s 900 years old when The Phantom Menace begins, which means he’s been a Jedi Master longer than most institutions in the galaxy have existed.

His prequel trilogy arc is one of the more interesting character examinations in the saga. The Yoda of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones is confident, decisive, the highest authority in the Jedi Order. Revenge of the Sith confronts him with the limits of that confidence: he fails to stop Palpatine, he loses to Sidious in direct combat in the Senate Chamber, and he goes into exile on Dagobah acknowledging that his certainty about how to fight the dark side was wrong. The exile isn’t defeat; it’s correction.

The Dagobah Yoda of The Empire Strikes Back is the recalibrated version — still powerful, but operating differently. He teaches through experience rather than instruction, he tests Luke in ways the Jedi Council would have considered heterodox, and he communicates directly rather than through the institutional language of the Order. His line “luminous beings are we, not this crude matter” is the clearest statement of Force philosophy in the Original Trilogy, and it comes from someone who has spent years thinking about why the Order he led failed.

His species is deliberately unnamed in Canon — the decision to leave it anonymous is covered in the species page, and it applies to Grogu and the other members of the species as well. The mystery is intentional.

The Blue Wave Figure

The Blue Wave Phase 2 Yoda from 2014 is the original Black Series treatment — the founding-era figure at pre-Photo Real production quality. As an alien figure with no human face to print, the Photo Real era gap is irrelevant. What matters for a Yoda figure is the proportions, the ear construction, the specific green skin tone, and the walking stick. The Blue Wave release establishes the template that subsequent figures refined.

For collectors who built their collection in the line’s early years, the Blue Wave Yoda is a historical piece. For those who didn’t, the later releases are the more refined options.

The Dagobah Figure

The 40th Anniversary ESB Dagobah Yoda from 2020 is the definitive Yoda figure — the Kenner cardback anniversary release at current production quality, the specific Dagobah colour palette and weathered aesthetic that distinguishes the ESB hermit from a clean prequel-era version. The walking stick, the muted greens that communicate swamp humidity, the overall production quality of the 40th Anniversary programme make this the recommended display figure for any general Yoda shelf placement.

For the Dagobah display alongside the ESB Luke, R2-D2, and the swamp environment context, this is the era-accurate figure. It’s also the most visually complete representation of the character’s most significant teaching role.

The Force Spirit

The 40th Anniversary ROTJ Force Spirit Yoda from 2023 is the translucent blue Ghost figure — available both standalone and as part of the Force Ghosts three-pack with Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. The three-pack is the recommended purchase for the complete Ewok Village celebration endpoint: the three Force Spirits present at the saga’s Original Trilogy conclusion, the mentors whose sacrifice enabled the victory.

Yoda’s Force Spirit in Return of the Jedi is brief — present at the Ewok village, present in the context of the saga’s resolution — but its significance is in what it represents rather than its screen time. He made it. The exile and the recalibration worked.

The Kashyyyk Two-Pack

The Yoda and Clone Commander Gree Clones of the Republic two-pack covers the Revenge of the Sith Kashyyyk sequence — specifically Order 66 on the Wookiee homeworld, where Gree attempts to execute the Order against Yoda and is killed before the command can be completed. Yoda senses the execution coming through the Force and acts.

The two-pack format pairs the commander and the Jedi in the exact relationship that Order 66 weaponises — the soldiers who serve alongside the generals, turned against them by a command the generals never saw coming. For the Order 66 display, this is the Yoda entry, and the Commander Gree figure has no other Black Series release.

Which to Buy

For a general Yoda display: the Dagobah 40th Anniversary. For the ROTJ endpoint: the Force Spirit from the three-pack. For the Order 66 scene: the Clones of the Republic two-pack. The Blue Wave original is the historical entry point but has been superseded in display quality by the later releases.

The four figures together cover a complete arc — the founding-era original, the definitive teaching role, the Order 66 survivor, and the Force Spirit who made it to the end. Most collectors who build across the prequel era, the Original Trilogy, and the ROTJ endpoint will want all four. For a collector who only buys one, the Dagobah 40th Anniversary is the figure that represents the character most completely in a single release.

All Yoda Figures in the Black Series

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

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Characters. Related: Yoda’s Species | Dagobah | Order 66 | Luke Skywalker.