Dedra Meero — Star Wars The Black Series #AND 12

Overview

Dedra Meero at #AND 12 is the Andor Mural Collection’s character-debut release for the Imperial Security Bureau supervisor played by Denise Gough — the methodical, polished, ambitious ISB officer who hunts Cassian, captures and tortures Bix Caleen, and serves as the show’s most disturbing institutional villain. Released October 2024 single-boxed mainline. Non-exclusive. MSRP $24.99. Two accessories: a blaster and a datapad. 16-joint Phase 4 articulation. This is the first time Hasbro has produced Dedra Meero in any of their Star Wars action figure lines, and the figure captures her at the height of her ISB authority configuration.

The Character Debut Significance

Until October 2024, there was no Dedra Meero figure in any Hasbro Star Wars line — no Black Series, no Vintage Collection, no Retro Collection, no Droid Factory. The character had been one of Andor’s most prominent antagonists since the show’s first season debuted in 2022, and her absence from the figure roster was a notable gap given how central she is to the show’s institutional-evil narrative. The #AND 12 closes that gap.

For collectors building Andor Imperial displays, Dedra is essential. She is the show’s working ISB representative — the character who embodies the bureaucratic surveillance state in the way Krennic embodies the militarised research arm and the various Imperial Officers embody the broader administrative apparatus. Without Dedra on the shelf, the Imperial side of the Andor display reads as missing its most narratively significant antagonist.

The Two-Accessory Loadout

Two accessories: a blaster and a datapad. The blaster fits well into the right hand, with the index finger sculpted so it can be placed onto the trigger — the same engineering detail that distinguishes the Luthen Rael (#AND 06) and Cassian (#AND 10) figures. The fairly large datapad is a good fit for both hands, supporting the standard ISB-officer-reviewing-intelligence display configuration that the character spends most of her screen time in.

The two-accessory loadout is appropriate for a character whose screen behaviour is mostly investigation rather than combat. Dedra reviews data, conducts interrogations, and gives orders — she draws the blaster occasionally but isn’t a primary combat character. The datapad inclusion is the more meaningful accessory for the character’s screen-accurate display configurations.

The Imperial Uniform

There are no removable parts on the Imperial uniform. The cap, the rank insignia, the belt, the various uniform details are all sculpted as fixed integrated elements. This is the right design decision for an ISB officer — the uniform is the character’s institutional identity, and removable elements would have undermined the visual reading.

The paint application on the outfit looks good and captures the live-action Imperial uniform very well. Hasbro committed to the screen-accurate ISB colour palette — the specific dark grey-and-white tones that distinguish ISB officers from standard Imperial Navy personnel, and that match Dedra’s specific Andor uniform design across both seasons.

The Outstanding Head Sculpt

Hasbro did a very nice job sculpting this figure. The stern look on Dedra Meero’s face captures the serious looks the show uses for the character perfectly — the specific composed-and-calculating expression that Denise Gough carries through the role. The photo-real print application on the portrait is sharp and reads correctly under display lighting. For a character debut, the head sculpt sets a high bar; subsequent Dedra Meero figures (the Vintage Collection 3.75-inch release at id=30891 is already out) will be measured against this likeness.

For collectors who care about Black Series figures capturing live-action female-character likenesses sharply, this is among the better recent releases. The figure looks like Denise Gough looks in the show, which is the test the photo-real treatment needs to pass.

Articulation

16 joints. Ball-jointed top neck, ball-jointed lower neck, swivel-hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, ball-jointed waist, barbell-jointed hip, swivel thighs, swivel-hinged knees, rocker ankles. This is on the lower end of the Phase 4 articulation count and reflects the figure’s standing-and-conversing posing requirements rather than dynamic combat configurations.

The swivel-hinged arm joints (rather than ball joints) offer slightly less range of motion but more secure pose-holding — appropriate for a character who’s typically displayed in formal upright postures. Dedra stands well on display whether the arms are behind the back in attention or in action poses pointing the blaster, which is the test the design needs to pass.

The Sculpt and Build

The body sculpt captures the screen-accurate Andor-era ISB uniform proportions, with the specific waist and torso shape that distinguishes Dedra’s costume from the broader Imperial Officer uniform design. The figure is solidly built without hollow-feeling sections, and the standing balance is reliable across multiple display configurations.

For collectors building Coruscant ISB displays — Dedra alongside other ISB-aligned figures, in the briefing-room or interrogation-cell vignettes the show depicts — the figure is the anchor of that display segment.

The S2 Continuity Question

The figure depicts Dedra in her standard ISB uniform, which is consistent across both seasons of Andor. The character’s costume doesn’t significantly change between seasons one and two — she remains the institutional officer in formal uniform — so the figure works for either season’s display contexts. Hasbro didn’t need to release a separate season-two Dedra figure because the costume design didn’t justify it; one Dedra figure covers the character’s full Andor screen presence.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed mainline release, non-exclusive, October 2024. Available at MSRP through standard retail and the secondary market with broad availability through 2024 and into 2025. The mainline distribution and the standard $24.99 MSRP keep the figure accessible. Verify the blaster and datapad are both included. No production variants documented.

Verdict

Dedra Meero at #AND 12 is the right figure for what it is: the first Hasbro action figure of one of Andor’s most narratively essential antagonists, with the Denise Gough likeness captured cleanly, the screen-accurate ISB uniform, and the two-accessory loadout that supports the character’s investigation-focused screen behaviour. The 16-joint articulation matches the standing-and-formal posing requirements. The build quality is solid.

The lower joint count means the figure can’t adopt extreme dynamic poses, but the character doesn’t require them. The single-configuration release means collectors who want an alternate-configuration Dedra (the rare casual-clothes scenes in season two, for example) are out of luck — but those scenes are minor outliers, and the standard ISB uniform is the correct configuration to capture.

Buy this figure if you are completing the Andor Mural Collection, if you build Imperial Security Bureau displays, if Dedra Meero’s character mattered to you, or if you want the first-ever Hasbro action figure of one of the show’s central antagonists. The $24.99 MSRP is fair for the head sculpt and the two-accessory loadout.

The ISB supervisor who hunts Cassian. The figure that finally puts one of Andor’s most disturbing institutional villains on the shelf. The character debut Hasbro got right on the first attempt.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Andor Mural Collection. Related: Director Orson Krennic (Andor) P4-AND-13 | ISB Tactical Agent P4-AND-17 | Imperial Officer (Dark Times) P4-AND-02.