Director Orson Krennic (Andor) — Star Wars The Black Series #AND 13

Overview

Director Orson Krennic at #AND 13 is the Andor Mural Collection’s Spring 2025 Krennic — a repaint of the 2016 Rogue One Black Series Krennic released to coincide with the Andor TV series’s second season debut on Disney+. Released Spring 2025 single-boxed mainline. Non-exclusive. MSRP $24.99. Two accessories: a removable plastic cape and a blaster pistol. 19-joint Phase 4 articulation. Apart from a refreshed photo-real portrait, nothing else about the sculpt was changed from the 2016 release — both accessories carried over from the original.

The 2016 Repaint Question

This is functionally a re-release of the 2016 Black Series Director Krennic from the Rogue One waves (figure id=4826), with new packaging and a refreshed head sculpt as the only meaningful differences. Same body sculpt, same cape design, same blaster, same articulation. If you already own the 2016 Krennic, the #AND 13 is a duplicate figure with cosmetic changes to the portrait paint and the box artwork.

The refreshed photo-real treatment on the head is the figure’s most defensible reason to exist as a separate release. Hasbro’s photo-real printing has improved significantly since 2016, and the new head sculpt captures Ben Mendelsohn’s likeness more sharply than the original release did — particularly the specific facial structure and the institutional-villain expression that defined Krennic on screen. For collectors who own the 2016 figure but care about head-sculpt quality, the upgrade is real.

For collectors who don’t own a Krennic, the #AND 13 is the more accessible version at retail. The 2016 figure has aged into secondary-market premium pricing; the 2025 repaint ships at standard retail.

The Cape and Blaster

Two accessories, both carried over from the 2016 release. The cape fits perfectly, is easy to remove, and features well-sculpted wrinkles and pocket details. The plastic-not-fabric cape construction limits the figure’s poseability — the cape is rigid and forces the upper body into a specific draped configuration that doesn’t accommodate extreme arm movement — but it captures the screen-accurate visual reading of Krennic’s signature white cape correctly.

Krennic holds the blaster securely in either hand and it sits acceptably in the holster. The blaster pistol is the figure’s weakest element: moulded in plain grey plastic with minimal brown highlights, it reads as undifferentiated rather than as a specific Imperial-issue weapon. A more aggressive paint pass on the blaster — the kind of metallic-and-grip-detail painting Hasbro applies to better-tier accessory work — would have lifted the figure meaningfully. As shipped, the weapon is functional but visually flat.

The Andor Season 2 Tie-In

The figure was on store shelves at the same time the second season of the Andor tv series aired on Disney+. Krennic appears in Andor’s second season as part of the Death Star research program threads that the show develops — connecting the Andor narrative to the Rogue One events that follow. The Spring 2025 release timing positioned the figure as a tie-in collectible for the season-two viewing window, even though the figure itself is the Rogue One-era costume rather than any new Andor-specific configuration.

For collectors building Andor displays, the standard Krennic figure represents the Director’s general institutional presence. For collectors specifically building season-two Andor scenes, the separate Krennic (Dress Uniform) figure at #AND 16 captures the Andor-specific costume the character wears in some season-two scenes. The two figures display together as the same character in different formal configurations.

The Sculpt and Paint

Overall sculpting is excellent, with a particularly accurate head likeness to actor Ben Mendelsohn. Hasbro nailed the specific Krennic facial features — the cheekbone structure, the sharp jaw, the calculating expression — and the photo-real print application catches the light correctly under display lighting. Paint applications across the figure are clean with no noticeable flaws on the uniform or accessory work (the blaster aside).

The body proportions are right for the character — Krennic is sculpted at the correct height with the correct uniform-and-cape silhouette, and the figure stands solidly without balancing issues despite the cape’s visual mass.

Articulation

19 joints. Ball-jointed neck, lower swivel neck (up and down movement), ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, swivel waist, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below the knees, ball-jointed ankles. The double-swivel knee configuration is the upgrade over the standard 17-joint Phase 4 baseline.

The plastic cape limits the figure’s pose-ability drastically. Even with the underlying joints supporting dynamic configurations, the cape’s rigid sculpt forces the upper body into a constrained range of motion. For collectors who prioritise dynamic posing, removing the cape unlocks more of the articulation — but the figure’s signature visual identity is the cape, and removing it for posing flexibility is a trade-off rather than a free improvement.

The Mural Collection Position

Krennic sits on the Empire side of the Andor Mural Collection alongside the various Imperial Officer figures, the Shoretrooper, Dedra Meero, and the Range Trooper. For loose display, the figure works best alongside Dedra Meero (#AND 12) for the season-two ISB-and-Director research-program vignette, alongside the Krennic (Dress Uniform) at #AND 16 for the same-character-different-formal-configuration display, or alongside the broader Rogue One Black Series Krennic figures for the chronological character display.

Secondary Market

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

Verdict

If you don’t already own a Black Series Krennic, the #AND 13 is the right figure to buy — refreshed head sculpt, cleaner photo-real treatment, current retail pricing, and the cape-and-blaster loadout that defines the character. If you do own the 2016 Krennic and care about head-sculpt quality upgrades, the new portrait makes the upgrade defensible. If you own the 2016 figure and don’t care about the portrait refresh, this is a skippable repaint.

The blaster is the figure’s weakest element. The plastic cape limits posing. Everything else is solid: the sculpt is excellent, the paint is clean, the head likeness is sharp, the articulation is appropriate. Krennic stands solidly without balance issues.

The Director of Advanced Weapons Research. The figure that ties the Rogue One-era Krennic to his Andor season-two appearances. The 2016 mould with the head Hasbro should have shipped originally.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Andor Mural Collection. Related: Director Orson Krennic (Dress Uniform) P4-AND-16 | Dedra Meero P4-AND-12 | Range Trooper (Andor) P4-AND-14.