Bazil (Jedi Order Tracker) — Star Wars The Black Series #ACO 08

Overview

Bazil at #ACO 08 is the Acolyte Collection’s most unexpected figure, and we say that with genuine enthusiasm. The Jedi Order Tracker — a small, amphibian-looking Force-sensitive creature who works with the Jedi investigation team tracking Force users — arrives in Phase 4 plastic with his companion Pip Droid, at $24.99, with 13 joints appropriate to his diminutive form, and as one of the most character-specific purchases in a collection full of character-specific purchases. Nobody expected Bazil to get a figure. He did. Buy him.

Pip Droid companion. 13 joints. $24.99. 2025.

Who Bazil Is

Bazil is The Acolyte’s tracker — the Jedi Order’s specialist in locating Force-sensitive individuals who don’t want to be found. He is not a Jedi himself in the traditional sense; he is a Force-sensitive being whose specific abilities and physical nature make him effective at a very particular job. He works with the investigation team, provides the tracking capability that the human and humanoid Jedi investigators don’t have, and represents one of the series’ most inventive additions to the Star Wars species catalogue.

His specific visual design — the amphibian features, the large eyes, the compact body that moves differently from the humanoid Jedi — is the kind of alien character design that the High Republic era has been particularly good at producing. The ACO Collection giving Bazil his own numbered slot rather than making him a pack-in accessory with another figure is a statement of intent: this character earns his own Phase 4 page.

The Pip Droid Companion

The Pip Droid is Bazil’s constant companion — the small droid that accompanies him throughout his tracker duties. Including the Pip Droid as Bazil’s accessory rather than as part of a larger figure’s loadout communicates the relationship clearly: these two are a pair, and the figure represents both. The Pip Droid at 6-inch relative scale is a small accessory that should be verified on secondary market purchases.

13 Joints and the Tracker’s Form Factor

At 13 joints, Bazil has the same count as Kelnacca (#ACO 09) — both representing the Phase 4 standard for non-humanoid or larger-scale characters where the standard joint count is adapted to the form factor rather than forced onto it. The 13-joint scheme for Bazil enables the essential poses of the tracker: the crouched investigation position, the reaching extended arm of a figure following a scent or Force signature, the standing alert pose.

The ACO Collection’s Deepest Cut

Bazil represents the ACO Collection at its most committed to the series. The first five figures covered the series’ Jedi investigation team and inciting death. Mae (#ACO 06) covered the antagonist protagonist. Vernestra (#ACO 07) covered the cross-canon High Republic icon. Bazil at #ACO 08 covers the specific supporting character whose function in the investigation is non-combat and non-heroic in the conventional sense — the tracker who does the work that makes the case.

That the Phase 4 system gave him his own numbered slot is one of the best things about the ACO Collection.

Secondary Market

Above-retail secondary market prices. Verify Pip Droid companion. One release. No production variants documented.

Our Verdict

Bazil at #ACO 08 is the ACO Collection’s most delightful purchase — the tracker who nobody expected to get a figure, with his Pip Droid companion, at standard retail price, earning his own Phase 4 slot on the strength of what he brings to the series. Buy him. The complete ACO Collection display needs its tracker.

Bazil and What His Slot Communicates About the ACO Collection

The decision to give Bazil his own numbered slot — rather than making him a pack-in with another figure or an accessory — communicates something about the ACO Collection’s production philosophy that we want to name explicitly. The collection chose to treat a non-humanoid tracking creature as a full numbered figure rather than an add-on. That’s the right decision. Bazil’s function in the series is essential to the investigation, and the figure’s presence in the collection reflects that function accurately.

It also makes the ACO Collection more interesting as a complete ensemble. The ten-figure display includes not just the expected Jedi and antagonist characters but the tracker with his Pip Droid companion — the operational support layer that the investigation requires. Bazil at #ACO 08 is the figure that makes the display feel like a functioning investigation team rather than a collection of prominent characters.

The Pip Droid as Display Element

The Pip Droid companion is a small figure within the figure — a droid at Bazil-appropriate scale that adds a second character to the display without requiring a separate purchase. The Pip Droid should be verified on secondary market purchases; at this scale, small companion accessories are the most commonly separated pieces. Having both Bazil and the Pip Droid present in the display is the configuration the figure was designed to represent.

Bazil with his Pip Droid at $24.99 is the ACO Collection’s most charming purchase and its most unexpected. Nobody anticipated the tracker getting his own slot. He did. The complete ACO Collection display needs its tracker. Buy Bazil.

The tracker and his droid at $24.99 are the ACO Collection’s proof that Hasbro committed to the series rather than just its most famous characters. Bazil is not famous. He is essential. The Phase 4 system recognised that and gave him his own slot. We agree with that decision completely.

Bazil and Pip Droid. The tracker who earned his own numbered slot. The complete ACO Collection needs him. Buy him.

Bazil is the figure that separates the collectors who watched the whole series from the collectors who only want the famous characters. Both are valid approaches. We prefer the version that includes the tracker.

The ACO Collection at ten figures is one of Phase 4’s most complete single-series production runs. Bazil is the eighth figure, the one that proves the collection isn’t just covering the headline characters. The tracker deserves his slot. Buy him and the Pip Droid alongside him, and complete the investigation team that the Phase 4 system committed to building.

Bazil. Pip Droid. $24.99. The tracker who earned his own slot in Phase 4 plastic. Buy him.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Acolyte Collection. Related: Vernestra Rwoh P4-ACO-07 | Kelnacca P4-ACO-09 | The Acolyte.