Obi-Wan Kenobi (Wandering Jedi) — Star Wars The Black Series #OWK 01

Overview

Obi-Wan Kenobi in his Wandering Jedi configuration at #OWK 01 is the figure that opens the Phase 4 Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection — the broken, hiding, butcher-shop-working Jedi we meet in Episode 1 of the Disney+ series, before Reva drags him out of his Tatooine exile and back into the fight. Soft-goods Jedi robe. Blaster. Lightsaber with detachable blue blade. L0-LA59 (“Lola”) packed in as a bonus figure. MSRP $24.99. Released July 2022. The first figure of the six-figure mural collection and the one that sets the show’s tone: this is not the Obi-Wan of the prequels, this is the Obi-Wan after everything has gone wrong.

The Wandering Jedi Configuration vs Every Other Obi-Wan

The Black Series has a lot of Obi-Wan Kenobi figures. The Phase 1 ANH version. The Revenge of the Sith Jedi Knight. The Clone Wars armoured general. The Attack of the Clones Jedi. What makes the Wandering Jedi configuration at #OWK 01 specifically worth owning — and worth owning in addition to the others — is the costume language. This is the first Obi-Wan figure that depicts the character in his hiding-on-Tatooine clothing, and the costume tells the story the show is telling. The robe is rougher. The colour palette is more washed out. The character is wearing what someone who has spent ten years as a moisture-farm-adjacent recluse would actually wear.

The soft-goods robe is the key element. Hasbro chose fabric over sculpted plastic for this figure because the show’s costume design demanded it — the Obi-Wan of the Disney+ series is wrapped in cloth, not in sculpted Jedi robes, and the figure needed to communicate that. The robe removes easily, which is the right design choice: collectors who want to display the figure in undergarments-only, post-action mode can do so, and collectors who want the full hooded silhouette can keep it on.

What the Show Built and What the Figure Captures

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series gave us a Jedi Master who had given up. Who had buried his lightsaber. Who was watching Luke from a distance and trying not to think about Leia. Who, when Reva forced his hand, had to remember how to be the man he used to be — and then had to confront the man Anakin had become. The arc of the six-episode series is Obi-Wan rebuilding himself from the broken figure of Episode 1 into the Jedi who would, eventually, deliver the line “Hello there” to Vader on the Death Star a decade later.

The Wandering Jedi figure captures the character at the start of that arc. Episode 1 Obi-Wan. The figure who has not yet picked up the lightsaber. The figure who is still wearing his hood up to avoid being seen. That is the specific moment the costume references, and the figure works as a display piece because of that specificity.

Accessories: The Three Things That Matter

Three accessories: a lightsaber with detachable blue blade, a blaster, and the soft-goods Jedi robe. The lightsaber is the standard Black Series item — the hilt plugs into a sculpted belt loop when not in use, and the blade detaches cleanly. The blaster is the more interesting inclusion: it is the weapon Obi-Wan carries through most of Episode 1 and Episode 2 before he commits to picking up the lightsaber again, and Hasbro including it as a separate accessory is the figure’s most direct nod to the show’s specific narrative beats. The blaster fits in the holster that comes sculpted onto the figure’s belt.

The soft-goods robe is the third accessory, and it is the one that distinguishes this figure from every other Obi-Wan in the line. Fabric, not plastic. Removable. The hood can be worn up or down. The stitching on the hood could be better — wearing the hood up with the fabric lying flat on the head takes some careful arrangement — but the fact that the figure has a soft-goods robe at all is the design decision that matters.

L0-LA59 (“Lola”): The Pack-In That Justifies the Pricing

Obi-Wan Wandering Jedi shipped with L0-LA59, the small repulsor-droid companion of Princess Leia in the Disney+ series. Lola is sculpted, painted, and posable enough to clip onto Obi-Wan’s hand or stand alongside the figure. Including her as a pack-in is the design decision that justifies the $24.99 MSRP — collectors are getting a full main figure plus a fully-realised secondary character — and it sets the tone for the rest of the Mural Collection’s pack-ins.

The Lola figure also matters because she is the visual shorthand for the Leia-Obi-Wan relationship the series builds. Lola belongs to Leia. When Obi-Wan holds her, the figure is doing the show’s most important emotional work in plastic form: the old Jedi rebuilding his connection to the family he swore to protect. Display the figure with Lola in hand, and the figure tells the story.

The Mural Collection Opening

The six-figure Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural / Galaxy Collection — Wandering Jedi (#OWK 01), Darth Vader (#OWK 02), Reva (#OWK 03), and three more — is one of Phase 4’s most cohesive sub-collections. The mural-style packaging means that displaying the boxed figures together creates a single piece of artwork. This figure is the leftmost edge of that mural, and the visual design of the box anchors the rest of the collection.

For collectors building the full mural, Wandering Jedi is the starting point. For collectors who only want the most important figure from the series, Wandering Jedi is also the answer — Vader is essential, Reva is essential, but the show is Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the figure that depicts the title character at the moment the story begins is the one that does the most narrative work.

Sculpt and Paint Notes

Hasbro sculpted the head well. The likeness to Ewan McGregor’s Episode 1 appearance — the longer hair, the beard with grey streaks, the more weathered face — is captured cleanly. The body sculpt is standard Black Series adult-male tooling, but the proportions work for the character. Joint count is 17, which is the standard Phase 4 articulation — ball-jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees, and ankles, plus the double-jointed neck that allows for the hood-up display poses.

The paint is the area where the figure is most underwhelming. Hasbro painted the figure cleanly, but too cleanly. The Obi-Wan of Episode 1 is a man who has been living on Tatooine for a decade, and the figure does not have the sand-and-grime weathering that the screen character carries. A more aggressively weathered paint application — even just some dust on the boots and lower robe — would have pushed the figure from “good” to “great.” As shipped, the figure looks like Obi-Wan cosplaying as a Tatooine recluse, not Obi-Wan being one.

The Lightsaber Hilt Issue

One specific complaint: the lightsaber hilt’s emitter section looks slightly off compared to the screen prop and to other 6-inch and 3.75-inch Obi-Wan lightsabers Hasbro has produced. The golden upper section reads as bulkier than it should. This is a minor sculpting issue and most collectors will not notice, but for serious lightsaber-accuracy collectors it is worth flagging.

Display Recommendations

Display Obi-Wan Wandering Jedi alongside Darth Vader (#OWK 02) for the show’s central confrontation. Display him with Lola in hand for the Leia-arc subplot. Display him in the leftmost position of the full mural for the boxed-collection display. Display him alongside the Phase 1 Obi-Wan (#10) and the Revenge of the Sith Jedi Knight (#OWK-equivalent figures) for a chronological Obi-Wan timeline showing the character at three life stages: Clone Wars general, post-Order 66 fugitive, eventual Tatooine hermit.

Secondary Market

Wandering Jedi was a single-boxed release in July 2022 and was not exclusive, which means it shipped to wide retail and is generally available below MSRP on the secondary market. That makes it one of the most accessible Phase 4 figures for collectors building the Mural Collection retroactively. Verify the soft-goods robe is included and undamaged — fabric accessories degrade over time and Wandering Jedi is now several years old — and verify both Lola and the lightsaber blade are present. No production variants documented.

Our Verdict

Obi-Wan Kenobi Wandering Jedi at #OWK 01 is the right opening figure for the Mural Collection. The soft-goods robe, the blaster-as-narrative-prop, the Lola pack-in, and the Episode 1 head sculpt all combine into a figure that does the show’s most important visual work. The paint should have been dirtier and the lightsaber hilt should have been better, but those are minor issues against the figure’s broader strengths.

Buy this figure if you are building the Mural Collection, if you collect the Obi-Wan character across configurations, or if the Disney+ series mattered to you and you want the figure that captures the version of the character you actually watched. At MSRP $24.99 with the Lola pack-in included, this is one of the best-value Phase 4 single releases.

The Wandering Jedi figure is Obi-Wan at the moment before he picks the lightsaber back up. The whole arc of the series is contained in that moment. The figure earns its place as the first figure of the collection because it earns its place as the first figure of the show’s story.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection. Related: Darth Vader (Obi-Wan Kenobi) P4-OWK-02 | Obi-Wan Kenobi P1-10 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (Jedi Knight) P3-111.