Dathomirian Zabrak

Dathomirian Zabrak are among Star Wars’ most visually recognisable alien species and, in terms of Black Series figure count, one of its most comprehensively covered. Ten figures across mainline, Gaming Greats, and the dedicated Maul: Shadow Lord sub-line represent two primary characters and two army-building variants — a species whose presence in the line is built almost entirely around the franchise’s most enduring villain-turned-antihero, and the world that shaped him.

Dathomirian Zabrak in Star Wars

The Zabrak are a species found across multiple Star Wars worlds, but the Dathomirian Zabrak are a specific subset — the Zabrak of Dathomir, a dark side-saturated world ruled by the Nightsisters and home to the Nightbrothers, the male warrior caste who serve the Nightsister witches. The distinction between Zabrak and Dathomirian Zabrak matters: Eeth Koth and other Iridonian Zabrak Jedi carry a different cultural background than the Nightbrothers of Dathomir, despite sharing the species’ characteristic cranial horns.

Dathomirian Zabrak are physically distinguished by their horned crowns, their heavily tattooed skin, and the red-and-black facial markings that are most associated in the franchise with Maul and Savage Opress — markings that in the Clone Wars animated series are revealed to be Nightsister ritual tattoos applied to Nightbrothers, rather than a natural feature of the species. The specific combination of black skin, red tattooing, and horns is one of Star Wars’ most immediately distinctive visual identities, and it’s carried through every Dathomirian Zabrak figure in the Black Series.

Dathomir itself is saturated with dark side energy — a world whose character shaped its inhabitants. The Nightsister Magick that the female ruling caste wields draws on that energy, and the Nightbrothers exist at the intersection of physical capability and dark side proximity that produces warriors of unusual lethality. Maul, Savage Opress, and the Nightbrother warriors in Jedi: Fallen Order all reflect that heritage.

Darth Maul Across the Line

Darth Maul is the most produced Dathomirian Zabrak character in the Black Series — five figure releases across multiple sub-lines, plus the Force FX Elite Lightsaber, covering his arc from Sith apprentice to crime lord to Old Master. No other alien species character has received this breadth of Black Series treatment, which reflects both Maul’s cultural significance and the franchise’s sustained investment in his story.

The Orange Wave Phase 1 Darth Maul from 2013 is the line’s original Maul — the TPM Sith apprentice in the earliest Black Series production era, predating Photo Real by years. As a collector item it marks the beginning of the line’s history with the character.

The Galaxy Collection TPM Darth Maul from 2024 is the definitive modern version — Photo Real production, the double-bladed saberstaff, the specific TPM aesthetic at current quality standards. For collectors building the Duel of the Fates display, this is the recommended figure.

The Clone Wars Darth Maul (Cybernetic Legs) covers the Clone Wars resurrection configuration — the restored Maul with mechanical legs, the Shadow Collective warlord of the series’ later seasons. This is the Siege of Mandalore Maul, the character who has rebuilt himself from near-death and built a criminal empire in the margins of the Republic-Separatist war.

The Jedi: Fallen Order Darth Maul (Old Master) is the gaming tie-in release — Maul as he appears in the post-credits sequence of Jedi: Fallen Order, the Old Master configuration that also reflects his Rebels and Solo appearances.

The Maul: Shadow Lord release from the dedicated 2026 sub-line covers his Shadow Collective era specifically — the crime lord configuration distinct from his Sith apprentice and Old Master appearances.

The Darth Maul (Comic) 50th Anniversary Legends release covers the original Marvel Comics design — Maul in the pre-Canon visual interpretation, a collector item for expanded universe enthusiasts.

Savage Opress

Savage Opress is Maul’s brother — a Nightbrother warrior transformed by Nightsister Magick into something significantly more dangerous than his baseline capabilities, sent to serve Count Dooku and ultimately reunited with Maul to form a two-Sith-brother operation that the Clone Wars narrative uses to examine what the Rule of Two actually means in practice.

His Clone Wars Galaxy Collection figure is the first dedicated Savage Opress release in the Black Series. At 6-inch scale his physical size — larger than standard Zabrak, larger than Maul, the enhanced warrior proportions that the Nightsister transformation produced — makes him one of the more imposing figures in the Dathomirian section, and his presence in the Clone Wars Battles display adds visual weight.

The Nightbrother Warriors

The Nightbrother Warrior and Nightbrother Archer Gaming Greats figures are the species’ army-building entries — anonymous Nightbrother warriors drawn from Jedi: Fallen Order’s Dathomir sequences, where Cal Kestis encounters the Nightsister Merrin and the Nightbrothers who serve her.

As army-building figures they’re among the more unusual in the Gaming Greats programme — alien warriors with the specific Dathomirian visual identity, useful for building a Dathomir environment display or supplementing the named characters with the sense of a species rather than a single individual. Multiple Nightbrother Warriors alongside Maul and Savage Opress create the visual density of Dathomir’s warrior culture in a way that the named-character figures alone don’t achieve.

The Dathomirian Zabrak as a Display

The Dathomirian Zabrak figures collectively offer something few species entries can — a complete arc. The five Maul configurations tell his story from Sith weapon to independent crime lord. Savage Opress adds the brotherhood dimension. The Nightbrother army builders add the cultural context of where they both came from. A dedicated Dathomirian Zabrak shelf is one of the Black Series’ most narratively complete species displays.

All Dathomirian Zabrak Figures in the Black Series

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Species Index. Related: Duel of the Fates | Clone Wars Battles | Maul: Shadow Lord | Gaming Greats Display.