Teeka (Jawa) — Star Wars The Black Series #OWK 05

Overview

Teeka at #OWK 05 is the Mural Collection’s worldbuilding figure — the named Jawa from Episode 1 of the Disney+ series who trades scavenged parts to Obi-Wan during his Tatooine exile, the supporting character whose specific identity the show only barely registers but whose figure is one of the few opportunities the Black Series line has had to put a Jawa on the shelf at this scale. Released July 31, 2022 as a single-boxed Target exclusive. MSRP $27.99 — slightly higher than the standard $24.99 for the rest of the Mural Collection. The figure is a re-work of the 2017 Black Series Jawa (Phase 3 #6) with a new vest, two new accessories, a darker paint application, and brown hands instead of black. Three accessories total.

The Re-Work Question: What’s New on Teeka

The Black Series Jawa figure first appeared in 2017 as part of the Phase 3 line, and the Teeka release re-uses the same body sculpt, the same plastic robe, and the same fundamental tooling. What Hasbro changed for the Mural Collection release: a new individually sculpted vest with sculpted pouches, two new accessories specific to the Tatooine-trader characterisation, slightly darker paint on the robe, and brown hands replacing the original figure’s black hands. The Target exclusive packaging and the Mural Collection tray complete the differentiation.

The vest is the most visible change. It sits over the standard Jawa robe and adds the sculpted pouches that visually identify Teeka as a working scavenger rather than a generic Jawa. The vest is its own individually sculpted piece, but it is very difficult to remove from the figure — Hasbro designed it to stay in place rather than to be a swappable element. For collectors who want to display the figure as a generic Jawa rather than as Teeka specifically, the non-removable vest is a limitation. For Mural Collection completists, the vest is the correct integrated design.

The Accessory Loadout

Three accessories. The blaster is the primary weapon — Teeka can hold it in his hand, but he cannot hold it in a proper shooting position because the arm articulation does not support the angle required for a screen-accurate shot pose. This is the same limitation that affects the original 2017 Jawa figure and reflects the body sculpt’s age rather than a deliberate Mural Collection design choice. The other two accessories are the new-for-this-release Tatooine-trader items — small worldbuilding props that look great when displayed alongside the figure and add visual interest to a Mos Eisley or moisture-farm display.

The accessories are well-painted with the dust-and-rust weathering that Tatooine equipment is supposed to carry. Hasbro committed to making the new accessories look like used objects rather than freshly-tooled plastic, and the paint application on the small props is the figure’s most underappreciated detail.

The Worldbuilding Function

Teeka is one of the few Black Series 6-inch Jawas, period. The 2017 Jawa was a single-boxed retail release that has been hard to find at reasonable secondary-market prices for years. The Teeka re-release expands the Jawa population on the shelf — a Mos Eisley diorama can now have two distinct Jawas (the 2017 figure and Teeka) rather than just one, and collectors building Tatooine displays have more population options.

This is the Mural Collection’s contribution to general worldbuilding: a Jawa figure is more useful for Tatooine displays than it is for the specific Obi-Wan Kenobi series narrative. Teeka appears in Episode 1, has a brief trading-with-Obi-Wan scene, and does not return as a meaningful character. The figure earns its place in the collection more for what it adds to the broader Black Series catalogue than for what it represents from the show specifically.

The Articulation Strangeness

15 joints. Ball-jointed top neck, swivel-jointed lower neck, ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed waist, ball-jointed hips, ball-jointed knees, ball-jointed ankles. The strangeness is in the lower body: Hasbro gave the figure ball-jointed hips and knees, but the legs cannot be adjusted in any meaningful way because the plastic Jawa robe blocks the range of motion. The hip and knee articulation is functionally inert — it exists in the tooling but it cannot be used.

This is a re-use artifact rather than a design decision. The 2017 Jawa shipped with the same articulation pattern, and Hasbro re-used the body sculpt without modifying the joints. For collectors, this means Teeka is essentially an upper-body-articulated figure with a fixed lower body — fine for the standing-and-trading poses the character actually adopts on screen, but not the kind of dynamic-pose figure that some Phase 4 releases have aimed for.

The Target Exclusive Pricing Question

$27.99 MSRP for a re-paint of a 2017 figure with one new vest and three accessories is, on paper, expensive. The same body sculpt at the same scale shipped at $19.99 in 2017 and the inflation-adjusted price would be closer to $24.99. The $27.99 ask reflects the Target-exclusive premium and the Mural Collection’s overall higher pricing tier rather than significant new tooling.

For collectors who already own the 2017 Jawa, the value question is real: are the new vest, the two new accessories, the slightly darker paint, and the Mural Collection packaging worth a $27.99 buy-in for what is essentially the same figure? For Mural Collection completists, the answer is yes by necessity. For everyone else, the figure is harder to recommend at full retail — wait for a Target sale or a secondary-market opportunity below MSRP.

Sculpt and Paint

The Jawa body sculpt is functional rather than detailed — there is not much to capture under the robe and the hood, and Hasbro did the right amount of work for the character. The face under the hood is the standard glowing-yellow-eyes treatment painted into a recessed shadow, which is the only correct way to do a Jawa face. The brown hands are the Teeka-specific paint change and read correctly against the robe, replacing the original 2017 figure’s black hands with the more detailed character-specific colour.

The new vest with sculpted pouches is the figure’s most visually distinct element. The pouches are individually sculpted and painted, with the strap details picked out in a slightly different colour from the vest body. The plastic Jawa robe is the standard 2017 mould with the slightly darker paint application — the difference reads in person but is subtle in product photography. The figure has no balancing issues despite the robe-restricted lower-body articulation.

The Mural Collection Position

Teeka is the figure that breaks the Inquisitor-and-Jedi pattern of the Mural Collection. After Obi-Wan Wandering Jedi (#OWK 01), Vader (#OWK 02), Reva (#OWK 03), and the Fifth Brother (#OWK 04), the collection pivots to the supporting-cast figures — Teeka first, then Ben Kenobi Tibidon Station (#OWK 06), and the rest of the collection after. Teeka’s position is the structural turn from antagonists to worldbuilding, and the figure does that turn well.

For display, Teeka works best alongside other Tatooine figures rather than alongside the rest of the Mural Collection: any Black Series Tusken Raider, the original 2017 Jawa, the various Tatooine-era Obi-Wans (Wandering Jedi, Tibidon Station, the eventual A New Hope releases). The Mos Eisley shelf is where Teeka lives.

Secondary Market

Target exclusive, single-boxed, released July 31, 2022. Distribution was Target-store and Target.com. Secondary market prices have been at or near MSRP, with periodic discounting. Verify the new vest is included and undamaged. Verify all three accessories are present. Verify the blaster is the new-tooling version and not a swap from the 2017 figure. No production variants documented.

Our Verdict

Teeka at #OWK 05 is the Mural Collection’s most situational figure. For Mural Collection completists, it is essential by definition. For Tatooine-display builders, the additional Jawa is a meaningful expansion of the available population and the new accessories add real worldbuilding value. For everyone else — collectors who already own the 2017 Jawa and don’t need a second one, collectors who don’t care about the Mural Collection completionism, collectors who don’t build Tatooine scenes — Teeka is a skippable release.

The $27.99 MSRP is the figure’s biggest negative. The character’s brief Episode 1 appearance is its second biggest. The non-removable vest and the inert lower-body articulation are minor frustrations. But the figure itself is well-sculpted within the limits of the re-used body, the new accessories are good worldbuilding props, and the Target exclusive packaging completes the Mural Collection display. Buy if you need the slot filled. Skip if you don’t.

The Jawa who traded parts to Obi-Wan during his exile. The figure that adds population density to Tatooine. The Mural Collection’s structural turn from antagonists to supporting cast. Teeka is what the collection needed at this position, and Hasbro delivered the figure at a price point that asks the collector to commit. If you are committed, buy. If you are not, this is the Mural Collection slot you can skip.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Obi-Wan Kenobi Mural Collection. Related: Fifth Brother (Inquisitor) P4-OWK-04 | Ben Kenobi (Tibidon Station) P4-OWK-06 | Obi-Wan Kenobi Wandering Jedi P4-OWK-01.