The first season of The Mandalorian on Disney plus came to a close recently, and I found the show gripping, thrilling, and some of the best Star Wars I've seen in a long time. The designs of the show and the characters in particular were all great to watch with some heartbreaking and awesome moments in the finale. Hasbro's Black Series line has already done a great job of giving us several characters from the show, not just big characters like Mando, Cara Dune, and the Child, but smaller characters as well like the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian, the Offworld Jawa, and IG-11; however, there are still plenty of other great characters from the show who deserve figures and in this list I'll be covering the characters I want most from each of the eight episodes! Be warned there will be SPOILERS for the show in this list, but if you haven't watched the show already, I advise you to check it out because it was definitely a good time.
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Episode 1: Greef Karga
The first episode has gotten a lot of coverage from the toyline, but one character missing who went on to be major in the show is Carl Weather's Greef Karga. He was in charge of the bounty hunter guild, as well as a major part of Mando's team that helped defeat Moff Gideon's Imperial rule in Nevarro. He was a charismatic character with a lot of great comedic moments, including referring to the Child's Force abilities as the "magic hand thing," and exclaiming that the Child was going to "eat him," prior to be healed by said Child.
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Episode 2: Kuiil
Kuiil was introduced in episode 1, carried over for a big role in the second episode, and returned for another big role in the seventh episode of the season. He was a really awesome character to have around and exuded a very wise and long lived presence. He strove for peace, refusing to partake in violence if it could be helped, and taught the Mandalorian some valuable lessons mostly involving patience (with taming the Blurrg) and that nothing is pure evil or good (with reprogramming IG-11). After all this character gave to the show, he deserves a figure in the Black Series; and would also be a great alien figure.
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Episode 3: Beskar armor Mandalorian
I never actually managed to find the first Mandalorian figure in stories or online for a decent price, but I almost feel like that turned out to be a good thing because the figure I really want to represent Mando is him in his silver Beskar outfit that he wore for most of the season! With the final episode in the season coming out, the figure could even be more than a repaint at this point and include the jetpack and possibly even an unmasked head!
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Episode 4: Klatooinian warrior
The fourth episode of the season took place in a small world with a smaller cast of characters, focusing mostly on the introduction of Cara Dune and Mando's interactions with the inhabitants of the small town. Out of all the designs in the episode, a figure of the generic Klatooinian warriors would be a lot of fun to have and would provide for some great army builders to include in a Mandalorian set up as well as fill out any alien displays! The Vintage Collection got one, so the action figure precedent is there for Black Series to get one too!
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Episode 5: Peli Motto with pit droids
This episode didn't grab me as much as the others, but I still found it fun and one character that I enjoyed was Peli Motto who was the typical swindler who seemed like she was ready to con Mando out of his money in return for some repairs on his ship. She was also flanked by three Pit droids which I thought were awesome references to the prequels, and though it might be too much plastic for a standard figure release, I would love to have her with her pit droids.
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Episode 6: Mayfeld
In order to avoid saying, "The entire episode," for this entry I'm going to focus solely on my favorite member of the bounty hunter group that Mando found himself running with. I loved the entire premise of the episode and every character involved, especially Zero and Mayfeld, though Mayfeld ended up winning out by sheer personality alone. I think both would make fun figures, with Mayfeld's extra gun on his back allowing for a lot more posability options. He played the part of the scheming, temperamental team leader well, and I'm excited for his potential return.
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Episode 7: Moff Gideon
In the second to last episode we were introduced to the main villain of the series in Moff Gideon. His role was expanded in the finale, but his introduction was an awesome one as he immediately pinned down the heroes and then in the finale shows that he is a very formidable opponent. He makes no lies about fighting for his own self interest, and aside from having an awesome uniform design, the finale revealed that he is also in possession of the dark saber which would be amazing in the Black Series line!! Especially with the new swinging effect Count Dooku's figure is releasing with.
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Episode 8: Incinerator Trooper
Of course, any trooper that hasn't been made in the line will be included in the list as Star Wars is all about troopers, and the Black Series is definitely all about doing troopers! The Incinerator Trooper was an awesome design that would be easy to pull off in the line, being what seems to be a regular Stormtrooper with red design points on the armor, but the flamethrower pack would be what makes the figure stand out the most! It would also go well with the recently revealed Child figure, being the baby's big moment from the finale!
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