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Eleventh Brother

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
by yo go re

I thought Hasbro was done making Overwatch toys? Yet here's Reaper.

A mysterious Jedi hunter, the Eleventh Brother is one of the most feared of all the Inquisitorius’ ranks. An angular white mask conceals his true visage beyond a pair of piercing red eyes.

In 2016, the novel Ahsoka showed what the former padawan got up to after she left the Jedi Order: working in a remote farming community under the name "Ashla" and hiding her Force powers, until she has to reveal them to save someone from being crushed; this selfless act leads to a member of the Inquisitorius arriving, and she kills him in a duel. In 2022, the Tales of the Jedi episode "Resolve" showed Ahsoka working in a remote farming community under the name "Ashla" and hiding her Force powers, until she has to reveal them to save someone from being crushed; this selfless act leads to a member of the Inquisitorius arriving, and she kills him in a duel. So it sounds like the same story, right? Then why are the two Inquisitors different?

This one, the Eleventh Brother, is the one from the TV show. He also appeared in Maul - Shadow Lord, which is technically the source of this figure. His mask was designed to look like a crow's skull, though flattened to fit against a human face. Or whatever human-ish species he is: he's never been seen without it (which, by the logic of the people who didn't like The Last Jedi, means he must be someone we already know!!!1!), but he doesn't have, like, head-tentacles or a snout or anything. Humanish.

Darth Edgelord wears less armor than the other Inquisitors do. In fact, his outfit looks more like a standard grey Imperial uniform than what the rest of them wear. The only black parts are his boots and weird gloves: they have big round parts on the sides of the elbows, like a robot, and his hands have bones along the fingers and sharp claws on the tips. Weird!

His cape is softgoods, and drapes over his shoulders to make him look more like a Grim Reaper. Can somebody on the Marvel team go talk to the Star Wars team and learn how to use cloth instead of plastic? Because this is tailored really well, with a distinct, wide hem along the opening, and it has large Imperial logos printed on both shoulders. Maybe it's because Star Wars started as a live-action film, and so its characters are more "normal" than superheroes? That could be the reason softgoods work here better than they would on Marvel Legends?

A cloth cape also means the articulation remains unblocked. The figure has a barbell head, pectoral hinges, swivel/hinge shoulders, Swivel/hinge elbows, swivel/hinge wrists, a balljointed waist, balljoint hips, swivel thighs, swivel/hinge knees, and swivel/hinge ankles. As we so often are forced to point out, having a swivel both in the thigh and above the bend in the knee is a pointless choice, since they both provide the same range of motion; Hasbro, you need to keep the thigh, but turn the knee upside down: make the hinge part of the upper leg rather than the shin, and then the boots would be able to turn.

Elevensies uses the traditional double-bladed lightsaber, though I'm not sure how his would spin, since the central part is oval, rather than circular. The blades are removable, and apparently Hasbro has at last outgrown the terrible "blur" pieces that added no value at all to the toys. Unfortunately, that also means they're charging $27.99 for a 6" figure with one accessory. Our hobby is unsustainable.

Maul - Shadow Lord was a pretty good series, and used its Inquisitors really well. They were scary and threatening, rather than just being a cool design or a disposable enemy. Even if you haven't watched it, the Eleventh Brother is a uniquely spooky figure. Who knows, maybe next year he'll be one of those Halloween Edition releases!

-- 09/19/26


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