Star Wars Black Series Dash Rendar action figure review (2025)

Dash Rendar making his way into the Star Wars Black Series feels like the Hasbro BS team is diving even deeper into delivering what longtime fans want from the line. The Shadows of the Empire character has been a fan favorite for decades and even got a Power of the Force figure way back in 1997.

To further illustrate the freewheeling time we enjoyed back in the late 90s, Dash’s ship — The Outrider — even got turned into a vehicle for the POTF line. It’s been a decade plus since Dash Rendar got any love especially with Disney not spotlighting Expanded Universe characters, but the tide seems to have turned somewhat — at least with Black Series figure options.

Let’s see if the galaxy’s third best scoundrel and mercenary gets a fitting figure or if the price wasn’t worth it for this Han Solo stand-in.

Packaging: Dash Rendar is part of a new Shadows of the Empire subline, which gets a rich, vibrant purple as its accent color.

He’s listed as No. 2 in the SOTE line, but he’s really the third after the Luke and Leia two-pack and Prince Xizor.

He’s got a cool drawing for the mural image as well as a bio that explains Dash’s role in the period of time during and after Empire Strikes Back.

Likeness: Over the years, Dash Rendar has been in enough media including the Shadows of the Empire game, that his look is fairly established.

It’s more of the hairstyle that can be up for debate. It tends to be done at a moderate height with a few strands falling down in a slightly unkempt look.

The Black Series team doesn’t have to worry too much about matching up an actor’s likeness, but the sculpt is done in a realistic fashion where he fits in just fine alongside Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian in particular. He’s got a rugged portrait like he’s been through a few things and still survived to tell the tale.

His outfit has a distinctly Star Wars vibe while not making Dash Rendar look like a basic background character. He’s got big, padded shoulder pauldrons resting atop a metal chest plate and shoulder pads. The detailing, specifically on the shoulder pads is very nicely done. Check out the dents in the armor section, which shows it’s doing its job.

Dash wears a flight suit with a quilted, leather section in the middle of his stomach down to his knees. He’s got loose, flared gloves, a double belt with a holster on the right hip and long tall boots. Dash definitely looks like a mercenary ready for action with enough protection to keep him safe when things get hairy. He’s clean shaven while some takes on Dash have given him a full beard, a goatee or a five o’clock shadow.

Scale: Dash Rendar is about 5’10” so he’s not a giant and would be looking up at the 6’1″ Han Solo (barely). He should be eye to eye with Lando Calrissian and a bit taller than the 5’9″ Luke Skywalker.

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Paint: Since Dash Rendar wasn’t in the movies or in a TV show there was no real effort to keep a consistent look for him. That showed up most obviously with his facial hair. For the Black Series figure, giving Dash a bit of stubble would have helped rough him up a bit especially since Han is already clean shaven.

Another “issue” with his hair is its color. Some books, comic books and video games have it as red while others have it brown. To avoid another Han Solo wears a blue or a brown coat issue, the BS team opted to make it brown. For the sake of contrast with so much of his gear being brown, making it red or at least giving it a red wash would have been a nice touch.

His costume elements feature a clean paint job with some additional details like the silver button on his left pauldron and his belt buckles.

Articulation: Dash Rendar is a mercenary and doesn’t have the same grace as a Jedi Knight, so his figure needs to have exceptional range of motion.

His shoulder pauldrons are made using the same flexible material as the Clone Troopers/Stormtroopers and fortunately don’t impede his shoulder and arm movement.

Dash Rendar has:

• neck
• ball-jointed shoulders
• elbow (with swivel)
• wrist
• wrist hinge
• torso (ball joint)
• hips
• thighs
• knees (swivel)
• ankles

Accessories:  Dash Rendar doesn’t get a ton of accessories.

He’s got a modified DL-44 with an auto-charger with a silver scope and black body. That little bit of detail is appreciated.

That’s all he gets on the accessory front however, which definitely puts a ding in the value score.

Worth it?  Dash Rendar was $24.99, which was a solid price. but now he’s up to $27.99. That means you’ve gotta be a huge Dash fan to justify that price for a figure with one accessory. Admittedly, he does have an all-new sculpt, but that isn’t enough. It’s not like Hasbro offers discounts when they reuse old sculpts.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10

Dash gets a pretty solid figure, but he really would have benefitted from a more roguish head sculpt or at least some stubble and red hair.

Where to get it?  You can get Dash Rendar from my affiliates Amazon or get the full wave case at Entertainment Earth.

As Amazon and Entertainment Earth affiliates, I earn from qualifying purchases.