Anakin Skywalker (Clone Wars) Lego Star Wars Minifigure

Anakin Skywalker has been the subject of many minifigure versions:  as a boy in various pilot guises; as a Padawan; as a Jedi Knight; in the throes of turning to the dark side and battle-scarred prior to his transformation to Darth Vader.  All versions picking up the evolution of the character that we see in the films: Episode I - III.  

This minifigure version is intended to cater for the fans of the Clone Wars movie and Clone Wars TV Series.  To be fair to Lego, this minifigure version  is pretty good at recreating the appearance of 'Jedi General' Anakin Skywalker and is deliberately 'cartoonish' in appearance.

This minifigure variant was first released in 2008 and can be found in a number of sets:

• 7669:  Anakin's Jedi Starfighter;
• 7675:  AT-TE Walker (2008);
• 7680:  The Twilight (2008);
• 85037:  Star Wars Magnet Set (2010);
• 7931: T-6 Jedi Shuttle (2011);   

The minifigure itself is composed of four parts and is equipped with a two part light blue lightsaber.

The hair piece displays a swept back tousled and is reddish brown in colour. Interestingly, it is also seen on the Mon Mothma Minifigure in set 7754-1:  Home One Mon Calimari Star Cruiser that was released in 2009.

The face is single printed to the front with blue eyes, brown eyebrows and light brown battle scars and lines to the face.

The Torso is a single sided print which is principally black in colour with light grey garment definition, reddish-brown arms, black hands.  The rear is a plain black colour.

The Legs are simply plain black to both sides.

At first glance this variant is almost identical to the minifigure in the 7957: Sith Nightspeeder set from 2011.  Almost.  The Torso is superior in the Nightspeeder set variant with a double sided print, this time with brown fabric detail and more detail on the belt.

Other notable variants that are comparable, include the 9494:  Anakin's Jedi Interceptor Variant released in 2012.  This set is aligned to Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith, so the face is not cartoon-like and distinctly distressed, the hair piece is brown in colour and the double sided Torso has a different depiction of the robes.

All in all, it's a good minifigure, you could quibble that it appears that Anakin wears a very dark blue uniform in the movie/TV episodes rather than the black that Lego have opted for.  Other negatives that go against it are how common it is: it appears in a number of sets across a number of years.  The advance to a double sided torso print in the 2011 Sith Nightspeeder set gives this variant the edge in my opinion.

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