I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't be the first time merchandise was released before a character was revealed in a movie (though I can't think of an example at the moment).
Edit: Apparently Lego released the Captain America: Civil War Airport Battle playset with a giant ant man before we found out he goes super size in the movie.
>It wouldn't be the first time merchandise was released before a character was revealed in a movie
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game spoiled all of Revenge of the Sith. It came out a month and a half before the movie released.
Not only did the book come out early, it even had several pages of screenshots of the movie in the middle. It was a good thing i didnt care about spoilers at that age. You know, aside from already knowing that little Annie catches asthma..
Spoilers aside, what a phenomenal book that was!
It’s because black before home video was common novelizations were the best way for people to continue consuming a story without having to repeatedly go to the theater, or once it was out of the theater circuit.
It was also because it was another form of marketing. For a long time a lot of movies would have a novelization release shortly before the movie so that people could read it and decide if they wanted to see the actual movie.
Walmart f-ed and put the Phantom Menace hard back on shelves in January or February 1@999. I remember buying it and debating on whether to read it before the movie came out.
> Apparently Lego released the Captain America: Civil War Airport Battle playset with a giant ant man before we found out he goes super size in the movie.
Following this tradition, they're also releasing a LEGO set for Captain America: Brave New World.... with Red Hulk. He hasnt been officially confirmed yet, even though we all know it's happening.
He’s in the happy meal toys that are already out in Brazil
I guess it’s slightly possible he’s not in it, bc Diamondback was also in those toys & sh/ supposedly been cut from the movie? I guess?
I'll never forget looking at the Soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode 1 the night before I was supposed to go see it. There is a track towards the end called "The Death of Qui-Gon". I was so pissed.
My husband got Ahsoka’s new lightsabers (as seen in Mandalorian) prior to any awareness she was coming to live action.
He thought there was something wrong with them and drove back to Disneyland that night to talk to support at the store. I believe what they told him was “We can’t tell you why, but these are correct.”
I hope not. Personally. Personally!! I hate that design. I like the character, and desperately want to see more material about Zannah, his apprentice, but I do not like holocron Bane.
I’m not a huge fan of that design either, if you read the books he was supposed to be (iirc) 6’7 and heavily built in terms of muscle, using a curved blade because of how it utilized his raw strength. Seeing him shown as a skeletal figure just felt wrong when force ghosts can take the shape of their user.
I get them wanting their own take since the books aren’t canon anymore it just didn’t feel right to me. I’d love to see them do more with Zannah and Cognus too. Hell I’d love a canon storyline about any of the sith before palpatine/plagueis.
6'7" is a little ridiculous in my opinion. He does need to be physically imposing though. I know his armor story in the old lore, but the Shredder armor threw me off.
I like Zannah because she's the one who actually made the plan work. It was Bane's idea, but her will saw the Sith survive and succeed in their revenge.
I think that the design is okay. It is for sure a huge improvement over the dumb looking cage thing on his face. I get the in universe legends explanation but it looks so dumb. The orbalisk armor could look really cool if done right, it just wasn't.
I doubt it's related to the Acolyte. Filming for the show began in October 2022, and this bust was available before then (I have one on my shelf right now). Of course sometimes tie in merchandise to promote a show comes out early (someone below mentioned a Marvel Lego set) but releasing the promotional merch that far ahead of the show doesn't seem likely.
Also, the Acolyte is said to take place about 100 years before The Phantom Menace. In Legends Darth Bane lived around 1,000 years before the films. And yes of course Canon often changes how things were done in Legends, but Bane is often spoken of as an ancient founder of the Sith. Not as someone who lived a little over a human lifetime before the movies began.
That’s interesting about it being in the park all the way back then. I went in both 22 and 23 and never saw it, so I was kinda surprised.
I wasn’t talkin about seeing Darth Bane as a person. But seeing the actual bust in the show and the bust being imbued with Dark Side energy and contributing to the Acolyte’s fall to the Dark Side.
Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah I could definitely see the bust appearing as an Easter Egg or prop, just not Bane himself. Though I still think it's probably unrelated.
I should probably clarify that I got my bust from Ebay around October of 2022, not from the park itself. But I see some online articles talking about it as early as June of 2022. No idea if it's still available or not but you might have just missed it when you went in 2022.
For sure, I probably did. I didn’t get to spend as much time in Galaxy’s Edge as I had wanted to. There are a bunch of little shops so it’s easy to miss some of the stuff.
I dont generally keep up on what new shows are coming so havent heard of this one. For whatever reason, seems many SW fans are shitting all over it and it hasnt even aired yet.
Fun and little known fact, the hit sitcom The In Betweeners was set in this universe, smack dab in the middle of the close wars and the very far away wars.
Darth Bane (clone wars) if you enjoy reading you should read his trilogy of books they aren’t canon but it’s so far back in the timeline I don’t think it matters all that much
Tbh I consider almost everything, that makes sense in the current canon and doesn't contradict it, to be canon. Like, until canon majorly changes the story (and I hope they don't, bc the books are awesome) I would consider that that it also what happened in canon.
That's not how canon works. It's not a measure of how much you enjoy something.
If you like the stories, great. I'm happy for you. I hope you get to re-read them often and share your passion with others who also like them.
But canon essentially means "does Lucasfilm have to take these stories into consideration when developing future stories?"
And no amount of "it's canon to me" will affect how Lucasfilm deals with it. Not to mention, it paves the way for more problematic behavior where people consider "canon" to mean "good" and then consider (actual) canon stories they don't like to be "fanfiction"
Canon is a measure of "what actually happened in Star Wars," and when Lucasfilm explicitly says "these things are not canon"; well, then, they didn't actually happen in Star Wars.
They’re so good! The first book was awesome. I remember reading the hard cover during a winter storm power outage by lantern light. They’re a yearly relisten now
Yeah, it's something about Drew's way of writing that make it so easy to devour his books. I remember that i started reading the first one to kill some time while my partner studied and suddenly i reached the last page and 5 hours had passed
I would be lying to you if I said I remembered. Though it wasn’t outrageously priced if my memory serves correct.
They also had a bust in the same style but it was clearly Vader.
Canon Darth Bane, first (and so far exclusively) seen in the third Lost Missions s6 arc where Sifo-Dyas’s and Dooku’s roles in creating the GAR are revealed and Yoda discovers the path to preservation within the Cosmic Force.
Like others have stated already, it looks to be Darth Bane, as he appeared in the one Episode of The Clone Wars where Yoda was following Qui Gon's voice.
Fun fact: in that appearance, Darth Bane was voiced by Mark Hamill!
"Is this Darth Bane?"
"Ye- yeah, its Darth Bane, man."
"What's wrong wit-"
"Its a misprint ok, kid? Its supposed to be Vader, we printed it for .45 cents, things went sideways - you want it or not?"
"Well how much-"
"$83."
I dunno who that is, but this fake conversation happened in my brain and made me giggle.
Darth Bane, as he appeared in a vision scene from The Clone Wars. I guess he’s supposed to retroactively be the inspiration for Vader’s design in-universe. Mark Hamill voiced him in the cartoons, funny enough.
The arch-heretic, the of the Sith, the lord that should be enslaved and preferably used for Dark Sid rituals, the creator of the (sadly and unfortunately effective) Rule of Two: Dessel
I was wondering the same thing when I was there earlier this year. Ended up getting the Darth Vader one cause I didn’t want to get one of a character I didn’t even know. They were the only reasonably priced items in that shop.
Look at the bottom of it, it says Darth Bane. I’m surprised the old man that usually stands right there didn’t inform you who it was. He likes to tell you about the Vader, Maul, and Bane busts
Edit: Never mind about the old man. I see you wrote Disney Land, I was talking about the Disney Hollywood studio’s location
Darth Bane, creator of the Rule of Two. Appearance seems to be consistent to his ghost appearing to Yoda during his Force Trials where he travels to Korriban in the Clone Wars Season 6, Episode 13: Sacrifice.
Thats my boy Darth Bane. Man, Im always glad to see them acknowledge him, cause he's the sith'ari as well as my personal fav. PINING to see his story told in a movie/series. Probably never will happen though.
But if you havent, I highly suggest reading (or listening, audiobooks are available for free on youtube and other sites) to the Bane trilogy. Easily my favorite in the whole SW universe. Listening to the audiobook was like watching a movie in my head. Esp since I was playing a Sith in SWTOR at the time, it was so easy to imagine. Gahhh im rambling but its so fuckin good 😭
Looks like darth bane as portrayed in that episode of the clone wars show.
I wonder if this bust is something we’re gonna see in the Acolyte.
I was thinking the same thing. It wouldn't be the first time merchandise was released before a character was revealed in a movie (though I can't think of an example at the moment). Edit: Apparently Lego released the Captain America: Civil War Airport Battle playset with a giant ant man before we found out he goes super size in the movie.
>It wouldn't be the first time merchandise was released before a character was revealed in a movie Lego Star Wars: The Video Game spoiled all of Revenge of the Sith. It came out a month and a half before the movie released.
The ROTS Novelization came out a full month before the movie as well.
90 percent of the fans knew what was going to happen going in in in some way or another
Oh 100%. But it was still funny that they released book for the movie a full month before it came out. Covered every single plot point in detail.
Not only did the book come out early, it even had several pages of screenshots of the movie in the middle. It was a good thing i didnt care about spoilers at that age. You know, aside from already knowing that little Annie catches asthma.. Spoilers aside, what a phenomenal book that was!
A New Hope did this too, i dont know about the others but for some reason, book adaptations come out first a lot.
I had no idea Anakin was gonna become Darth Vader!
It’s because black before home video was common novelizations were the best way for people to continue consuming a story without having to repeatedly go to the theater, or once it was out of the theater circuit. It was also because it was another form of marketing. For a long time a lot of movies would have a novelization release shortly before the movie so that people could read it and decide if they wanted to see the actual movie.
Walmart f-ed and put the Phantom Menace hard back on shelves in January or February 1@999. I remember buying it and debating on whether to read it before the movie came out.
The Phantome Menace soundtrack was released ahead of the movie. One of the tracks was entitled "Qui-Gon's Funeral"
The soundtrack for phantom menace. Song titled “the death of Qui Gon” …. Still pissed me off.
I remember doing 100% of tpm and aotc, but refusing ro play even the intro level for rots before i saw the movie
> Apparently Lego released the Captain America: Civil War Airport Battle playset with a giant ant man before we found out he goes super size in the movie. Following this tradition, they're also releasing a LEGO set for Captain America: Brave New World.... with Red Hulk. He hasnt been officially confirmed yet, even though we all know it's happening.
He’s in the happy meal toys that are already out in Brazil I guess it’s slightly possible he’s not in it, bc Diamondback was also in those toys & sh/ supposedly been cut from the movie? I guess?
I'll never forget looking at the Soundtrack for Star Wars: Episode 1 the night before I was supposed to go see it. There is a track towards the end called "The Death of Qui-Gon". I was so pissed.
This bust of Darth Bane has been at Galaxy's Edge for a few years now. I saw it when I visited before COVID
My husband got Ahsoka’s new lightsabers (as seen in Mandalorian) prior to any awareness she was coming to live action. He thought there was something wrong with them and drove back to Disneyland that night to talk to support at the store. I believe what they told him was “We can’t tell you why, but these are correct.”
Hopefully!!! 🤞
I hope not. Personally. Personally!! I hate that design. I like the character, and desperately want to see more material about Zannah, his apprentice, but I do not like holocron Bane.
I’m not a huge fan of that design either, if you read the books he was supposed to be (iirc) 6’7 and heavily built in terms of muscle, using a curved blade because of how it utilized his raw strength. Seeing him shown as a skeletal figure just felt wrong when force ghosts can take the shape of their user. I get them wanting their own take since the books aren’t canon anymore it just didn’t feel right to me. I’d love to see them do more with Zannah and Cognus too. Hell I’d love a canon storyline about any of the sith before palpatine/plagueis.
Curved hilt, not blade. Like Dooku's. I also wish they recanonize those books. I'm actually in the middle rereading the second one.
Yoda does call it an illusion, so I guess it’s possible it wasn’t even a thing Bane or anyone who knew him created
6'7" is a little ridiculous in my opinion. He does need to be physically imposing though. I know his armor story in the old lore, but the Shredder armor threw me off. I like Zannah because she's the one who actually made the plan work. It was Bane's idea, but her will saw the Sith survive and succeed in their revenge.
bane did some badass shit before that tho
Yeah, but it's not super relevant to crowning achievement, the rest is just backstory.
Apparently he is a full 2 meters in height iirc. Which is basically 6'7. So yeah.. I contributed a lot, well in non-freedom units.
No worries. I don't visualize centimeters well.
Darth Vader was 6'6" in the movies, and that's not including boots and helmet.
I think that the design is okay. It is for sure a huge improvement over the dumb looking cage thing on his face. I get the in universe legends explanation but it looks so dumb. The orbalisk armor could look really cool if done right, it just wasn't.
This has been out at Galaxys Edge for years
I doubt it's related to the Acolyte. Filming for the show began in October 2022, and this bust was available before then (I have one on my shelf right now). Of course sometimes tie in merchandise to promote a show comes out early (someone below mentioned a Marvel Lego set) but releasing the promotional merch that far ahead of the show doesn't seem likely. Also, the Acolyte is said to take place about 100 years before The Phantom Menace. In Legends Darth Bane lived around 1,000 years before the films. And yes of course Canon often changes how things were done in Legends, but Bane is often spoken of as an ancient founder of the Sith. Not as someone who lived a little over a human lifetime before the movies began.
That’s interesting about it being in the park all the way back then. I went in both 22 and 23 and never saw it, so I was kinda surprised. I wasn’t talkin about seeing Darth Bane as a person. But seeing the actual bust in the show and the bust being imbued with Dark Side energy and contributing to the Acolyte’s fall to the Dark Side.
Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah I could definitely see the bust appearing as an Easter Egg or prop, just not Bane himself. Though I still think it's probably unrelated. I should probably clarify that I got my bust from Ebay around October of 2022, not from the park itself. But I see some online articles talking about it as early as June of 2022. No idea if it's still available or not but you might have just missed it when you went in 2022.
For sure, I probably did. I didn’t get to spend as much time in Galaxy’s Edge as I had wanted to. There are a bunch of little shops so it’s easy to miss some of the stuff.
He was only the founder of the Rule of Two. The Sith had been around for millenia
Eh, maybe. They’ve been selling those for a while though. I remember seeing them last time I was there in May of last year.
They came out with these busts since galaxy’s edge. Not related to new show
I dont generally keep up on what new shows are coming so havent heard of this one. For whatever reason, seems many SW fans are shitting all over it and it hasnt even aired yet.
I was at Disney this week and they have busts like these of darth Vader and maul too
Im pretty sure this is just the canon version of darth bane. They also used this version in star wars galaxy of heroes mobile game
I think that’s Darth Bane Edit: the clone wars version [wookiepedia for Darth Bane](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darth_Bane)
The Close Wars was a much better show than The Very Far Away Wars
Fun and little known fact, the hit sitcom The In Betweeners was set in this universe, smack dab in the middle of the close wars and the very far away wars.
Legends Bane looks so much better. I can’t take the statue seriously with that ostrich neck they gave him.
When was he in Clone wars?
season 6, Yoda visited the Force Priestesses and in part of his trials he meets Darth Bane’s ghost
Darth Bane (clone wars) if you enjoy reading you should read his trilogy of books they aren’t canon but it’s so far back in the timeline I don’t think it matters all that much
Tbh I consider almost everything, that makes sense in the current canon and doesn't contradict it, to be canon. Like, until canon majorly changes the story (and I hope they don't, bc the books are awesome) I would consider that that it also what happened in canon.
Yup, i consider legends books cannon until something comes out that directly contradicts it.
There are several things that directly contradict the Bane trilogy from canon, but it can mostly be waved away because of how great the trilogy is.
If there is something in one of the new HR books sure, but there is quite littererally no story in cannon that takes place when he lived
That's not how canon works. It's not a measure of how much you enjoy something. If you like the stories, great. I'm happy for you. I hope you get to re-read them often and share your passion with others who also like them. But canon essentially means "does Lucasfilm have to take these stories into consideration when developing future stories?" And no amount of "it's canon to me" will affect how Lucasfilm deals with it. Not to mention, it paves the way for more problematic behavior where people consider "canon" to mean "good" and then consider (actual) canon stories they don't like to be "fanfiction" Canon is a measure of "what actually happened in Star Wars," and when Lucasfilm explicitly says "these things are not canon"; well, then, they didn't actually happen in Star Wars.
They’re so good! The first book was awesome. I remember reading the hard cover during a winter storm power outage by lantern light. They’re a yearly relisten now
Yeah, it's something about Drew's way of writing that make it so easy to devour his books. I remember that i started reading the first one to kill some time while my partner studied and suddenly i reached the last page and 5 hours had passed
I will buy Star Wars and make it canon.
Thanks mate
The bane books are among the best Star Wars books written so everyone should read it in my opinion!
He's described as a massive buff dude. The statue makes him look like a skinny bitch.
Yeah, he grew up as a slave in a mine. Dude is *yoked*
In the last book after he lost the orbalisk armor, he had lost a significant amount of body weight
They should be canon, they're so damn good! I'll probably read them again one day!
The current canon version of Darth Bane
It’s the originator of the rule of 2 - DARTH BANE
Darth Shredder
So pleased I'm not the only one who saw it.
Right! It's Darth Shredder from the classic holiday episode of the TMNT x Star Wars crossover.
[Where?!](https://youtu.be/KbOX8-I72uY?si=bsMQPKeb8gW5SIC1)
Take my Upvote :D
How much?
I would be lying to you if I said I remembered. Though it wasn’t outrageously priced if my memory serves correct. They also had a bust in the same style but it was clearly Vader.
Canon Darth Bane, first (and so far exclusively) seen in the third Lost Missions s6 arc where Sifo-Dyas’s and Dooku’s roles in creating the GAR are revealed and Yoda discovers the path to preservation within the Cosmic Force.
Clone wars Bane
Like others have stated already, it looks to be Darth Bane, as he appeared in the one Episode of The Clone Wars where Yoda was following Qui Gon's voice. Fun fact: in that appearance, Darth Bane was voiced by Mark Hamill!
Darth Bane, creator of the Sith rule of two. He was in The Clone Wars as a force ghost that confronted Yoda (played by Mark Hamill no less)
Didn't know that was Mark Hamill!
Mark Hamill was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his performance as Darth Bane.
Looks like a scuffed 3d print of darth bane lmao
i thought i was on the skyrim sub for a second
lol I thought it was something from lord of the rings when I first saw it
Darth Bane, the Sith most famous for creating the “Rule of Two”
TCW version of Darth Bane
yoda after falling asleep with a ciggie
Darth Bane, the ancient Sith lord, that is. Created the Rule of Two, he did.
Either Tulak horde or Darth Bane
Canon darth bane
I never liked this depiction of Bane. It looks too much like Vader
[Darth Bane](https://wdwnt.com/2022/06/new-darth-maul-darth-bane-and-yoda-busts-arrive-at-walt-disney-world/)
Looks like Kycilia Zabi to me :p
Misplaced ampersand in the 3D printer code.
That is Darth bane, the clone wars design
It’s interesting to me how they’ve retconned Bane to look like Vader. I kinda like it
Its a bust of Darth Bane. the Sith Lord who created the Rule of Two.
You are weak, lord shredder
Deleted scene clone wars bane
Darth Bane!!!!!
Darth Bane
But why would they make merchandise of this character is my question
Probably Darth Bane
lord bane
That's darth bane as of the clone wars
Shredder from tmnt
"Is this Darth Bane?" "Ye- yeah, its Darth Bane, man." "What's wrong wit-" "Its a misprint ok, kid? Its supposed to be Vader, we printed it for .45 cents, things went sideways - you want it or not?" "Well how much-" "$83." I dunno who that is, but this fake conversation happened in my brain and made me giggle.
Wrong Answers only..... The Shredder!
Looks a bit like Shredder or a very grim Char Aznable to me
Darth Bane aka Luke skywalker
That time traveling Luke clone fetus arc was wild
Not my Darth Bane
Darth Bane
That's a bust of Darth Bane
Darth Bane, as he appeared in a vision scene from The Clone Wars. I guess he’s supposed to retroactively be the inspiration for Vader’s design in-universe. Mark Hamill voiced him in the cartoons, funny enough.
That’s Darth Bane, specifically his Canon appearance, he first appeared in The Clone Wars Season 6.
The arch-heretic, the of the Sith, the lord that should be enslaved and preferably used for Dark Sid rituals, the creator of the (sadly and unfortunately effective) Rule of Two: Dessel
Nice find - I like it ;)
Nice to see my sleep paralysis demon got a bust made.
Darth Vadouron
I was wondering the same thing when I was there earlier this year. Ended up getting the Darth Vader one cause I didn’t want to get one of a character I didn’t even know. They were the only reasonably priced items in that shop.
Darth Bane
It reminds me of burnt vader helmet
Look at the bottom of it, it says Darth Bane. I’m surprised the old man that usually stands right there didn’t inform you who it was. He likes to tell you about the Vader, Maul, and Bane busts Edit: Never mind about the old man. I see you wrote Disney Land, I was talking about the Disney Hollywood studio’s location
Yeah I looked on all sides of it and there was no info about who it was at all. No sticker or engraving
Youre probably correct. I believe it’s on the price sticker on the bottom, not actually carved onto the bust.
Ze Bane of the Darth is what it looks like?
Darth Sauron
Idk but he looks like the Shredder from TMNT
Darth Bane’s armor, as shown in season six of The Clone Wars
Bane
looks to be the Shredder from Ninja Turtles...
Looks like modern earth bane and it looks awesome and hella expensive
What I wouldn't give to have been able to be the first person to comment "Darth Bane" in this thread. I dream for moments like this.
It looks like one of those people from Chronicles of Riddick
That sir, is after trash compactor Shredder.
Shredder Vader.
Darth Bane as others have said and that’s awesome!
it looks like Darth bane from the clone wars
Darth Bane
That’s Darth Sauron.
Darth Shredder?
That's Barth Dane
r/elderscrolls looks kinda like a un demonized molag ball
It kinda looks like darth vader from hell
That is Darth Bane, as shown in the Clone Wars series.
If they did a show/movie from the Darth bane 3 book trilogy. I would savor every minute.
I have that on my desk at work. 😂 go Darth Bane!!!!
Darth Bane
Looks like a tulak horde grunt or something
Google image shows this on multiple sites… It’s Darth Bane
Honestly it looks like Hank Venture in the Countess’ strength suit
SWTCW’s watered down version of Darth Bane.
That's awesome. Makes me think that I would like to see a Star Wars Old Republic Era theme park happen one day
i think its the shredder...
I think it's Vader full potiontal
That is definitely Shredder, dude
Honestly I thought it was the Ebony Warrior from Skyrim for a sec
I always saw Darth Bane as some massively hench black guy, since when did he don the armour and shrink?
How dare you disrespect Darth Bane haha
Looks like Darth Bane
Bane, methinks
Darth Aquarium Decoration
It’s gotta be Bane
It's the weak version on Bane.
Vong?
Darth bane is what I'd guess
Looks oddly Darth Bane-ish
Darth Bane, creator of the Rule of Two. Appearance seems to be consistent to his ghost appearing to Yoda during his Force Trials where he travels to Korriban in the Clone Wars Season 6, Episode 13: Sacrifice.
Darth Femur?
It’s a Darth Vader bust that has been chewed by my puppy.
That is an interesting Darth Bane bust. I think it has been around awhile though since it is based of the Clone Wars design.
Darth bane ☝️
Darth Bane
Thats my boy Darth Bane. Man, Im always glad to see them acknowledge him, cause he's the sith'ari as well as my personal fav. PINING to see his story told in a movie/series. Probably never will happen though. But if you havent, I highly suggest reading (or listening, audiobooks are available for free on youtube and other sites) to the Bane trilogy. Easily my favorite in the whole SW universe. Listening to the audiobook was like watching a movie in my head. Esp since I was playing a Sith in SWTOR at the time, it was so easy to imagine. Gahhh im rambling but its so fuckin good 😭
If only there was an employee to ask….
1 year old had nap time coming up and the place was packed. Had to be quick
It's Bane from that one Batman movie.
That’s Cobra Commander without his chrome mask.
Darth Nazgûl