This figure has been put off to the side for way longer than I can remember. Mostly because it was tons of work to pull off. Originally, both Vizsla's head and helmet needed heavy modification. On top of that, I had to fabricate the jetpack from scratch. After the project was completed, we ended up getting a 3D printed jetpack and helmet from
Audes Workshop on eBay that improved upon the original helmet and jetpack. We definitely wanted to add this version of Pre Vizsla to the collection since he was featured so prominently in this form during the later seasons of
The Clone Wars television series. He took more hours to fabricate than I care to recall, but now that he is completed, I couldn't be happier.
The jetpack and belt pouches both attach magnetically. I love the magnets, because you can tuck the dark saber that Vizsla wields between his back and the jetpack to hold it in place. Attaching the pouches magnetically allowed them to be easily removed so I could have Vizsla as he appeared in "A Friend in Need" with the pouches present or Vizsla without the pouches on his belt like he was dressed when he battled Darth Maul in "Shades of Reason".
The gauntlets were repurposed Cad Bane forearms. They were heavily modified and fused to the original Pre Vizsla ones.
I'm really happy to be working on Clone Wars action figures again. They are my favorite figures to make.
Vizsla conspired with Mandalorian
Senator Tal Merrik to capture Kryze during her journey to
Coruscant, where she intended to plead her case directly to the
Galactic Senate, but Merrik was
defeated before he could complete his assignment. Amassing an
army of Death Watch
troops on Concordia in preparation to take over Mandalore, Vizsla was forced to wait until his and Dooku's plot to turn Mandalore against the Republic was completed. Vizsla
dispatched a
Death Watch assassin to Coruscant to
kill Kryze, as her death would remove the opposition to the Senate's
upcoming vote to have
Republic troops occupy Mandalore—an occupation which would allow the Death Watch to gain the support of Mandalore populace and "liberate" them from the Republic. However, the
assassin failed to murder Kryze, and the plot itself fell through, with the Senate voting against occupying Mandalore. With this turn of events, Vizsla was forced to postpone his attack on Mandalore, as his forces would be unable to hold the planet without its people's support.
At some point, Vizsla and his soldiers came across an escape pod lost in deep space which held the stranded
Sith Lords Darth Maul and his brother
Savage Opress. Harboring a common hatred of Obi-Wan Kenobi for his actions against them, they planned on having their revenge after their
planned conquest of Mandalore. Gathering an army of criminals including the
Hutts, the
Pykes, and the
Black Sun, Vizsla and Maul attacked
Sundari, allowing Death Watch to act as heroes to a desperate population after the Duchess's forces failed to stop the criminals. With the support of the Mandalorian people, Vizsla ousted Satine and appointed himself
Prime Minister and claimed the ancient title of
Mand'alor. He also betrayed his Sith allies who were imprisoned but who managed to escape. Maul challenged Vizsla to a duel to determine the true ruler of the Mandalorians. After a long and difficult duel, Maul defeated Vizsla and executed him for his failures, before claiming his position as leader of the Death Watch.
CLONE WARS
"PHASE II PRE VIZSLA"
created by DARTH DADDY
With magnetic pouches removed.
SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED
"Bo Katan" by Customs for the Kid
