13th Battalion Clone Trooper — Star Wars The Black Series #GG 12

Overview

The 13th Battalion Clone Trooper at #GG 12 is the Gaming Greats Collection’s deep-cut Republic-era clone figure — the “Iron Battalion” infantry unit from Cal Kestis’s backstory in Jedi: Fallen Order, the regiment that served under Jedi Commander Jaro Tapal and his Padawan Cal Kestis before Order 66 turned the troopers against their Jedi commanders. Released November 2022 as a single-boxed GameStop exclusive. MSRP $27.99 (year-imprinted 2020). One accessory: a blaster. 17-joint articulation. The body sculpt is reused from earlier Black Series Phase II clone trooper releases, but the paint scheme on the armour is unique to this figure — yellow markings that distinguish the 13th Battalion from the broader clone army’s colour-coded regiments.

The Cal Kestis Backstory Connection

The 13th Battalion is one of the most narratively significant clone units in the Star Wars expanded canon because of its connection to Jedi: Fallen Order’s protagonist. Cal Kestis served as Jaro Tapal’s Padawan during the Clone Wars, and the 13th Battalion was the unit they commanded. When Order 66 executed, the Iron Battalion’s troopers turned on Cal and Jaro Tapal — the opening sequence of Fallen Order depicts Tapal’s death and Cal’s escape, with the 13th Battalion troopers serving as the executors of the order.

For collectors building Cal Kestis displays, the 13th Battalion Trooper is the figure that completes the character’s backstory in plastic form. Cal Kestis Deluxe (#GG 02) depicts the protagonist himself; the 13th Battalion Trooper depicts the unit that betrayed him. The pairing creates a meaningful narrative-arc display — the Padawan and the troopers who turned on him, captured at opposite points in the Order 66 sequence.

For collectors who don’t care about Cal Kestis specifically, the figure works as a generic 13th Battalion army-builder for broader Clone Wars-era displays. The Iron Battalion’s distinctive yellow markings make it visually differentiated from the more common 501st (blue), 212th (orange), Coruscant Guard (red), and other widely-displayed clone units.

The Unique Paint Scheme

This Clone Trooper sculpt has been utilised by Hasbro numerous times in the Black Series 6” line previously, but the paint scheme on the armour is unique to this release. The 13th Battalion’s specific yellow-and-grey armour deco hasn’t appeared on any prior Hasbro Black Series figure, which makes the 2022 release the figure’s primary differentiator from the broader Phase II clone trooper roster.

The figure was painted well with cleanly applied markings. This is a notable improvement over many other Gaming Greats trooper releases (the Imperial Rocket Trooper, the Flametrooper, the Nightbrother figures all had paint applications that detailed reviewers flagged as too clean for the source material). The 13th Battalion’s paint application is sharp without being undefined — the yellow markings sit cleanly on the white armour base, the grey accents are appropriately placed, and the figure reads as a screen-accurate Iron Battalion clone rather than a generic clone with deco stripes.

The Single-Blaster Loadout

The Clone Trooper came with a blaster which fits well into the trooper’s hands. One accessory, no backup weapons, no equipment additions. This is a lean accessory loadout for a $27.99 GameStop exclusive figure — comparable Phase 4 trooper releases (the ARC Trooper at #GG 09, the Senate Guard at #GG 08) ship with two or three accessories at similar pricing.

For collectors who want a wider weapon loadout for army-builder displays, the 13th Battalion’s single-blaster shipment is restrictive. The workaround is the standard one: source loose accessories from other clone trooper releases or accept that the figure is meant for paint-display rather than dynamic-pose configurations.

The No-Removable-Parts Configuration

There is no head underneath the helmet and there are no removable parts on the armor. Consistent with how most Black Series Imperial and Republic trooper-class figures are tooled — the helmet is integrated, the armour pieces are sculpted as fixed elements, and the figure ships in a single-configuration display state.

For a clone trooper specifically, this is mildly disappointing. All clones share the Mandalorian-DNA template face, so an unmasked head sculpt could have been reused from any prior clone figure (the Hunter Bad Batch figure includes one, multiple Phase II clone variants have shipped with removable helmets). Hasbro chose to keep the 13th Battalion locked into the helmeted configuration, which limits display flexibility.

The Jedi: Fallen Order Source

Jedi: Fallen Order’s opening sequence is the most narratively significant on-screen appearance of the 13th Battalion. The unit appears in flashback sequences throughout the game as Cal recovers memories of his Padawan-era training, and the troopers serve as the visual representation of the trauma that defines the protagonist’s character arc. For collectors who played the game, the figure captures a recognisable narrative element — the unit that connects Cal to his Jedi-era past.

The Gaming Greats Collection includes multiple Jedi: Fallen Order figures across its run — Cal Kestis Deluxe at #GG 02, Flametrooper at #GG 03, Nightbrother Warrior at #GG 05, Nightbrother Archer at #GG 10, the 13th Battalion Trooper here, and various others. The 13th Battalion Trooper is the only Republic-era figure in the Fallen Order sub-roster (the others are all Imperial-era enemy classes), which makes it the figure that anchors the game’s flashback-sequence chronology.

Articulation

17 joints. Ball-jointed top neck, ball-jointed lower neck, ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, ball-jointed knees, ball-jointed ankles. Standard Phase 4 baseline articulation. The 13th Battalion Clone Trooper stands well on display even in dynamic poses — the joint engineering supports combat configurations without balance drift.

The Mural Collection Position

The 13th Battalion Trooper sits at the twelfth position in the Gaming Greats Collection mural display. For loose display, the figure works best alongside Cal Kestis Deluxe at #GG 02 for the Padawan-and-his-betrayers display configuration, alongside other Jedi: Fallen Order figures (Flametrooper, Nightbrother Warrior, Nightbrother Archer) for a Fallen Order ensemble display, or alongside the broader Black Series clone trooper roster for a clone-army-by-regiment display.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed GameStop exclusive, November 2022. Aftermarket prices on the secondary market have generally tracked at or near the original $27.99 MSRP, with steady demand from clone-army builders and Fallen Order completionists. Verify the blaster is included; the single-accessory loadout means there’s only one component to lose. No production variants documented.

Verdict

The 13th Battalion Clone Trooper at #GG 12 is the right figure for Jedi: Fallen Order completionists building the Cal Kestis backstory display, or for clone-army builders adding the Iron Battalion regiment to their broader Clone Wars roster. The unique yellow paint scheme is the figure’s primary value proposition, and Hasbro committed to clean paint application that elevates the figure above the under-painted Gaming Greats trooper releases.

The single-blaster accessory loadout is lean for $27.99 pricing. The integrated helmet locks the figure into a single display configuration. The reused body sculpt means collectors who own multiple Phase II clone variants are buying duplicate body tooling. None of these are deal-breakers for the unique paint scheme this figure carries.

Buy this figure if you collect Cal Kestis-related releases, if you build clone-army-by-regiment displays, or if the Iron Battalion’s specific narrative role mattered to you. The $27.99 MSRP is fair for the unique paint deco, even if the accessory loadout is lean.

The clone unit that betrayed Cal Kestis. The Iron Battalion in plastic. The figure with the yellow markings and the deep-cut Republic-era backstory. GameStop exclusive, November 2022.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Gaming Greats Collection. Related: Cal Kestis (Deluxe) P4-GG-02 | RC-1207 (Sev) P4-GG-11 | Nightbrother Archer P4-GG-10.