Captain Phasma — Star Wars The Black Series #06

Overview

Red Line #06 is Captain Phasma — Phasma, the First Order’s chromium-armoured officer who commands the stormtrooper programme on Starkiller Base. Phasma is the Red Line wave’s most visually distinctive release: the mirror-finish chromium armour, the black cape, and the height advantage over standard Stormtroopers create an immediately commanding shelf presence. She holds a specific position in the line as the first named First Order officer figure and one of only two total Black Series Phasma releases.

The chrome finish is the figure’s defining quality benchmark. Phasma’s armour is explicitly salvaged from a Naboo yacht in the expanded universe — chromium plating originally from a vessel associated with Palpatine’s home planet, repurposed as armour for the First Order’s stormtrooper commander. The Black Series figure renders the chrome surface with a reflective silver paint that reads convincingly at shelf distance, though the metallic effect is painted rather than actual chrome plating. MSRP $19.99.

The Character and Scene Context

Phasma’s TFA role is an interesting study in expectation versus execution. Introduced as a significant First Order villain — the chrome armour is the visual language of importance — she ends the film having been put in a rubbish chute by Finn and Han Solo after they force her to lower Starkiller Base’s shields at blaster-point. The character’s potential wasn’t fulfilled until The Last Jedi, where her confrontation with Finn in the burning ruins of the Supremacy is the film’s most emotionally charged fight sequence.

The F-11D blaster rifle she carries is the standard First Order infantry weapon — the same weapon her troopers use — which reinforces her position as a commander who fights alongside her soldiers rather than directing from safety.

Accessories

One accessory: an F-11D blaster rifle.

The chrome surface on the figure is the primary display feature. The black fabric cape hangs from the left shoulder pauldron and drapes across the figure’s back. The cape can be adjusted for display but is not removable without force. Phasma stands approximately taller than a standard Stormtrooper figure, which is correct for the character’s established height.

Articulation: 19 points — dual ball-jointed neck, ball-jointed shoulders, elbows, wrists, upper body, hips, swivel thighs, above and below knee swivels, ball-jointed ankles.

Both Black Series Phasma Releases

Two releases. This Red Line #06 is the standard TFA blaster configuration. Captain Phasma (Quicksilver Baton) (2017) is the TLJ configuration with the specific collapsible baton she uses in her fight with Finn. The Quicksilver Baton version is the more display-interesting of the two for the specific Supremacy fight configuration; this original is the TFA launch wave release.

Display Recommendations

Phasma alongside Kylo Ren #03 and a formation of First Order Stormtroopers #04 creates the complete First Order command display. Her chrome surface provides strong visual differentiation from the flat white of the standard troopers — the command hierarchy reads immediately at shelf distance.

Secondary Market

The Red Line Phasma holds modest above-retail secondary market prices. The chrome surface and the limited two-release character make her a sustained target for completionist purchasing. No significant production variants documented.

Why Phasma Has Only Two Black Series Releases

Captain Phasma’s limited figure count relative to her visual prominence reflects the character’s trajectory in the trilogy. Her TFA role ended anticlimactically; her TLJ role was retroactive payoff; she died in The Last Jedi without appearing in The Rise of Skywalker. Two releases — the TFA blaster and the TLJ Quicksilver Baton — cover her complete in-film arc. There is no third configuration needed because there is no third film presence. This stands in contrast to characters like Rey, Kylo Ren, or Finn who appear across all three films and have releases that follow the trilogy’s progression. Phasma’s two-figure count is a direct reflection of the character’s story rather than collector indifference.

Verdict

Buy the Red Line #06 for the TFA launch wave configuration and the original Red Line packaging. The Quicksilver Baton version (2017) is recommended if you specifically want the TLJ fight configuration with the more interesting accessory.

The Chrome Armour’s Provenance

The specific story of Phasma’s chrome armour is expanded in the Phasma novel by Delilah S. Dawson — the armour is salvaged from a chromium-plated Naboo yacht that was once associated with Palpatine’s personal fleet. Phasma stripped the chromium plating and had it applied to her Stormtrooper armour as a status symbol and personal marker. The connection to Naboo — and implicitly to the Emperor — is exactly the kind of First Order mythologising-of-Empire detail that characterises the organisation’s relationship with Imperial history.

The reflective silver paint on the Black Series figure renders the chrome surface convincingly at shelf distance, catching ambient light in a way that flat white Stormtrooper armour doesn’t. In a mixed-figure display, Phasma draws the eye naturally through the reflective surface alone.

Phasma’s Arc Across the Trilogy

Phasma’s TFA ending — pressured into lowering Starkiller Base’s shields, then put in a rubbish compactor — was widely criticised as underdeveloped for a character with her visual prominence. The Last Jedi responded directly: her confrontation with Finn in the burning Supremacy is built as the payoff for TFA’s deferral, and the Quicksilver Baton configuration of the 2017 release is specifically the TLJ fighting configuration.

Collector Notes

Captain Phasma was one of the Force Friday 2015 launch figures — part of the first assortment that included Finn, Rey/BB-8, Kylo Ren, Chewbacca, Stormtrooper, and Poe Dameron. She sold through quickly on initial release, generating secondary market premiums that persisted until the Quicksilver Baton version and subsequent availability corrected supply.

The chrome surface application can show minor wear at the joint areas on loose secondary market examples — the metallic paint at the shoulder and hip joints is slightly more vulnerable to rubbing than flat surface areas. Inspect joint areas when evaluating secondary market purchases. No significant figure variants are documented.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Red Line. Related: First Order faction | The Force Awakens | Kylo Ren.