Clone Trooper (187th Battalion) — Star Wars The Black Series #TCW 10
The Black Series 187th Battalion Clone Trooper — Phase 4 Clone Wars Collection #10, 2022. Mace Windu's purple-marked elite formation with blaster rifle. 19 joints. Walgreens exclusive $22.99. The rarest clone colour in Phase 4.
Overview
The 187th Battalion Clone Trooper at #TCW 10 is the TCW Collection’s rarest and most visually distinctive clone variant — Mace Windu’s purple-marked battalion, the specific colour that communicates both the Jedi Master’s personal aesthetic and the elite status of the troopers assigned to his command. Blaster rifle. 19 joints. Walgreens exclusive. $22.99. 2022. The purple clone in Phase 4 plastic, and the only one.
The 187th and Mace Windu
Mace Windu’s purple lightsaber is one of the franchise’s most famous single decisions — Samuel L. Jackson’s specific request, granted by Lucas, producing the only non-blue/non-green/non-red lightsaber of the prequel era. The 187th Battalion carries that purple forward into its unit markings: the troopers whose armour colours echo their commander’s blade.
The specific association of the 187th with Mace Windu means this army builder is specifically the Mace Windu display’s formation infantry — the purple-accented soldiers who fought under the Jedi Council’s most powerful member, who were with him when he confronted Palpatine in Revenge of the Sith, who received Order 66 while their general was dead or dying in the Chancellor’s office.
The Purple Palette: The TCW Collection’s Most Distinctive Colour
Looking across the TCW Collection’s clone variants — white Kamino (#TCW 01), orange 332nd (#TCW 03), orange-tan 212th (#TCW 09), purple 187th (#TCW 10) — the 187th has the most immediately distinctive palette. Purple clone armour reads as Mace Windu from across any display before any other contextual information is available. The colour is the identification.
19 Joints Matching the 212th
The 187th and the 212th share the same 19-joint scheme at 2022 production standards — the consistent articulation upgrade of the Walgreens exclusive wave over the earlier 17-joint Walmart clones. Butterfly shoulders, blaster rifle raised, the formation poses that 19 joints enable: both figures provide the same display quality with different unit colours.
Walgreens Exclusive and the Collector’s Commitment
The 187th at Walgreens exclusive $22.99 is the TCW Collection’s most specialist army builder purchase — the purple battalion that requires the specific Walgreens sourcing channel and carries the most limited secondary market availability. For collectors building the complete multi-battalion clone display across the TCW Collection, the 187th is the figure that requires the most deliberate acquisition.
The Complete TCW Clone Roster
With the 187th at #TCW 10, the Phase 4 TCW Collection has now produced four distinct clone variants: the white baseline (#TCW 01), the orange 332nd (#TCW 03), the 212th Battalion (#TCW 09), and the 187th Battalion (#TCW 10). Four armies, four commanders implied, four different display configurations available from the same Phase II armour template.
Secondary Market
Above-retail secondary market prices — Walgreens exclusive, the rarest clone colour in Phase 4, Mace Windu association. Verify blaster rifle. No production variants documented.
Our Verdict
The 187th Battalion Clone Trooper at #TCW 10 is the TCW Collection’s most specialist clone acquisition — the purple battalion of Mace Windu’s command, in Phase 4 plastic at 19-joint 2022 standards, through Walgreens channels only. If you’re building the complete clone battalion display, this is the figure that completes the colour range. Buy it. The purple is worth the sourcing effort.
Mace Windu’s Purple and Its Franchise Significance
The decision to give Mace Windu a purple lightsaber was, famously, an accommodation to Samuel L. Jackson’s specific request — he wanted to be findable in the wide battle sequences, and purple was the solution. What began as a practical production decision became a character-defining visual element that the franchise has fully integrated: Mace Windu has a purple lightsaber because he is uniquely himself, operating at the edge of both the light side and the dark side, the Jedi who uses Vaapad and comes closest to the darkness without falling.
The 187th’s purple markings extend that visual logic to his soldiers. They carry their commander’s colour. In a franchise where the distinction between white clone armour and orange and green and purple communicates everything about who commands those soldiers, the 187th’s purple is the most immediately personal battalion marking in the TCW Collection.
Completing the Phase 4 Clone Colour Spectrum
The four TCW Collection clone variants together cover the Phase 4 clone colour range: white baseline, orange 332nd, orange-tan 212th, purple 187th. The complete four-unit formation display — all four variants arrayed together — is the most comprehensive clone battalion arrangement Phase 4 has produced. The 187th at #TCW 10 completes that range. Buy it, source it through Walgreens, and build the formation.
Mace Windu’s Purple and Its Franchise Significance
The decision to give Mace Windu a purple lightsaber was, famously, an accommodation to Samuel L. Jackson’s specific request — he wanted to be findable in the wide battle sequences, and purple was the solution. What began as a practical production decision became a character-defining visual element that the franchise fully integrated: Mace Windu has a purple lightsaber because he is uniquely himself, operating at the edge of both the light side and the dark side, the Jedi who uses Vaapad and comes closest to the darkness without falling.
The 187th’s purple markings extend that visual logic to his soldiers. They carry their commander’s colour. In a franchise where the distinction between white, orange, and purple clone armour communicates everything about which Jedi commands those soldiers, the 187th’s purple is the most immediately personal battalion marking in the TCW Collection.
Completing the Phase 4 Clone Colour Spectrum
The four TCW Collection clone variants together cover the Phase 4 clone colour range: white Kamino baseline (#TCW 01), orange 332nd (#TCW 03), orange-tan 212th (#TCW 09), purple 187th (#TCW 10). A complete four-unit formation display — all four variants arrayed together — is the most comprehensive clone battalion arrangement Phase 4 has produced. The 187th at #TCW 10 completes that range.
The Walgreens Exclusive Pair
The 187th and the 212th (#TCW 09) are the TCW Collection’s Walgreens exclusive pair — sourced through the same channel, released the same year, at the same $22.99 price point. Buy them together. The two Walgreens battalions create the multi-commander clone display that the Walmart and standard retail figures set up: Kenobi’s orange alongside Windu’s purple, the Republic’s two most senior Jedi Masters represented by their troopers.
The purple is worth the sourcing effort. Buy the 187th, build the Windu formation, and complete the TCW Collection’s clone colour spectrum.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Clone Wars Collection. Related: 212th Battalion P4-TCW-09 | 332nd Clone Trooper P4-TCW-03 | Army Builders | The Clone Wars.