Star Wars Black Series Galactic Empire Figures — Complete Guide

The Galactic Empire is the Black Series’ definitive army-building faction. No other faction comes close for sheer trooper variety — from the original white-armoured Stormtroopers of A New Hope through the specialist corps of the Clone Wars aftermath, the Inquisitorius-era dark troopers of Jedi: Fallen Order, the scarred remnant forces of The Mandalorian, and the Nightsister-raised Night Troopers of Ahsoka. The Empire spans more of the Black Series timeline than any other faction and offers more ways to build a display than you can reasonably fit on one shelf.

The design language is part of the appeal. White armour, grey uniforms, angular geometry — the Imperial aesthetic is among the most recognisable in science fiction, and it photographs beautifully. An Imperial shelf display has a visual coherence that few other factions can match.

The Stormtrooper Corps

The Stormtrooper is the backbone of the Empire faction and the most-released character in it by a significant margin. Standard white releases span every major wave of the line — Orange Wave, Blue Wave, Red Line, 40th Anniversary, Galaxy Collection mainline, Archive, Carbonized, and Holiday variants. That sounds like redundancy, but each era brought tooling improvements, and the most recent releases — the ANH collection Stormtrooper and the Mandalorian-era Imperial Stormtrooper — are genuinely better figures than the earlier versions.

For army building, the current Galaxy Collection tooling is the one to prioritise. The ANH collection Sandtrooper and the Jedha Patrol Stormtrooper give you variant deco on the same trooper base if you want visual variety in a massed display. The 40th Anniversary Stormtrooper 4-Pack Amazon exclusive is still one of the best ways to build numbers efficiently if you can find it at a reasonable price.

The specialist corps extends the Stormtrooper concept across environments and roles. Snowtroopers cover the Battle of Hoth. Scout Troopers give you the Endor forest and the Mandalorian speeder bike scene. AT-AT Drivers, TIE Fighter Pilots, Death Star Troopers, Death Squad Commanders, and Range Troopers all fill specific display niches. The Range Trooper in particular — with the magnetic boot armour from Solo — is a distinctive figure that stands out from the standard corps.

The Mandalorian Remnant

The Mandalorian sub-line gave the Empire faction a second life. The post-ROTJ Imperial remnant operating under Moff Gideon brought a new set of trooper types with a more weathered, desperate aesthetic than the parade-ground clean ANH corps: the Incinerator Trooper, the Remnant Stormtrooper, the Artillery Stormtrooper, and the Dark Trooper.

The Dark Trooper is one of the faction’s standout figures — the hulking black droid-trooper from the Season 2 finale has a presence on a shelf that the standard white troopers can’t match. Both releases (the Credit Collection and the later Deluxe version) are worth considering; the Deluxe gives you better accessories and display options. Moff Gideon is the named commander of the remnant and has three releases covering his standard look, his Season 3 Dark Trooper armour variant, and the earlier Red Line Deluxe version with the Darksaber.

The Mandalorian and Grogu film wave added further remnant variants — AT-AT Drivers, AT-RT Drivers, and Imperial Remnant Stormtroopers in new configurations — continuing to flesh out the post-ROTJ Imperial presence.

The Inquisitorius and the Dark Times

Jedi: Fallen Order and the Obi-Wan Kenobi series gave the Empire faction its darkest sub-set. The Purge Trooper — the Inquisitorius’s enforcement arm — has multiple releases across Gaming Greats and the OWK collection, with different weapon configurations. The Gaming Greats Fallen Order trooper range is comprehensive: Electrostaff Purge Trooper, Scout Trooper (Fallen Order), Rocket Trooper, Flametrooper, Riot Scout Trooper, 13th Battalion Trooper, and Shadow Stormtrooper all build out the Dark Times Imperial aesthetic with darker armour and more aggressive loadouts.

The Obi-Wan Kenobi series added the Inquisitor named characters: Reva (Third Sister), the Fifth Brother, the Fourth Sister, and the Grand Inquisitor all have mainline releases. The Grand Inquisitor and Reva in particular are essential figures for anyone building an Inquisitorius display. The Second Sister Inquisitor from Fallen Order rounds out the named Inquisitor roster with her Gaming Greats and Carbonized releases.

Named Officers and Commanders

The Imperial officer class is less deep than the trooper programme but covers the key figures well. Grand Moff Tarkin has two releases — a Red Line figure and the Galaxy Collection Archive version — and is essential for any Death Star display. Director Krennic has three releases from the Andor collection, covering his standard and dress uniform looks. Grand Admiral Thrawn has three releases spanning his Rebels animated appearance, a Walgreens exclusive, and the Ahsoka live-action version — the last of which is the recommended figure for most displays.

The Andor sub-line added Imperial Officer (Dark Times), Imperial Officer (Ferrix), ISB Tactical Agent, and Dedra Meero — building out the ISB intelligence apparatus in a way no previous wave had attempted. These are among the more distinctive officer figures in the line, departing from the standard grey uniform with Andor’s grittier take on Imperial bureaucracy.

The Emperor’s Royal Guard has accumulated several releases across the line’s history and remains one of the more visually striking Imperial support figures — the red robes and force pike create a colour accent that breaks up an all-grey officer display effectively.

Ahsoka and the Expanded Empire

The Ahsoka series introduced the Night Troopers — Morgan Elsbeth’s Nightsister-enhanced Imperial forces operating in Peridea. Their weathered armour with Nightsister markings is visually distinct from any previous trooper type, and both the standard and Halloween Edition Night Trooper releases are worth considering for display. Morgan Elsbeth herself sits in the Empire faction as Thrawn’s ally and the series’ primary antagonist before his return.

The HK-87 Assassin Droids from both the Ahsoka and Mandalorian lines are underrated Empire faction figures — the hunter-killer design is distinctive, and having two releases means you can justify a pair on a shelf without it looking like a duplicate error.

Display Strategy

The Empire rewards era-specific organisation. An ANH Death Star display — Stormtroopers in formation, Darth Vader (covered in the Sith faction), Grand Moff Tarkin, TIE Pilots, and the Emperor’s Royal Guard — reads immediately and photographs well. The uniform white-and-grey palette creates visual discipline that few other faction displays achieve.

A Mandalorian remnant display works differently: Moff Gideon commanding Incinerator Troopers, Remnant Stormtroopers, and Dark Troopers in the battered, desperate aesthetic of post-ROTJ Imperial collapse. The darker, dirtier figures contrast with the clean ANH troopers in a way that tells a story across shelf space.

The Dark Times and Inquisitorius figures form a natural third group — darker armour, more aggressive posing potential, Inquisitor lightsabers breaking the standard blaster loadout. Combined with the Gaming Greats Fallen Order troopers and the named Inquisitors, this is a display that rewards depth of collection.

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