Star Wars Black Series First Order

The First Order is the Empire’s ideological heir — a military junta that emerged from Imperial remnants in the Unknown Regions, raised on Imperial doctrine, and returned as a full-scale galactic power by the time of The Force Awakens. The design language is deliberate: Stormtrooper armour evolved into something sleeker and more angular, Star Destroyers scaled up to Mega-class, the TIE programme expanded into new variants. The Black Series First Order faction covers the full sequel trilogy military across TFA, TLJ, and TROS, with Kylo Ren dominating the character count and the Stormtrooper programme providing the army-building core.

For collectors who built Imperial displays in the Original Trilogy era, the First Order offers a parallel project — similar logic, evolved aesthetic, different commanders.

Kylo Ren — The Faction’s Dominant Character

Kylo Ren has more releases in this faction than anyone else by a significant margin, spanning every major wave that covered the sequel trilogy. Masked, unmasked, TFA, TLJ, Supreme Leader — there’s a version of Kylo for every display context. The Galaxy Collection TFA and TLJ versions are the go-to figures for most displays, offering Photo Real face paint and current tooling on the unmasked versions. The Centerpiece release is a display-specific piece rather than a standard figure, designed for solo presentation with a base rather than shelf integration.

The Force FX Elite Kylo Ren crossguard lightsaber is one of the standout prop replicas in the entire line — the crackling crossguard design translates well to the full-scale format.

The Stormtrooper Programme

The First Order Stormtrooper is the faction’s army builder. It launched with the very first Red Line wave in 2015 and received a Galaxy Collection update in the TFA collection — the TFA GC version is the one to prioritise for current displays, with Photo Real improvements over the earlier releases. Multiple variants exist across the line: the standard Stormtrooper, a Riot Baton version, the SDCC exclusive, and Holiday and Carbonized editions. The core figure has been covered thoroughly.

The specialist corps extends the programme across roles. The First Order Snowtrooper, Flametrooper, and TIE Pilot cover the environmental and vehicle specialists. The First Order Jet Trooper from The Rise of Skywalker — with the backpack propulsion system — has three releases including a Carbonized variant, reflecting its prominence in the TROS marketing push. The Mountain Trooper from Galaxy’s Edge is a less common variant that adds a different deco option for collectors wanting visual variety in a massed display.

Captain Phasma and the Command Structure

Captain Phasma is the faction’s chrome-armoured field commander and one of the most visually distinctive figures in the entire Black Series. The standard Red Line release and the GameStop exclusive Quicksilver Baton variant give you two options — the baton version is the more interesting figure for display given the weapon configuration. Phasma’s mirror-finish armour photographs exceptionally well and creates a strong visual anchor for a First Order command display.

General Hux has two releases, both from the Galaxy’s Edge wave rather than standard mainline — the character’s prominence in the films didn’t translate to significant Black Series coverage. Commander Pyre and Captain Cardinal from the Galaxy’s Edge story content fill the officer ranks with characters specific to the Batuu experience.

The Last Jedi Additions

The Praetorian Guard is one of the more interesting additions to the First Order faction. Snoke’s elite protectors — in their scarlet armour with close-combat weapons — have two releases from the TLJ Galaxy Collection wave, with different weapon configurations. They’re visually arresting figures that break the faction’s predominantly dark palette with the red armour, and they display well flanking a Kylo Ren or Supreme Leader Snoke figure from the Sith faction.

The Knight of Ren (Vicrul) represents the Knights as a faction presence — just the one figure covering the masked warriors from TROS. The Knights were under-covered by the Black Series overall, with only Vicrul receiving a dedicated release, making a full Knights of Ren display impossible from this line alone.

TROS and the Sith Eternal Transition

The Rise of Skywalker blurred the line between First Order and the Sith Eternal’s Final Order forces. In the Black Series, the Sith Trooper and Sith Jet Trooper sit in the First Order faction, representing the transition from First Order military to Palpatine’s Exegol army. The Sith Trooper is one of the more striking figures in the faction — the dark red armour is a sharp visual departure from standard First Order white, and the Carbonized variant in the same deco is worth tracking down if you want a different finish on the same figure.

The Sith Jet Trooper has three releases including the Walmart Carbonized exclusive, making it one of the most version-rich TROS figures in the line.

Display Strategy

The First Order faction displays most naturally as a Starkiller Base or command ship arrangement: a massed Stormtrooper formation with Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma as commanders, Praetorian Guards flanking, and specialist troopers at the edges. The predominantly dark palette — black, dark grey, white armour — creates a cohesive aesthetic that photographs cleanly.

For collectors also running an Imperial display, the visual continuity between the two factions is strong enough to blend them for a broad dark side military display. The First Order Stormtrooper’s evolved armour reads as a natural progression from the ANH Stormtrooper, and the grey uniform officers of both factions complement each other. Keeping the eras distinct on separate shelves tells a better story, but combining them works if space is a constraint.

The Sith Troopers from TROS can anchor a separate Exegol/Palpatine section, bridging the First Order and Sith factions if you want to tell the complete sequel trilogy story across a display.

Check off the figures you own with the Black Series Checklist.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Factions. Related: Kylo Ren | Captain Phasma | First Order Stormtrooper | Sith Trooper.