Flametrooper (Jedi: Fallen Order) — Star Wars The Black Series #GG 03

Overview

The Flametrooper at #GG 03 is the Gaming Greats Collection’s incendiary-specialist Imperial trooper — the heat-weapons unit from the 2019 Jedi: Fallen Order video game, deployed by the Empire across the game’s various combat encounters. Released July 2021 as a single-boxed GameStop exclusive. MSRP $26.99 (slightly above the standard Mural Collection $24.99, reflecting the more substantial accessory engineering). Two accessories: a removable fuel tank and a connected flamethrower. 19-joint articulation. The figure captures the screen-accurate Fallen Order Imperial Flametrooper class — the hostile incendiary unit players encounter across multiple planets in the game’s Star Destroyer and ground-combat sequences.

The Jedi: Fallen Order Source

The 2019 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is Respawn Entertainment’s third-person action-adventure game following Cal Kestis (the Padawan fugitive who’s the protagonist of the Cal Kestis Deluxe figure at #GG 02) as he attempts to evade Imperial pursuit and reconstruct the fallen Jedi Order. The game’s Imperial enemy class roster includes various trooper variants distinct from the standard Stormtrooper, Death Trooper, and Shoretrooper classes seen in the films and TV series — and the Flametrooper is one of those unique-to-Fallen-Order classes.

The character class is defined by its incendiary armament: a back-mounted fuel tank feeding a forward-facing flamethrower, used to project area-denial fire across enemy positions. In gameplay, the Flametrooper is a moderate-difficulty enemy class that forces players to dodge sustained fire patterns rather than engage in direct combat. For collectors who played Fallen Order, the figure captures a recognisable in-game enemy in physical form.

The Fuel Tank and Flamethrower Engineering

The trooper came with a removable fuel tank on his back and a flamethrower. The fuel tank plugs firmly into a hole in the back of the figure — solid mounting that doesn’t slip during posing or display. The cable which goes from the fuel tank can be plugged into the flamethrower, creating a continuous fuel-supply line from the back-mounted tank to the forward-held weapon. The Flametrooper can hold the weapon well in both hands across the standard weapon-firing-stance configurations.

This is appropriate engineering for a fuel-tank-and-weapon character class. The two-piece construction (tank + flamethrower with connecting cable) supports both the equipped configuration and the disassembled configuration where collectors can remove the tank for transport or display the figure with the flamethrower stowed. For a $26.99 GameStop-exclusive figure, the accessory engineering is the figure’s most defensible reason for the slight markup over standard Mural Collection pricing.

The McQuarrie-Esque Helmet Design

The McQuarrie-esque look — especially the helmet — looks great and gives off a classic Star Wars vibe. Ralph McQuarrie’s original Star Wars concept art established a visual vocabulary for Imperial troopers that subsequent designs have referenced and elaborated on. The Fallen Order Flametrooper helmet specifically draws from McQuarrie’s original Stormtrooper concept sketches — the elongated faceplate, the asymmetric visor design, the specific helmet silhouette — in ways that distinguish it from the standard film-era Stormtrooper helmet.

For collectors who appreciate when video-game character designs reference original Star Wars concept art, the Flametrooper helmet is one of the better Fallen Order character class designs. The helmet is not removable, consistent with how most Black Series Imperial trooper-class figures are tooled.

The Paint Critique

The paint application on the figure is unfortunately very simple with no weathering or dirt on it. The flamethrower only has a slight reddish brush on the tip while the entire weapon is only simple grey plastic. This is the recurring critique that affects most Phase 4 trooper-class figures — the sculpting is good, the engineering is functional, but the paint application doesn’t elevate small details to differentiate the figure from undifferentiated army-builder population.

For a flame-weapon trooper specifically, the missed paint opportunity is more visible than for most figures. The flamethrower’s barrel is the most visible single detail on the figure (it’s the weapon the character is named after), and a more aggressive paint pass — heat-discoloured metallic tones on the barrel, fuel-stain residue on the tank, scorch-mark weathering on the armour — would have transformed the figure substantially. As shipped, the Flametrooper looks like an unused trooper rather than a deployed combat unit.

This is consistent with the same paint critique that affects the Imperial Rocket Trooper at #GG 01 and most of the early Gaming Greats releases. Hasbro’s Phase 4 trooper paint applications consistently undershoot what the source material calls for.

Articulation

19 joints. Ball-jointed neck, lower swivel neck (up and down movement), ball-jointed shoulders, ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed upper body, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above the knees, swivel joints below the knees, ball-jointed ankles. The double-swivel knee configuration is the upgrade over the standard 17-joint Phase 4 baseline, supporting the dynamic combat poses that the flame-weapon character class requires (extended firing stance, kneeling area-denial, two-handed bracing).

The figure stands well on display without falling over. The fuel tank adds back-weight, but the tank’s plug-in mounting is positioned to maintain the figure’s centre of gravity within the standing-stability envelope.

The Mural Collection Position

The Flametrooper sits at the third position in the Gaming Greats Collection mural display. For loose display, the figure works best alongside the other Fallen Order Imperial trooper classes in the collection — the Electrostaff Purge Trooper at #GG-E04, the Scout Trooper (Fallen Order) at #GG-E05, the Rocket Launcher Trooper (Fallen Order) at #GG 22 — for a Fallen Order Imperial enemy ensemble display. The figure also works alongside the Cal Kestis Deluxe at #GG 02 as the protagonist-vs-enemy-class pairing the game depicts.

The Heat-Weapons Imperial Trooper Class Archive

For collectors building broader Imperial heat-weapons-class displays, the Flametrooper joins a small but established trooper category. The Force Awakens First Order Flametroopers (figure ids 3435, 3444, 3591, 3625, 4931, 4934) are the closest cross-line equivalent — different costume design, same character class concept. For collectors who appreciate when Black Series figures cover specific Imperial unit-type variations across multiple sources, the Fallen Order Flametrooper completes a meaningful subset of the broader flame-trooper archive.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed GameStop exclusive, July 2021. Aftermarket prices on the secondary market have generally tracked at or near the original $26.99 MSRP, with the GameStop-exclusive distribution and the Fallen Order tie-in keeping demand stable among video-game-collector segments. Verify the fuel tank and the flamethrower are both included with the connecting cable intact. No production variants documented.

Verdict

The Flametrooper at #GG 03 is a competent Fallen Order Imperial trooper figure with appropriate accessory engineering, the standout McQuarrie-esque helmet design, and 19-joint articulation supporting the necessary combat poses. The fuel-tank-to-flamethrower cable connection is the kind of small engineering detail that elevates the figure above generic army-builder territory. The build quality is solid.

The clean paint application is the figure’s most defensible negative — the flamethrower barrel specifically reads as undifferentiated grey plastic when the source material calls for heat-discoloured weapon detailing. The integrated helmet limits kitbashing flexibility. The single-accessory-loadout (tank + flamethrower as a connected pair) means there’s no sidearm or backup weapon for alternate display configurations.

Buy this figure if you collect Jedi: Fallen Order specifically, if you build Imperial trooper-class archives, or if the McQuarrie-esque helmet design appeals to you. The $26.99 MSRP is fair for the accessory engineering, and the GameStop distribution makes the figure available through standard retail channels.

The Fallen Order Imperial flame-weapons unit. The figure with the great helmet and the under-painted flamethrower. GameStop exclusive, July 2021.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Gaming Greats Collection. Related: Cal Kestis (Deluxe) P4-GG-02 | Nightbrother Warrior P4-GG-05 | Imperial Rocket Trooper P4-GG-01.