George Lucas (Stormtrooper Disguise) — Star Wars The Black Series 50th Anniversary

Overview

George Lucas (Stormtrooper Disguise) is a Fan Channel exclusive in the Black Series 50th Anniversary sub-line, released in May 2022 at $26.49. This is the only real-person figure in the entire Black Series history — and it makes complete sense as a 50th Anniversary release. The man who founded Lucasfilm in 1971 is as much a part of fifty years of Lucasfilm as any character he created. The figure uses the standard Black Series Stormtrooper body with a newly sculpted George Lucas head, and comes with a removable Stormtrooper helmet.

There are two specific fit issues worth knowing: the helmet is too small for the body, and the head itself feels small relative to the Stormtrooper torso. Both are visible and noted. The figure works best with the helmet off, displaying the newly sculpted Lucas portrait. This is also the second time Hasbro has made a George Lucas in Stormtrooper Disguise figure — the first was in 2007 at 3¾” scale.

Articulation

18 joints. Barbell-jointed neck, ball-jointed lower neck, butterfly-jointed shoulders, swivel-hinged shoulders, swivel-hinged elbows, swivel-hinged wrists, ball-jointed upper body, barbell-jointed hip, swivel thighs, swivel-hinged knees, rocker ankles.

The butterfly shoulders are the engineering highlight — they enable the forward arm sweep that standard shoulder joints don’t allow, opening up two-handed blaster poses. The shoulder bells are made from very soft plastic, which gives better arm range of motion at the cost of a slightly less rigid look from certain angles. The figure stands well on display.

Accessories

2 accessories. Blaster and removable Stormtrooper helmet.

The blaster fits well into both hands. It’s worth knowing this is not a standard E-11 blaster — this specific weapon has a longer magazine protruding from the side and a flashlight attachment, placing it in a different timeline from the original trilogy’s standard Stormtrooper equipment. There is also no holster on the figure’s belt where the blaster could be stored, which would be standard for a Stormtrooper configuration. The lack of a holster is where most Stormtrooper figures include one; its absence here is atypical.

The Stormtrooper helmet fits tightly over the head, which is the good news. The bad news: the helmet is proportionally too small for the body. This is a genuine scale mismatch rather than a display preference — the helmet reads as undersized against the Stormtrooper torso it’s fitted to. Displaying Lucas with the helmet off and the newly sculpted head visible is the better option for most collectors.

The Sizing Issue

The head sculpt looks nice but feels too small in comparison with the rest of the Stormtrooper body — this is the same issue as the helmet but applied to the head itself. Using a standard Stormtrooper body with a new head creates a proportional challenge: Stormtrooper armour is engineered for an anonymous trooper head inside the helmet, and the George Lucas head is a civilian portrait. The scaling compromise that makes this possible creates the slightly undersized head appearance in the finished figure.

This is a known limitation of the reuse approach rather than a defect on individual units.

The Only Real-Person Figure

The conceptual significance of this figure is worth dwelling on. Every other Black Series figure depicts a fictional character — a human being from a galaxy far, far away, an alien, a droid, a creature. George Lucas is the franchise’s creator, photographed and scanned for a likeness that appears on a Stormtrooper body, in premium sub-line packaging, released to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the company he founded.

The specific pose — Lucas in Stormtrooper disguise rather than in civilian clothes — references his cameo in Revenge of the Sith as Baron Papanoida (in a different costume), but more broadly it’s an image of the creator hiding inside his own creation. The Stormtrooper costume is one of the franchise’s most recognisable visual elements; putting Lucas inside it is a self-aware gesture about authorship and the relationship between creator and creation.

The packaging text is unusually direct for a Star Wars product: “We pay homage to George Lucas and his remarkable accomplishments in film with a likeness of the director himself, clad in the distinctive armor of Imperial stormtrooper.”

Fan Channel Distribution

Fan Channel exclusive at $26.49, May 2022. Fan Channel covers Entertainment Earth and BBTS, which typically have longer availability windows than Pulse or convention exclusives. Year imprinted on the figure: 2020. No variations recorded.

Secondary Market

Fan Channel exclusive 2022. Secondary prices typically $35–65 — the uniqueness premium is consistent and sustained. No other figure like this exists in the Black Series.

Verdict

George Lucas (Stormtrooper Disguise) is the most conceptually singular release in the Black Series’ entire history. The helmet-too-small fit issue is real and visible, the blaster is non-standard without a holster to store it in, and the head proportions are a compromise of the reuse approach. All of that is worth knowing — and the figure is still worth having, because there is nothing else like it. The creator inside the creation, at 6” premium scale. Fan Channel exclusive, $26.49.

---

Part of Star Wars The Black Series | 50th Anniversary. Related: Luke Skywalker (POTF2) P4-50A-LUP | Han Solo (POTF2) P4-50A-HSP.