Han Solo (Mimban) — Star Wars The Black Series #78
The Black Series Han Solo in Mimban Mudtrooper disguise — Red Line #78, 2019. Solo: A Star Wars Story Imperial infantry armour with removable helmet and six accessories. The most heavily accessorised Han Solo in the line.
Overview
Red Line #78 is Han Solo in the Mimban Mudtrooper configuration — the full Imperial infantry armour that Han wears on the mud planet Mimban, which is distinct from the civilian version covered in #62. This figure captures Han in the actual Imperial military equipment: the Mudtrooper armour, the distinctive helmet, the specific kit of a soldier deployed to one of the Empire’s most miserable combat zones. With six accessories including a removable helmet, this is the most comprehensively equipped Han Solo in the entire 18-release Black Series catalogue. 18 joints. MSRP $19.99.
The Mimban Mudtrooper Configuration
The Mudtrooper is the Solo film’s most visually grimy Imperial trooper design — not the polished white of standard Stormtroopers but the grey-brown mudcaked armour of soldiers fighting an extended ground war in a literal swamp. The Mimban design was inspired in part by World War I imagery: infantry fighting in terrible conditions for strategically marginal objectives, the Empire as a colonial military consuming soldiers in distant conflicts nobody back home thinks about.
Han’s Mudtrooper deployment positions him at the absolute bottom of the Imperial military hierarchy — the infantry they throw at the worst postings. The armour communicates his situation without dialogue: this is where the Empire sends people who have nothing to offer beyond their willingness to hold a rifle and advance.
Accessories: Six in Detail
The six-accessory loadout is the most generous in the Han Solo catalogue and one of the most complete in the 2019 Red Line releases. The removable Mudtrooper helmet is the defining accessory — it enables the helmet-on anonymised-trooper configuration and helmet-off Alden Ehrenreich portrait configuration. The blaster pistol, additional equipment pieces, and armour components complete the set. Together they give this figure more display configuration options than any other Han Solo release.
The helmet specifically is the key secondary market verification item — it’s the most distinctive accessory and the one most likely to be separated from loose figures.
Mimban Han vs Solo Han (#62)
The two Solo film Han figures cover different aspects of the Mimban sequence: #62 is the civilian Mimban jacket configuration, this #78 is the full Mudtrooper armour. For collectors who want the complete Mimban visual — Han fully in Imperial armour before he deserts — this is the specific figure. For collectors who want the one Solo film Han, the two figures are different enough to both justify shelf space, but the #78’s six-accessory depth makes it the more display-versatile option.
Secondary Market
Above-retail secondary market prices — six accessories, unique armoured Han configuration, 2019 release year. The helmet is the primary verification accessory. No production variants documented.
Verdict
Buy for the complete Mimban Mudtrooper configuration, the most accessorised Han Solo in the line, or Red Line sequence completion. Verify the removable helmet is present on secondary market purchases.
The Six Accessories in Context
The six-accessory count places the Mimban Han alongside the Jaina Solo (#56) five-accessory count and the Dengar (#74) three-accessory count as the Red Line’s most generously equipped figures. The specific accessories for the Mimban configuration — removable helmet, blaster pistol, armour elements — serve the figure’s defining display function: the helmet-on configuration creates a visually anonymous Imperial trooper, and the helmet-off configuration creates the recognisable Alden Ehrenreich portrait beneath.
This is the only Han Solo configuration in the line that enables an Imperial trooper display mode — the Blue Wave Stormtrooper Disguise (P2-09) is the ANH equivalent, but the Mimban armour is a completely distinct design from the Stormtrooper. Where the ANH trooper disguise is pristine white armour that doesn’t quite fit, the Mudtrooper armour is the field-worn grey-brown of an actual infantry deployment.
Mimban’s WWI Visual Language
The Mimban environment was specifically designed with World War I trench warfare as visual reference — the endless mud, the miserable conditions, the strategically futile engagement. The Mudtrooper armour reflects this: it is not the clean imposing armour of the Death Star’s garrison but the beaten-up kit of soldiers fighting a war that doesn’t care how it looks. This design philosophy makes the Mimban Han one of the most grounded pieces of Imperial military visual design in the franchise.
The 2019 Release and the Red Line’s Final Year
The 2019 date on the Mimban Han marks the transition into the Red Line’s final production year — the sequence that began with wave 1 in 2015 is now in its last numbered stretch. The Mimban Han at #78 and Dryden Vos at #79 are among the last figures produced under the original Red Line identity before the Phase 4 Galaxy Collection approach.
Mimban Han at #78 is the second of three Han Solo figures in a twelve-figure stretch (#62, #70, #78), each covering a different Solo film and ESB configuration. The three together — Solo film civilian (#62), ESB Bespin (#70), Solo film armoured (#78) — create a Han Solo arc display that spans from his pre-ANH formation through ESB’s emotional peak. The six accessories on the Mimban version make it the deepest of the three for display configuration options.
Secondary market prices are above retail for the six-accessory depth and the unique Mudtrooper configuration. The removable helmet is the essential verification accessory for secondary market purchases — without it, the figure loses the dual-configuration display option that makes the Mimban Han the most versatile of the three Solo film Han Solo releases.
The Mimban Han is also the only Han Solo figure in the Black Series that displays effectively in a purely Imperial context — the Mudtrooper armour makes him visually compatible with an Imperial force arrangement in a way that no other Han configuration manages. An army-building display where standard Mudtroopers flank Han in the same armour creates the specific scene context of Han’s Mimban deployment before he deserted.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Red Line. Related: All Han Solo figures | Han Solo Solo P3-62 | Solo: A Star Wars Story.