Luke Skywalker (Stormtrooper Disguise) — Star Wars The Black Series #12
The Black Series Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise — Blue Wave #12, 2015. Removable helmet revealing Luke's face, commlink, blaster, grappling hook belt detail. The second half of the Death Star infiltration pair.
Overview
Blue Wave #12 completes the Death Star infiltration pair: Han Solo in Stormtrooper Disguise (P2-09) arrived in 2014; Luke Stormtrooper Disguise follows in 2015. Together they’re the only way to display the Death Star rescue sequence in Black Series format. Neither figure fully justifies itself without the other. As a pair they’re irreplaceable — no Galaxy Collection equivalent exists for either.
Luke’s version of the infiltration figure has one meaningful engineering difference from Han’s: a grappling hook permanently moulded into the belt. This is a specific A New Hope detail — Luke uses a grappling hook to swing Leia across the retractable bridge gap in the Death Star detention area, and the belt detail captures the specific equipment load of the mission. Han’s figure uses a Sandtrooper body repurposed with a blaster; Luke’s uses its own belt engineering that includes this specific prop detail. The attention to the grappling hook is the kind of accuracy signal that separates a carefully produced figure from a quick repaint.
Three accessories, 23 points of articulation, $19.99 MSRP. ASIN B00RI3H18O.
The Scene Context
The Death Star infiltration in A New Hope runs from Han and Luke dispatching two troopers in a corridor through the detention level rescue and the subsequent scramble back to the Millennium Falcon. The disguise phase is specifically the period between putting the armour on and the moment the cover is blown in the detention block — a sequence of approximately five minutes of screen time that establishes both the comedic rhythm of the Han-Luke dynamic and the specific competence of Leia, who takes charge the moment they reach her cell.
Luke in Stormtrooper armour is visually interesting in a way that goes beyond the comedy of the mismatch. The armour is wrong-sized — Luke is shorter than the standard Stormtrooper build, which the film acknowledges with Leia’s famous line — and the specific wrongness of it is part of what makes the disguise sequence work. Compared to Han’s slightly better fit (he uses the Sandtrooper body and the armour sits more naturally), Luke’s version has an amateur quality that reads as accurate.
The commlink accessory is the specific prop used to maintain contact with Chewbacca during the detention block operation, and its inclusion gives the figure one accessory that directly ties it to the scene’s communication logistics. Most Stormtrooper figure reviews don’t mention the commlink as a meaningful prop detail; it’s the kind of inclusion that signals Hasbro’s film reference accuracy on this release.
Accessories
Three accessories: a removable Stormtrooper helmet, a commlink, and a DL-44 blaster pistol.
The Stormtrooper helmet fits fully over the head and covers it completely. With the helmet off, the pre-Photo Real Mark Hamill portrait is visible — an approximation of his specific features at age 23. The commlink fits in the right hand for the specific transmission-to-Artoo pose. The blaster fits both hands and the right-hand grip is the stronger of the two.
The grappling hook on the belt is not a separate accessory — it is moulded into the belt permanently. It cannot be removed. It can be ignored for display purposes but its presence is the authenticity detail that distinguishes this figure from a straightforward Stormtrooper repaint.
Sculpt and Articulation
The Stormtrooper armour sculpt is consistent with other Blue Wave trooper-body figures. The figure uses its own belt engineering rather than the Sandtrooper body reuse that Han’s version employed — which means no backpack socket in the back and the grappling hook detail on the belt instead. From the rear, this figure displays more cleanly than Han’s Sandtrooper-body version.
Articulation covers 23 points: ball-jointed neck, swivel neck, ball-jointed shoulders, swivel biceps, swivel joints above and below elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed waist, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below knees, ball-jointed ankles. The same scheme as the Han Stormtrooper Disguise.
The Complete Infiltration Pair Display
The paired display with Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise (P2-09) is the primary display context: both figures, helmets on or off, the commlink held in Luke’s hand. Three display configurations — fully helmeted patrol, partially-revealed mid-de-armouring, fully unmasked identity reveal — are supported by the combined accessories across both figures.
The shared Stormtrooper armour design across both figures creates consistent visual presentation as a pair. The grappling hook detail on Luke’s belt adds visual variety between the two figures at close inspection, which rewards the collector who places them side by side rather than at a distance.
No Galaxy Collection equivalent has been produced for either figure in this pair. For collectors specifically building the Death Star infiltration display, the Blue Wave versions are the only options.
See the Death Star Corridors scene guide.
Secondary Market
The Blue Wave Luke Stormtrooper Disguise trades at similar prices to Han’s version — modest secondary market premiums driven by the scene pairing demand. Neither figure trades at the prices of unique releases like Bossk or the SDCC exclusives, but both maintain above-original-retail prices because the scene demand is real and neither has a replacement. Loose complete examples are the most cost-effective way to acquire this figure.
Verdict
There is no alternative — this is the only Black Series Luke Skywalker in Stormtrooper Disguise. Buy it alongside Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise (P2-09) for the complete infiltration pair display.
One additional detail that distinguishes this figure from a straightforward armour repaint: the specific height of Luke’s Stormtrooper in the film is wrong — shorter than regulation — and the figure reflects this. Placed alongside the Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise (P2-09), the slight height difference between the two figures mirrors what the film establishes through Leia’s line. The pair displays as the infiltration team rather than as two identical troopers. This is the kind of detail that isn’t visible in isolation but becomes apparent when both figures are displayed together.
Product codes: ASIN B00RI3H18O
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Blue Wave. Related: All Luke Skywalker figures | Han Solo Stormtrooper Disguise | A New Hope | Death Star Corridors scene.