Rocket Launcher Trooper (Fallen Order) — Star Wars The Black Series #GG 22

Overview

The Rocket Launcher Trooper at #GG 22 is the Gaming Greats Collection’s Imperial heavy-weapons specialist figure — a Stormtrooper variant from the 2023 Jedi: Survivor video game (despite Hasbro’s product packaging using the “Fallen Order” branding, detailed reviewers confirm the figure is based on Survivor’s enemy class roster). Released February 2023 as a single-boxed GameStop exclusive. MSRP $27.99 (year-imprinted 2020). Two accessories: a removable red shoulder pauldron and an RPS-6 Smart Rocket Launcher. 18-joint articulation. The body sculpt is Hasbro’s standard Black Series Stormtrooper, used numerous times across the line, with the new pauldron-and-rocket-launcher accessory loadout distinguishing this release.

The Source-Game Naming Question

A small quirk worth flagging: Hasbro’s product packaging uses the “Fallen Order” name in the figure’s official titling, but the in-game character class actually appears in Jedi: Survivor (the 2023 sequel). Detailed reviewers and the source game’s enemy class roster confirm the Survivor attribution rather than the Fallen Order one. The packaging nomenclature appears to be a Hasbro marketing decision to keep the broader “Fallen Order” branding family across the Gaming Greats Collection’s JEDI sub-line, even when individual figures source from the sequel game.

For collectors who care about source-game accuracy, the figure is structurally a Survivor enemy class. For collectors who file figures by Hasbro’s official product names, “Fallen Order” is the documented name.

The Standard Stormtrooper Sculpt

This Stormtrooper sculpt has been released several times previously, but this time Hasbro included a removable red shoulder pauldron and a rocket launcher. Same body engineering Hasbro has used across the Black Series Stormtrooper line — standard Phase 4 trooper body, integrated helmet, no head underneath, soft-plastic shoulder bell-style armour pieces. The differentiation from prior Stormtrooper releases comes through the new pauldron-and-rocket-launcher accessory loadout.

For collectors who own prior Black Series Stormtrooper figures, this release is functionally a costume-variant repaint with the heavy-weapons accessory upgrade. For collectors who want the specific Jedi: Survivor enemy class configuration, the rocket launcher and pauldron are the meaningful new accessories.

The RPS-6 Rocket Launcher

The figure’s centrepiece accessory: an RPS-6 Smart Rocket Launcher. The packaging text explicitly calls out the weapon as a “long-range RPS-6 smart rocket launcher” — Imperial heavy-weapons equipment for area-denial and anti-vehicle combat. The launcher fits surprisingly well into the Stormtrooper’s hands, and with patience, the figure can be posed in several different ways which look cool.

The two-handed weapon-grip support means collectors can adopt the standard rocket-firing configurations across overhead bracing, shoulder-mounted firing stance, and lowered patrolling grip. For a heavy-weapons trooper figure, the rocket launcher is the figure’s primary identity — and getting the weapon-handling engineering right matters more than for a standard sidearm-equipped trooper.

The Unpainted Rocket Launcher Tragedy

The figure’s most defensible negative, and detailed reviewers do not soften it: the rocket launcher was completely left unpainted, which is a tragedy when you consider that Hasbro is able to paint even small details such as buttons on lightsaber hilts in their 3 3/4-inch lines. Why they don’t give their Black Series 6-inch flagship line the same attention to detail is surprising and disappointing.

The rocket launcher is the figure’s defining accessory — the weapon that gives the character class its name. Shipping it as undifferentiated grey plastic is structurally wrong for a $27.99 GameStop-exclusive figure. The Vintage Collection 3.75-inch trooper line consistently paints small accessory details (sight markings, trigger guards, ammunition indicators); the 6-inch Black Series flagship line for Hasbro’s adult collector audience should commit to the same paint detail standard, and consistently doesn’t.

For collectors who plan to display the figure with the rocket launcher prominent, the workaround is the standard one: aftermarket custom paint application or a shader wash to differentiate the launcher’s sculpted detail from the base plastic. As shipped, the figure is structurally undermined by the most visible accessory it carries.

The Removable Red Pauldron

The shoulder pauldron can be taken off the figure once the helmet has been popped off (this will require some force). The pauldron is held in place by the helmet’s mounting structure rather than direct shoulder attachment, so removing it requires temporarily disassembling the head. For collectors who want to display the figure without the pauldron (for generic Stormtrooper army-builder configurations), the option exists but requires more disassembly than ideal.

The red pauldron is the screen-accurate Imperial squad-leader marking that Survivor’s Rocket Launcher Troopers carry — distinguishing the heavy-weapons specialist from standard Stormtrooper grunts. For collectors building Survivor Imperial enemy displays, the pauldron is essential to the character class identity.

The Stiff Joints Positive

A specific quality-control positive worth flagging: the Stormtrooper stands well on display, and the figure pictured here had stiff joints which made it possible for the rocket launcher to be held up with ease. Where the loose-ankle pattern affects multiple Phase 4 releases (Cassian Aldhani at #AND 01, Vader at #OWK 15A, KX Security Droid at #GG 15, Darth Malgus at #GG 24), the Rocket Launcher Trooper bucks the trend with stiffness that supports rocket-launcher-up firing-stance configurations without joint drift.

For collectors who’ve struggled with floppy joints on heavy-accessory figures, the Rocket Launcher Trooper’s stiff articulation is meaningful. The dynamic firing-stance display configurations stay in place during photography and shelf positioning.

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 combination of butterfly shoulders and rocker ankles supports the dynamic firing-stance combat configurations that the heavy-weapons character class requires.

The Helmet Configuration

The helmet is not removable in display configuration — it can be popped off for pauldron removal as covered above, but the figure ships in a single masked configuration without an unmasked head sculpt. There is no head underneath the helmet. Standard Black Series Stormtrooper design choice; the figure is a faceless army-builder character with no kitbashing flexibility for unmasked variants.

The Paint Critique

There is no dirt or weathering on this figure. Same recurring critique that affects most Phase 4 trooper-class releases — the figure ships with clean white armour that doesn’t reflect the deployment grime the source material’s in-game enemies typically carry. For a heavy-weapons trooper specifically, weathering on the launcher’s barrel (heat-discoloration from firing), the lower body armour (combat-deployment dirt), and the pauldron (cloth-wear scuffing) would have substantially improved the figure’s display reading.

Combined with the unpainted rocket launcher, the overall figure reads as significantly under-detailed for the $27.99 GameStop-exclusive price point. A more aggressive paint pass across multiple panels would have transformed the figure substantially.

The Mural Collection Position

The Rocket Launcher Trooper sits at the twenty-second position in the Gaming Greats Collection mural display. For loose display, the figure works best alongside the other Jedi: Survivor figures (Riot Scout Trooper at #GG 14, KX Security Droid at #GG 15, B1 Battle Droid at #GG 16, Cal Kestis Survivor at #GG 17) for a Survivor-era Imperial enemy ensemble, or alongside other Black Series Stormtrooper variants for a broader trooper-class display.

Secondary Market

Single-boxed GameStop exclusive, February 2023. Aftermarket prices on the secondary market have generally tracked at or near the original $27.99 MSRP. Verify the rocket launcher and the red pauldron are both included. The pauldron is the small part most likely to be lost during transit or pauldron-removal disassembly. No production variants documented.

Verdict

The Rocket Launcher Trooper at #GG 22 is the right figure for Jedi: Survivor completionists building Imperial enemy class displays. The RPS-6 Smart Rocket Launcher accessory is screen-accurate to the in-game character class, the stiff joint engineering supports the rocket-launcher-up firing-stance display configuration, and the figure stands solidly across multiple combat poses.

The unpainted rocket launcher is the figure’s most defensible negative — a tragedy for the figure’s most visible accessory. The lack of weathering is the recurring paint critique that affects most Phase 4 trooper releases. The reused Stormtrooper body sculpt means collectors with prior Black Series troopers are buying duplicate body tooling for the accessory variation.

Buy this figure if you play Jedi: Survivor, if you build Imperial heavy-weapons trooper displays, or if the unique RPS-6 launcher accessory matters more to you than its undifferentiated paint application. The $27.99 MSRP is fair for the engineering, less fair for the paint commitment.

The Imperial heavy-weapons specialist. The figure with the unpainted rocket launcher and the stiff joints. The Survivor enemy class with the Fallen Order packaging name. GameStop exclusive, February 2023.

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Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Phase 4 Gaming Greats Collection. Related: Riot Scout Trooper P4-GG-14 | KX Security Droid (Jedi: Survivor) P4-GG-15 | B1 Battle Droid (Jedi: Survivor) P4-GG-16.