Stormtrooper & Snow Porg (Holiday Edition 2-Pack) — Star Wars The Black Series
The Black Series Stormtrooper & Snow Porg Holiday Edition 2-Pack — 2020 Amazon exclusive. Pack #2 of 5. Sandtrooper source body with ugly Christmas sweater AT-AT X-Wing design. 23 joints with swivel biceps. Praetorian Guard staff — no blaster despite functioning holster. MSRP $24.99.
Overview
The Stormtrooper & Snow Porg Holiday Edition 2-Pack is the second of five Holiday Edition 2-packs released in 2020 exclusively through Amazon. Amazon exclusive at $24.99. The Stormtrooper is a repaint of the 2013 Black Series Sandtrooper (figure id=2069) given a festive ugly Christmas sweater paint job — a white-and-grey Stormtrooper body featuring AT-AT walkers, an X-Wing fighter, and the Rebel symbol across the torso. The Snow Porg accompanies in a seasonal styling. This is Pack #2 of 5 in the 2020 Holiday Edition series.
The Ugly Christmas Sweater
The ugly Christmas sweater design is the star of this release. The paint application is fun — it shows an AT-AT, an X-Wing Fighter, and the Rebel symbol across the trooper’s chest and torso in a configuration that mimics a classic ugly Christmas jumper pattern. It’s one of the more inventive Holiday Edition paint concepts in the 2020 series and captures the seasonal novelty framing well. The Stormtrooper’s canonical white-and-black armour base works naturally as a sweater analogue — the clean white surfaces give Hasbro a readable canvas for the holiday artwork pattern.
The 23-Joint Articulation
23 joints — notably above the Phase 4 baseline and the highest articulation count in the 2020 Holiday Edition series. Ball-jointed neck, swivel neck, ball-jointed shoulders, swivel biceps, swivel joints above and below both elbows, ball-jointed wrists, ball-jointed waist, ball-jointed hips, swivel thighs, swivel joints above and below both knees, ball-jointed ankles. The swivel biceps and dual-axis elbow configuration (swivel above, hinge, swivel below) deliver more arm-pose flexibility than standard Phase 4 single-axis elbow figures.
The Missing Blaster Problem
Even though the trooper has a functioning holster, there was no blaster included. This is the Holiday Edition’s clearest accessory omission critique — the holster is fully tooled and functional, but Hasbro elected not to include the standard E-11 blaster that would normally occupy it. Similarly, the trooper has a hole in the back where a backpack can be plugged in, but no backpack was included. Two functional mounting points, zero accessories to fill them.
Instead, the Stormtrooper comes with a very long Praetorian Guard staff — a repaint of the Elite Praetorian Guard weapon from The Last Jedi. The staff fits well into both hands and the figure stands well on display even with the long staff in hand. It’s a visually interesting accessory that works for display, but it’s clearly a repurposed weapon from a different character’s release rather than a Holiday Edition-specific prop.
The Source Body Notes
The Sandtrooper 2013 source body is used here — the canonical Sandtrooper configuration minus the pauldron and backpack. No head underneath the helmet, no removable armour parts. The figure stands well on display without falling over even with the long staff extended.
Distribution Context
Amazon exclusive, 2020 Holiday Edition. Part of the five-pack 2020 series where each of five retailers received one 2-pack: Target (Range Trooper), Amazon (this Stormtrooper), Walmart (Snowtrooper), Best Buy (Sith Trooper), GameStop (Clone Trooper).
Verdict
The Stormtrooper & Snow Porg Holiday Edition 2-Pack is built around one genuinely fun design choice — the ugly Christmas sweater with AT-AT, X-Wing, and Rebel symbol is the best Holiday Edition paint concept in the 2020 series. The 23-joint swivel-biceps articulation is above the wave’s baseline. The missing blaster (despite a functioning holster) and missing backpack (despite a back mounting hole) are the notable omissions, and the Praetorian Guard staff is an odd thematic fit for a Christmas-themed Stormtrooper. The Snow Porg companion is a charming addition.
Buy this if you collect the 2020 Holiday Edition series as a complete set, if the ugly Christmas sweater design specifically appeals, or if you want the 23-joint Sandtrooper source body in a novelty holiday format. Amazon exclusive, 2020, Pack #2 of 5.
Part of Star Wars The Black Series | Holiday Edition. Related: Range Trooper & D-0 (Holiday) P4-HOL-02 | Snowtrooper & Porg (Holiday) P4-HOL-04 | Sith Trooper & Babu Frik (Holiday) P4-HOL-03 | Clone Trooper & Porg (Holiday) P4-HOL-01.