"This is Enoch, captain of my guard."
Since the reveal of Grand Admiral Thrawn’s Imperial army on Peridea, there have been a clamouring for the release of both Captain Enoch and the Night Troopers into the Star Wars Black Series. This was finally confirmed on May the 4th 2024 with a 2-pack featuring both Enoch and a Night Trooper scheduled as an Autumn release and exclusive to Walmart in the US and sold via Fan Channel retailers in the UK and other territories. This decision of a two-pack and an exclusive was perhaps disappointing, particularly for those wishing to army-build. However, the set - which was released at the very end of October 2024 - was reasonably priced at sub £45 and with relatively strong availability here in the UK at least.
Like all new Galaxy Collection releases, the Enoch & Night Trooper set has moved to the new squared box format while retaining the black base colouring, light blue accent colour and side artwork. Like most 2-packs the set is not part of the numbered collection and the artwork - which is split between Enoch and the Trooper - does not directly connect to any of the other releases.
The back of the box focuses on Enoch and his role within Thrawn's forces, with a final sentence focusing on the Night Troopers. The new packaging features a coloured backdrop to the figures in the box and once you've taken out your Troopers the design is revealed in full as a very clear backdrop of the Eye of Scion controls
Starting with Enoch and the Captain uses the newest Imperial Stormtrooper figure as a base - as would have been the case in the backstory of Thrawn’s exile to Peridea - but with a considerable amount of updated parts and paintwork. The upper armour remains predominantly the same as a standard Trooper but with gold painted left Pauldron and panels and the Kintsugi gold invalid repairs all added as painted detail rather than sculpted ‘cracks’. Enoch’s midsection is new and is fully gold featuring variant greebles and panels to a standard Trooper. And round the back of Enoch the rear part of the chest armour forgoes the usual back section with a circular panel and two banks of components and features a flatted squared piece with four quadrants of components including elements also painted in gold.
The lower legs are all direct Stormtrooper parts but with the same paint application as the torso with gold panels and gold repaired cracks painted over the white cast armour. There are also some darker black panels also on the right thigh and left ankle. Over this sits a brand new burgundy knee-length skirt section with a painted black belt and holster on Enoch’s right hip.
The helmet is new and uses the top, back and sides of an Imperial Trooper helmet but with a new human shaped faceplate in gold with black eyes. The intricate helmnet also featured painted repaired lines, black panels and a pair of bright red Imperial insignia either side of the forehead. While the recent Stormtrooper helmets are a helmet glued over a sculpted head - the Enoch helmet features no such interior detail.
Enoch features a single blaster, a new piece in black with gold trim. It can be holstered in the working holster, or held in either the left or right hands with both featuring a trigger finger.
Enoch’s accompanying Night Trooper is also built on the main Stormtrooper body for the Black Series but also features new parts. The armour is all cast in a flatter white than the usual high gloss with the red dressings all sculpted detail across brand new armoured parts - these include both Pauldrons, upper right arm, lower right arm, and right hand. There is also wrappings sculpted onto the chest piece, around the waist section and on the lower left shin. These are all painted neatly in deep red contrasting with the white of the armour. You can also see the Kintsugi repairs in gold, painted into place as with Enoch - they are less prominent than the captain, but visible on the chest and left knee guard and lower leg in particular.
The Night Trooper helmet is a re-use of the Imperial helmet but with the faceplate and dome in deep grey with gold repair detail. This replicates the specific Night Trooper who parades behind Enoch as they escort Thrawn when he makes his first appearance in Ahsoka. This perhaps goes some way to offset the army-building argument with this figure based on a specific trooper while also developing parts and paint techniques for more army builders to join the line in the future.
The Night Trooper is armed with the usual E-11 blaster, the newer cast accessory from the latest Stormtrooper releases. It is cast in a similar grey to his helmet without any further details. It can also fit in right or left hand but has no holstering option.
Both Enoch and the Night Trooper include the same pinless articulation with 19 points in total across the Trooper's body. The articulation on the Trooper allows for a wide range of positions including the ability to kneel - Enoch’s skirt piece does partly hinder his lower leg options. Both Troopers have un restricted upper body articulation supported in particular with butterfly shoulders that allow for plenty of weapon poses.
Coming from a period where exclusive two packs were pushing £50 and £60, it is refreshing that Hasbro has kept the RRP on this set down to £45 with some Fan Channel retailers pushing it as low as £42 - which works out to just £21 per figure. Both figures are really well executed and with more new parts and decor applications than I had perhaps expected - particularly with the Night Trooper who’s red-wrapped armoured panels will almost certainly feed into future Night Trooper army builders.
While it is probably true that these figures should have been single releases, what you get for your money is certainly well worth it for a two-pack and for those just wanting Enoch as a figure, there will be plenty of re-sale options on the secondary market for your spare Night Trooper.
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