Review: Star Wars Black Series B2 Super Battle Droid from Attack of the Clones, Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave
- Mephitsu
- Apr 29
- 4 min read
“Sure, they had a level of strength and durability that a B1 could only dream about, but they were slow and clumsy, and they barely had enough processing power to aim their weapons in the right direction."
The Super Battle droid was introduced into the Star Wars Black Series in 2024, packed initially into an exclusive two-pack with ‘Battle Droid’ C-3PO and then getting its own single release as part of a Galaxy Collection Fan Channel Wave alongside Darth Sidious and Ki-Adi Mundi. The Battle Droid is an Attack of the Clones release and one of the final figures to arrive in the angled packaging of the Phase 4 Galaxy Collection. The box utilises the deep red assigned to AOTC, and the Battle Droid is number 06 in the collection, with the numbering and the red-hued side art following on from the Phase I Clone Trooper release and leading into the 2025 release of Luminara Unduli. The artwork is repeated on the box reverse with a short paragraph confirming the droid’s role and firepower as an advanced ‘super’ battle droid.
The Droid itself is cast in a gunmetal grey plastic. Darker grey is used as a contrast of the inner workings of the droid, including a ribbed dark grey midsection, and grey circular workings at the main arm and leg joints. Cleaner silver components become visible under the arm and hip joints as the droid is posed, with the final decor applied around the head where a blueish grey panel is painted on the upper segment, and to the right of this, as we look, a red indicator light.
There is a large amount of hidden detail on the droid, exposed by taking off the head, and then the wider chest section beneath it. This exposes the inner droid workings with a darker, but shinier internal sculpted chest, inclusive of red, yellow, and white indicators and components as well as a large single red eye piece. This is a neat addition from Hasbro, considering this is not something seen in any detail on screen.
The single release is identical in design and base decor as the exclusive two-pack version, although the latter does feature an additional layer of weathering which is exclusive to that set and allows the two versions to sit in the same collection with variation - or for the clean version to be army built for those who want to build their Separatist Droid army.
vs 2024 Exclusive 2-Pack Version (right)
Proportionally, the Super Battle Droid is a good likeness to those we see fighting on Geonosis, and the droid stands a good head height taller (6.5 inches) than a standard figure.It features articulation, designed around the ‘in world’ construction, with the large circular joints at the main arm and leg joints being part of the figure's own articulated movement. There are 15 joints in total, which sounds low, but the droid design has no need for any head or neck articulation. Both arms and legs are fully mobile, despite their bulk allowing our Super Battle Droid to be posed in most base positions, including neutral stance, fighting, shooting, or even kneeling.
There are no weapon accessories as such in the set, with the Droid’s gun being fixed onto its right arm, which can then be extended out ready to fire. We do get a firing effect piece in translucent red plastic that is intended to connect around the twin barrel of the arm blaster. The fit here is not particularly great or robust, and the use of the piece on display will be very much down to personal choice and available space, as the firing effect does extend the footprint of the future out considerably.
The B2 Super Battle Droid was a figure that the Black Series has waited some time for, and its arrival now signals the ability within the range to build up a Droid force of both B1 and B2 Battle Droids, with Hasbro also bringing us both figures in an exclusive army builder 2-pack in 2025. The Super Battle Droid does everything we would want it to do based on its role on screen as a marching tank, and it also fits into any Clone Wars era display.
It is able to support itself fully despite the larger bulbous upper body and get into poses that initially you would think are outside its range, including the ability to fold up to a certain degree - a feature of the B1 Droids. There is little this figure does wrong, and Hasbro has done well to include it in a number of sets with variation, including the most eye-catching Bedlam Raiders version from Jedi: Survivor.
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