Review: Star Wars Black Series Clone Commander Doom from The Clone Wars
- Mephitsu
- 1 hour ago
- 5 min read
"If we're making a run, we'll need backup. My men are severely depleted."
We are never too far away from Clone Trooper releases in the Star Wars Black Series, and as we hit Summer 2026, we are welcoming two more Clone Commanders to the collection. Clone Commander Thorn and Clone Commander Doom are both taken from The Clone Wars and are Fan Channel Exclusives
Clone Commander Doom is number 23 in The Clone Wars Galaxy Collection and arrives in the matt black packaging, with the Clone Wars yellow accent colour across the character name, the source material, and on the side artwork. This imagery shows Doom, with arms crossed, looking forward and to the right, with a backdrop from the corridors of Ringo Vinda behind him. This artwork connects to the previous Clone Wars release of Quinlon Vos and onward to Clone Commander Thorn from the same pairing release.
The same picture of Doom is used on the back of the box along with a short passage of text that covers his role supporting Jedi Masters Tiplee and Tiplar at the Battle of Ringo Vinda alongside Troopers Fives and Tup. Doom and his accessories are sat in the usual inner tray, with a colour-coordinated cardboard backdrop that also features the Ringo Vinda scenes.
Doom is built on the most recent Clone Trooper body, but with some significant colour differences, as was seen in the episode and that were heavily influenced by his namesake from the Marvel Comics. The arms and lower legs are cast in a grey/white finish and are then heavily weathered. The chest armour, stomach section, hips, and paper legs are cast in green with the chest also carrying an inverted yellow triangle detail, and a rank insignia plate painted in silver and with red, blue, and black tiles. The green of the chest armour is also heavily ‘weathered’ by adding grey paint to the edges to simulate scratching and damage, and is intended to show the grey armour underneath. Similar wear and tear is applied to the midsection and the thigh armour.
Doom has a pair of shoulder Pauldrons cast in grey/white and then decorated with the green triangular markings on the right and yellow and green on the left. He is also wearing a brown Commander belt with hanging twin holsters on either hip. The belt holds in place a Kama skirt in soft goods green with fabric-painted yellow trim and markings. The connecting joints all reflect the Clone Trooper armour undersuit, and are cast in black with a ribbed effect, and the same black is used for Doom’s hands.
The helmet, while similar to that of Commander Cody, is a new piece and is shared with Commander Thorn. While it is the same as that worn by Commander Fox, that helmet was on the older Clone Trooper figure body so Hasbro has completely recast this version for Doom & Thorn and incorporated the unpainted head underneath with the helmet fixed in place.
The helmet features the usual shaping and visor with breathing gear, but incorporates a visor like Cody and comms gear at the side with a short aerial to the right. The face plate is a white finish with the visor black and the breathing gear vents in silver. The bottom of the mask, the visor, the upper dome and the full back section are then coloured green with a solitary inverted yellow decal sitting centrally above the visor. None of this armour is weathered.
Doom comes with a pair of DC-17 blaster pistols, the standard piece for most Clone Commanders, and like all the predecessor releases, they are cast in black with no paint decor. The weapons can be holstered when not in use, or held in either hand with both hands inclusive of a flexible trigger finger.
Articulation is built around the armour components, and there are 19 points in total, all of which are pinless. The range of Doom is impressive, with the legs able to kneel or sit, the Kama skirt in soft goods moving with the legs as they are posed. The knee armour is left floating on the knee joint, and when the knees are bent, the armour can be posed in the right place.
The arms with butterfly shoulders can extend out and up; the shoulder pauldrons are hinged to move with them. The elbows bend to 90 degrees, and the wrists are hinged to move vertically, not horizontally, so they can aim the blasters much more naturally. The torso includes a ball joint for leaning in or backward movement, while the neck is dual-jointed and the head is able to rotate and pivot on any axis.
Commander Doom may have featured in one episode of The Clone Wars only, but he is a memorable member of the Grand Army of the Republic both in terms of the Battle of Ringo Vinda and in paying homage to Doctor Doom from the Marvel comics thanks to Dave Filoni’s love of the Latverian. The figure does a fantastic job of honouring that appearance, converting Doom from animation to a live-action setting vy using the existing movie-inspired Clone Trooper body and applying that inspiring green and yellow colour scheme.
The paint execution on the figure is enhanced from a lot of standard Clone releases for the better with a wide-ranging level of weathering and wear & tear paint applications that give Doom a battle-hardened look. The Kama skirt works fine in soft goods, while the overall articulation of the latest Black Series Clone Trooper body gives him plenty of posing options.
Clone Commander Doom has no substantial flaws to speak of. He looks great, poses well, and has robust articulation to keep him in position on display. As a Fan Channel release, you will need to source him via specialists rather than on store shelves, but the price is not inflated, and he has the usual single-figure RRP of £25. While I am delighted to add Doom to my Clone Wars display alongside the likes of Wolffe and Rex, let’s hope Hasbro follows the thread laid down here and gives us some of Doom’s Unit to armybuild with, ideally complete with Riot Shields and the mini-gun that will make its debut with Commander Thorn.
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