Review: Star Wars Black Series Clone Lieutenant Galle from Revenge of the Sith, Galaxy Collection Wave 23
- Mephitsu
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“Execute Order 66”
2025 marked the 20th Anniversary of Revenge of the Sith, and to mark the milestone the Star Wars Black Series presented us with a new series of retro carded figures. But despite the focus, new characters from ROTS were not overly forthcoming. While we still wait for a Saesee Tinn or Mass Amedda, the 2025 offerings from Hasbro were limited to two new Clone Troopers in the guise of Clone Commander Bacara and the release we are looking over here, Clone Lieutenant Galle. Galle’s name is not an immediately recognised one within Star Wars canon, but his role, alongside Commander Bly, in the Order 66 execution of Aayla Secura will be known to all fans of the prequel movies.
Lieutenant Galle was released as part of Wave 23 of the Black Series, the final full wave of 2025 that was very much heavily influenced by Revenge of the Sith with it also including the ROTS releases Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. The other two figures of the five figure wave were the new Imperial Sandtrooper and The Stranger from The Acolyte. Galle is packed in the standard Black Series Phase 4 squared box with the mat black baase colour and applied deep orange highlight colour used for the Revenge of the Sith releases. Galle is number 03 in the Revenge of the Sith collection, following on directly from Bacara and leading into Kenobi and Skywalker from the same wave.
The side artwork features a close-up shot of Galle against the foliage of Felucia, with the same Felucian landscape and plants seen on the inserted card that sits behind the figure. The back of the box carries the slightest of overviews of Galle, and talks about his role alongside Bly within the 327th Star Corps and their exploits on Quell, Maridun, and Felucia.
Galle utilises the newest Clone body, a combination of white gloss armoured segments that are connected, mainly at the articulated joints, by black connectors which replicate the Clone’s undersuit. The bright white armour is overpainted, as if by hand, to replicate the markings of the 327th with a thick stripe down the chest plate, markings on the shoulder armour and down through the arms. It is also used to pick out panels on the knee plates and around the boots.
This yellow is lighter than his Commander, Bly, whose colouring is a marginally darker, more mustard finish. If you look at the scenes in which the 327th appear, and reference photos, then Hasbro has possibly gone a shade too light on Galle, although the figure is without any weathering or battle damage, which we do find on screen, and that will darken the colours.
As a Lieutenant, Galle is also geared out with a larger black pauldron with brown inserts that sits around this shoulders, with the wider piece sitting out over to the left shoulder. A secondary strap with white compartments stretches from the pauldron to the belt. The belt itself is white to match the armour, but also picks up a couple of yellow stripes. It incorporates both a pair of holsters across each hip and a soft goods Kama skirt in beige. The skirt lacks any particular ‘body’ and sits quite flat, and may kick out to the side depending on how it was sat when the figure was packed. It is also quite light in colour compared to what appears to be a darker tone on screen, closer in hue to the mustard yellow of the armour.
Like most modern Clone releases, Galle comes with a removable Clone Trooper Phase II helmet. The helmet carries the same markings as the armour, all with slightly rough edges as though painted by hand. The white helmet also includes a gloss black painted visor, black and grey trim and silver parts around the breathing filters. The helmet fit is good, although, as with most close-fit helmets, there is a risk of paint rub on the head with excessive use. You can also see the chin of the head in some angles where the Phase II helmet opens up between the two breathing filters
Underneath is the now-standard and well used Clone likeness of Temurra Morrison with a flattop of dark hair. Facial printing is used to enhance the eyes, although it is noted not to the same standard of realism we see on other modern figures.
Perhaps with Galle and other Clones, the decision was to pare back the application on the basis that most collectors will display these with helmets on. In fact, it wouldn’t have been a major issue had Galle come with the helmet fixed in place and the head unpainted, considering he never removed the helmet during the events of ROTS.
Galle has the usual suite of articulation assigned to the newest Clone bodies. There are 21 joints in total with the upper body featuring a ball joint in the chest, dual-jointed neck, and arms that include butterfly shoulders alongside the usual shoulder, elbow and wrist joints. This allows Galle to wield the included weaponry, including firing positions. The pauldron does present a slight restriction to the left arm, but nothing substantial with the shoulder armour underneath, hinged to move with the arm.
The legs are less restricted by the armour attachments with the skirt being soft goods rather than softer plastic. Galle can achieve kneeling and sitting positions, as well as able to be posed as though running or marching or taking up wider stances to fire his included weaponry.
That weaponry starts with a pair of DC-17 blasters, which can be stowed in the twin holsters or positioned in either hand as both feature a trigger finger - a recent improvement to the Clone Trooper base figure. The DC-17 blasters are relatively plain in design, but the cast is crisp in black plastic and has no painted details.
Galle then features the DC-15A blaster carbine, similarly cast in black and with no painted details. This weapon can again be wielded in the right or left hands, with the other used to cradle the barrel in firing positions. The DC-15A has no holsering options, but the inclusion of both this and the DC-17’s ensures screen accuracy with the brief shots we see of Galle have him holding the larger carbine with the two smaller blasters holstered at his side.
I don’t think there is such a thing as too many Clones in the Star Wars Black Series, and Hasbro is doing a good job of going wide and deep on the Clones from the Clone Wars era, with Galle being a neat, named character to line up alongside the existing figures of Commander Bly and the Jedi General Aayla Secura. Execution of the figure against the brief onscreen scenes is good. Galle’s colouring is probably a touch too light compared to the onscreen appearances of the 327th and therefore slightly different to that of Bly, who was released several years earlier. The skirt is also perhaps slightly too light, and as is often quoted with any Clone release, a degree of battle weathering might have been preferred.
with Clone Commander Bly
All in all, Clone Lieutenant Galle is a solid release with a trio of accessories, a removable helmet option that could have easily been skipped, and he expands the Clone Wars displays by giving us another Clone character that isn’t a Commander or a member of the 501st.
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