The Mandalorian takes place five years after the fall of The Empire.  The character known simply as “The Client” hires Din Djarin to track down the quarry known as “The Child.”  The rest of planet Earth, to include Alfonso Ribeiro, calls that character “Baby Yoda.”  Correction:  the rest of the planet minus my wife.  She calls him “Kevin.”  The Client is in charge of a remnant Galactic Empire unit on the rocky volcanic planet of Nevarro.  It’s a dirty schmutzy planet, and The Client’s detachment of Stormtroopers can neither keep their armor clean nor in good nick.  [Editor’s Note:  I’m not sure what that last part means, but I’ll have to assume it’s some sort of local colonial-era dialect.]  When The Client’s superior, Moff Gideon, eventually arrives on Nevarro, his Stormtroopers have the gleaming white armor to which we are accustomed.  It’s probably why Moff Gideon executed the lot of them.  Maintaining uniforms is a big deal in the military.  They take it way serious.

In order to realize this Remnant Stormtrooper, Hasbro leverage the outstanding and wildly popular VC140 - Stormtrooper which is sourced to Rogue One.  The best part of that figure is the arm articulation.  It’s revelatory.  The elbows bend to a few degrees beyond ninety.  Combine this with the ball jointed wrists, which have excellent range of motion, and this figure can stare down the sights of the E-11 blaster in a two handed weapon grip (THWG).  My only gripe with the way the figure interacts with the E-11 is that the floating tigger finger isn’t long enough to easily fit inside the enclosed trigger guard.  It can be done, but the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.  The legs have just as much posability as the arms.  The knees flex incredibly well and the figure can easily achieve natural looking kneeling positions.  As mentioned in the review of the original figure, the lower body articulation is partially undermined by the lack of rocker ankles.  Not because the achievable poses are insufficient, but because that one added bit of premium articulation would have unlocked all the poses.  All of them. The lack of rocker ankles is further exacerbated by the sculpt of the shin armor.  They flare awkwardly and give the impression of bell bottoms.

The discoloring from the Nevarro soil is captured by multiple orange-yellow paint application of various color depths throughout the figure.  It’s nicely done, and appears to accurately reflect the less distressed among The Client’s rag tag remnant.  There are other Stormtroopers in his employ that appear to have heavier build ups for caked on dirt, but Hasbro erred on the correct side of the more subtle look.  If the dirt were more pronounced, an army of these figures would look odd.  There are also multiple black paint applications throughout the armor.  I assume these serve double duty.  The first is to capture filth and muck.  I hope it doesn’t cause their fetzer valves to stick.  The other is to simulate battle scoring.  In total, it really captures a battle-worn Stormtrooper well.  It could be used for that purpose independent of Madalorian displays.

Primarily because of the jarring aesthetics of the unfortunate shin flare, this Remnant Stormtrooper retains the same 9 out 10 score as the figure on which it was based.

At the time of this review, the figure can be pre-ordered on Entertainment Earth (SPONSORED).