Battle Droid Commander (9515) Lego Star Wars Minifigure

This is the third variant of the battle droid commander.  The minifigure is unique to the lego set '9515 The Malevolence'.

This minifigure really does reflect the appearance of the battle droid commanders we see in the opening scenes of Episode 1:  The Phantom Menace and also during the clone wars episodes.  It is certainly in line with the Droid Commanders we see in the episode “Destroy Malevolence” on which the 9515 lego set is based.

It looks and feels like a standard battle droid, the range of movement, poseability and weapon are the same.  The only difference being the yellow markings to the head and the yellow spot on the torso.

To put this variant in a bit of context: its predecessor, the 2008 variant that appeared in the '7670 Hailfire Droid and Spider Droid' set differed by having a completely yellow torso.  The first variant seen in 2000 and 2002 was more in line with this variant with the simple yellow markings although was plagued as per all pre-2007 battle droid minifgures by two straight arms meaning it could not hold a blaster properly.  More recently the 2013 set '75019 AT-TE' set includes a similar approach to denoting battle droid commanders but this time takes on the 'Geonosis' dark orange colouration instead of the usual tan. The Rocket Droid Commander that we see in the 2010 set: '8056 Droid Tri-Fighter' also has the yellow markings on torso and head piece to denote rank.

As a minifigure, and particularly as a unique minifigure in a set it hardly gets your pulse rating, but you’ve got to put someone at the head of an advancing column of battle droids.

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