The Imperial Rocket Trooper holds a unique place in Black Series history as Gaming Greats #01 — the inaugural release of Hasbro's video-game-focused sub-line, launched in 2020 as a GameStop exclusive. For collectors who track sub-line firsts, this is the cornerstone piece: the figure that established the Gaming Greats identity and signaled Hasbro's commitment to translating EA's Star Wars: Battlefront II roster into 6-inch scale. Its limited retail channel makes it notably harder to source than mainline Black Series releases.
The figure is presented in the distinctive black-and-teal Gaming Greats window box, complete with the hexagonal "Gaming Greats" badge on the front acetate window and the "Star Wars: Battlefront II" banner running along the bottom. The back panel carries multilingual character copy in five languages alongside a moody monochromatic illustration of the trooper, numbered "01 Gaming Greats – Star Wars: Battlefront II" with item number 11001. This example is vintage and complete in its original packaging, with the acetate window and box structure consistent with a well-preserved in-box specimen. The figure features the game-accurate white-and-black deco that defined the Battlefront II Rocket Trooper variant, built on Black Series trooper tooling with a blaster pistol accessory.
For in-box collectors building a complete Gaming Greats run, owning the inaugural entry is essential. The teal-and-black aesthetic of the packaging translates beautifully on a shelf alongside subsequent Gaming Greats releases, and the Battlefront II source material gives it crossover appeal to video-game fans as well as Star Wars purists. Whether displayed in-box or opened for a posed display, this GameStop-exclusive piece represents a meaningful chapter in the evolution of the Black Series line.