I had to look up on the googles this guy's name. He's an Imperial Knight from the Star Wars Legacy series. which I really enjoy. But it's hard to keep track of everyone's names. The design of the Imperial Knights is fantastic- part royal guard, part, umm, Jedi. Which is what they are, the Emperor's bodyguards. They have colorless lightsabers, which is maybe the only weak part of their design, but at least it's unique.
As far as I know this guy's name is Kir Kanos. From, hmm, the comic series Crimson Empire maybe? I dunno. Got him from a Snowtrooper. I like him because he is a variation on the Royal Guards. And that makes me happy. And who knows, maybe they all have that black armour beneath their robes.
Like all the guards, their main function in the movie is set dressing. Yoda takes out a few red guards and that's all the action they see. It would have been cool to have a small squad of these blue guys holding out against Anakin and his clones as he goes to the Jedi Temple to kill some younglings. This particular guy, I think his technical name is Blue Senate Guard or perhaps Senate Guard (Blue), is I think a little different from the first ones we see at the end of Episode I, if I recall those ones had open face guards. This guy has the classic black visor. So maybe Episode II, though I don't recall when. Oh well. Main point is, it's a fine looking figure, as are all the guards, blue, red or shadow.
It's amazing how striking this figure is and really it's just an inverted Royal Guard. Black becomes red and red becomes black. But the Royal Guard design has always retained its intrinsic perfectness even after 25 years. Like the other Force Unleashed characters, it is not quit accurate to the game. In the game they are more of a greyish color and don't have robes. Just like the cardback, actually. But I am not complaining. I want the robes to match the red guards. And Hasbro can always release a version sans robes and I am sure I would get one. Or two.
I really dig the Galactic Heroes line, even if Adam Pawlus would say they are not action figures so much as statues. They're really cool statues! And good for younger kids, too. Not really too much else to say about him- I forget who he came packed with, maybe an Imperial Engineer. I took this photo as a response to this drawing by Zimmy. How cool would a Shadow Guard repaint be?
