Infantry Battle Droids Militaries of Star Wars 12 inch Figure Sideshow

The Infantry Battle Droids 12 inch Figure features:

•Two (2) Newly Developed and Fully Articulated Battle Droid Bodies with over 20+ points of articulation each
•Authentic and hand painted deco application with detailed weathering deco
•Two (2) Detailed Backpacks with droid identification numbering and extending antennae
•Two (2) E-5 Blaster Rifles

Product Size:12" H (304.8mm)*

Artists:

•Tim Niver
•Jared Chapman
•Nathan Eakins
•Pascual Wawoe
•The Sideshow Collectibles Design and Development Team

Manufactured by: Sideshow Collectibles

Product Backstory
While critics would be quick to point out a battle droid's mindlessness as a fault, the proponents of the mechanized soldiers would counter that it is instead a virtue. A mindless soldier is a loyal soldier, unquestioning of orders, easily controlled, and absolutely fearless. Battle droids are tall, gaunt humanoids with exposed joints and bone-white metal finishes that gives them an eerie resemblance to animated skeletons.

Battle droid infantry is frightening in its uniformity -- only a numerical marking on the back of a comlink booster pack serves to distinguish one droid from another. Droids with specialized functions have distinct colored markings on their armor. Blue denotes pilot droids. Red denotes security droids. Yellow denotes command droids, which function with increased autonomy compared to the standard infantry. For the Trade Federation, the battle droid infantry piloted STAPs, MTTs, and AATs as well as their colossal battleships. For ease of storage and transportation, battle droids could compress into less than half their size.

Following the Naboo debacle, the Galactic Republic enacted strict legislation that prohibited the use of battle droid armies. The Trade Federation has shown its disrespect for Republic law in the past, and for years, many feared that the numerous foundries scattered throughout the galaxy were still churning out assembly lines of tireless soldiers.