A New Hope Death Squad Commander / Star Destroyer Commander

The Death Squad Commander was released in 1978.

Accessories
The Death Squad Commander comes with a stormtrooper blaster.

Points of Interest
This figure was renamed to the more PC Star Destroyer Commander on The Empire Strikes Back cards and has stayed as such on every card printed afterwards. This figure first appeared on the Star Wars 12 back card.

Though this figure became better known as Star Destroyer Commander, he was introduced to the original Star Wars Generation as Death Squad Commander. It didn’t take long for Kenner to reevaluate its macabre name selection and in a truly Orwellian manner ‘New Speaked’ it to the name ‘it always was called’