Confusing follow up answer. They said in one sentence it was not produced and in the next that it didn't get a widespread release - implying that a quantity of the figure they just said never got made had a limited release. 
Remembering that the black pauldron version was the same version as the TSC Sandtrooper, my guess is that a handful of them were put together to use as samples since they probably had some spare parts/figures lying around. This is probably how Rebelscum got theirs - a sample from a Hasbro rep. So saying that it was not produced and did not get widespread release is the same thing. Technically it did get released (via handmade samples) but the factory lines were never fired up to mass produce the figure.
So in the long run, yeah the figure (if you can find it/get it) can be had in the Saga Legends packaging but it was never released to the public, which in my mind, makes it a sample/prototype and collecting those types of items opens up a pandora's box of collecting headache when you want to start down the path of prototypes/first shots/hard copies/salesman samples.
So what it really boils down to is whether or not it was ever included in a case pack assortment of Saga Legends and the answer to that question is: "No". Therefore, I personally don't care about the version since I don't seek out un-released pieces - but that's just me. For others out there, your mileage may vary.
