I'm glad that Hasbro is finally giving the EU characters some more attention, but I have a feeling some of them will never see a second release. Such is the case with the cloned Emperor from Dark Empire comics. Now, I'm one of not a few people who doesn't view Dark Empire as the greatest atrocity to befall the Star Wars continuity since Greedo shot first. I actually enjoyed it (....Dark Empire II, less so, as it seemed to lack any kind of plot cohesion). But anyway...

I liked the original POTF2 EU Cloned Emperor figure, but compared to even modern SW figures, he's quite a bit lacking (as are all POTF2 figures). So I threw this one together. The hardest part was making his collar (I toned down the giant dracula-ness of it a bit). If you're wondering, it is the bottom of the stick-on part of new-sculpt Cover Girl's torso trimmed and turned upside down. This was a hard custom to make, as there aren't a lot of reference photos of the cloned emperor where his outfit is visible. Most of my references came from some SW fan's cosplay site, actually.

Parts:
Base figure: Ep3 Dooku
Head: Ep3 Tarkin (modified quite a bit)
Hands: Pit Viper
Leg armor: Carved off of VvV Kamakura
Neck armor: Princess Leia Collection bespin Leia
Cloak: Ep3 Emperor Palpatine w/ cover girl torso part collar
Saber: Dark Woman hilt w/ red blade (I know it was blue in the comics, but I'm a traditionalist).


Comparison with the POTF2 version:

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wow i don't remember my cloned emperor having such weird eyes, i'll have to dig that out. nice work on that, kind of makes me wonder when hasbro will update those other EU characters.

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I still have a soft spot in my heart for that EU Palpatine fig. Just cuz he is so menacing.

I think you pulled off a great custom here but the head still looks a lot like Tarkin. I don't know what you could do differently to change that though.

BTW, I gave my EU Palpatine a red sabre too.

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That's some nice parts choices. The head looks a little like Chief O'Brien from Star Trek, though, IMO. Did you try putting the original figures cloak on this one?