The Premium Format Emperor Palpatine On Imperial Throne will definitely leave you speechless for the first few moments you and it get acquainted. As you inspect it over, you’ll quickly realize that Sideshow has set yet another standard for what the incorporate into they well loved and firmly established scales. They’ve taken new routes to ensure fine manufacturing of this at the mass production level and they’ve spent time to capture the expressions and mannerisms of what was actually seen in the film. The Imperial Throne is a combination of polystone and fiberglass instead of just 100% polystone. As a result, it’s very heavy but feels like it’s a much better quality collectible when compared to others in the line.  Emperor Palpatine is a marvel himself for this scale. Sideshow Collectibles worked in six points of articulation on him including ball-jointed elbows, ball-jointed wrists, a ball-jointed head and a jointed torso. As you can imagine, every possible needed position of him in his Imperial Throne can be attained. The portrait is removable and in its place exclusive collectives can display him with his alternate grimacing expression. On top of that, the standard and exclusive release comes with interchangeable hands which illustrate definitive moods of Emperor Palpatine. The final results are flabbergasting. Emperor Palpatine’s clothing is expertly tailored and the textures and designs are just gorgeous. While Emperor Palpatine comes in a specific pose so that he can fit in his chair, the drapes of his robbing have been woven to fit him wondrously.

It’s hard to consider the Imperial Throne as part of the accessory list when it takes up most of the space in the box, but that has been Sideshow’s mission as of late, to include some breathtakingly large points of interest into their various scaled figure lines. The Imperial Throne doesn’t disappoint at all and it may just be the most impressive work of art they’ve manufactured in years. Underneath the beautifully sketched base is a battery compartment that has been designed for three double A batteries. Then a button (that has been camouflaged well into the chair – we missed it the first couple of times) needs to be pressed to illuminate the beautiful blue light that casts an eerie blue shadow on Emperor Palpatine. The buttons on his chair also light up as well. From the ribbing of the seat of his throne to the flawlessly matched color of the various details, Sideshow Collectible clearly spared no expense to bring Star Wars fans the most accurately designed product for everyone’s collection.