So I looked back and, sure enough, back in May 2024 I preordered an Emperor Palpatine Star Wars Black Series figure. Ugh. Why did I do that? Did I even still want it? It’s been almost a year.

Though Tartakovsky once said in a commentary track that he believed “Clone Wars” was made to make up for the prequels’ poor action-figure sales ... Chancellor Palpatine from his Coruscant ...