For whatever reason, I absolutely love the Imperial Officers of the original Star Wars films. In recent years we have been lucky to get a fair few officers in one form or another and most of them have been pretty good. In fact I actually quite liked even the Admiral Motti figure that was made way back in POTJ. He had a tremendous facial sculpt and his articulation was clean and necessary, he could do exactly what he did in the movie.
Over the years though I was able to acquire a few extra Captain Needa bodies and said what the hell, Removing the old Motti head I dremelled it out and mounted it on the new body. I also cut away his rank plate and glued it into place on the Needa body, his hands were replaced with some from the spares box. Now he can take his place next to Grand Moff Tarkin as they threaten to blow up planets.
Admiral/Captain Piett is another figure who seems a bit underrepresented in the modern toy line. He had quite a role in two movies yet has only had one figure made of himself in all this time. Like Motti the sculpt is quite good on his one release so I figured I would simply repurpose the POTF2 head. Little else is done to him, his rank badge is adequate to depict him in either film and the Needa figure was wearing gloves so that essentially completed his look.
Overall, these were some simple and quick modifications that helped to bring these characters into the new millennium, and fit them into the modern lineup.
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