The Galactic Empire had to die for something new to rise from its ashes. As part of Emperor Palpatine's posthumous "screw you" to the regime he created, the contingency took the form of a purge of the weakest links that corrupted the galactic chain. In its place, a new vision--the First Order. The First Order is more than an imperial remnant. Populated by only the best and the brightest, the First Order operates at the edge of known space and waits for a time when the galaxy once more stands on the brink of chaos as it had under the Old Republic.
The architect of this powerful regime is Rae Sloane, the last Grand Admiral,
For my project, I chose to create Grand Admiral Sloane. Based on the cannon description, Sloane is in her early 50s, dark skinned, with long black hair that carries a streak of white in it. She has been depicted as such in the WWII-style poster that comes as part of the novel, Star Wars, Aftermath: Empire's End.
Dressed in the traditional white uniform of an Imperial Grand Admiral, Sloane presents a formidable presence.
To create Sloane, I used a duplicate Grand Admiral Thrawn figure and removed the head. For the head, I used a Firefly Zoe Washburne figure. I painted Thrawn's blue hands black t give the appearance of gloves.
It should be noted that the Firefly series of Pop figures does not come with a spring neck like the Star Wars figures. To affix the head, I had to widen the neck hole at the base of her head to stick the head in the neck of Thrawn. Some white paint was used to add the white streak.
In the display, I placed Sloane in front of the novel detailing her rise to power and a small model of her flagship, the Super Star Destroyer Eclipse. If you read the novel, you will know why she is positioned so close to General Hux.
