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Rabe, Queen Amidala's Handmaiden
(Battle Uniform)


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This is a close-up of the head.
Full-figure view, actual size.
This figure was made to represent Queen Amidala's East Indian handmaiden, who is seen in the background throughout The Phantom Menace. She is most prominent during the fight sequences on Naboo at the end of the film, so this figure represents her in battle uniform. I believe her name is Rabe, but it's hard to be sure. Can anybody confirm or deny this?

The only difficult thing about making this figure was the head, that needed to be substantially repainted (and a little reshaped) to resemble the character I was trying to represent. The face, hands, hair, eyes, and eyebrows were all painted to match Rabe's features and skin tones, but the real problem was the ears; No matter how I tried to bend, cut, or reshape the ears, I just couldn't get them looking large enough. I finally had to cut the ears off a Malakili (Rancor Keeper) figure and attach them instead -- his were the only ears big enough! While I succeeded in giving the figure a distinctly East Asian look, it still bears little resemblance to the character I had in mind.

This shows Rabe posed next to my Eirtae custom.
Otherwise, this custom was a pretty simple one to make, seeing as two different figures of Amidala have been released in this uniform. The head and body are from the Amidala "Naboo" figure, while the arms came from the Amidala "Battle" figure (with "ascension gun").


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Here Rabe poses with Eirtae, the blonde handmaiden, who stands a little bit taller. I'm not entirely happy with that custom, either.