Crimson Jack is quite possibly the very first Expanded Universe character!

Back when Marvel Comics published the STAR WARS comic book adventures in 1977, the first original adventure appeared in issue #7 (#s1-6 adapted the movie). In this classic story, Han Solo and Chewbacca left Yavin 4 after the ceremony in order to pay off Jabba the Hutt.

On the way, the Millenium Falcon came across a group of space pirates led by none other than Crimson Jack. The pirates relieved Captain Solo of his hard-earned reward money and left the pair of smugglers to travel to an Outer Rim world known as Aduba-3 (which is a whole other story in itself!)

A few issues later, Crimson Jack crossed paths with Solo again (courtesy of a tracer), only this time, Jack had a treasure of his own: Princess Leia! Leia was searching for Luke when she was captured by the pirates, but Han managed to free her a few issues later.

Finally, Crimson Jack met his end in a space shootout with Han Solo in the Drexel system. His pirating operation was destroyed, but presumably Han never got his money back (or else he'd have paid Jabba, right?)

• Ceremonial Luke Skywalker (head and chest)
  
• Jar Jar Binks (arms)
  
• Carbonite Han Solo (legs)
  
• Endor Han Solo (gun and hands)
  

This customs was certainly a challenge! Not many STAR WARS figure are made with skin-tight clothing! I had to improvise a bit and use some unusual parts. Since I had the arms left over from another custom (and I don't have any Dagobah Luke arms at the moment), I repainted them to more human colors. The same with the legs.

I glued on new hands and sculpted the gauntlets, armbands, boot cuffs, and holster onto the body. After curing the sculpey, I repainted them. I wish the holster was functional, but ah well...

The beard was the most fun for this guy...although very fragile...good thing I don't often PLAY with these things! :)

The shoulder pads were the biggest challenge. I originally cut off pieces from a plastic cape for them, but they didn't quite work out the way I wanted them to look. So, I ended up rolling a long flat piece of sculpey, and then cut it to the correct shape. The results were so good, I gave him a collar too!

I also painted the blaster the same color as the comics showed it, although comics back then had a really limited palette.

Finally, the belt buckle is actually from an arm stem from another figure!