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E-3PO is a 3PO protocol droid. It’s not terribly exciting but he’s got a couple of things going for him. First is that he’s very easy. A repaint of the BAD tooling or even one of the many C-3PO’s would suffice. His patina probably doesn’t require a vac-metal finish. He’s prominent enough that it’s surprising that he’s never even been attempted. Perhaps Hasbro is afraid that parents would object to a figure of a character whose sole appearance in the film is cursing in an alien language.
