You may be thinking “wow what a awesome duct tape replica of the upper half of the red clone trooper”, but that’s not what you should be thinking. You should be thinking is “wow what an awesome upper half of a red clone trooper armor salvaged from the battle of Geonosis”.

and also you might be thinking “wow what an awesome black nerf gun” but you should be thinking “wow what an awesome clone trooper rifle loaned to you by Commander Cody himself”.

you also may be thinking “wow look its mellon boy in a clone trooper uniform” and yes you are right.

I know what you’re thinking: “What a clever duct tape replica of an Episode 2 red clone trooper helmet!” That is what it looks like, but really I was more inspired by my dad’s old Mandalorian helmet from his days as a training sergeant during the Clone Wars. Now you’re probably thinking, “Wow, how awesome would it be to have a Mandalorian soldier for a father?!” Well, it is pretty awesome, but it’s also pretty cool having an escaped genetically-enhanced ex-government assassin for a mom. Sure, growing up in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest was hard, but we were happy.

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