The Clone Emperor,
(Hasbro Toys, Power of The Force 2: Expanded Universe, 1998)
Around my twenty-eighth birthday a friend bought me several versions of The Emperor form Star Wars in action figure form. I always liked The Emperor and was fascinated to be confronted with multiple action figures for the same character. I looked into the topic online and discovered The Clone Emperor action figure.

Seeing the young Emperor with a lightsabre for the first tyme--this was before the prequel films--captured my immagination. This was my introduction to Expanded Universe, the collective term for licensed elements of the Star Wars saga existing outside of the films, eg video games, comics, and animations.