I kind of thought the same way Spuffy, after looking at the pics. While I do like the set, and think it is pretty nice, I'm a little bit let down as well. Not really because the figures are bad, but because they just aren't "worlds" better than before. The Maul is probably the best we've seen, but still not quite perfect. The Dooku doesn't seem a whole lot different/better than the ROTS one, but the Palpatine is something new and different. I'll probably still pick up the set, because I do like the figures overall, but it just isn't as wow as the Anakin to Vader and Clone to Stormtrooper sets seemed to be...at least to me. Still, glad to see another set coming, hopefully they'll consider continuing this line...there are a number of possibilities.