Jedi & Emperor Palpatine

Star Wars has spent nearly fifty years telling the same story in different haircuts: a hopeful Jedi, a smiling old man in a hood, and a friendship that ends badly for somebody. It's the perfect plot for a couples costume, as long as you both agree up front on who gets to be evil. HalloweenCostumes.com sells both sides under its Made By Us label: a Women's Star Wars Jedi costume for $79.99 and a Men's Emperor Palpatine costume for $99.99, so the full light-versus-dark set comes to $179.98.

That's not Flintstones money. It's closer to a weekend at Galaxy's Edge minus the churros. But both of these are the site's own officially licensed designs, and on paper, at least, they're built more like cosplay than a bag costume from the pharmacy aisle.

The Jedi gets layers, lots of them

The Jedi set (item FUN99255AD) includes four pieces: a tunic, leggings, a dickie and a belt. The tunic is tan gauze that wraps in front and closes with side ties, with extra gauze drapes sewn onto the shoulders. Under it goes a broadcloth dickie with a dark brown collar and a hook-and-loop closure, which is the costume's way of faking a second shirt without making you wear one. The leggings are matte spandex with an elastic waistband, and the belt mixes gauze with faux leather and closes with a front buckle.

The materials tell you it was designed to move: 99% polyester and 1% spandex on the top, 96% polyester and 4% spandex in the leggings. Good news for anyone planning to swing an imaginary lightsaber around the living room after two drinks. Speaking of which, no lightsaber is included, so budget for one or practice your pointing.

Sizes go from X-Small to X-Large, with a 34.5-inch chest at the small end and 45 inches at the top. The tunic runs 34 to 37.25 inches long, and every size has the same 29.5-inch leggings inseam. That last number is the one to check if you're tall. Plus sizes are sold separately.

One review, and it's a good one

The Jedi costume has exactly one review so far, posted September 13, 2026, by a buyer who ordered a Small. It's five stars, and it doesn't hold back:

"Amazing quality, VERY comfortable and soft fabric. Very movie accurate, could be useful as a cosplay! Easy to put on as well. Incredibly worth it. Pants are a little tight but that is my only issue! Otherwise it's great. I've never had a halloween costume like this."

One happy customer is not a trend, to be fair. But the one complaint lines up with the size chart. The leggings waist on a Small stretches from 25 to 37 inches, which is generous on paper, and if they still feel snug, consider sizing up, especially since the tunic is loose and forgiving anyway.

Palpatine, dressed for maximum drama

The Emperor costume (item FUN99219AD) is where the dark side spends its budget. You get a robe, a belt, a cloak, a plastic molded clasp and a latex mask with eye holes. The robe is a pullover in poly woven twill, and the cloak is a textured dobby fabric, all 100% polyester, with an adjustable waist tie.

The mask is the reason to buy it. Palpatine without the face is just a guy in a bathrobe waiting for the Disney+ app to load. The listing says the latex is molded to look like the character, which for this character means a lot of wrinkles. Sizes run Small to X-Large, with cloak chest measurements from 39 to 51 inches.

Here's something odd in the listing, though. The size chart gives robe lengths of 84.25 inches for a Small up to 90.25 inches for an X-Large. That's over seven feet, taller than a standard door. Maybe it's measured differently, or maybe it's a typo, but either way it's worth asking customer service before you order. The Emperor was a lot of things, but "trips on his own hem" wasn't one of them.

Summary

The Jedi costume is a layered, stretchy set with a single enthusiastic review and a note about snug leggings. The Palpatine costume brings the mask, the cloak and the robe, but nobody has reviewed it yet and its size chart raises questions. As a couples idea, it's easy for people to read from across the room and fun to act out.

So, is it worth $180?

For fans, probably yes. The Jedi set looks like it was made for a con floor as much as a Halloween party, and the one person who's worn it was surprised by the quality. I'll admit the Palpatine side makes me more nervous, mostly because a $99.99 costume with no reviews and a seven-foot robe on paper is a leap of faith.

Couples costumes usually work best when there's a story between the two people, and Star Wars already wrote this one. Order early enough to swap sizes if you need to, grab a lightsaber for the Jedi, and let the person in the latex mask do the dramatic laugh. They've earned it.