Perhaps, if Square Enix were to throw a contest, maybe the grand prize winner will have a minion of themselves; the winner would have to be absolutely sure on what outfit do they want to put on their character while taking screenshots for reference purposes. Then when a new major patch comes - which gives the team plenty of time to make it - the minion would be sent to the player.

The idea came from one of the previous contest where the player's character gets to be featured in a main scenario cut scene. Who knows, it might work