Target has produced some Star Wars bedding as of late, some of which aspires to be similar to Pottery Barn Kids’ line of Star Wars bedding without the Pottery Barn Kids prices.
At first blush, a handsome beige Rebel-themed bedding set seems to focus on X-Wings and Falcons. But this guy looked carefully and noticed there are…gasp…prequel vehicles hidden in the design. It’s hilarious to see this author react like Rumpelstiltskin after his name is discovered to see “holy trilogy” sheets tainted with prequelness. For a guy whose position on the prequels is that “it looked cool but I didn’t like the story,” he sure seems to know quite a bit even if he mistakenly says the Jedi starfighter was from TPM.
Maybe the sheet designer knows nothing about Star Wars and just pulled all kinds of vehicle line art to put on the sheets without any regard to where those vehicles appeared.
Or is there another explanation? Could there be a sheet designer out there who’s as annoyed with the hateboys and post-ROTS prequel amnesia as we are? I can imagine the sheet designer chuckling to himself as he surreptitiously sneaks in prequel vehicles, figuring none would be the wiser. In that case, I tip my hat to his genius. Perhaps if you fold the sheets the right way, there’s a big picture of Jar Jar sticking out his tongue.
Heh heh.
Tags: darth fanboy, PT references, sw references
July 11, 2012 at 8:40 pm |
I’m going with your theory of the Subversive Sheet Designer! If I found something like Zam’s speeder where you wouldn’t expect it, I’d be *delighted*.
I feel bad for this guy, though—he has so much bottled-up impotent rage, and his poor ticker can’t hold out forever against that kind of overpowering anger. I fear that Zam Wessell is going to claim another posthumous victim without even having to lift a ghostly finger!
Maybe Jar Jar’s tongue is on the inside of the pillowcase, so that Mr. Robot Pajama can get a secret kiss goodnight from the groovy Gungan!
July 11, 2012 at 10:02 pm |
What seems lost on Mr. Robot Pajama is that if it weren’t for the prequels Target wouldn’t be selling Star Wars sheets in 2012 at ALL! Star Wars merchandise would’ve been lost 80s relics. So instead of bitching about it (even humorously), how about at least acknowledging that the prequels and the prequel era Clone Wars have helped to keep Star Wars interest alive going into its fourth generation.
Sadly, I know that’s way too much to ask.
July 12, 2012 at 3:57 am |
We can certainly dream, can’t we? I mean, it’s 50/50 based on where these sheets were designed. If it were a bootleg, I’d say it was a coincidence (I expect anything from them after the strange Sonic the Hedgehog/Harry Potter/President Obama crossover backpack), but if this is an officially licensed product, then at least some of it has to be on purpose (The ARC could be a mistake given that it’s obviously a proto-X-Wing, but Zam’s ship?).
July 12, 2012 at 4:46 am |
Oh, no! Merchandise that doesn’t pretend the last two decades didn’t exist, whatever shall we do?
Sarcasm aside, I found it funny that this guy was angry because he thought there were very rare OT-only products, whereas I’ve found that manufacturers tend to ignore the PT more often than not. I guess it depends on each of our worldviews.
July 12, 2012 at 9:24 am |
I have to admit to thinking “they just had a common file of line art” seems more likely, as much as thoughts of “this ought to needle them” turn up every once in a while. Even with that, though, I’m willing to see it as a sort of “to some people, this isn’t actually important” object lesson. It’s just that it bothers a “detractor” where it doesn’t an “appreciator”…
July 12, 2012 at 11:29 am |
It is ironic how he recognized the ships from the prequels- and knew every little detail about them despite the fact he hates them, but they were in shadow form meaning that they’re prototypes for the ships of the originals. It’s similar to the famous episode one “teaser” poster.
July 13, 2012 at 6:10 am |
Jar Jar on my bedclothes : Life complete.
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