New Art From Acme

Lucky visitors to Star Wars Weekends get first dibs on Acme’s new round of Star Wars art, which include some nice Padmé pieces and a portrait of Savage Opress and Darth Maul.

You can check them out here. They go on sale online on Monday.

A Clever Way To Sneak In Prequel References

Today I learned that J.Crew’s Crewcuts For Kids is starting to sell Star Wars t-shirts for little kids. Here you can see what happens when Jenna Lyons gets her paws on Star Wars.

I have to give them props for photographing little girls in the tees as well as boys. But one tee in particular caught my eye. It’s funny because even though that is a Rebel pilot’s helmet on the bottom of the tee, the line is from AOTC! I guess the graphic artist must’ve mixed up Anakin and Luke. Or perhaps it’s a subversive fellow who figured this was a great way to slip a prequel reference past the gatekeepers.

Whatever the case may be, I figure a size 14 might fit me.

TPM Obi-Wan 1/6 Scale Figure

My Padawan Obi-Wan 1/6 scale figure from Sideshow Collectibles arrived a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t have the time or the inclination to take a bunch of pictures of it (besides he’s boxed up and stored at my office…I’m moving). Fortunately somebody at Rebelscum did. The figure really is as sweet as it looks in the picture. Pick one up today!

Mickey’s Jedi Starfighter

Heading to Disney Star Wars Weekends? You might want to pick up a park exclusive, a Jedi Mickey figurine with his own Jedi starfighter and R2MK droid. Go kick some Separatist butt with the Mouse!

(No mention if it will be available at Disneyland, but there’s always eBay.)

Star Wars For Uniqlo

If you don’t read fashion mags and you’re not Japanese, you probably have no idea what the heck is Uniqlo. It’s basically Japan’s answer to H&M or Forever 21. I think there’s only one Uniqlo store in the U.S., in NYC. I didn’t even know until now that you can order stuff online from them.

Anyway, Uniqlo is selling on its Japanese and British e-commerce sites a slew of new Star Wars t-shirts. Imagine my surprise to find this one with the ROTS opening crawl and this one featuring a battle droid with a STAP. Those are two more PT-themed shirts than I had expected.

Christopher Lee Signs For Official Pix

Christopher Lee recently did a signing for Official Pix. Now you have the golden opportunity to add to your collection that signed Count Dooku or Saruman photo for $200. Hey, it’s not as though you’re just going to bump into him walking down the street.

DIY Prequel Stuff (Or Buy It From Someone)

Are you, the discriminating Star Wars shopper, frustrated by the lack of good merchandise that celebrates the prequel end of the saga? I know I am.

Sadly, I am no good at crafts or at sewing. I have two left hands. Fortunately, there’s still something even I can do to make for myself what’s not on the market.

Back in January I downloaded a jpeg of the Naboo symbol (very easy to find on a search engine) and went to Vistaprint.com. I uploaded the jpeg and that made this sweet embroidered polo shirt for about what a licensed one would cost:

You could customize the color (I picked a nice royal purple that matches the Her Universe tote bag with all of the cool symbols) and size of the logo. I went big, inspired by Ralph Lauren’s larger sized polo logo on some of its shirts. You can also choose the cut of the polo shirt. I went with a ladies’ cut.

Encouraged by the success of my polo shirt, I set about on my next project, an Anakin/Padmé shirt. I can count the number of Han and Leia shirts made since 1980 (hint: not many) but there really hasn’t been anything licensed about our favorite tragic yet impossibly attractive couple. Not even Zazzle had a good Anakin/Padmé image to use when you could make custom tees there. Vistaprint didn’t have what I wanted in terms of graphics, so I ended up using Spreadshirt.com. Doing the tee was a real challenge. It was hard to find an image that would fit the little pre-set box or graphics that I thought were cool and have them all work together. So this is what I came up with:

The image came from the AOTC comic adaptation. If you can’t read the little tattoo inscription, it says “Forever And Ever” and that’s a skull peeking from behind the heart. My only quibble with the shirt is that the whole graphic, as cool as it is, came out a tad too small. I couldn’t make it larger online, so beats me.

Finally, I ordered these custom shoes on Etsy.com from this gal, featuring Anakin’s podrace design. These are awesome! Worth every penny I spent:

I can’t wait to wear them this spring and summer!

I’ve got more ideas for DIY wear in the future. Stay tuned!

The Great American Catch Up Post

I was out of town, focusing on Episode VII of course (wink wink), and then on the last day of my trip I caught some kind of stomach bug which I’m still recovering from. I’ve forwarded neat stuff on the SWPAS Facebook page. But in case you missed anything, here are some highlights from the past several days, some I’ve shared on FB, some I haven’t:

Stefan found this article “Revenge of the Fanboy” that defends the prequels though not entirely without the usual “qualifiers” that a lot of timid apologists use.

Sideshow debuted its Commander Wolffe figure, based on the Clone Wars. Pre-orders start on Thursday. Remember what I said about BUYcotts. It’ll be a message to TPTB of the show’s enduring popularity.

Benjamin found this article on four t.v. shows worth saving from cancellation, one of which was Clone Wars.

And from Cosmic Book News, a crazy rumor about a spinoff film featuring Obi-Wan, Darth Maul (!!!), and a kindergarten-aged Luke.

Jar Jar Binks Mimobot

The Phantom Menace Holiday posted that Mimoco, which posted about a Jar Jar flash drive last year as an April Fool’s Joke, is selling it for real this time around.

Yours from Mimoco for $24.95, it’s limited to 500 pieces.

Look What’s Coming From Her Universe

Ashley Eckstein is back in her hometown this weekend to appear at the Orlando Science Center. Today she was wearing an upcoming new tee from Her Universe, a sweet new Padmé design. Can’t wait for this one to go on sale!