I GET IT. HE'S A BOUNTY HUNTER.

But is there college tuition reimbursement?

I don't even want to think about what happens if you're late for work at Death Star Enterprises...

artprint by Mr. Brainwash

Lord Cool

West Wars

A series of characters imagined and created by a hobby artist (day job: high school history & film teacher) who calls himself Sillof.

He has six-to-eight variations of Star Wars inspired characters setting the characters in different time and genre periods throughout history. My favorite might just be the West Wars collection. Maybe because I like western movies?

Check out his entire line of custom Star Wars figures here. They're pretty flipping awesome.

Star Wars Muppets UPDATE! I'm going to Disney World!

So, in February 2010 I wrote a pretty sweet "compare and contrast with intent to buy" post about Star Wars Muppets vs. Star Wars Mickey Mouse (You can read it here.). My conclusion was that I would have to search the galaxy to add Star Wars Muppets to my collection before I start buying Star Wars Mickey Mouse. Unfortunately, at the time I didn't believe either were actually real.

Much to my surprise, I stumbled across this post on Disney Parks blog that has affirmed the release of Star Wars Muppets figures. Here's the downside:

These figures won’t arrive until Fall at Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort. If you are visiting Star Wars Weekends at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, you can see them on display in Jabba’s Hut, the specially-designed merchandise location near Disney’s Rock ‘N’ Roller Coaster.

Dammit! No Star Wars Muppets figures for me until my kid turns 9... which is 9 years from this fall. Hopefully they're not sold out by then...

Of course not!

Who cares if Vader is watching. This thing might shit out a car on you.

It does kindof look like a big, steel turtle with long legs...

VW spot uses 'the force' to control your mind...

Come on, we've all tried this as a kid, right? But using The Force takes practice. Lucky for this young Vader, Dad gets home in time to keep his galaxy-ruling, dark-side dreams alive.

Really, the only scene missing is where this young Vader tries to pop the top off his babysitter ala. Scott Baio in Zapped! I guess we'll save that re-edit for a rainy day.

Awesome work by Olly Moss

I can't believe I didn't get in on these while the gettin' was good. I'm very disappointed that I couldn't sense their presence before they sold out.