The font force

Aside from the cheesy title, I'm not even gonna say much about this one, just to say that these are Star Wars fonts and typography being used to create images of characters and Star Wars ideology.

Volde VS Vader

Voldemort or whatever his damn name is - that lame baddie from Harry Potter - he's up against Darth Vader to see who's badder. One look and you can tell Darth Vader's a badass and Voldemort's a tryhard. Anyway, some - surprise surprise - geeks have formulated this chart to decide how evil these villains are. I question some of their criteria, but I'll humour it. Apparently, Voldemort is more evil, but the whole thing is a disaster. Let's just say it wouldn't hold up in a court of law, or lore as the case may be HAHA!!

Your likeness in clay

Who could forget the amazing image of Han Solo frozen in carbonite? How moving it was! Fans can now take it to the next level and get frozen in carbonite just like - their hero - Han Solo. The artist Paul Pape has organised this venture; the idea being that you send him a photo and he sculpts your likeness from polymer clay. So let's get this straight; it's not you but an impression generated from a photo of you, and it's not carbonite but plastic clay? So it's not really like the Han Solo thing at all, but just enough for hardcore geeks to rub their hands together. Personally, I'd rather hang a bronze mold of my private parts on the wall than this, but that's just me.

R2D2 indeed

Have a look at this display of disrespect to one of the best-loved characters in Star Wars. R2D2 has now been reduced to a garment of some description. I'm not sure if this is a swimsuit, a sexy outfit, or a halloween costume, but one thing is for sure; she looks nothing like R2D2. It's kind of funny how she's taking a photo of herself and for some reason she wants the dog there too EVEN THOUGH IT WON'T FIT IN THE PICTURE! Maybe she wants the dog for moral support, but I don't think it's interested in her sacrilege of impersonating a classic droid. And what's with the tattoos? Very unR2D2.

Travel to the Stars

The various locations that featured in the popular documentary series Star Wars have been enticingly displayed in travel posters by the great Steve Thomas. These posters feature places from Star Wars as if they were on a poster encouraging you to actually go there or engage in Star Wars-related activities. The posters also have a nostalgic feel that true fans will enjoy!

Driving in the Falcon

Here's another fan going to lengths to express their Star Wars feelings. The driver of this vehicle must get some kind of thrill out of thinking that in some way using some kind of logic they are driving the Millenium Falcon. Except for some reason the Millenium Falcon has transformed into a Honda Fit and the car is driving on the ground instead of flying through an asteroid field...but you get the idea, it's Chewie and Luke at the helm. Overall, the illusion's not very believable, but it's still a pretty good decoration for the window.

A New Hope facebook style

Following on from the recent trend of rewriting movies/books/events as facebook threads, here is A New Hope retold in facebook terms. The narrative of the film is presented as a series of messages and comments from the characters, complete with pwning and loling. I found it quite amusing and you probably will too, unless you're a hardcore fan and see it as very disrespectful. Although, I think most fans will love it because it adds another dimension to the Star Wars universe. One of my favourite lines/comments is when Ben Kenobi is fighting Darth Vader:
Luke Skywalker: Uh, not leaving without you....
Ben Kenobi: It's cool, I'm dead.

This is one thread I 'like'

 

Halloween Death Star

This Star-Wars themed creation needs no introduction. Some fan decided to celebrate Halloween, and here is the result. I for one do not grasp the significance of the death star destroying a pumpkin, but I will ponder it some more. What if Star Wars was all about pumpkins? Perhaps the empire was trying to suppress the pumpkin rebellion, and Luke Pumpkinwalker and Pumpkin Leah were responsible for reviving the popularity of pumpkins. The empire was full of pumpkin-hating fascists! Oh how the world could've been different if George Lucas had ditched the space-fantasy idea in favour of good ol' pumpkin fantasy. We would enjoy movies such as The Phantom Pumpkin, A New Pumpkin, and Return of the Pumpkin. The Force would take on a different meaning with Yoda giving his words of wisdom about the pumpkin reality and the eternal space-time of the pumpkin. I only hope that a Hollywood big-wig is reading this, and drafts a script for Pumpkin Wars. But for now, observe some anti-pumpkin propaganda courtesy of the empire.

Boba Fett invoice

This invoice is from Boba Fett to Jabba the Hutt for services rendered in the capture and delivery of Hans Solo. A pretty straightforward financial document, there are five fees associated with the job adding up to a total amount of 7250,000. I'm not sure of the currency, but I'm sure it's authentic Star Wars money.

Image and concept by Brock Davis