While we've all seen some pretty bad Star Wars merchandise in our lives, only Jason Geyer - a former product designer who worked on merchandise to support The Phantom Menace - can let us know just how lucky we are that things weren't much, much worse. After all, did the world really need Bantha Slippers or Leia-hairbun headphones? Both were part of the pitch package that Geyer and cohorts put together to show Lucasfilm that they knew just how to take Star Wars concepts to a new audience. Behind the jump, see more examples of what you could've spent your money on in a parallel world.



A long, long time ago... [Action Figure Insider.com]









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I want the mini-fridge!
Ohh General Veers and this AT&T crew...
Man most of these are stupid.
Leia-hairbun headphones? Didn't Princess Vespa wear those in SpaceBalls?
Does the Cloud City lamp have a little hanging Luke as the pull?
Good thing they wanted Bantha Slippers. They were going to go with Tonton slippers, but they smelled worse on the inside than they did on the outside.
Lamp, grill, gameheads, fridge, sunshields, and gumball machine must all be produced, right now. I must grill with the power of turbolasers.
Now witness the firepower of this fully seasoned and fully operational spare-rib!!
(seriously though, that sunshade is kinda neat...)
After all, did the world really need...Leia-hairbun headphones?
Holy god yes. How can you say no to that? You could wear them while listening to the Holiday Special soundtrack.
But I would have BOUGHT several of these things!
@Miranda Kali: That sunshade ROCKS! The foos ball game looks pretty cool, too!
I see Tony Stark bought into the chair caddy. Lazy fascist.
HELL YES we need Bantha slippers! Now!
Please do not produce any of these. My wallet, apartment, and relationship with my fiancee could never recover.
@Miranda Kali: Yeah, I might have caved for the sunshield once upon a time. And the slippers are kinda cute.
But seriously...I'm just surprised these weren't put in production, with the Star Wars marketing as crazy as it is. And didn't the Druish Princess in Space Balls have that headset?
The big game trophy heads kinda rule. I would've bought a lot of these.
My god! George send in the lawyers, I'm making that sun shield for mesa self ... Ahh shit, I spoke like Jar Jar ... Kill me!
Let's not have these be made, lest they jeopardize the good name of the other sophisticated tie-in products.
Besides, they forgot the glow-in-the-dark lightsaber condoms.
Sweet Zombie Jeebus. Only if someone had the balls to say: "You know George, this Jar Jar guy is pretty fucking lame and just a tad racist."
@ManchuCandidate: They did. He said "Mesa don't care Annie!". True story.
I liked everything that wasn't a squishy Jabba. My favorites being the sunshade, lamp, and and big game trophies.
So what, they apparently voted "yes" and "no" on opposite day?
This is all the good stuff! I want the beanbag chair right now!
I can't believe anyone wants a Jabba bean bag, it's as if you're setting yourself up for as many sodomy jokes as you possibly can. On the other hand it would probably pay for itself in sheer entertainment value.
This stuff all rocks. I would buy all of it. Maybe not the beanbag though.
@san_marino: You say setting yourself up for Jabba-sodomy jokes as if it's a bad thing.
wow, i would buy 50% of those products.
i would have bought most of these things and may even attempt to make crude versions of them for myself
I would instantly buy the sunshield, fridge, desk lamp, grill and slippers.
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