"Use the glowing lightsaber zipper pull on the Tauntaun sleeping bag to illustrate how Han Solo saved Luke Skywalker from certain death in the freezing climate of Hoth by slitting open the belly of a dead Tauntaun and placing Luke inside the stinking (but warm) carcass."
The
Tauntaun Sleeping Bag started out today as an April Fool's joke at nerdy retailer ThinkGeek, but due to a staggering response, they are now looking into creating it for real.
"ATTN Tauntaun Fanatics! Due to an overwhelming tsunami of requests from YOU THE PEOPLE, we have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license, nor do we know how much it would ultimately retail for. "
But if you do want one, head to
ThinkGeek and let them know.
Previously on Popped Culture...Stormtrooper ArmyDeath Star Disco Inferno
To commemorate the release of a Star Wars horror novel, artist Matt Busch has recreated all the Star Wars movie posters as zombie films. The originals appear to have vanished from StarWars.com but coreplanets saved the lot. The Living Dead Strike Back is my fave. Love the guts hanging out of the tauntaun, though I can't figure out why Han would have had to cut it open in the first place, other than maybe he just wanted to. (Link via @thinkgeek)
