Darth Vader Gets a Phone Call
Last week while working on the Hasbro Answers Nerd Questions I discovered that there was some sort of exclusive SDCC set involving Darth Vader communicating with a holigraphic Emperor head from a scene in The Empire Strikes Back, which Yo Go Re of OAFE.net called, “Darth Vader Gets A Phone Call” and I’ll use from now on. The image of the set is now available so we can all get a good idea of what this thing is (click on it to make it larger):
The Emperor is much more clear than I thought he’d be. I thought he’d be a bit more blue than he is. I’m guessing that when he’s lit up that it looks like something a lot cooler than a Emperor shaped light bulb. The Darth Vader figure looks like he’s got a good bit of articulation, and he better. To pull this set off you need to have a Vader that can kneel and not look completely terrible doing so.
If you do end up getting Darth Vader’s Phone call, it can also double as the Energizer commercial where Darth Vader is unable to kill that retarded bunny because he runs out of batteries. Remember that one?
That was before the dark times… before the Phantom Menace. Oh yeah, and it also predates the Vader yelling into the air in Revenge of the Sith by a bunch of years.
Link: Thanks to Jedi Temple Archives for the pic.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:59 am
“Lord Vader…”
“Yes, my master?”
“Do me a favor, shag out to the 7-11 around the corner and grab me a Coke Zero and a Caramello.”
“Yes, my master.”
March 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
“Lord Vader…”
“Yes, my master?”
“Whatcha doin’?”
“Uh…”
“You busy?”
“I am overseeing the completion of the Death Star and attempting to uncover the location of the rebel alliance!”
“That can wait. You want to come over?”
Emperor Palpatine’s Booty Call.
March 25th, 2008 at 5:43 am
I still can’t quite tell what’s going on with the Emperor’s huge, blue noggin, there. Is it just a hunk of plastic, or what?
March 26th, 2008 at 11:40 am
yeah, supposedly it’s basically a minibust of the Emperor, which puts it in-scale with the 3 3/4″ Vader. I don’t know if it’s going to be plastic, or if they’re using some kind of clear resin to make it more like the other Gentle Giant busts…
March 27th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Booty Call… destroying… childhood.