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Want to sell me a t-shirt? Just put a picture of Vader on it and I can't resist.
Actually, the big head t-shirt phenomenon has been going on for a while. It is pretty cool, although I kind of like the shirts that look like a characters body ending at the neck so your head pops out of the costume head. Of course, I don't think that would work well for Vader, as it's his head that is both so cool and distinctive.
Apparently the costume was in part inspired by George Lucas's interest in feudal Japan, although the helmet started out as WWI German Stahlhelm.
The original concept was for Vader and the Stormtroopers to go through vacuum to assault the Rebel ship but in the end Lucas like the costume so much he made it permanent.
Here is a great Robot Chicken video where Darth Vader alters the deal. Poor Mary Calrissian. Here is another great clip where Jar Jar Binks returns to torment Anakin Skywalker. If only someone had tossed him out the airlock in the first 10 minutes of Episode I, we might have had a decent movie instead of the gleaming pile of refuge we were gifted with.
It's funny.
When I first wrote up a Stormtrooper t-shirt description I found excruciatingly detailed instructions on how to make Stormtrooper armor. Now I am looking for the same thing and all I find is half assed junk, most of which starts off with "buy a Darth Vader mask at your local costume store." Lame. eHow sucks. Here are instructions on how to make the worst Darth Vader costume ever. So bad it's funny.
Ever think about how bad kids costumes usually are from back in the 70s and 80s? Most of the store bought ones were a horrible cheap plastic mask (that smelled suspiciously carcinogenic), a plastic cape, and a plastic tunic featuring the character you were supposed to be that year. Like any superhero needs his own picture on his chest to remind people who he is. There wasn't even an attempt to make it look real. Combine that with my typical corduroy pants (thank, mom), dirty white Traxx shoes (thanks, Kmart), and whatever jacket mom made me wear that year, and you had either the worst superhero or the best loser costume ever. No wonder I was making my own costumes by about age 9.
Ah, another fond drive-by down memory lane for me. This job is like therapy, only I don't have to pay for it (I'd like to say I get paid for doing it, but really, that hasn't happened yet). |
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Features
- Black T shirt
- Soft 30/1 thickness material
- 100% cotton
- Larger fit
- Officially Licensed
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