Way back in 2006, a young, eager Jason Chen brought the world word of a Yoda Back Buddy that mimicked the training scene from The Empire Strikes Back. Now Darth Vader, ever the envious Sith Lord, wants in on the action too.
https://gizmodo.com/yoda-backpack-179185
Kind of demeaning for the ol’ baddie, no? I mean, turning one of the most celebrated villains in cinema history into some kind of $40 gimpy clinger-on… I mean, it’s almost like an out-of-touch filmmaker taking a storied franchise, reshooting key scenes with poorly planned updates and cut footage from 1977, and then selling the resulting schlock back to us as if it were the second coming. I mean, if that actually happened. Did it?
But back on task. If this were an Anakin Skywalker Back Buddy, and it resembled Hayden Christensen, I might not be so critical. It’d be more fitting, is what I’m trying to say.
This Darth is available for pre-order and ships in August. [Star Wars Shop via OhGizmo]
