My friend Kevin Ivers is a graphic designer as well as a filmmaker and props/illustration/vfx/animation artist (I met him when we worked on The Guild). He’s also a huge Star Wars fan so I asked if he’d do a new logo for EmpireStrikesBath.com:
Princess Jango stopped by my exhibit so I posed him with Jango Fett & Princess Leia bubble bath bottles
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Our buddies over at Empire Strikes Bath had a few of their photos lifted by a shady eBayer. They contacted eBay and discovered that eBay wouldn’t do anything about pictures stolen from other sites, only other listings on eBay. That resulted in them listing the items for sale (at a ridiculously high $99) so that they could file a complaint. The description they wrote for Darth Vader Shampoo is worth more than the Darth Vader Shampoo.
Darth Vader Shampoo is perhaps the most ironic Star Wars bathroom products ever created, because by Return of the Jedi we learned that poor Darth Vader had no hair on his head. We are left to wonder what hair he might need to clean - he was, after all, “more machine now than man.” Omni Cosmetics also produced Darth Vader Bubble Bath in the same line (and in the same figural bottle, with the only difference being the tag and the contents), and we can more easily imagine the Dark Lord of the Sith relaxing in a soothing bubble bath after a long day of force choking subordinates and getting chewed out by the Emperor. Sadly, I do not have a spare Vader Bubble Bath to include in this auction, which is only for the one Darth Vader Shampoo bottle.
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[via eBay and Brian Kameoka]
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Our buddies over at Empire Strikes Bath had a few of their photos lifted by a shady eBayer. They contacted eBay and discovered that eBay wouldn’t do anything about pictures stolen from other sites, only other listings on eBay. That resulted in them listing the items for sale (at a ridiculously high $99) so that they could file a complaint. The description they wrote for Darth Vader Shampoo is worth more than the Darth Vader Shampoo.
Darth Vader Shampoo is perhaps the most ironic Star Wars bathroom products ever created, because by Return of the Jedi we learned that poor Darth Vader had no hair on his head. We are left to wonder what hair he might need to clean - he was, after all, “more machine now than man.” Omni Cosmetics also produced Darth Vader Bubble Bath in the same line (and in the same figural bottle, with the only difference being the tag and the contents), and we can more easily imagine the Dark Lord of the Sith relaxing in a soothing bubble bath after a long day of force choking subordinates and getting chewed out by the Emperor. Sadly, I do not have a spare Vader Bubble Bath to include in this auction, which is only for the one Darth Vader Shampoo bottle.
[via eBay and Brian Kameoka]
Thanks for posting this, archiemcphee!
In celebration of the news of Disney’s $4B purchase of Lucasfilm, here’s some Disney Star Wars bath / pool toys. One of the two Disney/Star Wars bath items in existence currently… expect much more in the future. Readily available on Amazon or eBay.
ROTJ Princess Leia Comb. It’s rare that I find something for the Empire Strikes Bath collection that I don’t already own. In this case I didn’t even know this existed. The “Slave Leia” merchandise was scant in 1983, so this is one of the few examples from the original release. 1983, Adam Joseph Industries.
Why yes, that is Millennium Falcon soap. LOVE.
Buy it here.
Very cool unlicensed Millenium Falcon soap.
Stormtrooper with Stormtrooper Galactic Body Wash. Minnetonka Brands, 1999. Photo taken in 2012 in Los Angeles.
