More on that Star Wars iPod
posted March 4th 2005 9:34AM
Yep, Skittles is doing a contest where they're giving away a 100 Star Wars-themed iPods, but get ready to
be disappointed (or relieved if you were planning on living off of Skittles for the month of April): it doesn't sound
like they were able to actually able to convince Apple to do a limited-edition iPod. Instead what they're offering is
"100 Grand Prizes of STAR WARS-Themed iPods with an iSkin." Which you could probably do yourself if you just applied
yourself a bit (remember when people used to do that?). Or you could snap up StarWarsShop.com's exclusive glossy
plastic Episode III iPod Cover, which is apparently so hyperfuturistic that they weren't able to figure out how to take
a proper photograph of it; we'll have to satisfy ourselves with these "photoillustrations" that approximate its
appearance.
[Thanks, Julien and Tim]
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Hmmmm.....I dunno.....maybe if it had a furry skin, like from an Ewok! Then we could cuddle with it whilst we dream of Episode III.
Man! I can see, obviously, how a Darth Vader "cover" is Star Wars-themed, but what's the deal with just having a skin with a picture of fire? How is that "Star Wars" themed? Yes, I understand the next movie is gonna end in a big lava pit - there's still nothing *specific* to Star Wars about fire and lava. You may as well just take a picture of the night sky and stick it on a skin and call it "Star Wars" themed.
Just sayin'. They could have tried a *little* bit harder with these.
You can buy the same skin on the Star Wars website store now.
No, you see, the fire is on the front and then it transitions into Darth Vader on the back. That's why there's fire.
Skittles can keep that iPod. It's fugly. I would rip that skin off faster than you could say "Join me, young skywalker, and together...."
Does it come pre-loaded with the Imperial March?
wow! this manages to pull off the idiot product trifecta 1)ugly 2)pointless and 3)a horrible photoshop job for promoting it!
anyone who'd actually buy one of these skins, or keeps this skin on after winning one of the contest iPods, deserves to have that iPod taken away.
has anyone else noticed that the last film in the ultimate lucas crappy film trifecta announces how bad lucas has become before it has even been reviewed? it's so bad, they named it ROTS? Revenge of the Sith...
Waving hand: "This is not the iPod you are looking for, move on."
Unbelievable, how disappointing... GREAT idea if it would have the Star Wars soundtrack pre-loaded... how could 3 BRANDS get this oh so WRONG!!!
I'm more interested in those totally cool clear stands.
Anyone know where I can get one of those? :D
wow.
...wow...
this is why SW nerds shouldn't have stylish devices... ever...
...wow...
#8
don't blame apple for this crap!
Yea, I'm willing to bet that Apple didn't approve this. Skittles probably wanted to give away special-edition iPods, but Apple wouldn't budge, so they took the cheap way of going through with it and you get the load of crap like this.
Fire and Vader...don't you know? Oh well, I guess you'll find out when Episode III hits the theaters.
Darth looks like he's keepin' it real.. showin off his bling..
But seriously.. SW nerds should get a bullet in the head..
I can't imagine many people wanting to carry that thing around.
If I were Steve Jobs, I'd sue Skittles... and
George Lucas...
The Star Wars skins have nothing to do with the Skittle promotion as far as I know. They were produced by MacSkinz for Lucas Films and will be available at the Star Wars website in April. It actually looks great in the flesh. But then again I may be biased.
Doug
MacSkinz
Honestly, this may sound very obscure, but I just won one of these ipods and know its a huge collectable, but dont like star wars, and am willing to sell it in order to buy a regular ipod and keep the extra cash. My email is brfromal@ncsu.edu so, email me if you're interested