Star Wars Wii mod realizes very few of our childhood dreams

Grab your Light Swords, it's time to kill some Jedi to save the Empire from the Ewok menace! We know you already own seven Wiis, each one espousing a different sort of childhood memorabilia or cute-overload, but can't you use the force to make room in your heart for one more? This Star Wars-themed Wii just hit the eBays, with a $500 starting price that includes the work of art you see before you, a red LED Wiimote and nunchuck, and a copy of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. You can't usually put a pricetag on this sort of midi-chlorian concentration.

[Eddie @ Dec 18th 2008 9:29AM]

If you buy one of these you deserve to have your hand cut off by Darth Vader.

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Dec 18th 2008 9:34AM]

or George Lucas!

[tom @ Dec 18th 2008 9:44AM]

But...it looks really nice. The artwork is flawless. Plus, it is 5bills w/ a game, not too too bad.

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Dec 18th 2008 10:30AM]

flawless? FLAWLESS!? The X-Wing is missing an R2 unit! How's this thing supposed to calculate a jump to hyperspace!? That, sir, is either flawed art or a doomed member of Red Squadron.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Dec 18th 2008 4:36PM]

It looks like someone's high school art project. Far from "flawless."

I would've settled for matte black and some cool backlighting, or maybe some dials/read-outs like on Vader's chest unit. I don't really need any X-Wing "artwork" on the side, thank you very much.

Understated awesomeness is much more effective.

[Game_playa @ Dec 18th 2008 10:39PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5s1ynmB4W0

[4honor @ Dec 18th 2008 9:30AM]

I thought those were called "Light Sabers"... swords?!

[Stupidiot @ Dec 18th 2008 9:53AM]

Paul Miller, you should be ashamed.
You have no business writing for a geeky tech blog with such pitiful Star Wars knowledge.

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 10:55AM]

I'm not generally one to pile on, but that is so egregious that I demand Mr Miller surrender his geek card at once. May the force be with him - he needs all the help he can get.

[Tterb @ Dec 18th 2008 11:15AM]

I'm pretty sure the whole first part was a joke guys...

[amneziac @ Dec 18th 2008 11:16AM]

umm, I think Light Swords was deliberate. I thought it was funny, he was trying to be just as off target as the artwork he was writing about. "Ewok menace"?? lol
idk, maybe I'm wrong.

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 12:05PM]

I left my sarcasm glasses at home today...

[zioncat @ Dec 18th 2008 9:30AM]

Now that's just strange even for a Star Wars fan boy.

[Metamorphic @ Dec 18th 2008 9:32AM]

woosh woosh! pew pew!

[Mike @ Dec 18th 2008 10:41AM]

the people at menclave will love you for that

[John H. @ Dec 18th 2008 9:34AM]

Grab your Light Sabers! It's time to defeat some Sith to protect the Republic from the evil Empire's menace.

There, I fixed it for you.

[John H. @ Dec 18th 2008 9:34AM]

on topic though, i love the movies, hate the mod

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Dec 18th 2008 9:38AM]

Why because they did it first or the fact they called Sabers Swords? Either is a great reason.

[amneziac @ Dec 18th 2008 11:23AM]

that's not on topic

[BigD145 @ Dec 18th 2008 1:19PM]

Which movies? You didn't specify. I'm going to take a guess and say I-III, because this paint job is classic IV-VI.

[Rob @ Dec 18th 2008 9:38AM]

It's fun and all, but the orange-peel paint is super distracting. I just can't get around it.

[Samboini @ Dec 18th 2008 10:55AM]

e-Cellulite?

[Dr. Saj @ Dec 18th 2008 9:46AM]

IT'S A TRAP!

There, it's been said.

[MacBandit @ Dec 18th 2008 9:50AM]

Why is the X-Wing flying away from the Death Star?

[Magallanes @ Dec 18th 2008 9:59AM]

Then a big explosion.

[urandom @ Dec 18th 2008 9:59AM]

cuz, it's about to BLOW!

[strider_mt2k @ Dec 18th 2008 10:06AM]

Too late.

[Orappa @ Dec 18th 2008 10:40AM]

its Red leader he knows he will die there so he is running away ahuahuhua

[Fred @ Dec 18th 2008 11:00AM]

"its Red leader he knows he will die there so he is running away ahuahuhua"

That's the second Death Star, so this is the Battle of Endor. Which means Wedge Antilles is Red Leader, and he didn't die. Had this been the Battle of Yavin, Red Leader would have died. But, the Death Star isn't completed, so it's not.

Oh god please somebody help me.

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 6:09PM]

Fred, I pay homage your obviously superior knowledge. You require no help. +1

[RCL1221 @ Dec 18th 2008 10:06AM]

orange peel = fail!

[John P @ Dec 18th 2008 10:37AM]

You are correct sir!

[fieldcar @ Dec 18th 2008 10:11AM]

Ewwwww, that black base looks rushed and caked on. The proper way to paint it would have been to do many lighter coats and high grit sanding in between the coats.

[Ace221 @ Dec 18th 2008 10:13AM]

I have a bad feeling about this.

[Paul @ Dec 18th 2008 10:15AM]

Even when you thought the Wii was just a useless piece of crap sitting in the corner collecting dust. Think again! You can mod it and make it look like a Star Wars collectible!
Maybe I should start selling Flash drives with Nesten and 2,000 ROMs with an option to paint anything on the drive to suite your fancy.

[Jim @ Dec 18th 2008 10:22AM]

"Our cruisers can't repel sh*tiness of that magnitude!"

[Jon Acheson @ Dec 18th 2008 10:23AM]

I think I saw that on the side of a van in 1979...

[Oli D @ Dec 18th 2008 12:48PM]

A long time ago, (1979)
In a galaxy far, far away (Swindon)

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 10:31AM]

mod, or mod not, there is no try.

[Smart People Play Tuba @ Dec 18th 2008 4:39PM]

I have nothing to say. I just thought it'd be cool to have two Yoda avatars in the same thread.

[Fred @ Dec 18th 2008 10:40AM]

I'm not sure what I dislike more. The orange peel black, or "Light Swords".

No wait, Light Swords is -definitely- more offensive.

[ipubs bastard child @ Dec 18th 2008 10:44AM]

"What a piece of junk."

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 10:52AM]

yeah, but it'll make .5 past light speed.

[ipubs bastard child @ Dec 18th 2008 10:58AM]

At risk of sounding unpopular, I really hate the wii.

[a ham sandwich @ Dec 18th 2008 11:35AM]

she may not look so great but she's got it where it counts, kid.

[ipubs bastard child @ Dec 18th 2008 11:59AM]

Great, kid! Don't get penisy.

[CraigJ @ Dec 18th 2008 12:09PM]

@ipubs - that was recockulous

[Aaron @ Dec 18th 2008 11:02AM]

The close up shots really hurt this guy. Maybe he should have used decals instead of hand painting them. :P

[JBDragon @ Dec 19th 2008 2:07AM]

Ya, from a distance it looked pretty good, and then the close up shots killed it. From the BAD Black Paint job, to the Bad Paining of everything else. I guess if you want to look at it from 20 feet away in low light, it looks a whole lot better. It's never sell with the close up shots. It took a little effort, but it fell short.

[connery007 @ Dec 18th 2008 11:20AM]

i'll take s-words for $500.