
Interview with Dov Kelemer, curator of The Vader Project which was recently on display at the 5 day Star Wars Celebration IV event in LA to marking the 30th Anniversary of Star Wars. Over 60 Darth Vader helmets (retailing at $900 US) were customized.
... Star Wars was getting very nerdy ... and watching it go down the way of Star Trek, and just thinking the words of William Shatner on SNL, you know "get a life." It's SNL and he's at this fake comic convention, and he's like "Get a life, have you ever kissed a girl?" And I'm afraid Star Wars is headed in that direction. So my pitch to Master Replicas was hey, I have a concept here that I can try and make Star Wars cool.
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HOME AND HOUSEWARES SHOW 2009
TRANSVERSALE 2009
NEW YORK CITY TOY FAIR 2009
IMM COLOGNE INTERNATIONAL FURNISHING SHOW
NORTH AMERICAN INT'L AUTO SHOW '09
TOKYO DESIGN WEEK 2008
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
NeoCon 2009
MD&M East and ATX 2009
Nidecker Snowboard Design Competition
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Comments
wasn't that quote from "Triumph" the insult comic dog (from late night with conan, who is voiced by Robert Smigiel, the creator of snl's "tv funhouse" cartoons)