Star Wars Christmas Jumpers, Sweaters and Hoodies

Christmas comes but once a year and with it sweaters of a most ugly demeanor.  Yet not all Ugly Christmas Sweaters are created equal. Some are much, much uglier than others.

In the steaming swamps of Dagobah, too hot for Yoda jumpers it is. Nevertheless, tell you I do - green your color it is, if on the light side of the Force, you will be. Buy or buy not. There is no browse.

*insert much heavy breathing of a most metallic nature* No, red is your jumper. Join the dark side of the Force, Christmas Shopper. Ugly Christmas Star Wars sweaters are so much more needful in the cold heart of a galaxy far, far away.

The Galactic Empire is the tyrannical dictatorship, which has conquered the whole of the galaxy using the dark side of the force.  Emperor Palpatine (aka Sith Lord Darth Sidious) rules with a policy of hatred and fear. Always fear.

Anyone not human (the majority in a galaxy filled with thousands of planetary races) are at risk of extermination, under the terrible rule of the Empire. But that doesn't mean that humans are safe either.  The terror goes on and on. As represented by the Stormtroopers in the second hoodie.

So yes!  A perfect present for Christmas!

Or maybe you'd refer the Rebel Alliance?  Those brave individuals, who thwart the Emperor at every turn, and who work tirelessly for liberty and freedom.  Often at the cost of their own lives.

The Imperial propaganda machine will frame them as anarchists and enemies of stability.  Like that's a bad thing.  If successful, they will reinstate the Old Republic to its former, tolerant and inclusive glory.

More in-keeping with the spirit of Yule?  You decide!

Ah!  Don't you love the smell of AT-ATs first thing in the morning?  No?  Oh!  Perhaps that's just me.  Rebel scum.

Here we get a fabulous schematic depicting the inner workings of an AT-AT Walker. A great guide for those needing to stop and fix one, because such individuals need a break.

Can you imagine what it's like having to hang about outdoors in the snow, on an icy planet like Hoth, trying to persuade your frozen fingers to insert a screwdriver into the requisite socket?  Especially when you're wearing a metal stormtrooper, all-in-one suit. Those things seriously conduct the chill. One second it's a broken down Walker, next it's frostbite. Sad.

On the other hand, the AT-AT diagram is equally useful for Rebel Alliance members looking for a great place to aim. At least then no stormtrooper will be worrying about the cold.

There's also a funny Star Wars hoodie, also featuring an AT-AT Walker enjoying a family Christmas.

Some styles and outfits are so iconic that they need no introduction.  You don't even need to be a hard-core Star Wars fan to recognize the trio above.

Darth Vader, Princess Leia and Chewbacca have been in our cultural consciousness since the mid 1970s, and they aren't going away any time soon.  Hurrah!

These Star Wars costume sweatshirts would be perfect any time, but they will really come into their own when the next three movies are released. This could be your outfit to wear for the theater, as you settle down to enjoy the unfolding magic.

I particularly like what they did with Leia's hair.  For decades that hairstyle has been irreverently referred to as 'hairy earmuffs'; and now they are just that!  I can't believe that nobody already did this.  Or perhaps they did and I missed it.

These three aren't the only characters turned into jumpers.  The range includes Boba Fett, Stormtroopers, R2D2 and possibly more that I haven't tracked down yet.

"Any old droid!  Any old droid!"   Sorry for the blatant advertizing, but sometimes you can get really nostalgic for the old days in Tattooine.

Not that I'm advocating the wanton destruction of sentient AIs, of course!  Nope.  I'd be the first one out there in the sand-dunes, if the likes of R2D2 and C3P0 got taken (again).   There would be Strong Words with the head Jawa and possibly the odd flash of the old lightsaber.

But old droids, those decommissioned and no longer able to string together a coherent computation, would be better off put out of their misery.  And business is business.