Star Wars, Geek Culture, and Power Converters
Nanci and I are excited to announce that the voice of Ahsoka Tano and Her Universe founder Ashley Eckstein will be joining us on Tosche Station Radio today!
We would love to take your questions for Ashley. You can send them to us via Twitter, Facebook, e-mail (link on the sidebar), or you can leave a comment in this post.
Ashley will be joining us at 6PM Pacific to record. Starting at 5PM you can join us for the recording in real-time over at our Livestream channel and chat.
Missing Celebration VI a bit? Ashley Eckstein’s got your back. just released is her complete video diaries from CVI. All-around awesome people Bryan Young and Amy Ratcliffe are featured. At the 27-minute mark you can see Ashley and artist Cat Staggs talk about the CVI-exclusive Mara Jade shirt.
Her Universe has unveiled a pair of new t-shirts today. The first is a Doctor Who tee that should appeal to Eleven fans:
And for Trek fans in the audience, there’s also a LLAP polo that’s now available:
Head over to Her Universe to pick up the new items!
We got a teaser a few weeks ago, but today Her Universe finally revealed its Mara Jade shirt, designed by artist Cat Staggs. The bad news? Only 300 shirts will be available at Star Wars Celebration, and only 50 will be available online. The other bad news? Of course, Mara is wearing her trademark catsuit.
Still, it’s a gorgeous shirt (love the v-neck design!) and I’ll definitely be trying to get my hands on it. Hopefully it will sell out and Her Universe will produce even more Expanded Universe items; perhaps even Mara in Jedi attire, or Mara and Luke?
Also exclusive to Celebration include an R2-D2 charm. In wider availablity, Her Universe will debut two awesome tanks featuring the Rebel Alliance insignia and Imperial emblem. I will definitely be purchasing the Rebel option.
Read all about Her Universe at Celebration VI here.
Edit: Ashley tweeted me some information about why it’s an exclusive design:
We do not have the rights for the SWEU and we had to get special rights just to do this shirt. We are only allowed to make this an exclusive for Celebration. We are also releasing 50 online. I will work on getting the rights for the SWEU but that’s why this has to be exclusive.
Thanks for the update, Ashley! I hope the Powers That Be will see how much interest there is for Expanded Universe shirts and allow Her Universe to produce even more.
Along with the new gear released on May 4, Her Universe will be selling brand new merchandise at Star Wars Weekends – for girls! I’ve long since lamented the lack of Star Wars clothing available for little girls (the only option was to shop in the boys’ sections of stores like Target and Wal Mart), but Her Universe is stepping up to the challenge with three new adorable offerings. The first is an Ahsoka-themed costume tunic, which will be great for Halloween and special events like Star Wars Weekends and Celebration VI. The other two shirts were designed by Star Wars artist Katie Cook and feature “Jedi-in-Training” Ahsoka (also available as a onesie!) and “Self-Rescuing Princess” Leia (which I might have to purchase for myself – luckily I can fit into girls’ XXL!).
Currently Her Universe offers two shirts for girls: the Ahsoka Chibi and Daddy’s Little Girl.
Star Wars Weekends begins May 18 and concludes June 10. I will be there every weekend to report on the festivities for the blog!