Toys of the Week: Star Wars Treachery on Saleucami
Those stupid Jedi! If they can’t be bothered to read the instruction book that came with their magically appearing Clone Army, then they deserve to all be shot in the back during Order 66. This former retailer exclusive celebrates the Jedi’s ignominious slaughter with two Clonetroopers on speederbikes, which were seen in Sith on the planet of Saleucami. Now, I’m a pretty big nerd, but even I had to look that one up?it’s the planet where Jedi mistress Stass Allie is shot (which I also had to look up; she’s the female Jedi with what is either a silly hat or several tiny head tentacles). At any rate, ‘trooper on speederbikes have been awesome since 1983, so $24 for these two isn’t a bad deal at all. Buy ’em here.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.