Steam Wars: Return of the Jedi
Toy customizer Sillof has a mission in life?to make awesome steampunk versions of many, many toys. He’s done a Victorian-era Justice League and a heck of a lot of amazing Star Wars figures already, but little did I realize he was going to go movie by movie. Check out RotJ‘s Jabba’s court above, with (left to right) Bib Fortuna, Salacious Crumb, Jabba and Slave Leia; please, do not hesitate to check out his website to see a beyond awesome Jedi Luke, Imperial Guard, an Ewok, Admiral Ackbar, and Wedge with an incredibly sweet handlebar mustache. Hasbro, please just hire this guy.
About The Author
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.