Star Wars merchandise is nothing new — but a lot of really great stuff ends up on the cutting room floor.
It's all right; ToyOtter and Action Figure Insider are here with a new list of brilliant things you never knew were missing from your life. They've got a batch of rejected merchandise ideas from the launch of The Phantom Menace, back in 1999.
This Death Star projector puts you in the middle of a gently spinning cosmos. All you need are some teeny-tiny TIE Fighters, and you can recreate the infamous battle scene.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Instead of swearing and hammering on your car horn, vent your road rage by pressing Star Wars sound-effect buttons! Yes, that will work...
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
More like slam Darth!
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Because when someone says "Dagobah", we immediately think, "Pencils, hell yeah!"
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
All this backpack needs are a few sound effects and the annoying tendency to steal your lunch.
You can actually purchase a different Yoda backpack from ThinkGeek.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Would this stop you from stealing someone's chips?
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Martinis be damned — serve up some Twi'lek twisters at your next shindig.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Salt, pepper. White, black. Good, evil. Get it? OK, so it's a tenuous connection at best, but we still think that these salt and pepper shakers would take pride of place on any table.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Is there anything that beepy little droid can't do?
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
If it housed something like a Maglite, then this lightsaber torch would make an indispensable addition to our toolboxes.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm
Yes, let's mock the burns victim by filling him with the instrument of his torturous crippling.
Caption byMichelle Starr
/ Photo by TIC TOC, Pepsi and Lucasfilm