Club Jade

Shamelessly indulging in melodramatic space trash since 1995

Wacky merchandise du jour: Princess Leia Headband

October 25th, 2009 by Dunc · 1 Comment

Princess Leia headband / archiemcphee @ Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0

I am very sad that I can’t find this Princess Leia headband on Archie McPhee’s site yet. But if it’s on their Flickr, it can’t be that long in coming, right? RIGHT?

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The fandom minute

February 5th, 2008 by Dunc · No Comments

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Gross prejudice against buns

December 9th, 2007 by Dunc · 1 Comment

Behold! The Jedi mullet!Leia and Padme (twice!) make Yahoo’s list of the Worst Hairstyles in Movies, along with a certain poncy elf, Johnny Depp’s Willy Wonka, Halle Berry’s Storm, and a lot of ironically-coiffed folks from Frat Pack movies.

But what’s missing? The Padawan Mullet! While Padme had some weird hair, it’s not every day you run into a style that can fug up Ewan McGregor. Or how about Luke’s toddler do from Return of the Jedi? Man, I need to stop thinking about this, or I’ll be editing this post all day.

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Nice buns

June 12th, 2007 by Dunc · 1 Comment

One man’s mission at Celebration IV… (Yes, it’s safe for work!)

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EU Mysteries Revealed: Luke’s horrible hair

January 1st, 2005 by Dunc · 3 Comments

If there’s one thing that Episode 3 previews have taught us, it’s that fashion moves at a snail’s pace in the galaxy far, far away. This happens to explain something that’s been bothering EU fans since Union:

What the hell is up with Luke’s hair?

Finally, we have an answer! It may be more than a decade after Return of the Jedi, but GFFA fashion is still on 1987:

For shame!

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