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The Empire strikes bucks
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2005
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — In the weird and wonderful galaxy of "Star Wars" merchandising, even non-sentient lumps of starch get to feel the sales force.
One of the strangest characters to ever carry a light sabre, "Darth Tater" -- an unlikely union of Mr. Potato Head and the dark lord Darth Vader -- has become a national best-seller ahead of the US release this week of the sixth and final "Star Wars" movie, "Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith."
The black-caped tuber is just one member of the vast retailing universe spun off from George Lucas's phenomenally popular movie series.
Action figures, board games, Lego kits and light sabres, as well as a hugely popular "voice changer" that allows the user to sound like Darth Vader, have all been churned out in vast...
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