Or even better, if you have a lightsaber at home you could possibly ‘cut’ it off and pretend to be Luke Skywalker, you know, before Disney got a hold of him. Yeah, that was a pretty shameless move, but it felt good all the same. Let’s be honest though, how many fans would really want this? If your hand’s in the air then strong are you with the weird side of the Force. Anyone who knows anything about Star Wars already knows the story about this particular wampa that Kevin Burwick of MovieWeb has seen fit to talk about since the bipedal creature that looks like a yeti with horns turned out to be one of the deadliest creatures on the ice planet Hoth before the Empire showed up. Luke found this out the hard way since no matter how close the creature was in The Empire Strikes Back, Luke obviously didn’t see him consider that the creature’s white pelt blended in so easily with its environment. As you might know already or have figured out, wampa’s are bipedal, heavily-furred creatures that are immensely strong and will hunt just about anything. The particular scene in Empire is one that shows just how far Luke has come in his training as a Jedi, meaning that some time has passed since A New Hope.
Those that don’t know about Star Wars or don’t care might want to skip ahead a bit since I’m about to geek out for a moment considering that Star Wars is a big part of my fictional world and, well, I’m a nerd and proud of it. But when speaking of this particular one-armed wampa it had another role to play in the Star Wars universe since there was another story that showed up about it a while later. Of course the story goes that One-Arm, as the wampa became known in Star Wars fandom, recognized Luke during a story set in the EU when he and another Jedi, Callista, came to Hoth, it’s stated that Luke finally put the creature down as it recognized him, or perhaps recognized the lightsaber in his hand. Wampa’s are said to be somewhat sentient, so it’s possible that One-Arm did recognize Luke. There’s another moment that might not be considered canon but it involves Chewbacca and a wampa as well, one that’s been terrorizing an old base that Chewie and Han have used to repair the Falcon. The wampa is unfortunately stronger than Chewie, as wampa’s tend to have immense strength that even a wookie can’t match, but since Chewie is smarter and can figure out how to use this to his advantage the wampa is eventually taken down. The white-furred bipeds are not to be messed with as it’s been seen in the movie and has been read in the stories, but against a lightsaber and an opponent that can outmaneuver them, wampa’s become simple beasts that are ruled by hunger and, in some cases, extreme anger.
If you’ve got an extra $150 lying around this chair could be yours and you could have the perverse pleasure of lopping the creature’s arm off whenever you desire, but you have to admit it that it’s a little creepy and, especially considering that Disney owns Star Wars, kind of violent. But that’s the world that Disney is currently working with and if that violence goes away entirely you can imagine a lot of people are going to be insanely mad since despite the occasional limb-lopping and lightsaber or blaster burns, Star Wars is about as non-violent as it gets. This however was likely one of the bloodiest moments in the the history of the trilogy however, apart from the similar scene in the Mos Eisley Cantina. It’s funny that you can get a wampa with a detachable arm but there’s no mention of Pando Boba, the Aqualish that had his arm severed by Obi-Wan in A New Hope. Maybe it wasn’t considered to be as popular since the wampa is kind of a big fuzzy creature that might be better represented by a bean bag. Plus, Pando Baba was seen in Rogue One but a lot of people still don’t know who the character is by name. Like I said, I’m a nerd and proud of it.
It’s easy to imagine small children either being afraid of this thing or thinking that they broke it when the detachable arm comes off, as this might get a few good laughs so long as the kid doesn’t start to cry. All in all though it’s kind of a cool bean bag chair if one can get down into it and then back out of it without needing some form of assistance. Just think of it this way, if you happen to need a little stress relief when watching the news, a sports game, or just because, this is the perfect way to get it out.
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