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All you toy manufacturers may as well down tools and go home. Give up. Your career is over. Lego has made the ultimate toy, and nobody ever needs to make another toy again.

As you are no doubt aware after excitedly reading the headline and drooling over the picture above, this toy combines three of the most powerful forces in the universe: Lego, Han Solo and Carbonite. I love how the design is of a Lego-ized Solo frozen into suspended animation, and also that handles have been added to fit the tiny curled hands of any other minifigs that may need to carry poor Han and pin him up on Jabba’s wall like a Persian rug.

The set, which also contains a de-frosted (or perhaps pre-frosted) Han for proper reenactment, is just $25. It can also be had as a part of the $87 Slave 1 set, but who wants to give any money to that bounty-hunting scum Boba Fett?

Don’t say: “There will be no bargain. I will not to give up my favorite decoration. I like Captain Solo where he is.”

Han Solo Carbonite minifig [Amazon via Oh Gizmo!]

See Also:

• Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Desk
• Han Solo Carbonite Thumb Drive
• So… Encased in Carbonite You Are
• Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
• Frickin' Star Wars

Geeks and Star Wars fans can soon get a souped-up limited edition of the Droid 2 phone. Verizon Wireless will introduce a R2-D2 Droid phone in a custom box resembling carbonite, a fictional compound in the Star Wars universe. The phone will include features such as themed widgets, media dock and a new app.

The phone will be available online starting September 30. At $250 after a $100 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract, the R2-D2 Droid will be more expensive than the regular Droid. The Droid 2 costs $200 with a rebate and a new contract.

The back of the R2-D2 Droid phone has a graphic pattern designed to look like the Astromech Droid from the Star Wars saga. The phone will come pre-loaded with special notification sounds, ringtones and wallpapers.

Other Verizon customers with Android devices running Android 2.1 OS or higher won’t entirely be left out. They will be able to download an app from the Android Market called ‘The Empire Strikes Back.’ The app lets users browse and download Star Wars related content such as trivia and games. ‘

Verizon introduced the second generation Droid phone in August with a faster 1 GHz processor and Android 2.2 Froyo operating system.

See Also:

• Verizon Denies Tethering, Hot Spot Features to Droid Customers
• Motorola Introduces Droid 2 Phone
• Motorola Droid Rules Android
• Droid X Debut Leaves Hardcore Android Fans Leery
• Droid 2 Teardown Reveals Beefed-Up Processor, Few Other Changes

Photos: Verizon Wireless

Just how badly do you want Star Wars branding on your Droid 2, eh? You’d better want it bad, because Verizon has just announced that it’ll be charging $249 for the privilege of owning an R2-D2 Limited Edition — with a $100 mail-in rebate on contract, which means that you’ll actually be paying $350 up front. Then again, for that dinero you get not just the funky-looking phone but a Star Wars-themed dock and a box custom-designed to look like carbonite (Harrison Ford not included, we presume). You’ll also get a variety of custom live wallpapers, sounds, photos, widgets, and a “binoculars app,” which we imagine is some sort of digital zoom tool. Conspicuously missing is any sort of indication that this features the rumored 1.2GHz processor from the also-rumored Droid 2 World Edition, so the wait for that news continues. CTIA next week, perhaps.

On a related note, other Verizon customers with Android 2.1 (and higher) devices will be able to access a special Empire Strikes Back app and related content for a one-time charge of $2.99, which will include a trivia app to test your muster as a George Lucas fangirl or fanboy. Meanwhile, look for the phone to go live on this Thursday, September 30. Follow the break for the full press release and a couple more pics!

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Okay, five words: Boba. Fett. Plush. Rocket. Backpack.

ThinkGeek has already sold you a pair of Lightsaber chopsticks, and you bought the adorable Tauntaun sleeping bag for your kid. But think ahead now, to when your son first goes off to school. Where will a geek’s offspring carry his lunch? How will he wear his (father’s) nerd-colors with pride? You need to get him this Boba Fett Backpack, which – at $50 – is the most awesome yet overpriced bag you could find.

The rocket-shaped pockets on either side are the perfect size and shape for storing cans of soda (and if you ship junior off to school with a pack of Mentos, too, he might actually be able to fire himself off into a convenient nearby Sarlacc pit. Available now, helmet (sadly) not included.

Boba Fett Plush Rocket Backpack [ThinkGeek]

See Also:

• 'Joke' Tauntaun Sleeping Bag Approved By Lucasfilm
• Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
• Lightsaber Chopsticks
• Star Trek Fish Emblem for True Believers

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