Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Limited-Edition Jar Jar Binks Thumbdrive Costs You Nerd Cred

 

The most hated Star Wars character ever is advent to a USB port near you. For reals this time.

Mimoco an zero(prenominal)nced today that the reorganise Jar Binks flash drive April Fool’s burlesque from last year is available beginning today. No, really. You can declare one of 500 limited-edition, hand-numbered thumbdrives of the character that made everyone cringe whenever he appeared on screen.

“Yes, Mimoco turned the character with the worst memory in the Star Wars universe into a memory storage gimmick!” the company said in a release.

As if that weren’t enough, the thumbdrive is preloaded with several(a) annoying sounds and it talks to you when you plug it into your computer’s USB port. No, Mesa, no. Why? For the love of all that is right and good, why? It isn’t as if Mimoco is oblivious to Jar Jar’s office staff in the Star Wars universe.

“Yeah, Jar Jar’s the fuck off of the Lucas universe,” Jessica Smiley, Mimoco’s director of social media, told Wired. “But, we love him and today’s Fools’ day. It’s a good time to recognize him.”

Why has this get down to pass?

“Last year a lot of mass responded and said, ‘Why wouldn’t you really make it, this would be cool,’” Smiley said.

We’re not sure who those horrible people are. But they got their wish. quint hundred Jar Jars invade the world April 8 with prices ranging from $25 (8GB) to $130 (128GB). You have been warned.



Materials taken from WIRED

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