At the first glimpse, these Force Unleashed II X G-Shock watches might be hideously ugly and look like something I'd wear 'commonly' ten years ago, or even twenty. What makes them so special? Here's the catch. "Only 50 pairs are being made". There's that phrase alone will add 9,000 points to its beauty.
The two limited edition Force Unleashed II watches from G-Shock (a Casio brand) aren't the sort of timepieces a person wears anyway. These are watches you keep in a box and sell on eBay five years from now when you're low on rent money, or just can't resist the DirectX 20 GPU from AMD ten years from now, or maybe five.
Designed by LucasArts (duh), G-Shock, and Complex Media, each watch is limited to 50 pieces, and only 10 of each will be made available to the public. Nobody knows what'll happen to the rest forty units. Maybe one of them will go to Justin Bieber, and another to Obama.
The design is as subtle and delicate as the Star Wars prequels. The Darth Vader watch hints at the dark lord of the Sith by placing his mouthpiece on the wrist band, which seems like an odd place for a mouthpiece. Meanwhile the Starkiller watch uses Force Lightning and lightsaber handles to get its point across.
"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is an experience focused squarely on unleashing the potential of gameplay, story and entertainment across the Star Wars franchise," said Mary Bihr, VP of Global Publishing at LucasArts. "Working with G-Shock and Complex Media has been ideal in bringing to life the 'unleashed' qualities of Starkiller and his former master Darth Vader in the form of these unique watches."
They might be horribly ugly, but the boxes are attractive enough to make up for the horrendous design that seemed so 'un-Star Wars', and there are only 10 of them available, so you might not even have the chance to complain. You know you want one, so go geddit! For your chance, hit up the Complex.com sweepstakes page.
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