Willrow Hood (aka. The Ice Cream Maker Guy)

[Concore]

Probably the most famous Meme in the Star Wars Universe, definitely the biggest in-joke. From a simple, podgy extra running around Cloud City with a Ice Cream Maker as a prop, to a Hero of the Rebellion escaping with the City's Memory Core, holding the names of the Rebel's biggest financiers. This guy epitomises the Star Wars fandom and the Expanded Universe, where any background extra can get a back story tightly woven and is integral to the main plot of the films, all from a couple of frames screentime. He's a tribute to the fandom's sense of humor, and devotion they have to the series.

After doing a little research into Bespin and Cloud City for Episode One of Nar Eurbrikka, I came across this guy and thought that I just MUST have a minifigure of the guy to play around with. ^_^

Click on either image to go to my Flickr Page, where the full size image can be downloaded for your enjoyment.

Surprised nobody's made a LEGO version of Willrow to date (that I could find). Thought he might have turned up in the LEGO Star Wars Games as background joke/tribute, but nothing, where's the Willrow Love?

ALSO, THIS GUY WOULD MAKE AN AWESOME COMI-CON EXCLUSIVE!

Edited September 6, 2013 by Concore

[commodore_legolas]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha! That is awesome. I don't use decals, but I might print this one up.