May the fierce be with you!
High style and nerd culture collided at Rodarte’s fall 2014 fashion show Tuesday with a line of dresses starring images from the original “Star Wars” movies.
The five dresses each celebrate one iconic image: Luke Skywalker looking pensively over a landscape, the half-completed Death Star from “Return of the Jedi,” the dual suns of Tatooine, robot life partners C-3PO and R2-D2, and Jedi master Yoda himself.
While this collaboration comes as a surprise to “Star Wars” fans who couldn’t tell a Rodarte from a Rodian (an alien from the first film, in case you’re asking), it’s not a surprise to those who love fashion more than “Star Wars” creator George Lucas loves destroying his own legacy.
Lucas was spotted at Rodarte’s autumn/winter 2012 show in New York, next to Natalie Portman, who played Queen Padmé Amidala — mother of Luke and Leia — in the prequels.
A Lucasfilm spokeswoman confirmed to The Post that Lucasfilm and its new parent company, Disney, worked together to create the designs, and that it was “exceptionally excited” to work with the designers.
Sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, the forces behind Rodarte and self-described “Star Wars” fans, told the Los Angeles Times that Disney suggested they visit the archives to find images.
“But we already knew the images we wanted,” Laura said, “and we were afraid we’d go into the archives and never come out.”
Unfortunately, their collection missed one of the best style moments from the “Star Wars” franchise: slave Leia in her gold bra and sexy skirt. But at least the designers took no cues from portly Jabba the Hutt or hairy Chewbacca, a muse that could have inspired American Apparel’s new mannequins.
Alas, Rodarte’s dresses will only be available for photo shoots and exhibits in the fall, so for now, these sexy “Star Wars” duds, which fans can buy here, are your only hope.
Twitter was hopped up like a bunch of Jawas once news of the dresses broke:
This 2012 tweet seems oddly prescient now: