Cakehead Loves Evil

Growing Up With Star Wars

January 7, 2009 · 8 Comments

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This has to be the best collection of images ever, and a great piece of social history documentation. People submit images of themselves – from 1977-1985 – with Star Wars; this being a costume, a toy, their childhood drawings or even curtains.  Here are some of the best. Hot tip is that the backgrounds are as interested as the photographs.

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Full flickr pool here.

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8 responses so far ↓

  • Arab Aquarius // January 7, 2009 at 4:30 pm

    I only watched the movies after I was 20, so I missed on this childhood nerdiness. Where’s you pic miss cakehead?

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  • Anonymous // January 10, 2009 at 11:01 am

    jesus, that last kid is amazing… wearing his yoda backpack to karate class at the Y, whislt rocking his bowl haircut and pre-retro accountant glasses… fil under cool 20 years too early…

  • Anonymous // January 10, 2009 at 6:49 pm

    Funny. The little catholic girl from the early sixties really had the star wars look.

  • cakeheadlovesevil // January 10, 2009 at 7:08 pm

    I love that image too. However, it would not be from the 60’s as all the images are between 1977-1985.

  • Anonymous // January 14, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    Patches is unhappy because he definitely wanted to be an ewok as well.

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