Star Wars Mighty Mugg for Make-A-Wish

Lucasfilm recently invited me to participate in their first ever Star Wars Mighty Mugg project and of course I said yes! If you haven't seen a Mighty Mugg, you can find them in the toy aisle of Target so take a peek. I was sent a blank Mugg (which is actually a doll, not a coffee mug or anything like that so don't let the name fool you). At first I wasn't sure what I wanted to create. My initial concept was to recreate a Han Solo in Carbonite. I'm glad that I didn't because the idea was already taken (twice). So I went with my second idea of creating a Star Wars fan girl, complete with her own sketchbook and lightsaber. The dolls were completely blank and had to be hand painted. I went to Michaels, grabbed some yarn for the hair, some sticky jewels for her t-shirt, and went to town painting her.

Over 100 Star Wars artists (including the talented arteests over at Robot Chicken) and Clone Wars director Dave Filoni participated. The Muggs were on display at San Diego Comic Con last week. You can now bid on your favorite Mugg in an online auction running through August 14th.

There's a really amazing assortment of inspired Muggs including a Tie Fighter Mugg and an exquisite Amidala. Proceeds from this auction benefit the Make A Wish foundation, which Lucasfilm has long supported. Please be sure to have a look at all the incredible work that went into designing our Mighty Muggs and if you can, place a bid to own one yourself!

Here's where you can bid! Click to see the auction!