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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsStupidest Star Wars tie-in I've seen so far...
A coffee maker with a sticker on it.

Nestle Japan will be releasing a limited edition Star Wars version of its Gold Blend coffee maker next week. But it has to be one of the laziest tie-ins ever to cash in on the Star Wars name. Available in two versions, it looks like Nestle's just slapped a sticker on the side of each one with a random quote and called it a day.
http://io9.com/5964554/if-youre-going-to-make-a-crappy-star-wars-tie+in-at-least-do-it-right?tag=star-wars
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Stupidest Star Wars tie-in I've seen so far... (Original Post)
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Dec 2012
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Systematic Chaos
(8,601 posts)1. May the farce -- and some cream and sugar -- be with you!
That just reeks of stupid.
LeftOfSelf-Centered
(776 posts)2. Kinda reminds me of the Cylon toaster

Although that kinda made sense because humans disparagingly referred to cylons as "toasters" .
That, however, doesn't explain Darth Toast:

JCMach1
(29,141 posts)3. Hey, but I did get a Vader coffee mug
for an early Christmas gift;;;