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Admiral Ackbar TRAP poster in the style of Fairey's HOPE design

Cory Doctorow at 8:19 pm Thu, Sep 22, 2011

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There are a lot of Fairey remixes around, but this Admiral Ackbar/Star Wars TRAP poster's pretty nicely executed.

POSTERS > Trap poster (Thanks, Sebastian!)

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  • liquidstar

    It’s a TRAP!

  • Teller

    It’s a SHEP!

    /sorry

  • http://twitter.com/atep_bear atep tea

    what it trap

  • The Outside

    Is it 2008 still?

  • BarBarSeven

    What’s the Mon Calamari stance on the debt ceiling?

  • BarBarSeven

    What about the Mon Calamari stance on the Troubled Asset Relief Program? Is the TARP a TRAP?

  • Sooper8

    I am so bloody bored of this re-cylcing of the ‘Hope’ thing. A slight glimpse of these damn colours scrolling up onto my screen makes and I audibly exhale.
    Yes, I liked it at the time and it’s a iconic image, but come on now lets move along!

    • BarBarSeven

      I am so bloody bored of this re-cylcing of the ‘Hope’ thing… Blah… Blah… Blah…

      It’s a SCHMUCK!!!

    • Guest

      I have seen the future, it is a fairly bright purple. 

  • http://twitter.com/dead_ebooks Ryan Dorn ♔

    dohoho

  • http://dreadpiraterobert.blogspot.com dreadpiraterobert

    My wife just told me that this poster is better than the entire film “Revenge of the Sith”, which our son made us watch tonight.  She’s so right.

  • The Tim

    I prefer the Axe Cop version: http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=AXE-CHOP-POSTER&Category_Code=AXE#pic

    • Max

      I’m afraid, that’s because you’re wrong.

  • Frank Diekman

    Ugh. Can we PLEASE stop with the Obama poster parodies? They’re as old now as Matrix “bullet-time” parodies.

  • Genre Slur

    “As a non-USA ‘dude’, I feel beholden to pointing out that the content of these palimsistic (sic) versions of the early 20th century-style propaganda poster many Americans seem to be ‘suckered’ by is not helping matters. Hold the fucker to his word, or take the power back. 2nd rate graph/design masturbation dialogue is doing NOTHING for your ‘image’.”– Sincerely, Earth.

    • Genre Slur

      Though The Empire Strikes Back is the best film of the lot, I say…

      • Genre Slur

        Actually now that I think about it, this version is the BEST (conceptually) of the lot. That is, if the subject is referring to the intentions behind the original poster…

        • Genre Slur

          BINGO

  • knocky smith

    Ackbar’s got it goin’ on
    Look what I did once
    http://spleenal.blogspot.com/2011/01/saving-ensign-ackbar.html

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jasper-Huxley/100001713326211 Jasper Huxley

    I’m fine with Obama poster parodies. He is still the president, so they still seem kind of current to me. What I could do with a little less of in my life is Star Wars stuff. Could we find a fresher source of pop-culture references, please?

    • Guest

      For my part, I am sick to death of all the free ice cream. What I need is a complaint box, delivered to my home, free, daily, where I can kvetch about what other people make for their own amusement and selfishly present to me for my approval, like the roman emperor I am.

      And grapes, BRING ME GRAPES

  • ChurchTucker

    They didn’t need to change it from Obama.

  • Rosscott

    I actually sell a t-shirt with a slightly different take on the TRAP joke:
    http://hilariawesome.com/15

  • moop2000

    I’ll stick with this Fairey homage from James Hance.
    http://www.jameshance.com/images/paintings/meepp.jpg

    Source link: http://www.jameshance.com/prints.html

    • snagglepuss

      I’m wearing that shirt as I type.

      And thinking that these various parodies are about Obama is missing the point – They’re not about O, they’re about the over-simplification of complex, nuanced idea into dumbed-down, “Iconic” slogans. Such as:

  • benher

    It’s funny because you can replace Akbar with Obama, McCain, Bush, or basically anyone and it’s still accurate… 

  • Andy Simmons

    It was funny when this exact design came out on a t-shirt at TeeFury two years ago:

    http://www.teefury.com/archive/609/TRAP/

  • Brainspore

    I’m just happy whenever I see one of these that actually required some graphic arts skill to produce. At least 95% of the “hope” parodies out there are just lazy posterizing filter jobs that took 5 minutes in Photoshop.

  • snagglepuss

    Whoops:

    Such as:

  • snagglepuss

    Dammit. Picture fail. Sorry.

    • Antinous / Moderator

      Did you use the + Image button?

  • Bubba73

    Well that’s like, your opinion man.