Episode III - Revenge of The Sith Food Promotions
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 @ 14:59:51 UTC
Topic: Entertainment: Food


Since this movie on May 19th 2005 is going to be the biggest event this side of Return of The King and Titanic, the marketing folks are working overtime to come up with promotional tie ins.

Several Food manufacturers are going all out to bring the yummy goodness that is the Dark Side of The Force to your kitchen table. Here are some into which I have bought...

Kellog's Promotions

The first one I saw was the cinnamon
Pop Tarts with Darth Vader Voice Changer. I bought every 12 pack box available (4), but all for nothing. There was no Darth Vader music in any one. Also, the Cinnamon Pop Tarts were over-baked. They were crispy on the outside, and the insides were caramelized. I have eaten plenty of Cinnamon Pop Tarts in my day, since they are my favorite. These were a BAD BATCH. DISAPPOINTED!!!

Kellog’s Star Wars Cereal: These are like General Mills Lucky Charms oat cereal. What the heck are those marshmallow shapes? I recognize the light saber. One marshmallow shape is yellow with blue eyes. Is it C3PO? Or is it the fake alien from the Star Trek Corbomite Maneuver? Still, they are tasty.

There are also Fruit Snacks and Keebler fudge stripe cookies.

Kellog’s Frosted Mini Wheats also have a free DVD offer for Episode I. Just send in 7 UPCs and shipping is free. I already stocked up and sent away for mine. Only 4 boxes left to eat. They sure are tasty with Half-and-Half (600 calories a pint!). Check out the The Comprehensive Star Wars Cereal Box Listing for more Star Wars cereal information.

M&Ms going over to the dark side There is a very cool promotional web site on the M&M home page for the Star Wars versions of the candies. M&Ms are now available in Dark Chocolate! This would be interesting to me outside of Star Wars. I prefer Dark Chocolate and always pilfer the Special Dark Mini’s from the Hershey’s miniatures candy bowl. M&Ms have now gone over to the Dark side. Although, Jedi milk chocolate M&Ms are still available. Gotta git me some……

For some deep reading, check out the Official ROTS Food related Promo Thread on TheForce.NET.

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