You may have heard about the upcoming Star Wars clothes for chicks, to be announced at Comic-Con this summer. At first I was skeptical. Sure, George Lucas knows how to merchandise the bejeebers out of his franchise, but I would bet that the great bearded micromanager knows about as much about what chicks want to wear as he does about writing screenplays. So at first I was skeptical, but at the new line’s blog I found the perfect articulation of the fangirl’s dilemma:

Four years ago, when I was cast as the voice of Ahsoka Tano, I scoured the Internet looking for female Star Wars merchandise and I was disheartened by the lack of product. I was told to buy a men’s size “small” because there weren’t enough women that would buy merchandise made specifically for them. How could that be? The number of female fans that share my love for this amazing universe is astonishing and, as I discovered, greatly under served. I started doing my research and I found that close to 50% of all Star Wars fans and sci-fi fans in general are women. I also read hundreds of comments from female fans begging for merchandise designed and made specially for them, and not something that was an afterthought made in pink. I decided that I was going to step up to the plate and be their voice. It’s time for fangirls to be heard, recognized and rewarded!

The point about having to deal with buying mens’ small shirts is so true. Chicks shouldn’t wear shirts made for guys. They bunch up under our armpits and the graphics end up underneath our boobs instead of higher up where they would be visible and less awkward-looking. It’s completely true that if you go to buy geek merchandise, women’s items are generally fewer in number and very limited in selection. This is contrary to the natural order of things, nerds. The breakdown of any reputable clothing store should be 60% women’s clothing, 35% women’s shoes, and 5% menswear. Geek stores have no excuse to violate this prime directive of fashion.

I never would have guessed that Star Wars would have been the first sci-fi franchise to figure this out, but hey, I’ll take it. For my own part, I wouldn’t mind expressing my preference for armor-clad bad boys:

And this new line could help well-endowed fangirls fend off frat boys:

Or you could use fangirl fashion to express true love:

Nothing can compensate for the deep and lasting psychological scars inflicted upon me by The Phantom Menace, but in the spirit of reconciliation, I promise to say 5% fewer nastier things about George Lucas in the future if this clothing line doesn’t suck.