Columbia Sportswear’s Mandalorian-Inspired Star Wars Outerwear Collection Released Today: How to Buy Limited Edition Jackets, Baby Yoda Fleece Hoodies and More

The bounty hunter and big-eared baby Yoda, who star in the popular Disney + Star Wars streaming series, “The Mandalorian,” grabbed the attention of viewers and perhaps their hearts.

As the plot heats up, there is more to celebrate: not only is Disney + exclusively offering the entire first season and new episodes of season 2 available to stream at your leisure, Columbia Sportswear, based at Portland, publishes a special edition Mandalorian-inspired collection. outerwear.

Jackets for adults and youth, featuring the Mando iconography and in children’s cases, soft green ears, will be available in limited quantities at columbia.com/StarWars (or save time and click on the direct links to each item below) starting at 9 p.m. KST on Thursday, December 3 and in select stores on December 4, including the Southwest Portland flagship store and Portland International Airport.

Since 2016, Columbia’s Star Wars Collections in conjunction with Lucasfilm were released in December, a prime time for holiday shopping. In the past, they would sell online within minutes and customers would line up to buy the clothes in-store.

The latest collection, inspired by bounty hunter, Din Djarin, and Foundling, Grogu, are not suits but stylish outerwear made with cutting edge technology and insulating and protective fabrics.

Leigh Roundy and Phil Padilla, Columbia’s main designers on the Mandalorian collection, said many members of the Star War Society the fans worked on the project.

“There was a lot of love and passion in it all,” says Roundy, a self-described “nerd girl” who has always wanted to create in the realm of science fiction. “We focused on the details and the character memes. Humor and fun was also imbued because it’s in the world of Star Wars.

Padilla won’t translate the coded messages written in the Mando’a language hidden in the fleece liner, but fans know to look for the Mudhorn Seal and a range of insider icons and symbols on the heavyweight hoodie ($ 120).

The water resistant Child jacket ($ 75- $ 80), featuring a sherpa fleece hood that can store floppy ears, a Sorgan frog tag, and a screen print of what is often referred to as Baby Yoda.

“You don’t have to be a very intense Star Wars fan to love the characters,” Padilla says. “You can just dive in.”

For the Mandalorian interchangeable hybrid jacket ($ 300), the vest and vest mimic the shapes and angles forged into the fighter’s beskar armor.

“We can’t just 3D print armor,” Roundy jokes. Instead, they’ve combined, for the first time, a durable canvas with a soft, stretchy shell. Warmth is achieved through lightweight insulation and an Omni-Heat 3D thermo-reflective lining.

“It’s a cool piece on its own, but if you know the character the ‘nerd subtle’ details will surprise you,” Roundy says.

A jagged section of the vest has been designed to resemble the Mandalorian’s chest plate.

“We’re really happy with how the cuff turned out to look like the layering of his suits,” Roundy says. “The chunky stitch highlights that detail on his weave without compromising the functionality of this wearable piece.”

The Mandalorian helmet-shaped gaiter with a T-visor ($ 40) was designed with the hybrid jacket for an integrated look, color and feel, Padilla says. The same water resistant fabric of the vest has been used on the gaiter. The soft, stretch-shell helmet features a drawstring for a custom fit.

In past collaborations, when the world was not limited by a pandemic, members of the Columbia team traveled to the Skywalker Ranch in northern California to see the costumes in person. This year, they could only see the outfits on screen.

The clothes under the Mandalorian’s shiny armor appear brown on screen and blend into the parched worlds he inhabit. But Lucasfilm made the suit gray and sent the Columbia team the exact color to match.

Before there was an explosion as if Han Solo’s parka was blue or brown, “fans have to understand that we got the right gray color from Lucasfilm,” says Roundy.

The child’s colors were also delicate. “Baby Yoda is such a cult thing, you have to be careful,” Padilla says.

He and other members of the design team spent hours in the Columbia Color Lab, researching the right hues for the iconic fleece ears. They chose New Mint, a soft green, and Valentine, a soft pink.

the Child bunting ($ 50) with an ultra-soft sherpa lining, and the child size and kids size waterproof jacket with a fleece hood ($ 75- $ 80) are a “beautiful continuous line of the child who comes of age,” says Padilla. “We are happy about it at supper.”

The show is readily available on Disney + ($ 6.99 per month or $ 69.99 per year). There’s also a Disney + package option available, which includes access to Hulu (with ads) and ESPN + for just $ 12.99 per month, better value if you want to add to your library of streaming services.

What if you are already subscribed to Hulu and want to add Disney +?

Sign up for Disney + using the same email that is associated with your Hulu account, regardless of the type of Hulu account. You will still be billed for the full price of your Hulu account each month, but you will receive a credit of $ 5.99 for a Disney + subscription.

– Janet Eastman | 503-294-4072

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