Mii Spotlight: The Force edition
by Alisha Karabinus 
{ Jun 23rd 2007 at 6:30PM }
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, (or, last week in the Mii Spotlight) some pretenders rolled in here and tried to get everyone psyched about Star Trek. Please. We know what's better. We know that Star Wars is really where it's at -- especially when it comes to Miis. Does everyone have Spock on their Wii, ready to get his tennis on? We think not ... but there sure do seem to be a lot of Admiral Ackbars out there, ready to warn us of impending traps.
In order to purge the Star Trek images from your brain, we've lined up a great selection of Star Wars-themed Miis from both you guys and from around these internets. We hope to win over even those who think that hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side.
First up, we have some classics, brought to you by our very own Mike Sylvester, whose Revolutionary column runs here at Wii Fanboy every Tuesday. He's got a Chewbacca Mii for us, and since he's just so awesome, we chose his Admiral Ackbar from all the other Ackbars populating the web.
Not only is Mike a great Mii-maker and GlovePIE expert, but he can also snap a mighty fine Mii picture. Maybe someday, we can convince him to share his secrets.
Reader Andy also offered up an example that seems to be a very popular Mii: the classic Stormtrooper. The only problem with these guys is that the word Stormtrooper itself is a little too long to fit in the line for the name! We've seen some creative adaptations: S. Trooper, Stormtroop, and our own, named Stormy. To those of you with Stormtrooper Miis ... what did you name him?
That's it for this week's edition, folks. Remember some of our recent requests, particularly for ugly Miis. We almost have enough scary-crazy-ugly Miis to present you with an entire freaky Mii army, but please, send in more! But don't hesitate to send in your Miis of any stripe. It may take us a while to get to them, but we promise: if you send it, we'll probably show it ... eventually. We've got some great submissions that are just waiting for the proper thematic week ... so send us yours at mii [at] nintendowiifanb
Reader Andy also offered up an example that seems to be a very popular Mii: the classic Stormtrooper. The only problem with these guys is that the word Stormtrooper itself is a little too long to fit in the line for the name! We've seen some creative adaptations: S. Trooper, Stormtroop, and our own, named Stormy. To those of you with Stormtrooper Miis ... what did you name him?
This next Mii is certainly one of the most creative we've seen in any category, so we had to borrow it from MiiPlaza just to share it with you. Yes, folks ... it's a TIE Fighter. Miis don't really get much better than this (in our humble opinions).
BBQ Iggy, whoever you are: you've got some serious skills there. Great work!
This last one hits the Mii Spotlight by way of Flickr, and it comes from user Perfect D0rk. It's certainly perfectly random, which is why we simply could not resist sharing it here with you today. It's a Tusken Raider! How great is that? Sure, we could be piling on the Han Solo and Princess Leia Miis, but aren't the ships and sand people more fun?
But how could any look at Star Wars Miis be complete without the creator himself? Luckily, reader Joseph pitched in a George Lucas Mii to round out the week. He must be psychic or something. Joseph, that is, not George Lucas ... or is he? We're sure we'll never know.
BBQ Iggy, whoever you are: you've got some serious skills there. Great work!
This last one hits the Mii Spotlight by way of Flickr, and it comes from user Perfect D0rk. It's certainly perfectly random, which is why we simply could not resist sharing it here with you today. It's a Tusken Raider! How great is that? Sure, we could be piling on the Han Solo and Princess Leia Miis, but aren't the ships and sand people more fun?
But how could any look at Star Wars Miis be complete without the creator himself? Luckily, reader Joseph pitched in a George Lucas Mii to round out the week. He must be psychic or something. Joseph, that is, not George Lucas ... or is he? We're sure we'll never know.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
L @ Jun 23rd 2007 7:02PM
I've got Chewbacca, C3P0, Obi Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, Aldmiral Ackbar, Figrin Da'an, and a Stormtrooper on my Wii. And ZERO Star Trek characters. Star Trek sucks. Star Wars rulez. Now I'm gonna try that Tusken Raider Mii.
hvnlysoldr @ Jun 23rd 2007 7:39PM
I've always felt Star Wars is stronger than Star Trek since for the longest time they only had three movies versus more movies and TV series.
Mr Khan @ Jun 23rd 2007 7:55PM
Even though i love them both, Star Wars just has a better, more imaginitive Universe, cooler creatures, cooler technology (despite lacking teleportation, except the Aing-Tii monks), and a better political structure
Threepio's in my parade somewhere, though, I think i'll fish him out, then try my hand at General Grievous, and possibly Borsk Fey'lya
Alisha Karabinus @ Jun 23rd 2007 8:09PM
I must admit, I grew up on both, so I love them both... but overall, I find Star Wars a little more fun. But it's hard to dis the original Star Trek crew... Shatner, Takei... those guys are awesome.
troy @ Jun 23rd 2007 9:59PM
Please, only people who never got over 6th grade like Star Wars, and only people who never got into literature but would if they would have been exposed to it like Star Trek. It's just sad.
Spencer @ Jun 23rd 2007 10:18PM
I named my trooper "Storm"
mj @ Jun 24th 2007 1:21AM
Wow, troy!! Next time, maybe you can even make complete sentences that communicate meaning!
JC Fletcher @ Jun 24th 2007 4:21AM
I need to spend some time making fanciful Miis. All I have right now is family. I guess I spend too much time playing games on my game system. You know, or working.
Troy: How did you sneak into the Internet without liking either Star Wars or Star Trek? Who let you in?
TD @ Jun 24th 2007 11:22AM
Haha.. JC. :)
JKAntwon @ Jun 24th 2007 2:34PM
That Tusken Raider is awsome!!!
Nightmare JG @ Jun 24th 2007 4:28PM
People who don't like Star Wars have never read the Thrawn trilogy.
Mr Khan @ Jun 24th 2007 5:58PM
@ 11
Here, Here
Zahn = Some kind of god...