173 Comments

buko on March 15, 2010 at 14:13:41 Artist

evan3 on March 16, 2010 at 16:03:38 Alumni omg buko you are amazing best star wars reference i have ever seen

Jake Friedman on March 16, 2010 at 16:13:48 The five is strong in this.

davidfromdallas on March 16, 2010 at 16:16:08 Alumni Phenomenal. A word I rarely use on parodies - namely star wars ones. Consider that a triumph :) $5

davidfromdallas on March 16, 2010 at 16:17:00 Alumni (I'd love to see this on black - the design would pop more and it would tie the whole "space" element into the design)

Retroludo on March 16, 2010 at 16:28:59 Alumni Sweet love the subtle design here.

polynothing on March 16, 2010 at 16:29:33 Alumni $5 awesome!

isawa on March 16, 2010 at 16:31:06 Wow, great!

nurtritionalchocolate on March 16, 2010 at 16:33:20 Oh yeah

robotwaste on March 16, 2010 at 17:20:12 That's pretty much the coolest thing I've ever seen. What's it like to draw money?

EN AJUSTES on March 16, 2010 at 17:21:33 You really like getting printed $5

Aaron.Randy on March 16, 2010 at 17:22:14 man..youre always awesome!

mark722 on March 16, 2010 at 17:22:48 Alumni Jesus BUKO! you are tooo good!

roadkill3d on March 16, 2010 at 17:24:35 Alumni Buko making a killing!!!!!

ben chen on March 16, 2010 at 17:38:10 Alumni wow cool idea

brentendo on March 16, 2010 at 17:55:56 too good.

francischtime on March 16, 2010 at 18:16:08 jaw dropping. $5

Outlaw01 on March 16, 2010 at 18:18:52 $5

yetitutu on March 16, 2010 at 18:19:39 i like it

Hildy 42 on March 16, 2010 at 18:36:31 sick!

tea-bot on March 16, 2010 at 18:37:54 I really, really need to own this on a shirt. A+++

hisartwork on March 16, 2010 at 19:03:28 Alumni GREAT!!!!!!!! 5$

westicles on March 16, 2010 at 19:05:43 I love love love that you put it on Heather Grey. I think this is one of the few pop culture references that I'd ever wear. $5

craquehaus on March 16, 2010 at 19:13:55 You need to start your own company and give the rest of us a shot!

soloyo on March 16, 2010 at 19:46:16 Alumni Another print for you 5$

cshimala on March 16, 2010 at 19:49:06 Alumni rad!

hm087ster on March 16, 2010 at 19:50:00 Hmm 5$

ivejustquitsmoking on March 16, 2010 at 21:29:14 Alumni damn! Awesome

badbasilisk on March 16, 2010 at 21:35:21 Alumni superb dude !!!!

kooky love on March 16, 2010 at 21:52:18 Alumni GREAT $5

dacat on March 16, 2010 at 23:59:04 Alumni Definitely one of the best Star Wars designs ever $5

YaaH on March 17, 2010 at 00:55:49 Alumni 4

ThePaperCrane on March 17, 2010 at 00:58:49 Alumni I love your brain Another PRINT for buko! :)

adam antium on March 17, 2010 at 01:05:07 Alumni a-mazing!

FRICKINAWESOME on March 17, 2010 at 02:52:05 Alumni You are becoming the stylized version of Glennz around here! Another amazing reference from you man, love the very Transformers-y Shockwave lok to the classic boom 3PO box! 5.

micheleficeli on March 17, 2010 at 02:57:04 AWE! Really need to be printed! 5$!

staffell on March 17, 2010 at 03:31:29 Alumni jesus christ buko, what the fuck are you on?! I have to say though, you could have made a lot of money if you'd subbed this to woot.

d3d on March 17, 2010 at 03:32:59 Alumni pretty brilliant yet again.

Rollwuerste on March 17, 2010 at 04:12:47 Woah, super!

Santo76 on March 17, 2010 at 05:03:37 Alumni Love it!

fran6 on March 17, 2010 at 05:41:29 God of design! 5$

jess4002 on March 17, 2010 at 05:53:03 Alumni wow! 5$

wytrab8 on March 17, 2010 at 05:56:02 Alumni Haha, you $o $mart!

speedyjvw on March 17, 2010 at 06:02:06 Alumni this is so good

sweet n sour on March 17, 2010 at 06:03:36 Alumni hot damn

kcoutu on March 17, 2010 at 06:10:45 umm...wow.

Boycey on March 17, 2010 at 06:32:32 Killer design! Such style!

briancook on March 17, 2010 at 06:34:09 Alumni $5 - Chances of this printing = 100:1

AwesomeGirl86 on March 17, 2010 at 06:54:12 That's really cool & totally original! $5!!!

alexmdc on March 17, 2010 at 07:02:24 Alumni wholy shit! 5$$$$

silverqe on March 17, 2010 at 07:06:26 Alumni WINNER! GO ENKEL!

Jus2Pom on March 17, 2010 at 07:18:41 5$

band-it on March 17, 2010 at 07:34:53 Alumni whoa

samuelwyoung on March 17, 2010 at 07:56:10 This is awesome! I don't even like Star Wars and love this shirt. 5!!!

alvarejo on March 17, 2010 at 09:01:48 Alumni simply WOW

murraymullet on March 17, 2010 at 09:01:56 Alumni Instant print, instant classic and all that other stuff. $5

herky on March 17, 2010 at 09:17:25 Alumni simply AWESOME! instaprint! $5

Bio-bot 9000 on March 17, 2010 at 09:49:13 Alumni ThreepiOH YEAH!!!!!

bcrider on March 17, 2010 at 09:59:33 Wow!

andyg on March 17, 2010 at 10:01:34 Alumni Amazing concept! Great job!

akrapf on March 17, 2010 at 14:39:19 Alumni genius!!!!!!! $5

lunchboxbrain on March 17, 2010 at 14:54:02 Alumni one of the greatest star wars inspired designs i've ever seen. sure fire print and sell out. $5!

sketchboy01 on March 17, 2010 at 14:55:22 Alumni this is just fantastic !!

atomicchild on March 17, 2010 at 14:56:00 PRINT

DesignbyProxy on March 17, 2010 at 14:59:19 Alumni I predict this will not finish scoring.

EricDiaz on March 17, 2010 at 15:08:46 bahaha!

rodrigobhz on March 17, 2010 at 15:11:10 Alumni Oh man... oh man. 5$

rhythmdev9 on March 17, 2010 at 15:15:11 out of control!!!!!!

walmazan on March 17, 2010 at 15:29:17 Alumni buko, you are genius! $5

Outlaw01 on March 17, 2010 at 15:43:44 needs to be pulled from the running and printed already.

mgill52 on March 17, 2010 at 15:44:17 WOW WOW WOW

olie! on March 17, 2010 at 15:47:00 Alumni I can't ignore the genius of this

phillydesigner on March 17, 2010 at 17:27:03 Alumni perfect

igo2cairo on March 17, 2010 at 19:09:49 Alumni Brilliant. $5

childmirror on March 17, 2010 at 22:35:15 Very Nice!!! $$$5555

jamesf on March 17, 2010 at 23:16:25 Alumni nice!

WEAREYAWN on March 18, 2010 at 01:09:20 wow!!!!!! this is the first star wars reference shirt i like! didnt believe this would ever happen :) $5555!!!

Flying_Mouse on March 18, 2010 at 02:43:30 Alumni Perfect! $5

corey9 on March 18, 2010 at 02:52:35 lol - nice!

idilek on March 18, 2010 at 03:02:30 Alumni wow ! 5$

dschwen on March 18, 2010 at 03:22:31 Alumni OH man. This is your year. Congrats! $5

ndikol on March 18, 2010 at 03:49:56 Alumni hoooot :D :D :D

TimScribble on March 18, 2010 at 03:52:47 Alumni Wowzers. Best design I have seen in some time. A definite print.

MadMax198121 on March 18, 2010 at 03:57:14 Fantastic! 5$

aled on March 18, 2010 at 04:18:36 Alumni This is brilliant. The details are the polish on a fantastic concept. 5$

empiricist on March 18, 2010 at 10:12:44 Alumni Way rad!

laurastead on March 18, 2010 at 11:07:54 Alumni i noticed that 2 out of the 4 shirts i just bought were by you. GET OUT OF MY HEAD! j/k, make yourself at home. 5

www.michelevancini.it on March 18, 2010 at 12:55:04 5

Ninatroll on March 18, 2010 at 13:01:54 Everyone please look here: http://www.geekologie.com/2009/03/what_an_r2d2_boombox_might_loo.php

Nocturne on March 18, 2010 at 16:15:56 I love star wars! $5

renfrue on March 18, 2010 at 20:32:52 Alumni wow!

bengineer on March 18, 2010 at 20:40:05 Alumni hahaha, genius! $5

zzybalooga on March 18, 2010 at 22:15:30 Don't like it on grey at all, but other than that a truly marvelous design.

ArTrOcItY on March 18, 2010 at 22:21:54 Alumni Nothing less than fantastično!;)

JacquesMaes on March 19, 2010 at 02:59:48 Alumni Never been into Star Wars... until after seeing this shirt , genius design!

nonolarson on March 19, 2010 at 03:01:56 Alumni Would have never got it without the thumbnail, but that's super nicely done as usual :)

wotto on March 19, 2010 at 04:24:27 Alumni genius

addu on March 19, 2010 at 06:29:44 Hell awesome, outrageous $5

sifigrl on March 19, 2010 at 09:41:46 My husband wants this shirt so badly - please allow me to be an awesome wife by printing this tee so I can buy it for him. PLEASE! Smooch!

mangobajito on March 19, 2010 at 13:00:43 Alumni Great concept and illo!!

Chiwawa on March 19, 2010 at 13:02:28 I hope I can get this on a tee soon!

carvas on March 19, 2010 at 17:25:11 Alumni loveit!

mavericktiger on March 20, 2010 at 05:34:05 Alumni Sheer Bad Assitude! $5

mikecallahan on March 20, 2010 at 06:31:11 excellent!

quick-brown-fox on March 20, 2010 at 11:17:40 Alumni 5 Love it

hipbopp on March 20, 2010 at 11:53:48 this is brilliant. 5$

Interrupt_D on March 20, 2010 at 13:27:35 Crazy fun! It would look good on black. I would rock this. 4$

metroidmime on March 20, 2010 at 14:51:42 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS: on black 5$!

staffell on March 21, 2010 at 04:02:29 Alumni overhyped?!? fucking lol

Foka on March 21, 2010 at 04:37:46 Genial!love the quotation!

rhythmdev9 on March 21, 2010 at 04:49:02 did forget to comment... sorry... $5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5$5 instaprint™

B 7 on March 21, 2010 at 04:53:27 Alumni so good. this will print for sure

Tikimasters on March 21, 2010 at 06:22:38 Alumni Oh boy. Dude. This is the best starwars reference shirt I've ever seen. This will be a buy. This will be a buy. This is so good, I'm going to give it one of those scores I rarely give out $5

Alex1412 on March 21, 2010 at 11:53:56 Genius idea and execution! 5$$

j u l i a on March 21, 2010 at 12:16:30 this is amazing!!!!!!!!!! 5$!!!

iamzacky on March 21, 2010 at 23:16:24 another masterpiece!!!

the110 on March 21, 2010 at 23:43:37 Alumni Oh man i hate star wars and any reference to it but this is just so damn brilliant because it's so covert and obvious at the same time. And oh yeah, this would've sold at least 10,000 pieces on woot and at least $20,000 in your pocket! haha. So make sure it wins Bestee of the Month and Bestee of the year lol

Horacio Martinez on March 22, 2010 at 09:56:57 Well this is for sure getting printed.

Haragos on March 22, 2010 at 12:42:29 Alumni nice 5. Score my design to please. Mr. Head Potato Banana Split

nikolina100 on March 22, 2010 at 14:29:19 so GOOD!!!!

tolagunestro on March 22, 2010 at 18:14:37 Alumni a-m-a-z-i-n-g!

dschwen on March 23, 2010 at 07:43:48 Alumni PRINT!

staffell on March 23, 2010 at 07:45:13 Alumni http://www.12ozprophet.com/images/uploads/3.2_g2b2_.jpg oohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :(

bygrinstow on March 23, 2010 at 07:49:01 Alumni I was prepared for something mildly amusing... I am still picking my jaw up off the floor.

Kim Mak on March 23, 2010 at 08:13:40 Alumni This is outstanding!

alexmdc on March 23, 2010 at 13:42:05 Alumni ummm the image is quite similar but maybe lets hear from buko first ebfore jumping to conclusions?

Swordsaint on March 23, 2010 at 15:53:38 please make this happen.

FRICKINAWESOME on March 23, 2010 at 20:33:40 Alumni The 3po boombox I could see more than one person doing that as a concept, and there are a bunch of differences between Buko's and that 3d real-world rendering of it...although there are LOTS of similarities as well, but I would think those similarities came from logical placements of translating 3po to a boombox style? Anyway the addition of the r2d2 headphones puts this one over the top, but maybe Enkel saw that piece a while back and unconsciously reinterpreted it? Hmmm.

mark722 on March 23, 2010 at 20:35:47 Alumni you got the droids bass ackwards Evan ; )

Krimson on March 23, 2010 at 20:35:51 Alumni ^you confused 3po and rd2d.

Krimson on March 23, 2010 at 20:36:09 Alumni ah, great minds mark.

ndstillie on March 23, 2010 at 20:41:31 Alumni with a track record like buko's are people really suggesting that he copied this? crazy talk. Awesome work.

wytrab8 on March 26, 2010 at 05:39:32 Alumni ^agreed. Don't think he copied it, just happened to come up with the same concept. Collective consciousness.

staffell on March 26, 2010 at 05:41:55 Alumni where did anyone say he copied it....?

aled on March 26, 2010 at 05:54:34 Alumni There are too many similarities for me. The sliders are a massive give-away.

aled on March 26, 2010 at 05:57:28 Alumni It can happen though I guess. Benefit of the doubt to Buko.

staffell on March 26, 2010 at 06:06:02 Alumni The sliders are completely identical in shape to be honest. :/

staffell on March 28, 2010 at 00:37:41 Alumni ha, yeah. oops :0

aled on March 28, 2010 at 01:40:18 Alumni Yeah I know that. Just amazing similarities in the concept and execution, imo - but I know it does happen. I don't think Enkel would have ripped it off. Maybe he'd seen it before and it was buried in his subconscious? :o Maybe it is just one those coincidences.

ThePaperCrane on March 28, 2010 at 23:23:24 Alumni Print it anyway!

staffell on March 29, 2010 at 11:17:43 Alumni Ha! The artist himself. Crazy.

the110 on April 6, 2010 at 00:28:39 Alumni Oh man called out by the original artist.

buko on April 6, 2010 at 03:49:55 Artist Sorry everyone i feel really bad and i already contacted the artist to apologize. It wansn't my intention to rip off, i got the idea from somewhere and i thought it could look cool on shirt. But when i saw that image i realized that I've seen it before and probably got the idea from it but it was totally unconsciously. I never used it as direct reference and if i had it and wanted to rip off i probably would have changed the sliders to avoid similarities and hide the truth, but it was totally coincidence. I'm really sorry that this happened and i know that can happen to anybody but i feel so bad about it.

aled on April 6, 2010 at 04:37:44 Alumni Don't feel bad, man. It's happened to us all :P It's good to come out and acknowledge it.

kcoutu on April 6, 2010 at 07:37:23 Print and share money with artist?

briancook on April 6, 2010 at 07:50:29 Alumni FRICKINAWESOME on Mar 24 '10 The 3po boombox I could see more than one person doing that as a concept, and there are a bunch of differences between Buko's and that 3d real-world rendering of it...although there are LOTS of similarities as well, but I would think those similarities came from logical placements of translating 3po to a boombox style? Anyway the addition of the r2d2 headphones puts this one over the top, but maybe Enkel saw that piece a while back and unconsciously reinterpreted it? Hmmm. None of this bothers me....EXCEPT the fact that FA is confusing R2D2 with C3PO.

Naolito on April 6, 2010 at 07:54:02 Alumni I think that it's isn't anything bad in what you've done Buko. Everyday many designs use known characters, antique art or films references, and anything happens. This time, he has used a funny image on the internet, adding more funny stuff to it with an awesome result. I don't think that you have to apologize buko, the only thing that maybe you could do when you submited is to post the image that inspired you. I hope that it prints anyway, You did a incredible work here and this isn't different to any comon spoof that we see everyday at threadless.

Naolito on April 6, 2010 at 07:59:52 Alumni One more thing, Share the money??? So, if this prints: 50% to leonardo da vinci?

Naolito on April 6, 2010 at 08:00:25 Alumni http://www.threadless.com/submission/258634/Renaissance_Rocks Sorry

alexmdc on April 6, 2010 at 12:19:28 Alumni FA confusing the robots just blew my mind!

briancook on April 6, 2010 at 12:26:12 Alumni Seriously...how does a pop reference god like FA not keep his droids straight? Major disappointment.

the110 on April 6, 2010 at 17:44:47 Alumni I'm pretty sure this is still going to print!

brentendo on April 6, 2010 at 18:02:07 how does FA not know his C3pos from his R2D2s?

staffell on April 7, 2010 at 00:41:19 Alumni More power to you buko, the c3p0 headphones as an addition are enough to make this unique. Hope it prints for you cos I'll still buy one!

kcoutu on April 7, 2010 at 05:06:29 Naolito on Apr 06 '10 One more thing, Share the money??? So, if this prints: 50% to leonardo da vinci? I was just trying to come up with a compromise. But I think the situation you described is slightly different. The arist who did renaissance rocks is spoofing da vinci, buko is not spoofing mcmullen. Buko is spoofing star wars. I am not implying he share the money with George Lucas. But Mcmullen was already spoofing star wars, and buko, as he explained, probably got that idea from mcmullen, which makes it seem more like a collab, which a lot of people here on threadless already do, and often share the money. Just a thought. No matter what, I still think it should print and I'm probably going to buy two of them.

myteemo on June 16, 2010 at 15:29:53 Alumni Winner!

igo2cairo on June 16, 2010 at 16:50:26 Alumni It's OK Buko, this kind of thing happens to the best of us and it wasn't intentional. It's still an amazing tee design with your own unique twist, so if the original artist agrees with it I'd call it a collab and split it 50/50, that way you both win. :)

Haragos on June 16, 2010 at 16:56:25 Alumni nah this shirt is amazing love it.

imcrazy8 on June 17, 2010 at 01:51:37 make this shirt already!!!!

mavericktiger on Aug. 31, 2010 at 02:51:37 Alumni @8randon.... see the comments made by Billions McMillions in the above comments

Subtleties on Dec. 17, 2010 at 20:57:24 Love what you did with R2 and 3PO.

DayVeeThe on March 3, 2011 at 08:38:57 Why it isnt printed yet?