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Adventures in Marketing || BY Jen Yamato || 01 09 2012 6:00 PM

Today in Star Wars Insanity: Vader Burgers, Darth Tea and the Church of Jediism

Star Wars Jedi Burger

If Yoda shilling for cup noodles made your skin crawl and your soul cry “Nooooo,” get ready to feel the Force sell-out even harder, and weirder, with a recent spate of George Lucas-approved shameless Star Wars marketing tie-ins. First, there’s Darth Maul and Yoda stumping for Lipton iced tea. Embarrassing, but that’s nothing compared to the super disgusting idea of a Darth Vader-themed hamburger featuring black-dyed buns. Blech. These are not the burgers you’re looking for, at least not to eat.
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Newswire || BY || 10 20 2011 12:10 PM

John Travolta Doesn't Understand How KFC Works

John Travolta Doesn't Understand How KFC Works

According to The Daily Mail, last Friday while in West Sussex, England for an annual Scientology event, John Travolta asked one of his reps to reserve a table at the local KFC for him and his guests. The KFC employee who answered the phone kindly explained to the actor's rep that fast food chains operate on a first come-first serve basis, even if the customer was John Travolta. Sadly, the actor never got his table or his fried chicken, instead going directly to a charity dinner. A spokesman for KFC has since released a statement about the Travolta debacle: "In hindsight, of course, we would have reserved a table for him. It's not every day you get a Hollywood star eating in your restaurant." [Daily Mail]