{"id":3983,"date":"2010-08-11T06:45:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T10:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3983"},"modified":"2010-08-10T23:46:31","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T03:46:31","slug":"empire-strikes-back-dack-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/11\/empire-strikes-back-dack-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Strikes Back Dack figure with retro packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dack from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> has taken on near-mythical status with geeks.\u00a0 When we first meet Dack he demonstrates his boundless enthusiasm with the line:<\/p>\n

“Right now I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As someone that’s watched the film a few times, this line is quite sad with the foresight that Dack has mere minutes of screen time until his death.<\/p>\n

I was in Target last week and came across this amazingly cool Dack figure!\u00a0 I had no idea they’d finally produced a figure for this hero to expendable pilots everywhere!\u00a0 It’s even on retro-packaging, including the “Free Boba Fett” offer!\u00a0 So very cool.<\/p>\n

\"Dack<\/p>\n

Here is Dack’s other well known line:<\/p>\n

“Luke, we’ve got a malfunction in fire control. I’ll have to cut in the auxiliary.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, what can we learn from Dack?\u00a0 If you ever have a problem with “fire control” while flying, get the hell out ASAP!<\/p>\n

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