Javva the Hutt T-Shirt

The in-house coffee shop at Industrial Light & Magic is called “Javva the Hutt.” Here’s a shot of it on Flickr. Naturally, they have a Jabba theme, even displaying a number of action figures and the Illusive Concepts Jabba macquette, altered to hold a cup of coffee. I’ve never had the opportunity to go there, but they sell “Javva the Hutt” merchandise at the Lucasfilm gift shop, including T-shirts and coffee mugs. As far as I know they don’t do any kind of mail order (I even wrote a letter to the owner of the coffee shop c/o ILM asking if there was any way to buy merchandise through the mail, but didn’t receive a response). I’ve been on the lookout for one of these for some time, and finally snagged a T-shirt from ebay.

This is the newer logo. At one time they made shirts with a different logo — a painting of Jabba holding a cup of coffee and sitting on a pile of coffee beans. You can see it on the sign in the Flickr photo above. I’d like to get one of those someday as well, and maybe a coffee cup while I’m at it…

It has the motto “Industrial Strength Caffeine” under the “Javva the Hutt” title, and on one sleeve it reads “Industrial Latte + Magic” which is of course a parody of the Industrial Light & Magic logo.