Jabba the Hutt Chia Pet (Star Wars Celebration 2019 Exclusive)

Chia Pets have been around for years, but I’ve never actually had one. The basic idea is that you have a figure of some kind made of pottery that you smear a paste of chia seeds onto, and when the seeds sprout it looks like fur or hair. I never in a million years would have expected them to make a Jabba version, but I’m glad they did. This was available at Star Wars Celebration Chicago, although the box itself has a sticker that reads “2019 Convention Exclusive” so maybe they will be selling it elsewhere as well?

It includes a fairly large (maybe 8″ wide?) statue of Jabba on his throne. I think it’s really quite well done and includes a lot of detail on the throne, like pillows and the like. I think it works pretty well just as a statue, although of course it is made of hollow clay pottery.

They also give you a little wooden Salacious Crumb that you can stick in a slot in front of Jabba. I’m guessing it’s supposed to be similar to the little wooden sticks you put in the soil by plants to tell what they are? (Not a gardener.)

This was a little on the pricey side: $45 retail at the convention, and of course considerably more on the secondary market. So I don’t think I’ll be trying out the chia growing part of the product, since it will probably discolor the statue. Unfortunately I couldn’t bring myself to get two of them.

(By the way, this was included in this YouTube video I made about Celebration exclusives, if you want to see a bit more about it.)