In an exclusive announcement with IGN, RockLove Jewelry – the company known for their high quality pieces with brands including Star Wars, Disney, Marvel, DC, and Pokemon – has revealed their new Star Wars jewelry line in collaboration with Lucasfilm.
The new collection consists of four pieces: R5-D4 Droid Necklace ($135 USD), MSE-6 Droid Necklace ($135 USD), Rebel Pilot Ring ($165 USD), and a Rose Gold Imperial Credit Necklace ($55 USD). The new line was originally planned to drop at SDCC 2020 at RockLove’s Star Wars booth in the Lucasfilm Pavilion, as well as online. All four pieces will be available for purchase at 9am PST on Wednesday, July 22 on RockLove’s website.
Take a peek at all of the new pieces in the slideshow below:
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IGN spoke with CEO and Designer of RockLove, Allison Cimino, about the newest Star Wars collaboration and how it connects to previous Star Wars pieces they’ve released.
“SDCC 2019 was the debut of the Star Wars™ | RockLove collection, celebrating the original trilogy,” Cimino said. “For SDCC 2020, we wanted to revisit that original trilogy and continue the narrative of the ‘small but mighty droids’ and add a new unisex ring. Additionally, we have the rose gold variation of the Imperial Credit necklace; the first, in yellow gold, having launched on May the 4th.”
Cimino said the Credit necklaces were made by working directly with Lucasfilm to use the original props from The Mandalorian. She added, “I’m excited to debut even more prop-inspired Credit variants throughout the rest of this year.”
The newest collection is very much focused on droids, and Cimino explained why she chose these characters to be represented in the line.
“The under-appreciated droids are a capsule collection I’ve always wanted to create, as they are quintessential to the Star Wars Galaxy. Today, we’re launching the R5-D4 and MSE-6 Droids, casually referred to as the Skippy and Mouse droids, which have fully articulated arms and ankles and wheels that roll. I truly love them as they express both my personal voice of how I create jewelry and the extremely detailed world-building of Star Wars,” Cimino said.
RockLove is known for incorporating articulation into jewelry pieces when possible – specifically with past Star Wars pieces such as the AT-AT Walker Necklace, Gonk Droid Necklace, and Porg Necklace.
“I’m a big nerd, not just where Star Wars is concerned, but also with the technology and engineering required in making jewelry,” Cimino said. “Not only do I draw the pieces, but I am involved through the process in its entirety. It is a personal challenge to see how pieces can articulate to further the storytelling of each character.”
Cimino’s most satisfactory piece from this new collection is the R5-D4 Droid, saying, “Not only does it have multiple points of articulation, but you can actually stand it up in that recognizable tripod shape. When wearing it, the droid is such a joy to move and fidget with, but when it’s off, it stands up on your desk!”
The Rebel Pilot Ring proved to be the most challenging to design in order to keep it authentic to the film, Cimino said, but in the end they were able to bring Luke’s helmet and yellow-orange visor to life.
“We wanted the helmet to look as accurate as possible, while still being able to add enamel details and retain that iconic shape,” Cimino explained. “In order to make the shape fit a variety of ring sizes, we had to choose a chunkier cocktail silhouette, otherwise the helmet would have lost its roundness and look warped on smaller fingers. In the end we found the perfect balance to fit any hand and keep the recognizable shape of the X-Wing Fighter helmet worn by Luke Skywalker himself.”
For the original Star Wars collection in 2019, RockLove collaborated with Ashley Eckstein, voice of Ahsoka Tano and founder of Her Universe, on an Ahsoka Tano ring that sold out at last year’s SDCC.
Cimino has now announced she has been working personally with Eckstein on creating new Ahsoka pieces to add to the ongoing Star Wars and RockLove collaboration. RockLove will be sharing more details at 3pm PST today on their Instagram (@RockLoveJewelry) for the Ladies of Licensing Virtual Con panel with Eckstein.
Stay tuned to IGN for all things SDCC with the digital event Comic-Con@Home beginning on Wednesday, July 22, and keep an eye out for RockLove jewelry during our livestreams to see them in digital-real life!
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Jessie Wade is Homepage Editor at IGN + has been part of the rebellion as far back as she can remember. If she could choose her own lightsaber color it would be citron. Follow her on Twitter @jessieannwade.
Source: IGN.com RockLove Reveals New Star Wars Collection for Comic-Con