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In another galaxy, another time Teenage Mutant Jedi Turtles almost happened

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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Imagine a world where Star Wars not only crossed over with the Transformer universe, but also lifted the manhole covers of New York and went into the sewers. Back in the 90’s that almost happened as Playmates pitches an idea where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossed realities and became Star Wars characters. Imagine, Darth “Shredder” Vader meets Luke “Leonardo” Skywalker, or Leia “April” Organa fights alongside “Michelangelo” Chewbacca and “Donatello” C-3PO.

The original Instagram post landed in January 2020, when geeks_antiques first posted the Playmates concept artwork, pointing out that while the Turtles never visited a galaxy far, far away they did go galactic with the Star Trek franchise. The team at Jedi Temple Archives delved deeper into the hostory of this what-might-have-been moment in an article.

Earlier this week, ‘Director, Influencer Relations at Warner Bros. Games’ Alan Johnson reposted the images, wiith some clearer versions that caught a lot of people’s eyes.

Well worth a delve and a read at what could have been a fun detour into the sewers.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Imagine a world where Star Wars not only crossed over with the Transformer universe, but also lifted the manhole covers of New York and went into the sewers. Back in the 90’s that almost happened as Playmates pitches an idea where the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles crossed realities and became Star Wars characters. Imagine, Darth “Shredder” Vader meets Luke “Leonardo” Skywalker, or Leia “April” Organa fights alongside “Michelangelo” Chewbacca and “Donatello” C-3PO.

The original Instagram post landed in January 2020, when geeks_antiques first posted the Playmates concept artwork, pointing out that while the Turtles never visited a galaxy far, far away they did go galactic with the Star Trek franchise. The team at Jedi Temple Archives delved deeper into the hostory of this what-might-have-been moment in an article.

Earlier this week, ‘Director, Influencer Relations at Warner Bros. Games’ Alan Johnson reposted the images, wiith some clearer versions that caught a lot of people’s eyes.

Well worth a delve and a read at what could have been a fun detour into the sewers.

Sourcegeeks_antiques
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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