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Another day, another George Lucas related kerfluffle. There's an, um, interesting new character in Star Wars: The Clone Wars named Zero Ziro the Hutt. He's purple, covered in sky blue tattoos, sports a peacock feather behind his squashy head, and really digs Cher.

Ok, I made that last one up, but only just barely. Because according to MTV, Jabba's uncle, Ziro the Hutt "is a gay stereotype that makes what Jar Jar Binks represented to the island of Jamaica look subtle by comparison." It's not his look, design, or movements that push him into iffy waters, but the voice: Ziro speaks like Truman Capote.

Why? Because Lucas insisted on it. Director Dave Filoni was one of many among the crew that was caught off guard by the request. "Ziro, Jabba's uncle, originally spoke in Hutt-ese, like Jabba and then he had a different sluggish voice just like Jabba, and then George one day was watching it and said 'I want him to sound like Truman Capote.' He actually said that and we were like 'Wow!' It's a hybrid of it but the inspiration is definitely there on Capote. It's one of those things that takes him from being an interesting character and I think really does put him over the top and does something. He's a favorite among the crew here."

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While tooling around online today, I came across these unbelievably awesome rejected Star Wars merchandising pitches over at Action Figure Insider. Apparently, none of these ever made it out of the pitch stage, but I, personally, probably would've purchased at least five of them. Tell me you wouldn't totally rock out a Han Solo in Carbonite Mini-Fridge! Heck yeah! One of these (in a re-tooled format) is actually coming out in the near future (the R2-D2 projector), but the toy I'd definitely purchase in a heartbeat is the Death Star Grill (photo after the jump) -- for those days when you want to cook a burger and blow up a planet at the same time. Other cool pitches include an At-At Chair Caddy, a Darth Vadar gumball machine, a Jabba the Hutt Beanbag and a wicked cool TaunTaun Suit (Halloween would never be the same). Check out a few of these rejected merchandising pitches after the jump, then head to Action Figure Insider to see the rest.

Which would be your must-have item?