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Parisian Pins What was the inspiration behind the
design of the pins?
When I fi rst saw Star Wars in 1977,
I loved the Millennium Falcon, but
Exclusive collectibles from Disneyland Paris it became iconic for me from the
moment the Kenner toy came out.
t Disney parks around Star Wars Insider: How did your I fantasized about that toy, which
A the globe, fans can find collaboration with Disneyland Paris I never owned as a child. Through
come about?
my personal Star Wars journey, I had
some amazing Star Wars
collectibles—with many Patrice Girod: As your readers will the opportunity to get to know Joe
exclusively at each location. Insider know, Disneyland’s pins are very Johnston, who is a director that I have
recently spoke to Patrice Girod, who popular around the world. Disneyland admired enormously. His work on Star
has designed a brand new set of pins Paris had already collaborated in the Wars is just phenomenal, and basing
for Disneyland Paris that will be past with key influencers to develop my pin collection on the Millennium
available from spring 2019. specific collections for fans. As I have Falcon is my way of paying homage to
been lucky to have worked with the Joe’s design of Han Solo’s iconic ship.
Star Wars brand for more than 20 years
(Girod was the first editor of Lucasfi lm Can you tell us more about each
Magazine, France’s fi rst offi cial Star individual pin?
Wars magazine), my relationship with I had a flash of inspiration for one
the saga is unique, and has made me where we could have a Falcon cockpit
something of a specialist in France. that could open to reveal all the
I also worked on several Star Wars characters sitting in the ship. One of
exhibitions and official books, most the pins features dice, which of course
recently with my longtime writing is an homage to Han’s lucky dice
partner Arnaud Grunberg, on the that we saw in Solo : A Star Wars Story
art book Star Wars: Objets du Mythe. (2018). That one, I really like a lot. On
Since 2015, I have collaborated with the “spinner” pin, you can spin the dial
Disneyland Paris on a number of Star behind the Millennium Falcon to show
Wars events, so all of that experience the lightspeed effect, and fi nally we
led the team there to contact me to have the “Jumbo,” a huge, out-of-this-
develop this new collection of pins world chrome pin. It’s breathtaking.
for 2019. The box is wonderful, with a blueprint
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