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beardedcrow.bsky.social
Moving away from #CascadiaEntertainmentSystem #SoccerScarves to another #TimberArmy #FanMerch group, the similar era #RoseCityRebels, for some #StarWars themed #SoccerScarves #TimbersArmy #RCTID #PortlandTimbers #TimbersFC #FootballScarves
Three Star Wars themed scarves from the Rose City Rebels fan made merch group for the Timbers Army fans of Portland Timbers. Top to bottom: top scarf is themed after the first Star Wars movie, New Hope, is says “The North End” in smaller Star Wars font, below in large print across the majority of the scarf it says “A wretched hive of scum and villainy”, the North End is a geographical nickname for the Timbers Army section of the stadium, and the wretched hive line is a quote from New Hope, the background and fringe is dark brown, the text is tan; the center scarf is themed after the second movie, The Empire Strikes Back (ESB), in large green Star Wars font it says “The Rose City Strikes Back”, on each end of the scarf the fringe is a mix of green and white, above is on the left end written perpendicular to the length of the scarf it says “Save the Tauntaun” on the right end is says “Gut the fish”, which is reference to a scene in ESB where an animal is sliced open to keep someone from freezing only its saying to use a fish instead which is in reference to the “Seattle Flounders” nickname for the rival Seattle Sounders team, above the text on each end is a logo that looks like the Star Wars rebel logo turned sideways and the center point turned into a double sided axe, in the center of the logos are Jefferson pine trees, the background of the scarf is bars of blue, white, and green, which is a reference to the Cascadia flag; the bottom scarf is themed after the 3rd movie, Return of the Jedi (ROTJ), in large gold Star Wars font it says “Rose City Rebels” and below “Return of the Green & Gold”, the background is green, the fringes on the end are a mix of green and gold, above the fringes is a modified Star Wars rebel lego, combined with the iconic New Hope poster, only the center point of the rebel logo looks like Luke’s vertically extended lightsaber but the tip turns into a double sided axe, and the outside ends look sort of like Leia’s fluttering cape. Backsides of the scarves, top to bottom: top scarf depicts a landscape of Tatooine (Luke Skywalker’s home planet and the setting for some of New Hope movie), foreground colors are dark brown, midground colors are light brown, and the skybox is tan with a yellow and orange sun in the sky, on the left is a sandperson standing on a building and shaking their spear in the air, to the right of it is the dome and antenna array of Luke’s home, to the right is Luke’s landspeeder hover car, to the right of that is the icon arched entrance side of the Portland Timber’s stadium with the clock in the center arc, I believe it is supposed to represent the Mos Eisley Cantina from New Hope, and finally on the right edge is Jabba the Hutt’s palace off in the distance on some cliffs that grow off the edge of the scarf; the center scarf depicts the snow battle on Hoth from Empire Strikes Back, the background is comprised of white (snow) mountains with dark grey (earth) highlights against a light grey skybox, there are three dark grey AT-AT Imperial walkers approaching from the left, the closest one to the view has what appears to be the Seattle Space needle as a logo on its side (in reference to the Timbers rivals, the Seattle Sounders), one walker is toppled in the background, in the center is fish bones (reference to the Seattle “Flounders”), on the right are double axe wielding Tauntaun riders, emerging from a base that looks like the arched entrance to the Timbers stadium, an axe shaped space ship flies above; the bottom scarf depicts the Battle of Endor from Return of the Jedi, in the center is a dark green silhouette of a wookie holding an axe, above in the light grey skybox is a dark grey Death Star, the dish of the Death Star has light and dark green panels, in the sky are spaceships some look like axes some look like Tie Fighters, on the edges are toppled AT-ATs
March 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
beardedcrow.bsky.social
Fun bonus, a fake action figure card that came with the #RoseCityRebels #StarWars scarves. The mail in offer was real and I ordered it with a second copy the provided us, but I don’t remember the scarf I got and it wasn’t with the collection I found today.
Printed cardboard rectangle meant to look like front side of the backing of an 1980s Star Wars action figure. The main picture is a sliced log draped in scarves, which is where Timber Joey cuts off log slabs as goal celebrations during Portland Timbers games. In center text, it says “Save the Tauntaun”, in reference to a joke on one of the related scarves, see scarf post alt-text for details. Above, where it would normally say Star Wars, it says “Rose City Rebels”. There is a solid green box where the action figure would normally be placed. The entire thing is framed in think yellow lines. In the upper left corner is the Rose City Rebels” logo, which is a mix of the Star Wars rebels logo, an iconic New Hope poster, and a double sided task (more detailed description in alt-text on scarf post), in the upper right it says “Ages 4 and up” The backside of the fake Star Wars action figure box. There are two main panels. At the top is “R2TA: Rose City Rebels” and to the right “Collect all 9!” Below is a yellow background panel, it features pictures of all the scarves and patches the group had made, along with numbers that refer to words below with the name of each product, these were actually produced. Below, in a dark green panel, it says “Special Offer: Free* Bonus Scarf” “Exclusive offer only available to purchasers of the R2TA Bundle #2” “*To receive your scarf: 1) Send $14.93 (shipping and handling fee) via PayPal to [email address redacted], will be refunded if step 2 is not completed, 2) Mail in one original R2TA proof of purchase (below), along with your name and mailing address to: R2TA Bonus Scarf, PO BOX [redacted], Mesa, AZ. Payment and proof of purchase make be received by July 17th, 2017 (no exceptions). Allow 3-4 weeks for delivery. Offer valid only in the US”. In the bottom right corner is the proof of purchase with dotted lines indicating where to cut. The proof of purchase is the aforementioned Rose City Rebels logo and written in it is “R2TA Bundle #2 Proof of Purchase”. This was a real offer, thankfully they sent us two cards so we could cut one and keep one intact. I can’t remember or find the scarf I got.
March 29, 2025 at 11:36 PM