Adidas rebirthed its ZX-range in 2020, introducing an all-too-familiar sneaker-umbrella to an industry populated by relentless Dunk, Jordan 1 and Yeezy launches; in fact, they even delved into archives to revitalise their infinitely popular Star Wars collaborative pairing first OFFICIALLY seen in 2010.
One whole decade ago, Three-Stripes and our beloved Star Wars franchise were already launching products to win the galaxy over. We saw Darth Vader on multiple occasions, Yoda’s moccasin, both Skywalker twins and a quartet of intergalactic space crafts; all of which were absorbed with minimum effort by their designated silhouette counterpart.
A factor that set adidas’ first Boba Fett tribute apart from those mentioned above, was the tauntaun-proportioned leap from an unofficially coined nickname emblazoned across Oregon’s Swoosh Dunk High SB to an official ZX800 sporting Boba’s Mandalorian logos on each heel.
Material-wise, we saw a contrast of leather and suede balanced out with heavy lateral canvas - as is clear to see, every panel could be traced back to its residing home within Fett’s bounty hunter armour and in-turn removing all possibility of confusion between green and blue shades the Mandalore’s family duo donned so recognisably.
Now onto 2020, where we celebrated a ten year partnership in tandem with 40 years of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK in tow; this time, Boba took form as adidas’ ‘Top Ten Hi’ model. Once more, we were presented with details a plenty starting with that infamously blaster bolt blemished beskar alloy Mandalorian Armour. Remember all of those Star Wars easter eggs that slowly spread through word of mouth back in the day? Well, open the Top Ten’s battle pouch to reveal; “You can run, but you’ll only die tired”.
