College sports fans are about to find that the universe of Star Wars has found its way on to the campuses and into their sports apparel and accessories lines. To borrow a phrase from that other franchise, resistance is futile.
Now college sports fans can celebrate their school pride with new iconic designs from the Star Wars saga! Everything you need for an intergalactic sports showdown: T-shirts, caps, throws, outerwear, lunchboxes, coolers, and more featuring each college’s unique graphics and favorite Star Wars characters like Yoda, Darth Vader, stormtroopers, and more. Almost 60 schools are participating so far.
The apparel is already available at top retailers such as Kohls and Old Navy, and the entire range will roll out to campus stores nationwide this fall. I very much hope they decide to carry these at the parks too. The Co-op Marketplace at Disney Springs would be the perfect place for these.
This actually isn’t all that new of an idea, in the old Team Mickey Downtown Disney location, Disney used to sell t-shirts and accessories for a small number of colleges with Disney characters on it (Donald Duck for Oregon, but mostly Mickey Mouse).
See a complete list of participating schools below the jump:
Participating schools:
The University of Alabama
The University of Arizona
Arizona State University
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Auburn University
Boise State University
Boston College
BYU
University of California, Berkeley
University of Cincinnati
The Citadel
Clemson University
University of Colorado
University of Connecticut
University of Florida
Florida State University
Georgetown University
University of Georgia
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Illinois
The University of Kansas
LSU
University of Louisville
University of Maryland
The University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Missouri
University of Nebraska
Northwestern University
The University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Oregon State University
University of the Pacific
The Pennsylvania State U
University of Pittsburgh
Purdue University
State Univ. of New Jersey, Rutgers
San Diego State University
University of South Carolina
University of South Florida
Syracuse University
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Texas A&M University
Texas Christian University
Texas Tech University
UCLA
U.S. Air Force Academy
University of Utah
Vanderbilt University
The University of Virginia
Virginia Tech
Villanova University
Wake Forest University
Washington State University
Weber State University
West Virginia University
University of Wisconsin