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We were pretty psyched to get an early peek at the R2D2 mailboxes that the USPS distributed through the U.S. to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the series, along with Star Wars themed postage stamps. Some creative Flickr user decided to make the best of the themed boxes and scored some interestingness points on Flickr because of it.

Sheer genius! Next we need to see a bitch fight between the R2D2 mailbox and a C3PO phallic toting trading card. — Andrew Dobrow

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Before their emergence into public use, we told you about R2D2 mailboxes celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. To continue the commemorative campaign, now emerges the Star Wars stamps to go along with the mailboxes. The official Star Wars stamp series comes with 15 different designs, all featuring familiar faces from the movies.

And if that wasn’t nerdy enough, there is a poll being held at the site for USPS Jedi Master to choose the favorite stamp design, which will be featured on its own sheet once the poll is over. We voted for the Yoda stamp. We’ve always held a place in our heart for the little old green guy. So far, there has been 25,164 votes cast with 55 days to go. You can expect much more. — Andrew Dobrow

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About two weeks ago we reported on these R2D2 themed mailboxes in honor of Star Wars’ 30th anniversary being celebrated this year. Following-up on the story, like the well balanced journalists that we are, here are some photos of the droid R2 units being used in the wild, rather than sitting in a depot waiting to be placed. We believe these were seen in Washington D.C. It’s cool to see them out in the playing field. Much like collectible stamps, perhaps mailbox containers will be the next widely used USPS service. — Andrew Dobrow

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Such an odd turn of events. R2-D2 finally getting his props as more than just some beeping robot in Star Wars. These R2-D2 themed mailboxes will help celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars this year, and will be spread across America. They might not be a very accurate depiction of the R2 unit, but then again, what could a droid do with your mail?

The website labeled on the mailboxes, uspsjedimaster.com, is still a dead link so the project is definitely not well known yet or even being publicized. This URL title leads us to believe that the postal service will have more Star Wars themed tie-ins as well, in addition to the R2-D2 boxes. Maybe some Chewbacca stamps? I’ve always thought the wookie was an under appreciated character. — Andrew Dobrow

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