If you went out Star Wars<\/i> shopping on Force Friday, you probably found the same thing all of us did: a whole lot of disappointment, as stores quickly sold out of their product. If you're a sane person, you probably got a little annoyed, then maybe bought something else to make yourself feel better. On the other hand, if you're tinfoil-hat crazy, then you know that this was all a massive conspiracy designed to screw you out of buying toys.<\/p>\n
For those of you who don't do macrame instead of knitting<\/a>, let us explain. Jedi Temple Archives published an unedited letter from one of their readers<\/a>, Dan from Chicago, who is apparently one step away from thinking that the CIA is beaming signals to his fillings:<\/p>\n So Force Friday came and went and for many of us it was a complete letdown. Those of us who were (not unreasonably) expecting pallets upon pallets of merchandise at Midnight Madness were sorely letdown by the utter lack of product quantities. Yes, there were an abundance of SKU's across many licensees, but 10 or less of each SKU is simply not enough to satisfy basic demand, let alone support a heavily marketed midnight launch of Star Wars<\/i> merchandise. Disney and their licensees had plenty of time to prepare and stock up, and the complete lack of inventory at most retail establishments was simply baffling. Or was it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n