This product/prop explores a merger of cultural influences.
The original Star Wars opened in theaters in 1977 and production design was informed by the technology and design of the times. Decades later, this 70s sensibility continues to inform the film franchise prop, set and costume design.
The automatic drip coffee maker was invented in Cleveland in the 1970s and was launched by North American Systems (NAS) as the Mr. Coffee brand in 1972. By the time of the debut of Star Wars, the company was selling more than 40,000 coffee machines a day.
In the Star Wars Series ‘Andor,’ characters can be seen making and drinking ‘caf’ (the parallel of Earthly coffee). The Imperial Caf Processor embodies a cutting-edge 1970s product as if it lived in the Star Wars Universe.
