Why did it have to be Space Slugs?

The 30th anniversary of Star Wars will leave no merchandising opportunity unturned, and the exclusive Space Slug Enviorama (seen above) is an example of this in action. I mean I love Star Wars as much as the next fanboy, but in all my many years of hanging out at conentions I never heard one person blurt out “Ya know, I wish Lucas would put out a Space Slug model!” The other odd thing is that slug looks oddly, well somewhat, err, I’ll say it: somewhat phallic looking:

30th Anniversary Exclusive Space Slug Enviorama

Although I’d have to admit that the tiny Millenium Falcon looks sort of cute…