Here’s an Amazon holiday deal you might not have been expecting — save 20% off the price of the Echo Dot Star Wars Bundle and bring home a brand-new Echo Dot and limited-edition The Mandalorian Helmet Stand for just $80. That part is pretty straightforward, but with Easter and Passover behind us and Memorial Day still a month off, you might be wondering what holiday is this attached to?
We’re talking about Star Wars Day, of course — May the 4th be with you. This year, however, is a special Star Wars day where you might want to trade in the standard catchphrase greeting with “This is the way.” This Amazon Echo Dot Star Wars Bundle is timed perfectly, because just two short weeks after Star Wars Day, the big premiere of The Mandalorian & Grogu, the latest big-screen installation in the Star Wars canon.
Alexa, But Cooler
The limited-edition Mandalorian helmet stand’s key trick is the light-up feature. It illuminates every time you say “Alexa,” which is the kind of detail that sounds gimmicky until you’ve got it running in a dark room — at which point it’s exactly the kind of thing that earns its spot on a desk or nightstand. The stand is designed specifically for 4th and 5th Gen Echo Dot units, fits securely, and is built to keep the microphones and sound output unobstructed, so the collectible packaging doesn’t compromise the actual speaker.
On the Echo Dot side, the functionality is what you’d expect from Amazon’s core smart speaker. Alexa handles music from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and others, manages smart home devices through voice commands, and responds to questions, timers, alarms, and the usual utility requests. Despite the fact you’ll be talking to The Mandalorian, however, Alexa cannot perform any bounty-hunter duties.
Smart Home Is the Way
The Echo Dot’s built-in motion and temperature sensors let you set up automated routines — lights that trigger when you enter a room, a fan that kicks on when the temperature climbs past a threshold — without needing additional hardware. It also pairs with other Echo devices for whole-home audio or home theater setups with Fire TV.
At $80 for the Echo Dot Star Wars Bundle, down from the regular $100, you’re effectively getting the Echo Dot at close to its standard standalone price and the limited-edition Mandalorian stand for the difference — which, for a licensed Star Wars collectible with interactive lighting, is a reasonable split. The helmet stand isn’t sold separately, so this is the only way to get it, and you’ll have it in plenty of time for both Star Wars Day and the premiere of The Mandalorian & Grogu.
