The Cross Townsend Star Wars special edition pens received a lot of press at their initial release, in connection with Star Wars: The Force Awakens back in 2015. While most commentary directed at these pens focused on the (too high, IMHO) price point, we found the designs well-executed, especially the “Stormtrooper” and “R2D2” pens. Goldspot was kind enough to loan me a Stormtrooper to review, and while I didn’t feel comfortable carrying a loaner pen of this value “out in the wild,” we did write with it for a bit and have some initial impressions.