Nothing encourages kids to clean up more than a Star Wars themed soap. And this one is pretty awesome. Luxury Lane Soap has a handcrafted Han Solo in Carbonite Stasis soap that just plain rocks. Each one is made by hand and detailed with matte and metallic pigments to give it that authentic Carbonite look.

It’s made with pure olive oil, shea butter and aloe vera and measures 4.2-inches x 2.25-inches and an inch thick. Only $6.50.

Soap has had it’s day and done it’s job admirably, but it may soon be dead. Plasma-gas filled boxes are here for all of your hand washing needs. Several laboratories are working on the technology. Turns out that bathing your hand in room-temperature plasma gas will kill even industrial grade bacteria like MRSA. It’s good for athlete’s foot too.

Hospitals are where they will show up first. Doctors and nurses could kill off bacteria, viruses, and fungi in just four seconds. Forget scrubbing. There are already some prototypes that are portable and wall-mounted, and they can cost as little as $100 to build.

Want to send someone a message about their personal hygiene? Why not gift them the Soap Mouse from Elecom. The company just launched this USB mouse that looks like… soap. Soap on a usb rope if you will.

The Elecom M-SP1UR/ M-SP2UR optical mouse features 800dpi resolution and weighs just 65-grams. It won’t clean anything and it just smells like plastic, but if you are a fan of soap, hey why not. It’s available in three colors and retails for 2000 Yen or about $21.