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Careful Ren Zine
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Official home of the TFA 10th Anniversary Kylux Zine, "Careful, Ren," those two little words that started it all!

EXPECTED SHIP DATE: ~Dec. 15th
Cost: $10 (pdf only) (PHYSICAL ORDERS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU!)

https://ko-fi.com/darthastris
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LOOK AT THEM
The slipcase (a black cover with Kylo’s saber and the FO symbol, to look like a “10”). The spine. The book cover peeking out from the slipcase. A random set of pages (w art by GenerallyHuxurious and blackkingsdream). OMG it looks so fucking good!!!
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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*Poltergeist voice*

They’re heeeeeeeere!

(And they’re BEAUTIFULLLLLLLL!!!!)
12 (HEAVY) boxes of zines! The unboxing! IT’S JUST THERE INSIDE THE BUBBLE WRAP!
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Only thing left is waiting on the last ~100 dog tags arriving and then the books themselves!
Stacks of boxes plus trading cards and the wrapped dog tags!
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Trading cards all packed! Now I’m going to wrap all of the dog tags in an extra layer of origami paper so they don’t scratch the books.

(Please don’t judge my awful wrapping skills. 😂)
Origami paper, stickers and dog tags in little baggies, also a row of completed trading card sets.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Today it’s sorting and bagging trading card sets all day. 🎉
A set of trading cards in a polybag and a shitton of empty bags and cards that still haven’t been sorted into sets.
November 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The merch is all here (except for the extra Hux dog tags)! All the trading cards have been cut, and the “point cards” and bookmarks have all been hand trimmed. That was A LOT but it’s all done now!

Tomorrow I will be packing the trading cards into baggies and starting to box things up for mailing!
The PILE of merch and boxes for the zine! Me, hand trimming 800 bookmarks. A stack of finished bookmarks and point cards.
November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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It begins!
Me with a paper cutter, separating and trimming trading cards!
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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The trading cards have arrived and they look amazing! Now I’m going to be cutting cards for a decade. 😅
A lot a lot a lot a lot of postcards that need to be cut into trading cards.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Not that long, actually! 😻🌸
215 handwritten thank you cards for the zine orders!
November 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Bets on how long it takes me to hand write 215 thank you notes? 😂😭😂😭😂😭😂
16 different designs of sakura blossoms and cute cats as little thank you note cards that I will be filling out to include with the zines! <3
November 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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DONE! (Still need to order like… checks notes… almost 100 more? 😅)
A bag full of individually bagged Hux dog tags.
October 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Boxes done! (Still need to buy, like… 40 more so far!)

Next up, individually packing the dog tags!
Too many boxes. The dog tags and polybags.
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Today I am folding all the boxes! (And I still need to buy about 40 more! We have almost 200 orders!!!)
A ridiculously large pile of assembled (and even more unassembled) boxes for mailing the zine!
October 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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ORDERS FOR THE ZINE WILL CLOSE ON OCT. 31st (midnight Japan time)!

Full bundle is $45 USD
PDF ONLY is $10 USD

ko-fi.com/darthastris

(thank you to @collophorid.bsky.social ) for putting together these lovely promo images!)

(see images and alt text for details!)
Image showing the pdf only of the zine for $10, OR the merch package for the full bundle at $45, which includes: -a full color, A4-sized, 116 PAGE book -a slipcase to hold the book -2 A4-sized clearfile folders of the zine cover and slipcase art -4 bookmarks -1 hexagonal coaster -4 art postcards -2 B5-sized sticker sheets (with multiple stickers by multiple artists!) -16 trading cards of the "greatest moments" in kylux history -1 double-sided metal Hux dog tag (w/ FO symbol on front & Hux's details on back) -1 PDF copy will also be included with the physical zine purchase ORDERS CLOSE ON OCT. 31st AT MIDNIGHT JAPAN TIME, so get your copy now @ www.ko-fi.com/darthastris Image showing the pdf only of the zine for $10, OR the merch package for the full bundle at $45, which includes: -a full color, A4-sized, 116 PAGE book -a slipcase to hold the book -2 A4-sized clearfile folders of the zine cover and slipcase art -4 bookmarks -1 hexagonal coaster -4 art postcards -2 B5-sized sticker sheets (with multiple stickers by multiple artists!) -16 trading cards of the "greatest moments" in kylux history -1 double-sided metal Hux dog tag (w/ FO symbol on front & Hux's details on back) -1 PDF copy will also be included with the physical zine purchase ORDERS CLOSE ON OCT. 31st AT MIDNIGHT JAPAN TIME, so get your copy now @ www.ko-fi.com/darthastris
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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And the dog tags are GORGEOUS!
A ~30mm stainless steel dog tag in a hexagonal shape with the First Order symbol on the front and "Hux, A. GEN. ID-56969" on the back, in aurebesh. A ~30mm stainless steel dog tag in a hexagonal shape with the First Order symbol on the front and "Hux, A. GEN. ID-56969" on the back, in aurebesh.
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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The Hux dog tags arrived today and they’re BEAUTIFUL!

The first 100 orders of the zine will have these included, so if you already got your orders in, you will receive one! (I will also look into getting more made if we continue to receive more orders!)
A hexagonal, steel, First Order dog tag (with the FO symbol on the front side and “Hux, A. Gen. ID-56969” in aurebesh on the reverse). A hexagonal, steel, First Order dog tag (with the FO symbol on the front side and “Hux, A. Gen. ID-56969” in aurebesh on the reverse).
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

The first 100 orders will receive a REAL METAL HUX DOGTAG!

(If you have already ordered, you will receive it, don’t worry!)

We are at 91 orders currently!

(If we exceed 100, I will try to get more but for now, it will be limited to the first 100!)

Here is a sample of the front
A sample of the Hux dogtag. It measures ~30mm, is brushed stainless steel, laser engraved in black with a First Order logo on the front and “Hux, A., Gen., ID-56969” in aurebesh on the back. The design of the front of the Hux dogtag. It measures ~30mm, is brushed stainless steel, laser engraved in black with a First Order logo on the front and “Hux, A., Gen., ID-56969” in aurebesh on the back. The design of the back of the Hux dogtag. It measures ~30mm, is brushed stainless steel, laser engraved in black with a First Order logo on the front and “Hux, A., Gen., ID-56969” in aurebesh on the back.
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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The "Careful, Ren" 10th Anniversary Kylux Zine has now sold *80* COPIES! I am blown away by how much love there is for kylux after 10 long years!❤️

If we can sell 100 copies, we will have reached enough funding to add *10 MORE PAGES*!

Currently, we are at 100 pages, plus AMAZING merch!
Careful, Ren (image of Kylo and Hux leaning close to one another, with a knife drawing a thin cut across Kylo's jaw) 10th Anniversary Kylux Zine
October 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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🚨ATTENTION, ALL KYLUX SHIPPERS!🚨

The CAREFUL, REN 10th anniversary kylux zine has reached its minimum order to fulfill a print run!🎉

Further orders will help us to add more merch, so please keep those orders coming!

$45 USD, worldwide shipping included!

ko-fi.com/darthastris
Promo art by @pangaeastarseed on tumblr and insta!
August 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM