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Just before it gets Wookied as part of the adidas Originals Star Wars range, the Jogging High II maintains its dignity for this rough terrain colourway. This shoe was designed with some more testing jogging conditions in mind, so while some recent attempts to weld a hiker (after that New York times article, we're expecting even more of a brown leather avalanche for the next year or so) aesthetic have been like taking a Mogwai to water, this one adapts to it like the proverbial duck. Red laces in a Danner style, corresponding with the branding colour hasn't quite been done to death, and the soft leather on the tongue is appreciated too.

Letting the plugs in the midsole gradually fade to beige maintains some extra balance with the applied makeup and we actually prefer it it to the plainer original makeup that's set to drop next month. But that's just personal opinion. In this palette it ceases to just be a shining example of adidas's madcap early '80s genius and becomes a decent shoe in its own right. Extra kudos to adidas for resisting the urge to go D-ring, and letting the significantly less folksy ghilly lacing system do its thing. Strange to see this drop before the OG makeup, but these are in-store right now, and one of the best—albeit unlikely—Originals reissues of 2010.