Star Wars fun

January 30, 2005 10:42 AM

What Star Wars SHOULD be. Because parody is GOOD.
posted by Brandon Blatcher (34 comments total)

Slow. Grab the smallest file. After 20 minutes I have less than %25 of the 30 MB file.
posted by arse_hat at 11:00 AM on January 30, 2005

Someone give me the last 6:36 of my life back!

Ok, the part where R2D2 has the pregnancy test is kinda funny.
posted by papakwanz at 11:02 AM on January 30, 2005

Unwatchable.
posted by Daddio at 11:06 AM on January 30, 2005

Hysterical
posted by buriednexttoyou at 11:11 AM on January 30, 2005

Equal parts lame and hysterical.
posted by C.Batt at 11:15 AM on January 30, 2005

I'm with Papa.

I liked Yoda's drinking, though.
posted by dougunderscorenelso at 11:29 AM on January 30, 2005

[Out of curiosity, does anyone know where and when the "I want the last X minutes of my life back" line (like comment 2 above) started?]
posted by pracowity at 11:37 AM on January 30, 2005

I wish I had as much time to waste as these guys.
posted by JT at 11:51 AM on January 30, 2005

It had its moments.
posted by Krrrlson at 11:54 AM on January 30, 2005

Watching Jar-Jar hit repeatedly with tranq darts really worked for me. Otherwise, meh...
posted by beetsuits at 11:59 AM on January 30, 2005

You've got to love the emperor's performance, you joyless humps.
posted by dong_resin at 12:23 PM on January 30, 2005

I laughed.
posted by shoepal at 12:25 PM on January 30, 2005

Cute. Why the hell zip a media file though?
posted by bonehead at 12:33 PM on January 30, 2005

THE DEATHSTICLE.
posted by dong_resin at 12:35 PM on January 30, 2005

I cried. It was sad when they shot Bullwinkle with the darts.
posted by arse_hat at 12:36 PM on January 30, 2005

Excellent.
posted by rafter at 12:43 PM on January 30, 2005

Yeah. That trick never works.
posted by bonehead at 12:43 PM on January 30, 2005

Betwix-in-between.
It wasn't as good as "Hardware Wars" or "Troopers", yet it wasn't as bad as "Thumb Wars",
"Ewoks: Battle for Endor", the televised Christmas Special, or even the other Christmas album.
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:15 PM on January 30, 2005

Thanks, Dalek. I'd managed to forget all about "Ewoks: Battle for Endor" and you have to make me remember.
posted by neckro23 at 1:50 PM on January 30, 2005

OVER!
posted by HTuttle at 2:20 PM on January 30, 2005

Anakin's neck was freaking me out. They should have had him play this guy instead.
posted by keswick at 2:22 PM on January 30, 2005

Bonehead, the reason to zip a mov file is to prevent the QuickTime (or WMP) control from playing it was it downloads (which can be skippy in bandwidth limited situations, and can cause people to redownload it more than they would otherwise)
posted by aubilenon at 3:17 PM on January 30, 2005

I am quite unable to believe how so many people dedicated so many hours of work to something so hideously un funny. And with such ripe source material. A total dud.
posted by Marquis at 3:22 PM on January 30, 2005

[Out of curiosity, does anyone know where and when the "I want the last X minutes of my life back" line (like comment 2 above) started?]

From the Simpson's episode 3f18, "22 Short Films About Springfield."

Hans Moleman gets locked inside the Qwik-E-Mart and when Apu returns to release him Hans demands the five wasted minutes of his life back.
posted by sourwookie at 3:57 PM on January 30, 2005

Mentioned here.
posted by euphorb at 4:05 PM on January 30, 2005

The Anakin actor is a dork (of course, so is the one in the ral films), but I liked the EPT-1138 joke.
posted by notsnot at 4:06 PM on January 30, 2005

Ol' Lucas ain't gonna like that one. They used the music. Enjoy your cease and desist letter, boys.
posted by Captaintripps at 7:22 PM on January 30, 2005

Cracked me up! Good show. Mostly harmless!
posted by zoogleplex at 8:31 PM on January 30, 2005

It's right there, clear as purple crayon.

Best line of the bit.
posted by Tullius at 9:28 PM on January 30, 2005

Parody is good. This parody, not so much.
posted by kindall at 11:01 PM on January 30, 2005

ok, it was pretty lame in parts, but the whole " he drew it, look here " bit...was hillarious. I mean, it is about as deep as anyhting actualyl coming from the star wars franchise...i thought that was funny
posted by das_2099 at 4:03 AM on January 31, 2005

Giant hurt-ball!
posted by asok at 4:53 AM on January 31, 2005

I thought this was pretty damned funny...great green screening for someones first try.
posted by gren at 5:57 AM on January 31, 2005

I've seen better, but the quality and length of the "film" are still very impressive. I laughed.

The bloopers reel is pretty amusing as well.

"I told you not to call me that! ASS!" *snickers*
posted by Spacey at 12:19 PM on January 31, 2005