For those who had problems a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, they were fortunate to have the Darth Vader Psychic Hotline. Using the force, Darth Vader could scry your past, your present and your future (if you had one...) and then drop some Dr. Phil-like reality on your nerf-herding butt.
Thank GOD Star Wars was not a 1970s television show (though it still would have been better than the Phantom Menace). I'm particularly a fan of the split-screen Darth Vader shots.
Count me among the once-proud Star Wars geeks. A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Revenge of the Jedi (I refuse to acknowledge the change to "Return of the Jedi!"). I live and breathe those films.
And then came the "Special Editions." Ok, so Greedo shot at Han first. That really sucks, but whatever. I can live with it. Empire had some nice new matte paintings and some better-looking special effects. Then came the final "Special Edition."
All Star Wars fans should have known how the prequels would turn out simply by watching the unimaginable suck explosion Lucas made out of the musical act in Jabba's palace.
This documentary hopes to probe the deep reverence Star Wars fans had for Lucas compared to the intense avarice we all... er fans all felt at the Prequels. Fart jokes. Poop jokes. Stupid kid actors. Jar Jar freaking Binks.
Obviously, I have some strong feelings on the matter (as any true Star Wars geek would have), but I'll take those to the comments if anyone cares to engage.
Star Wars, retold by someone who's never seen the movies
We here at Watch This Now once thought that everyone in the known universe had seen the Star Wars movies and loved them like we do (except for the fourth movie that's really the first movie with the kid and the mito-whatevers and Jar-Jar Binks, because that one is just awful).
Now we've come to find that there's someone out there named Amanda who's never seen any of the movies -- even Return of the Jedi -- but thinks she's seen enough of them to reconstruct them for her friend Joe. Joe taped her version of the movies, threw in some Flash animation, and put the whole thing up on the Internets.
Best line: "I'm going to, like, the dark side, or whatever."
Remember that scene in Empire Strikes Back with all the bounty hunters? Most people don't appreciate the pains it took to assemble such a motley group of freaks to go after Han Solo. Here's a little insight into how it went down and why Boba Fett was the only one able to actually track down Solo.
Screw the presidential election. We need to devote serious time to this upcoming galactic election. My question: Is Lando Calrissian really ready to lead? I agree with Admiral Akbar when he screams out, "It's a trap!"
The Internet has spawned a universe of renegade video: an outpouring of parody, celebrity, sci-fi, bloopers, undiscovered talent and weirdness that defies category. We're in an age where homemade clips flare into worldwide phenomena.
We like this stuff. We think about it. And we show you our favorites.
JON BURSTEIN
Burstein watches anything on television and spends too much time looking for stupid viral videos, according to his wife...
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KATHY BUSHOUSE
Someday, if she's lucky, Bushouse will get to appear on VH1's "The World Series of Pop Culture" and finally use her ability...
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BRIAN HAAS
A crime reporter at the Sun Sentinel, he’s a dork among dorks with interests in video games, Lost, Heroes and science...
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JUSTIN L. ABROTSKY
The self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Online News Producer," he watched far too much television in the 1990s...
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