Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
Behold these amazing Darth Maul and Chewbacca puppets customized from Project Puppet patterns.
I am in awe. Lucasfilm, take note: I would totally pay for something like this. I don’t go for the Sideshow/Gentle Giant stuff, but Muppets puppets? JUST TRY AND STOP ME FROM GIVING YOU MONEY.
Superman or Jedi? Could Mace Windu smack a superbitch? How about the Death Star? Other superheros? Kaiser Soze? Does it even matter? (Thanks Kelly!)
All the featured videos this week are… songvids! And not a one of them is Evanescence.
Weird Al’s ‘Jerry Springer’ proves to be a pretty good match for the saga. Who knew?
Palpatine does it his way. I really want to see this done with the punk version, too.
‘La Vie Boheme’ from Rent done up Harry Potter style. A bit slow to start, but it made me laugh out loud a couple times. (Thanks to Ruby for the find!)
– Cute French candy commercial.
– Jonathan Rinzler talks about Art of ROTS.
– Vader is an smartass.
– Classic Clip: Trooper Clerks.
Cherie Priest is a wicked goblin apologist.
Pablo Hidalgo and The Mysterious Animated Shadows of Return of the Jedi. He’s like Indiana Jones, in a way.
Darth Dan X explores the riddle of the Jedi prophecy.
RJ Peters on Obi-Wan and family.
DJ Maul profanes A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back with pop songs
Newsarama’s Grumpy Old Fan discovers Harry Potter ‘shippers.
Peter David considers public perception of sports fans vs. sci-fi and comic geeks.
The UnWookieepedia is good clean mocking fun. Especially the stuff about Obi-Wan, because we don’t know anyone like that at all. (Thanks McEwok!)
Do we really need MTV to tell us that the secret to franchise success is die-hard fans?
Tattoos have always kind of creeped me out, but those of you not so encumbered might enjoy the impressive collection of Star Wars tattoo photos at Tattoos and Toys. (via Boing Boing)
Do it for the children, Jo. And while you’re at it, be sure to mention, in bloody detail, how Voldemort took out Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy JUST BECAUSE HE COULD.
But hey, at least it might end all the shipping wars.
The carbon freezing sequence from Empire Strikes Back done entirely with action figures. Pretty impressive, though the synthesizer soundtrack makes me think more of The X-Files than Star Wars.
The Holy Sith is scenes from Revenge of the Sith with dialogue from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Because we were all thinking it anyway.
Joss Whedon’s Equality Now speech, because we need more reasons to love the man.
Ryan Cartwright wonders what it would be like to be Hayden Christensen.
– Pong Wars!
– ‘1979’ ESB trailer
– Drawing Mr. Vader
– POTC, with lightsabers
– ‘Jarth Mader’ on The Chappelle Show
The Dark Moose eulogizes a soldier and Star Wars fan killed in Iraq.
Sabrina Fried reads between the lines of Lucasfilm Licensing.
Lord_Noctifer considers architectural symbolism in the GFFA.
Sunnyskywalker has proof that Obi-Wan is Dumbledore.
Averii has some brief thoughts on characterization in the NJO.
Mikkeneko boils the Msscribe story to one simple concept: She Mary Sued herself.