The Phantom Menace came out 13-years-ago! Thirteen! Amazingly, people are still upset about Jar Jar Binks. Honestly, to think the lasting legacy of the prequel trilogy is an entire generation of adults pissed off that Lucas ruined their childhood is sour milk funny. Anyway, it’s insane, but kind of awesome that Lucas managed to create [...]
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Actor Chris Pratt is really feeling the force in this commercial for a new Star Wars Kinect game, which comes out in April. The commercial does a better job of selling me how enjoyable Pratt is on screen. The only thing that could make this better is if Ron Swanson turned out to be Darth [...]
“I’d never really considered the Vader-Draper parallels before, but they’re not a stretch, except for Dick Whitman not being nearly as punchable as Annakin Skywalker,” notes Maske over at Uproxx. And he’s right. Designer Dann Matthews swapped out Don Draper for Darth Vader for the opening credits of Mad Men and somehow the whole thing [...]
Here’s a bunch of dogs singing the “Imperial March” in the latest commercial from Volkswagen. The commercial claims “It will all make sense on February 5,” which, coincidentally, is the same day as the Super Bowl. I’m having a difficult time deciding which dog — the Ewok terrier, the Scotty Chewbacca, or the Black Lab Vader [...]
“Fear and Loathing on Tatooine” by Anton Marrast is pretty much genius. Pick up a copy courtesy of Society6 for $28. [via Colossal]
“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy to drink with.” — Obi-Wan Kenobi. After watching this video, and yes, you want it to be Rogue Squadron, but the spelling of it as Rouge Squadron is intentional, it feels like everyone should yell “Obi-Wan!” when he walks in. About the highest [...]
Great dog? Or greatest dog? [via KillRockStars]
