Hilarious. It incorporates what we know now from the prequels into what might have happened when Darth Vader had to tell the Emperor what happened at the end of the first Star Wars movie:
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Here's a bonus bit of analysis from last week's Casual Fridays study. In addition to asking respondents how familiar they were with our selection of stories, we also asked them to describe some detail of the story that was independently verifiable, like how the story ended.
The reason we did this…
The actual content of the post I'm highlighting isn't really all that amusing. It's actually quite pertinent in a real-world context.
But I really love how they've taken actually useful information that might be a bit dry and businessy and using a Star Wars / pop-cultural reference made it into…
It was high times for the Rebel Alliance at the end of Return of the Jedi (1983). Across the galaxy, crowds rejoiced at the destruction of the second Death Star and the apparent defeat of Emperor Palpatine. Princess Leia Organa, who two films earlier had seen her home planet exploded for sport, was…
[This post is tremendously nerdy Star Wars fan ranting. There is no physics. You have been warned!]
Let me get this straight: I tremendously enjoyed Star Wars: Episodes 1-3. I enjoyed them in all their badly-acted, incoherently characterized, effects-dependent glory. Every single one of them I…
Can't breathe...laughing...too hard...
That's from "Robot Chicken," Seth Green's action figure stop-animation sketch show on adult swim. Great show.
best.robot chicken.ever.
Robot Chicken, especially the second season, hits far more than it misses, and that was one of the better bits so far. New episodes Sunday night at 11:30 pm on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.
I was soooo depressed. Its frickin' raining on Memorial Day weekend. I figured I'd check into RI one more time.
Then I clicked on this link (it took forever to load and play, I have a 400mHz iMac from the Stone Age).
I laughed. I cried. I feel better.
I think I'll get another beer and watch some more cable.
That was one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Whoooo...still crying.
good gosh that was funny as hell. loved the bleeper.
Too bad I don't have cable. :(
Did you notice...
... the Emperor seems voiced by Seth MacFarlane?
... the telephone rings are similar to the ones of 24?