The Smarmy Carny

Cuke Skywalker

There's a new Star Wars spoof out titled Store Wars: The Organic Rebellion.

All of the characters are made out of some sort of food, including Ham Solo and Chewbroccoli. Sort of like Veggie Tales, but no CGI, with the exception of some lasers and light sabres. Despite the blatant message (the movie was commissioned by the Organic Trade Association), the movie is still enjoyable to watch. This is the punniest food project since "I Lobster and Never Flounder."

This movie was made by Free Range Graphics, who also brought us The Meatrix.

May the farm be with you.

No comment.

I have seen Star Wars III, but I'm no Star Wars geek. (I'm a different type of geek.)

Regardless of your thoughts on Star Wars, you really must view The Parade of Unfortunate Star Wars Costumes. As I'm sure you are aware, there are plenty of Star Wars nerds and geeks out there who await the next Star Wars con so they can dress up as their favorite Star Wars character, regardless of whether their body shape happens to coincide with the character or not. Granted, most of the homemade costumes you see at cons are often pitiful, especially considering the hours you can be sure went into making them.

I haven't laughed this hard in a week or so. Be sure to keep with it, as there are a string of so-so pictures followed by some truly great entertainment.

If you want to laugh at more Star Wars nerds and geeks, watch the classic Triumph the Insult Comic Dog clip where he visits the nerds standing in line for days waiting for the premiere. That one always gets me rolling, too.

This post has been re-posted at Random Fodder, Novac's personal blog.

I'm Count Dooku!

Liquid Generation has The Ultimate Star Wars Personality Test available for the taking.

As you can see, I turned out to be Count Dooku. Formerly good, now bad. But still, I'm Machiavellian, and I can use the Force to shoot lightning out of my hands!

That's odd. Most of my friends would have guessed Jar Jar!

There are plenty of stories about the politicizing of Star Wars Episode III, and I generally scoff at these. I scoff equally at boycotts of such movies.

I just read an article at NYT (shaddap, it was linked from Drudge!) titled "Latest 'Star Wars' Movie Is Quickly Politicized." It discusses the politicizing of the movie before its release. Of course, it attempts to minimize any boycotts of the movie, but at least this time, they are correct.

Regarding this whole debacle, I agree with Peter Sealey, who likened the political interpretations of the movie to a Rorschach test.

Still, there's something of note. The typical Hollywood crowd takes a left turn again, as Lucas makes some DNC Donkey-headed comments:

And just what was Mr. Lucas – who could not be reached for comment Wednesday – thinking when he told a Cannes audience that he had not realized in plotting the film years ago that fact might so closely track his fiction?

Alluding to Michael Moore's remarks about "Fahrenheit 9/11" at Cannes a year earlier, Mr. Lucas joked, "Maybe the film will waken people to the situation."

Apparently in all seriousness, though, he went on to say that he had first devised the "Star Wars" story during the Vietnam War. "The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we're doing in Iraq now are unbelievable," he told an appreciative audience.