How does someone embedded in American culture survive into adulthood without watching even one Star Wars movie? Easy. American culture reproduces itself.
Thanks to Spaceballs, Muppet Babies, countless internet parodies, and two-minute clips of the movies via channel surfing, I don’t stare blankly when someone makes a Wookiee sound or puts a bucket on their head and claims to be my father…though maybe I should.
WARNING: What follows is a poorly reconstructed plot of some of the Star Wars movies courtesy of my TV-saturated childhood.
Luke lives on a dusty planet with is aunt and uncle who get blown up for some reason while Luke is at a crazy alien bar listening to some cosmic saxophone. But that’s okay since he was going to leave anyway. A couple of robots showed him this video of a beautiful princess in need of help, and like any red-blooded dust-worlder, he decides to go after her. Obi-Wan Brown-Roby tells Luke he has the Force and tosses him this awesome light sword. Then Luke jumps in a ship with a friendly Wookiee and some guy named Hans.
They blast off to the Death Star where they break out Princess Leia and then engage in full-blown space combat. Luke gets in his zippy space craft, uses the Force to make a hole-in-one, and the Death Star explodes in a shower of glorious fireworks. Leia loves them so much that she gives Luke a medal. Then he flies off and starts tripping giant robots for fun. Eventually, his ship breaks down in swamp, but he finds a cool little green mechanic who will do the wax-on, wax-off thing with him.
Luke chills in the swamp until he gets word that his friends are in trouble. Darth Vader made Hans into a big ‘ol paper weight and Leia is chained to a blob. Luke meets up with Vader on the catwalk and they play Ninja Laser Tag until Luke’s hand falls off. Vader tells Luke he’s his father, but Luke would rather jump down a hole than deal with that. He gets a bitchin’ robot hand and then…I don’t know…saves the universe!
It gets pretty fuzzy after that–some kind of trap and a queen with hair like a vacuum cleaner hose. Why did I never sit my sad self down and actually watch one of these things? Maybe I’m lazy…or maybe I prefer the movie in my mind.
Michelle Joyce Bond
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Firstly, watch Star Wars! The major story line is famous, but it’s the side characters and theri lives that’ll win you over. Secondly, I enjoyed this because it was like reliving every Disney, Muppet, SNL, and Meme about Star Wars ever. You missed Jabba references, though, which is a pretty meme’d out scene between “moves like Jabba” and the whole Leia slave girl outfit. 🙂 I love the idea of this post– well-executed! 🙂
Thank you. A viewing of Star Wars is imminent. My friends have been threatening to tie me to a couch and make me watch a marathon. 🙂
Stick with your version, it’s much better than the original.
OMG! I felt like I was the only one who hasn’t seen Star Wars. After awhile it ends up being one of those things where you have gone so long without seeing it that you don’t even want to admit and fold into seeing it. You are hilarious and I love this post.
🙂 Still haven’t seen it–though it’s on my bucket list. It irks some of my guy friends that I still haven’t, and it’s just too fun messing up part of their geek gospel.
Hilarious! I’m a Star Wars fan, but only to a point. I still believe they’re just movies and not gospel. If you’re not into seeing them it doesn’t mean you can’t still lead a healthy, productive life. You just have to work a little harder without the Force!
Ah, I’d forgotten about that crazy Force. You know, I always wondered what it would be like to fold laundry while lying on the couch or eat at the table while across the room, I’m using my Forcy powers to wash a load of dishes. Say, did that Jabba guy have the Force? I suddenly feel like all the characters gifted with it should’ve Jabba sized. 🙂
Jabba not only didn’t have the Force, he was immune to it. Which is kind of a power in itself. Still didn’t save him from getting strangled with his own slave chain by the princess.
You make it sound like something I ought to see. 🙂
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Here’s a funny review of Star Wars I found online today. What do you think?
Thanks for the reblog! 🙂
I agree, this is a better version~
I’m glad you liked it! Now if I could only get a director… 🙂
Light-years beyond anything Lucas did…
As the great Mel Brooks would put it, I’ve gone to plaid.