Today is (unofficially) Star Wars Day, a play on May the Force Be With You. Maybe if Daffy Duck tried to say May the Force Be With You, it might come out that way!
Star Wars is one of my guilty pleasures. For a long time I was reading the pulp paperbacks...I want to get back into them and catch up if I can find some free time. The Timothy Zhan books and the Kevin Anderson ones were my favorites.
One thing that bugged me was how they always seemed to be fighting such superior well organized and armed foes that you wonder how the rebels (and later the Republic) always won. I really like the book Darksaber (a Kevin Anderson book) where they finally got to fight a totally incompetent enemy who pretty much blew himself up...it was a fun change from the usual narrative (and a cautionary tale about outsourcing your weapons production!)
To celebrate Star Wars Day, I am going to give you two of the best Star Wars parodies. First, the classic Hardware Wars from the 1970s.
Next, the first episode of Chad Vader, which follows the adventures of Darth Vader's younger, less fearsome brother, Chad, who is a manager at a supermarket.
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Geeze, I'm pretty sure I worked for Chad in the 70's....
Hale, you're not the only Star Wars fan here:) I've read a few of the Star Wars books myself. My fav was The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton. So may the Forth be with you, my friend!
That was pretty good, drew. I also like The Truce at Bakura which takes place immediately after Return of the Jedi. Frequently when I watch movies, I wonder what happens next...I mean, a galactic government just fell...there's got to be some fallout from that!
Same thing with movies like Independence Day. Even though humans "won", the infrastructure damage that was done probably means millions more will starve before food production and distribution systems are rebuilt (yeah, I really think like that at movies!)
I've seen a few of the Chad vids on YouTube.
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