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Mario Marsicano
The Late Movies: Star Wars
by Mario Marsicano - May 4, 2009 - 8:00 PM

We’re trying something new this week. Every night at 8:00pm, I’ll post a few short videos that all have a connection to something that happened that day. The videos could be about politics, pop culture, sports, or any other topical subject. To start, let’s pay tribute to the fact that today was Star Wars day. You know…May the 4th be with you? Look, I didn’t invent it, I’m just reporting it. So let’s have some fun with it…

(Note: To the Star Wars/Lost fans out there…was Hurley right? Does everyone hate Ewoks?)

We’ll start with the original Star Wars Parody video…Hardware Wars.

Next, we’ll take a trip to Empire Market to visit Darth’s younger brother, Chad.

A quick call to Robot Chicken’s Palpatine. (who happens to be responsible for one of my favorite quotes of all time).

The very first Lego Star Wars video.

And two of the original audition videos. Kurt Russell and Robby Benson read for Han and Luke.

See you back here tomorrow night at 8:00pm Eastern Time for another installment.

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Comments (11)

  1. I’m trying to waste time at work but I have no sound…

    ReCaptcha: pacing interest

    posted by Jasmine on 5-4-2009 at 8:30 pm

  2. YES for chad vadar. I shop there!

    posted by amanda on 5-4-2009 at 9:24 pm

  3. I love how Robot Chicken has given new personalities to Palpatine and Boba Fett.
    What is the quote you referred to?

    posted by Zach on 5-4-2009 at 9:24 pm

  4. Yes, Star Wars fans hate Ewoks. Less so since Jar Jar Binks came along.

    http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/7597

    posted by Miss Cellania on 5-4-2009 at 9:52 pm

  5. The quote I love: What the hell is an aluminum falcon? Cracks me up, every time!

    posted by Jellio on 5-4-2009 at 11:00 pm

  6. I thank you so much for this collection. Aluminum Falcon has to be the quote you’re referring to. Hardware Wars was very cool when it first came out in the filmpunk scene, and still amazes. The audition tapes are great, too. Thanks!

    posted by Johnny Cat on 5-4-2009 at 11:33 pm

  7. Even Darth Vader loves Ewoks! They’re so cute and furry!

    posted by Miss Kiki on 5-5-2009 at 2:10 am

  8. C’mon, they couldn’t take over the Endor base without the Ewoks!

    I love when they think C3PO is a God.

    posted by vegebrarian on 5-5-2009 at 1:00 pm

  9. Sorry vege and Kiki, but we all hate the Ewoks. In the words of Dante from Clerks about why Empire was better than Jedi “All Jedi had was a bunch of muppets.”

    Probably a copyright thing (NBC protects SNL quite a bit) but when they released the real auditions, SNL did humorous auditions.
    -Burt Reynolds (Norm MacDonald) asking what kind of car does this guy drive (so he could get into character as Vader).
    -Christopher Walken as Han Solo “You’ve never heard….of the Millenium Falcon? It’s the ship that made the Kessel Run…in less than 12 parsecs.”
    -Or Richard Dreyfus as C3-P0.

    Love Chad Vader!

    posted by Jonny on 5-5-2009 at 3:08 pm

  10. I’m not sure what line Mario was referring to, but the one that about put me on the floor was “You got an ATM on that torso Lite-Brite!?”

    Oh man that is good stuff.

    posted by Zach on 5-5-2009 at 4:35 pm

  11. Thanks for posting this. The aluminum falcon quote is the best. Made my day!

    posted by Gina on 5-7-2009 at 10:44 pm

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