XKCD: Read the alt text. [snicker]

Cake Wrecks: The folks over there are apparently sci fi geeks. They managed to use a quote from Ghostbusters and called this wreck "Syfy Sacrilege" for mixing two different franchises. Still, the cake has more sci fi than SyFy. *g ( Read more... )

Robot Chicken did a second Star Wars spoof recently. Like any spoof, there's hits and misses, but I finally found a clip on YouTube (so the non-US folks can see them) that contains my favorite bits. They're the last two at end end, starting at 2:52 with Palpatine arriving to inspect the Death Star. Palpatine rules. He's just having a bad day.
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I give you... Robot Chicken parodies of Star Wars:

What really happened after the Death Star was destroyed.
The Empire Strikes Back
Bush vs. Star Wars
And a trailer for an all-Star Wars Robot Chicken Special, coming to [adult swim] on June 17th.

Robot Chicken to spoof Star Wars in a 30-minute special, and Lucas will voice the animated version of himself. Robot Chicken has done several Star Wars bits in the past, notably their Empire Strikes Back and The Emperor Gets a Call from Darth Vader parodies.

"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"

From SyFy Portal: Fewer Viewers Return with Heroes ( ( Read more... )

The original original Original Trilogy (I think I counted "original" correctly) will be coming to DVD. According to StarWars .com, it will be out in September, and will be "attractively priced" individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of ( Read more... )