Look! A Small Moon!

November 1, 2010 2:27 PM

Ben Kenobi: Private Jedeye
posted by azarbayejani (20 comments total)

...brought to you by Empire Bantha Dairy Theatre! (formerly Empire Deathstick Theatre)
posted by leotrotsky at 2:37 PM on November 1, 2010

I would have liked this better if that guy's accent hadn't been so crummy. And if some of the jokes had been funnier. The noir lighting and the titles were awesome, though!

Also, the number on the office door should've been 1138. MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
posted by Gator at 2:44 PM on November 1, 2010

I was grinacing the whole way through. (That's when you're half-grinning and half-grimacing.)
posted by immlass at 2:54 PM on November 1, 2010 [3 favorites]

Brilliant set up and the titles are superb so it does seem churlish to pick up on that...Er...English-Canadian-somewherelse accent.
posted by i_cola at 3:14 PM on November 1, 2010

Half those gags were so old, I was expecting Bob Hope and Milton Berle to steal 'em back.
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:26 PM on November 1, 2010 [5 favorites]

High Trousers Desert Robe Fast Talking.
posted by griphus at 3:30 PM on November 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Good performances probably could have saved it.
posted by Trochanter at 3:34 PM on November 1, 2010

Good performances probably could have saved it.

And some good writing.

The colors were nice.
posted by eyeballkid at 4:15 PM on November 1, 2010

As corny as it was, it still deserves a thumbs up. The delivery was superb, a brilliant homage to both Star Wars and uh, old movies.
posted by Xoebe at 4:20 PM on November 1, 2010

Mehlk
posted by furtive at 4:43 PM on November 1, 2010

How many different takes of the Star Wars universe are there going to be?

Though, truth be told, noir does work- check out this story (part I of IV).
posted by Apocryphon at 4:46 PM on November 1, 2010

They tried to get way, way too much mileage out of meta commentary. The "yet" joke was tired the first time, and they ran it into the ground. Strikes me as lazy, as there's plenty of actual content in Star Wars to have a noir scene work well.

Good production values and all, but writing fail.
posted by valkyryn at 4:55 PM on November 1, 2010

I liked it, and I'd be up for more like this:

Abbot and Costello Meet the Sith Lords
The Road to Coruscant
A Night at the Death Star
Eddie Cantor in "Pardon My Midichlorians"
posted by PlusDistance at 5:19 PM on November 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Aw, I loved it. Some of the writing was clunky but that just makes it more accurate to the era.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 5:20 PM on November 1, 2010

Honestly, if that guy's accent wasn't so wretched, I'd give the so-so writing a pass. Dude really killed my enjoyment of what was otherwise a perfectly decent pastiche.
posted by Gator at 5:23 PM on November 1, 2010

I LOL'd :)
posted by Salvor Hardin at 5:59 PM on November 1, 2010

That was surprisingly better than I expected!
posted by Old'n'Busted at 6:40 PM on November 1, 2010

I thought it was hilarious. I ... I don't actually laugh out loud very often when reading. This was one of those times, though.
posted by Michael Roberts at 8:51 PM on November 1, 2010

I just wanted to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

That's how this goes isn't it?
posted by Fiasco da Gama at 12:26 AM on November 2, 2010

This was incredibly hilarious, and anyone who doesn't think so is insane. "That's no moon... that's a vase, Grayson." HILARIOUS, I tell you.
posted by koeselitz at 10:02 PM on November 2, 2010