Guide to the Races of Star Wars

October 30, 2014 5:11 AM

georgelucasfan1 here. I was a little boy in 1979 when Episode 3 The New Home came out. These films and shows have been a big part of my life. And I would like to share with you my Star Warms knowledge. So step into my Millionaire Falcon, as we take a...... 'warp tour'... of these alien races that lived in this galaxy far, far ago.

Neil Cicierega's Guide to the Races of Star Wars
posted by rorgy (35 comments total)

Well Star Wars 1977 was actually episode 4, so that's not a very good start.
posted by localroger at 5:20 AM on October 30, 2014 [3 favorites]

great job, you figured it out
posted by rorgy at 5:24 AM on October 30, 2014 [28 favorites]

This is like the bizarre live child of that Red Letter Media guy and Stefan from Saturday Night Live which is surprisingly effective at hitting my comedy spot.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 5:25 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

If you can't get enough of this sort of thing.

I have to admit, the phrase "Gun Mummies" gave me the giggles.
posted by edheil at 5:36 AM on October 30, 2014 [4 favorites]

Welp, looks like I'm gonna call it the Mos Iceland Container Store for the rest of my life.
posted by Itaxpica at 5:42 AM on October 30, 2014 [6 favorites]

Ugggh. That voice just disqualifies me from listening to more than thirty seconds of this.
posted by graphnerd at 5:55 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

Beastly normcores.
posted by The Whelk at 5:58 AM on October 30, 2014 [4 favorites]

My nine year old would love this so much! It would appeal to both his love of the silly and his love of obnoxiously correcting people who get Star War names wrong. Unfortunately, we're currently in the middle of "Episode III: Battle Over the F-Bomb," so I'm not going to show it to him.
posted by Dojie at 6:00 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

This is the same man who gave us this, so it's basically impossible for me to hate him unless it turns out he's committed, like, human rights violations.

(hee hee Fluevog)
posted by chrominance at 6:02 AM on October 30, 2014

I guess Jackie Harvey could have a cargo cult, why not?
posted by ricochet biscuit at 6:09 AM on October 30, 2014

wat
posted by cjorgensen at 6:17 AM on October 30, 2014

space people, dear reader
posted by DoctorFedora at 6:18 AM on October 30, 2014 [8 favorites]

It's like Liartown's Apple Cabin Foods, but not as good and for Star Wars?
posted by Admiral Haddock at 6:22 AM on October 30, 2014

In the Star Trek one, he got me with the shot of The Wiggles. I always knew those guys got started as star trek cosplayers.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 6:30 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

I don't know, I thought that was pretty freaking hilarious. I did not stop laughing.
posted by adamrice at 7:03 AM on October 30, 2014

I started out really disliking it, but it kept growing on me, and growing, and growing. By the end, I found it great.
posted by Bugbread at 7:23 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

Well Star Wars 1977 was actually episode 4, so that's not a very good start.

Nah, man. That was the first one, episode 1, Genghis Khan's Trek.
posted by MrMoonPie at 7:31 AM on October 30, 2014

I'm pretty sure you mean Episode III, Genghis Khan's Trek.
posted by Bugbread at 7:48 AM on October 30, 2014

The near-homophones of the terrible Episode III titles are my favorite part. "Remember Seth?" is just goddamn gloriously awful.
posted by rorgy at 7:54 AM on October 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

Tuckskin Rikers is the name of my new band.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 8:06 AM on October 30, 2014

Cicierega is possibly better known for the Potter Puppet Pals series...
posted by PandaMomentum at 8:29 AM on October 30, 2014

We made it this far into a Neil Cicierega discussion with no mention of BRODYQUEST!?
posted by majuju at 8:38 AM on October 30, 2014

Cicierega should be better known for Mouth Silence, which is hands-down the best album anybody released anybody this year. But really, at this point he's well-known for two dozen individually-awesome projects, because he is the best.
posted by rorgy at 8:38 AM on October 30, 2014

Known for a lot of things, but my favorite is still The Song of the Count.
posted by fings at 8:41 AM on October 30, 2014 [2 favorites]

more people need to see The Money Tree
posted by The Whelk at 9:12 AM on October 30, 2014

The last line was worth the wait.
posted by Meatbomb at 9:42 AM on October 30, 2014

Races or species?
posted by IndigoJones at 9:54 AM on October 30, 2014

I have no idea why it keeps disappearing from the YouTubes, but for me it's all about Ben Bernanke.
posted by phooky at 10:33 AM on October 30, 2014

"I need your teeth ....FOR THE FEDERAL RESERVE."
posted by The Whelk at 10:49 AM on October 30, 2014

That was so funny. Thanks!
posted by sharpener at 12:43 PM on October 30, 2014

Got as far as "the Germans," and lost it.
posted by Naberius at 1:35 PM on October 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

He did The Song of the Count? Well ok then. That has been one of my favorite things for basically ever.
posted by The Bellman at 1:59 PM on October 30, 2014

Redlettermedia is much more entertaining and much less annoying.
posted by Chuffy at 4:17 PM on October 30, 2014

Does Tim and Eric predate both Liartown and Cicierega for this kind of thing? They sort of do it all the time, but the most hilarious example I can think of is their "Sports!"

This totally made me laugh a lot. I don't ultimately care who came up with this false naming thing, I can always use more of it.
posted by wyndham at 10:16 PM on October 30, 2014

"IT'S A TRICK!"
posted by duffell at 4:02 AM on November 1, 2014 [1 favorite]