Chad Vader in Star Wars spoof of Rebecca Black 'Friday'

The hilarious Chad Vader spoofs Rebecca Black's Friday:

Zero Punctuation reviews Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II

If you've never seen a Zero Punctuation review, you're missing out.  The fast-talking Brit Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw provides visually and vocally animated reviews of games.  This week he tackles Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (previously blogged about here). Check it out:



Via The Escapist.

Political Attack Ads Feel the Force

Just when you thought you'd had enough of all those political ads this midterm election, Senatorial candidate Joe Manchin has just made attack ads awesome by invoking Star Wars.  Yes, he compares his opponent John Raese to Darth Vader, even calling him "Darth Raese" in one of the video titles.  In the first ad, Raese's assertion that we need "1000 lasers in the sky" cues the Imperial March theme and soon Darth Vader's TIE Fighter swoops in to blast a nurse, two business men, a construction worker and a high school.  Here's the video:





Then, in a second, shorter ad, Raese is again characterized by his "crazy" ideas, which are listed as Imperial Stormtroopers march on the street (footage probably from a parade).

Baroque Version of Star Wars Theme Music

Previously I blogged about the cool video of the Imperial March from Star Wars improvised à la Beethoven.  Well the talented pianist from that video, Richard Grayson, also performed the original theme from Star Wars with his own twist.  Here's the Star Wars theme in the style of a Baroque Gavotte:

Imperial March, Improvised à la Beethoven

Darth Vader's theme from "Star Wars" in the style of Beethoven.  Impressive, most impressive:

Star Wars Stuff: Jeremy Messersmith song gets cool music video

Filmmaker Eric Power made an incredible paper craft music video for Jeremy Messersmith's song 'Tattooine.' Really cool.