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Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)

by on January 15, 2009

I’m sure you may have enjoyed this by now as it spreads around the Internet (yes, yes–like a virus) but if you haven’t, this is bit of wonderfulness was brought to you by Joe Nicolosi at fishrockit.com. In his own words:

My friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When I asked her if she wanted to watch the original trilogy she said that she would, but that she already knew what happens. So I took out my voice recorder and asked her to start from the top.

I then created some very basic animation in Final Cut to go along with her narration.


Well done, Joe! I salute you and the Adult Swim show you’ll probably get from this.

 
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  2. Brilliant! I wish we could see Joe’s face as she’s telling the story. *snicker* “Hans.” Harrison Ford in lederhosen.

  4. I’m not sure if her story is one of epic fail or epic win. (Probably a little of both.) Either way, it’s hilarious. Thanks for sharing – I hadn’t seen it yet!

  5. I saw this and it cracked me up. Even though her version is all messed up, it still shows that Star wars has become so much apart of pop culture that a person who has not seen the movies know some of the important parts even if there details of the movies are only a ”little” off. LOL She said Chewbacca is a deformed Ewok.

  6. The many years that I have been watching Star Wars I never knew Han and Luke were gay, this was a real eye opener. Thank you.

  9. ROFL! Kudos to Amanda.
    Would be great if she could retell the story of Terminator or another major movie she hasn’t seen yet but knows by heart. Makes a great platfom for a commercial, by the way.

  13. Yeah, my ass she’s never seen it before. How does someone remember LANDO?

    Although, Hans Solo was pretty funny.

  14. that isn’t a half bad retelling of star wars but i like when he showed(incorect engrish) the dark side of the moon album cover

  16. This was sooooooooooo funny! Yep, there’s an Adult Swim show in this: “Amanda Doesn’t Go to the Movies.” Every show could be Amanda summarizing the plot of a major flick she has never seen, but knows all about, with animation. Beats the heck out of a lot of so-called “adult” animated shows I’ve seen.

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