“Star Wars,” The Existential Edit
by Perry Michael Simon on April 26, 2011
Star Wars meets Sartre. The subtitles are mostly from actual Sartre quotes. Ignore what they’re saying if you understand French and ignore the misspelling of “Sartre” in the beginning, and prepare to despair:


Thanks for the link! Also, thanks for pointing out my ignorance of spelling the names of French philosophers.
Just trying to head off the inevitable nitpicking. Great job!
Thanks. I did the same thing earlier myself, actually, pointing out on the YouTube page that I had misspelled it. So far, no nerd rage.
Oh mon Dieu!!
That seemed like it would be more appropriate for the prequels. The feelings of hopelessness and despair are more palpable when confronted with giant racist toad thingies, or whatever Jar Jar was.
Darth vader is the poster child for angst.