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YouTube Tuesday: Qui-Gon Gin Edition

OK, taking on Star Wars: Episode 1 is like killing trade droids with a lightsaber: no challenge at all. What is a challenge is doing a 70 minute deconstruction of the movie, completely eviscerating it from both a critical and emotional standpoint, and making it completely hilarious in the process. Plus, there’s random digressions, a totally bizarre narrator, and a startling basement scene that you won’t see in an Ebert review. Well worth watching: the first part embedded here, the other 6 parts linked after the jump.

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4 Responses to “YouTube Tuesday: Qui-Gon Gin Edition”
  1. Okay My mind broke during part two. I’ll need to check my meds again.

    Awesomely disturbing.
    .-= The Chatty DM´s last blog ..Mouse Guard Diaries: Delivering the Mail, Part 1, Mini-Review/Primer =-.

  2. Taellosse says:

    Holy crap, that thing got weird in part 2. Chatty wasn’t kidding. I seriously can’t finish watching the rest of it, despite the fact the Star Wars commentary was cogent and accurate.

  3. Noumenon says:

    Yeah, I was very thankful that Rampant Coyote linked to the third episode first. This is where it should really start — the only thing you really miss is this part.

  4. OriginalSultan says:

    Pure gold! Hilarious, if a bit disturbing. Finally puts to rest the notion that episode 1, and for that matter the prequels, are anything other than a waste of time and an utter failure.