Star Wars - A New Hope

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STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE

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iRIFF BY: BlameSociety (Created November 6, 2008)

Back in 1977, an unknown little indie picture named Star Wars was quietly released. It was a critical and box-office failure and has been criminally ignored ever since. Now it’s time to dust off this obscure gem and give it the attention it deserves.

Blame Society Productions is Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda -- creators of Chad Vader and a slew of other hilarious internet videos. Listen as Matt, Aaron and Chad Vader himself riff on everyone’s favorite sci-fi sacred cow and reveal some startling secrets about the characters: the sickness and depravity of R2-D2, C3P0 and his “special friend”, and Darth Vader’s bizarre Neil Young obsession. Chad Vader also waxes nostalgic about his relationship with his older brother Darth and tells a few stories from his own life.

Oh, and there’s also a bunch of boring “good vs evil” and “hero’s journey” junk too. Enjoy!

This is the new DVD version of the movie with all the totally necessary digital "improvements" George Lucas made.

We'd like to give an extra special thanks Brad Knight, John Lee, and Tona Williams, and Courtney Collins who were integral to the making of this riff. Thanks guys.

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Submitted by Moleman on 6 May 2009 - 9:04am.

I actually felt this one was kind of weak at the beginning. In fact when I started watching this I was debating whether or not I should really watch it then or just do it some other time. Before I could decide though it started getting really good and I had many a good hearty laugh. The only bad point I can give this riff as a whole is that some of the lines seemed too obvious. But that could just be this is Star Wars and all of us are so familiar with the film and have seen it so many times that we've all pretty much thought of everything there is to say about this. There have been so many parodies of it that you guys deserve huge props for coming up with ANYTHING original. I really like how you didn't seem to mention a single thing that the Family Guy Star Wars Special did. This riff is well worth the buy and deserves to be somewhere at the top of the best iRiffs list. I gave this a 4 but would have given it a 4.5 if there was the option. I only consider a 5 one of the better Rifftrax so that's still saying alot.

Luke? Luuuke!...

Submitted by Krudmonger on 22 April 2009 - 6:58am.

Y'know, I thought I'd already heard every possible joke that could be made about this classic. But guess what? You guys proved me wrong. Well done! (And a special shout-out to Chad Vader for holding his breath.)

:D

Submitted by EdwardCullennnnn on 13 April 2009 - 7:22am.

guyyyys awsomme lol i just saw the chad vader after denist at the bottom thingy i dunno wat its called tho lol and yeah i watched all of em and cant wait for the next video :D

Great one!

Submitted by ALF on 12 April 2009 - 8:17am.

This is the best riff I've seen so far, and more respectful to the fans than the other one.

The best fan riff I've purchased!

Submitted by Nunyerbiz on 13 January 2009 - 9:21am.

Granted, it's the only fan riff I've purchased... but that isn't really your fault... forget I said anything.

Call me a sucker for silly voices / impersonations, but Greedo, R2D2, Alec Guiness, James Ea... err... Chad Vader... it just all worked. The Greedo/Han sequence is the hardest I've laughed during a riff in a long, long time. A great job all around.