Frequently Asked Questions about the Star Wars Parodies
Q. Are you going to do parodies of the original Star Wars trilogy
(episodes IV, V, and VI)?
A. No.
Q. Are you going to do parodies of any other movies?
A. No.
Q. Why not?
A. We don't want to.
Q. Are you going to update the parodies you're already
written? I have some great ideas for changes.
A. No. That ship has sailed.
Q. Why is your parody of Episode II so much shorter and choppier
than the other two parodies?
A. We didn't have a lot of time when doing the Episode II parody. We did the rough
draft, intending to come back and work on it before publishing it, but then didn't have a
chance to get together. So I just threw it online as a rough draft. Sorry.
But then again, we sort of suspect that's what Lucas did with his script, so it all
fits.
Q. I tried to print your parodies and all the pages came out
blank. What gives?
A. In an attempt to make the background cool and spacey we put in a black
blackground (and formerly that really annoying background with stars) and the text is
white. When you print it, the background is ignored and only the text prints, and
the text is white and so is the paper. So what you need to do is highlight all of
the text and copy it into a word processing document. Then go to "select
all" and then change font color to default. Voila, you will have text you can
print! Incidentally, Episode I is incredibly long when you print it (where did we
get the energy to make it so long, geez?), so you might want to make the font smaller or
the margins narrower.
Q. Don't you guys like the Star Wars movies? Why the venom?
A. But we love Star Wars! We wouldn't bother parodying the movies if we didn't love
them. The problem is, the movies are simultaneously awesome and awful. The
parodies are meant to poke much-needed fun at the awful parts. The awesome parts
don't need pointing out because, well, they're awesome.
The thing about George Lucas is that he's actually a bad writer
and an indifferent director; his genius lies in his ability to grab archetypes with both
hands and pull. That makes up for a lot, but we do dream of a day when an
excellent writer and fine director takes the storyline Lucas created in Star Wars and
remakes the movies. Wow, can you imagine an Episode III, for instance, with an
Anakin and Padme that actually seem to be in love instead of just stiffly lovey-dovey?
Q. I don't get a lot of your pop culture references.
A. Ah, geez, neither do we sometimes. Off the top of our heads we suggest you
check out: Homestar Runner, The Tick
(comic and cartoon), Terry Pratchett, Dungeons & Dragons (the game, not the awful
awful awful movie), Mystery Science Theater 3000, They Might Be Giants, the Airplane
movies, Gundam Wing, Lord of the Rings (books and movies), Spaceballs, Dune, Black Adder,
Weird Al Yankovic, Mr. Show, Ultima Online, The Simpsons, Batman (the first movie and the
original series), Harry Potter, and The Princess Bride.
Q. Do you get any money for doing these parodies?
A. No, not a penny. We pay for our own movie tickets and popcorn too.
Maybe we should have looked into product placement revenue, hmm. To get us started
in that vein, we will now mention M&M candy in the hopes that the M&M/Mars company
will give us lots of money or at least some dark chocolate M&Ms. Eat M&Ms,
yay! Okay, that's enough.
Q. What's your favorite Star Wars movie?
A. Everybody's favorite Star Wars movie is The Empire Strikes Back, or it should be
anyway.
Q. Who do you guys think you are, anyway?
A. We are SO GLAD you asked!
Matthew Jones has a MASTER'S degree in SCIENCE, but is not
guaranteed to know more than you do. He is currently working in the retail end of
publishing. The something end of publishing, anyway. His hobbies include
igneous petrology and photography. Katherine Shaw almost has a master's degree in
education. She is currently working, sort of, as a minimum wage flunky. Her
hobbies include building websites about her hobbies.
BACK to the Animation Station main page, or read the parodies: Episode I, Episode II, Episode III