Posts Tagged ‘Star Wars’

Feb 03

Snatch Wars

Posted by Tom Lennon in Films

I’m probably the last person in the world to see this, but here’s a tremendously funny movie mash-up that features Darth Vader reimagined by Guy Ritchie:

Sep 16

Posted by Tom Lennon in Uncategorized

Football isn’t something I tend to talk about on here. Come to think of it, football isn’t something I tend to talk about anywhere. For once, though, I’ll make an exception.

If you feel an urge to annoy, perplex or provoke a supporter of Tottenham Hotspur today simply ask them the following:

Q: “What was Obi Wan Kenobi’s brother called?”
A: “Too-Wan

It works a treat.

Jan 16

Neologism: Generation X-Wing

Posted by Tom Lennon in Uncategorized

Generation X-Wing noun A generation of people born between the mid 1960s and the mid 1970s who’s childhood and adult life can be characterised by a fanatical devotion to George Lucas’ original Star Wars Trilogy.


Disillucased
adj An extreme, specific form of mid-life crisis common amongst members of Generation X-Wing [see above]. Characteristics of this psychological disorder include an overwhelming sense of betrayal, regrets for wasting so much of one’s youth watching low-grade space opera and a firmly-held conviction that – whatever anyone else might say – “Han shot first”. First identified in 1997, cases of Disillucasism reached epidemic proportions in the weeks following the theatrical release of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.