That’s no moon; that’s a melon!

Last weekend I went to see Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. I quite enjoyed it. Other friends of mine really hated it (Sam says, “The script was awful, the performances were wooden, and the deficiencies were all the more noticeable because it was obvious that Lucas was trying for great pathos. It was like watching high-schoolers perform Shakespearean tragedy “), but I thought it was really pretty good, especially after going back and watching the original again—in the first film (A New Hope) the dialogue and acting are just as bad. Only Alec Guiness (and, to an extent, Harrison Ford) actually puts in a good performance. What’s especially interesting is how now watching the original films Darth Vader is no longer the embodiment of evil—he’s just someone’s lackey who’s fallen far short of his potential.

My one real critique of Episode III is this: why on earth would a galactic senator have nothing more to do than brush her hair and wear slinky nighties? In previous films, Lucas let Padmé fight with the big boys; here, she’s just an ornament (an ornament that sits around, cries, and is comforted by C-3PO). Also, her apartment, while beautiful, doesn’t look lived in at all. Wouldn’t she have a home office? Couldn’t she have been doing paperwork while talking to Anakin? Or maybe cooking? Or maybe he could cook. Or, you know, maybe she could have been in between entertaining requests from citizens of Naboo. I can think of hundreds of things that a married woman politician would be doing (especially when she’s her planet’s representative to the entire galaxy!) and Lucas didn’t have her do any of them.

But that’s not the point of this post, anyway. The point of this post is that I’ve found a fantastic little flash movie online that spoofs Star Wars using vegetables.

Obi-Wan Cannoli, you’re my only hope!