Mini-review/Commentary: Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes out

It’s Star Wars Month!

OK, no it isn't, but due to the rescheduling of Legend of Korra, I still have some loose ends to tie up. So join me is we trail through another Lego star wars short (which someone thought belonged on its own DVD for some reason)

Opening with a title crawl and summary of episode IV

Then the Death star explodes

The narrator does appear to have control over the characters

Leia wants to evacuate the base to the one in episode V (on Hoth)

Imperial counter-attack from Naboo

"Me too sister!" Yeah, that sister thing is really, yeesh

C3PO uses the bathroom?

Traffic regulations in space

He’s coming!

"Action!"

Wrong Skywalker? Must happen all the time (wait, do they even know his name’s Skywalker yet?)

If you let him live, he could fail you again. Explains a lot of Vader's actions in episode V

Gungans, terrific

Jar Jar, even better

Siddeous on board

New great plan, build another Death Star

Death star Lego kit

Darth Maul survived being cut in half because, he’s Lego now

Crisis of the infinite lightsaber attachments

"I’m so… awesome!"

Cell phones are a thing in this technological universe?

"I’ve found a battalion of… girls?"

Is that Ahsoka among those girls?

"You’re on my lunch box!" Nothing beats product placement. Speaking of which, how did word get out so quickly?

"Hold on, I wanna see where this is going" – classic Storm trooper incompetence

"Oh man, they’re multiplying"

I wonder what that missing word on that crossword could be, Raarg perhaps?

That’s one big instruction manual

"Why are you choking yourself?"

The falcon is on its way to meat Luke Skywalker, did this guy read the script, that’s the only way he could’ve known that, right?

So much for “there can only be two”

Sith buzz shock

"Just a sith lord out for a walk"

Wow, that disguise was short lived

Wow, Yoda’s cameo was… pointless (I suppose they had Tom Kane, they may as well use him)

Darth Vader, meet your son, who’s dressed as you, weird indeed.

"I’ve got sand up my NOOOOOOOOSE!"

Darth Vader on board, how come no-one can see that he’s not wearing a helmet

"Oh my goodness! Han shot first." (Yes, I didn’t mention this in the review, but it was re-edited for the DVD release so he didn’t)

Darth Vader kidnapped, and spray-painted

Wait, weren’t all droids destroyed?

Needs more red?

Incoming walkers!

Vader’s a lot shorter in person

Really? The Storm troopers are stupid enough to destroy their barracks because Vader ordered them too? Of course they are, it’s Lego

Oh wait, the real one arrives

Spoiler alert! Incoming girls

Hayden Christiansen looks attractive to them, including the alien ones, I won’t comment

C3PO trips up a walker. Like I said, it’s Lego!

Wait, there’s gravity in space?

The Darth Maul Death star

Employee of the month – Darth Vader?

Oh look, Maul survived, pity

Off comes the helmet, screams a plenty

The girls go for Maul now?

Storm troopers = Dominos

The end

This one is a lot funnier than the padawan menace, I’ll give it that. What I won’t accept is why it’s on a DVD on its own, with no special features or anything of value. It’s 20 minutes long. DO NOT BUY THIS AS A SOLO DISK!!!

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