Much Better Than Lucas's Lameness

Darth Vader is blogging and bless me if the ghostwriter hasn't invented a whole new art form. Obviously there are plenty of elements of parody in it, but the guy is actually exploring Vader's character in ways Lucas might not necessarily buy off on...but with quite a bit more believability than Lucas can ever manage to get into his own dialogue. Clearly Lucas isn't the one writing the blog, 'cause believe me, this guy's a lot better writer than Lucas. (Which is of course true of at least 8,999,900 of the 9,000,000 people currently blogging, but still. The Dark Lord's ghostwriter is doing some good stuff.)

Basically the blogger has taken the more or less lame plot elements that Lucas's tired and juvenile little mind cooked up for the prequels, used them as background and motivation, and started rewriting The Empire Strikes Back and The Return of the Jedi from Darth Vader's perspective. It's satire, but occasionally there's real character exploration, as I said.

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It's the first piece of Star-Wars related stuff to be genuinely entertaining in years. Woo-hoo!

Big-time hat tip to Will Collier of Vodkapundit fame