If you were brought up on Star Wars as I was, you’ll remember that scene in the original movie where Obi Wan uses his Jedi mind trick on some poor hapless storm troopers:
Stormtrooper: [to Luke] Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don’t need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don’t need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren’t the droids we’re looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along… move along.
I found this on Zoe Brain’s site, and it cracked me up totally. It’s the desolate pose of the stormtrooper which really does it.
Update:
Eddie Izzard imagines Darth Vader in the Death Star Canteen:
HILARIOUS!
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There’s a whole genre of these. For instance, depending on the source, the original Death Star had something like half a million people on board, many of whom were civilians, most of whom were just average schmoes who thought the Empire was better that civil war. Oh well.
One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist…
Although if they couldn’t pick that the dude with the stentorian breathing and the giant black mask was e-e-e-e-evil, those civilians had it coming!
A … LOLtrooper?
Boy is the Dark Lord of Sith going to whop his arse when he hears about this.
I once had the idea of doing a series of stories about great action heroes/villains in their off moments. Darth Vader feeling dull and depressed while working on excel spreadsheets, for instance. Or James Bond annoying the first-class stewardesses on a long distance flight. Or Indiana Jones ogling porn magazines in his office at College and plotting minor bureaucratic fights with his colleague in the office across from him. I expect there’s a whole genre of fan fiction devoted to this sort of stuff.
Now I’m imagining a little stormtrooper head poking through a hole in the roof…saying “Ceilingtrooper iz watchin yu”…
TimT – have a look at the Eddy Izzard sketch in the post above – acted out with little lego people, no less. Darth Vader in the Death Star Canteen.
Given the format of this is like those cheesy “inspirational” posters in corporate offices, you might enjoy the twist of demotivators. It’d be fun to have the “achievement” , “change”, “ambition”, “consistency” etc ones put quietly up on a wall and see how long it takes for someone to read the fine print. And one is on-topic for a recent thread: “Possibilities” (With focus, dedication and steroids, men can achieve impossible dreams. Like breaking a world record. Or growing their own breasts. )
Dave – terrible but hilarious. I hate those motivational posters, I really do.
Presumably he’s awaiting Darth Vader’s hands-off choke to death tactic.
Interesting blog – Actually, I am a Rocket Scientist
I wish I could perform Jedi Mind Tricks on various Technocratic ID Control Bots. I wouldn’t stop at they don’t need me to prove my existence. I send ‘em to the airport lounge poste haste to perform strip-tease on the bar.
it’s a character-building experience.
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