Wednesday, December 12, 2012

The Star Wars Holiday Special: My World in Flops

On the AVClub, while talking about the fucking Star Wars Holiday Special, Nathan Rabin writes:

Besides, are fuzzy-wuzzy sentient teddy bears or a silly-talking frog-man really that much more ridiculous than an effeminate robot and his bleep-bloop-dispensing sidekick doing a Laurel-and-Hardy-in-space routine, or a wrinkly, diminutive, backwards-talking green guru dispensing sage advice and ass-whippings in equal measure? Yet R2-D2, C-3PO, and Yoda are treasured fixtures of the Star Wars universe, while Jar Jar Binks and the Ewoks are considered juvenile embarrassments.
Which may be the best paragraph about Star Wars fandom ever.