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South Park spoof of Star Wars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the kick-ass dept.

Jason Eric Pierce writes "Countdown has created a South Park parody of the first Star Wars prequel trailer. Read about and download it here. "

84 comments

  1. Complaints about Star Wars hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Personally, I avoid any SW info. I haven't watched either trailer or the SP thing. I even stuck my fingers in my ears and shut my eyes in the theater when it came on.

    I basically submitted this for Rob's amusement ;^)

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    Jason Eric Pierce

  2. No you didn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I even stuck my fingers in my ears and shut my eyes in the theater when it came on.

    I was there. I saw you watch it all. You even clapped and hooted.

  3. I put my fingers up my ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it smells really nasty

  4. No you didn't by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    No way, bunghole.
    I have the ear bruises to prove it!


    Actually, I found I had to wiggle my fingers to keep the sound from being understandable. It was preferable to making very loud humming or 'la la la la' noises... Even then, I could hear good ole Samuel L. Jackson a bit.

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    Jason Eric Pierce

  5. Starwars apple parody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I found it quite amusing , and richard dreyfuss voice -over makes it quite moving with the images .i am embarrassed to say i was moved but i was . Apple and star wars are two of the most emotionally moving corporate entities there are .
    Yes yes too much parody too sw hype , but sometimes you help but cheer .i fell in love with from the first time i used it at school , nothing was ever the same again .

  6. VCD of Star Wars Episode I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Has anyone noticed the popularity of the #vcd* channels on EFNet rising lately? It seems as if VCD is the next big phenomenon for the Internet, as soon as bandwidth rises...

    Can't wait for #vcd or #vcds to offer this so I won't have to go to the movie theatre to watch this...

  7. SW/ SP video chokey. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    the video and audio are not in sync. Really annoying after a half hour download.

  8. Star Wars by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Hah, is it really that painful to scroll past news articles you don't like? Geez, I didn't realize /. inflicted such agony on its users...


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    Jason Eric Pierce

  9. VCD of Star Wars Episode I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes, DVD is better quality than VCD. But the fact that you can get an hour of pretty good quality video/audio in 650 megs, and one can copy easily makes it apealing to the warez-puppies.

  10. VCD of Star Wars Episode I by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, VCD's have good potential. Unfortunately most people that record them don't take time to do it properly, so you end up with big moire patterns and stuff like that. Sucks actually.

    But naturally DVD has better quality, but since Hollywood can't seem to stand not being in full control we have to pay to get crippled hardware. Not my idea of a good time. (Yes, I'm on about the region thing here.) And don't get me started on DViX (or whatever). That's like paying someone to slap you with a fish in the face. (I just watched a Month Python movie.) Really stupid.

    //.,

  11. Your system. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have seen it played on 3 (similar) systems, and
    saw that problem on only one. It's not a problem with the video as far as I can tell. Most likely it is your software.

  12. I'm sorry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ...but it's just not funny anymore.

    I was under the impression that the whole "gag" of South Park lied in the incongruity of the primitive artwork and animation (looking as if it were assembled by innocent third graders) with vulgar and patently offensive themes and language clearly intended for an adult audience.

    Spoofing the "look and feel" was amusing the first couple of times...but this has been overdone so many times now, without adding any substantive humorous material to the mix...these little productions simply strike me as an enormous waste of time and bandwidth.

    True humour will often occur when somebody with genuine artistic and/or comedic talent operates at a barbaric or juvenile level; this is one of the fundamental concepts of incongruous humour and a foundation of slapstick comedy. It takes skill and true genius to perform as a convincing idiot. However, seeing a genuinely talentless person with no aptitude for art or writing producing material that correctly LOOKS like it was created by someone with no talent...this is not comedy. It's just pathetic. There is no "spoof" in such productions, only a statement of fact.

    Enough with the South Park parodies already. The show was funny. You're not.

  13. SW/ SP video chokey. Thats why Quicktime SUCKS ASS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nuff said.

  14. Yo Bubba! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Niggahz be trippin', thug-style yo.
    Ain't no thang niggah, we just doin' ouah thing homie.

    Niggahz be looking at dat Slash-dot and dey be like "wut da fuck niggah, dat shit is da bomb yo!".

  15. Too young? Correct. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's also why we don't enjoy Victorian novels.

    Not only does Star Wars suck, but it's also a rip-off. Star Trek did it all much better AND much sooner.

  16. southpark is passe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Don't watch it?
    Don't click on the link?

    Why is this such a difficult concept?

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    Jason Eric Pierce

  17. Yo Bubba! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    godammit mom! I told you to stop posting here!

  18. southpark is passe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    fuck southpark, theyre stupid now. they play the same thing over and over
    and dont tell me my english fucks, yours does too

  19. Fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Fuck.

  20. Star TREK blows goats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Star TREK blows goats. Poor writing, bad acting, and cheap sets.

  21. Star TREK blows goats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    no it does DEEP THROAT on a 5 inch donkey!!!!!!

  22. I'm sorry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    simply don't watch them

    This is what I would do, except that I always find mentions of these tidbits in my mailbox or here on Slashdot surrounded with such enthusiasm. "You have GOT to see this! It is SO FUNNY!" and words to that effect. So I go to look at this incredible new development in the world of humor, and more often than not it just turns out to be South Park Spoof Number Six Hundred and Twelve, or the Hampster (sic) Dance (which also was funny the first three times it was parodied, but enough already).

    But yes...in the future, no matter how flowery and enthusiastic the language surrounding it, if I can detect any hint that the topic of supposed hilarity I'm being forwarded to is yet another South Park parody, such requests will simply be ignored. Thank you for your sage advice.

    www.doodie.com ... now that's funny!

  23. Star TREK blows goats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Some poor writing.
    A fair amount of bad acting.
    A lot of cheap sets.

    But mostly good STORIES.

    Star Wars OTOH is space opera.

  24. what a crew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    OK, I didn't have to download this topic. I did it just for the entertainment.

    "Windows, the operating system for adults."

  25. Complaints about Star Wars hype by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yeah sure





    Like that is plausible :>>--

  26. "Passe"? Very revealing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It sounds like you just don't enjoy sharing with others.

    Do you use Linux because it works or because it's in the minority?

  27. what a crew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    And what a weird entertaiment it is.....hah:>>--

  28. stupid bitch.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    enough said.

  29. I put my fingers up my ass.....to tickle my brain by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    go see a shrink

  30. I mirrored this too... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hmm.. Rich's site doesn't have a web deamon
    capable of resuming downloads. I can't get past
    three megs before it drops the connection, and
    I have to start at 0 each time.

    But being an anonymous coward, I'll keep trying.

  31. sex kitten by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    depends on how open minded your grapefruit is

  32. I'm sorry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    Sorry that I described it in such glowing terms when I submitted it. Oh wait, I didn't. I just stated the facts. Sue me.


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    Jason Eric Pierce

  33. 'do it yourself' proctology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    but please, don't call it jelly

  34. SW/ SP video chokey. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yes, I tried d/l two different versions from two sites, neither were in sync. (I love having a an ADSL =)

    It's annoying to listen to like that.

  35. 198 download attempts from rich's site failed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, I tried 198 times to download the SP movie
    from Rich's site, but it would never get beyond
    the first 1100k. Due to a crappy web server, you
    couldn't resume the transfers and had to start all
    over each time. What a waste of bandwidth.

  36. SW/ SP video chokey. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hardware IBM Thinkpad 385ED PII-166 The only excuse I have for it being chokey is that the video subsystem on this thing is crappy. The new trailer is pretty annoyingly chokey too but since it is quictime instead of avi it is much better. I'm willing to blame any problems in it entirely on the video subsystem.

  37. I'm sorry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wasn't you in this case...I apologize for the ambiguity. A friend had previously pointed it out as if it were the greatest comedic invention since fake barf.

  38. ENOUGH ALREADY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Enough star wars already!

    I am sick of these articles

  39. SW/ SP video chokey. Thats why Quicktime SUCKS ASS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, if people would realize that QT is the industry standard, we wouldn't have this problem. AVI is just M$ attempt to fuck over Apple and Quicktime.

  40. Off-topic: SW trailer problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I can't get it to play the whole thing!!! :(
    Apple's QuickTime player just POOF! and disappear after two seconds of play. That was on a NT4. I am majorly depressed now... someone please tell me you have the same problem. Err... no, that won't make me feel any better. Tell me a solution instead. "Get a life" and "catch it on TV" are two options I already considered :-)

  41. stupid bitch.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Compelling argument there.

    I bet you pick up heaps of chicks, tough guy.

    Virgin.

    AndyM

  42. Off-topic: SW trailer problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    nt sucks! i had the same problem until i downloaded qt 3.0 . Then after a (standard) reboot, i was able to view the video through netscape from the website. as soon as i saved it however, it dissapeared. my suggestion would be to not use nt (i'm forced to at work..they wont allow *nix boxes on the intranet here for fear of "security" holes...laff)

  43. Get over it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm getting really tired of people claiming that they know the "one true theory of humor" and mocking everything that doesn't conform to their ideas. If South Park continues to make people bust a gut laughing fifty years from now, it is by definition still funny. Yes, you can simply claim that the masses are idiots and that they're all mindless sheep who laugh, cry, and ejaculate at the press of a button by The Man (TM), but consider that perhaps it's you -- maybe you just don't get it.

    I personally don't find America's Funniest Home Slaughterfest/Police Chases/Rednecks Being Stupid very funny, but I don't spend half an hour watching it and then bitch about it, either. If you are that pissed because your friend displays different aesthetic tastes than yourself by enjoying something you don't, don't blame the thing: go find new friends. Maybe they'll automatically agree with everything you say and like everything you like. They'll only laugh at the jokes you laugh at. Then you can all wear the same clothes and do the same things, watch the same movies, eat the same foods, and say that everyone who doesn't act just like you sucks.

    Oh wait... what was that about mindless sheep?

  44. News for Dorks. Stuff for the Crapper. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    star wars, sex bots and wind up notebooks?

    wtf? this place gets more useless by the minute.

  45. I'm sorry... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    However, seeing a genuinely talentless person with no aptitude for art or writing producing material that correctly LOOKS like it was created by someone with no talent...this is not comedy. It's just pathetic.


    This is a dumb thing to say, right up there with "it takes no talent to make electronic music, all you do is punch a few keys and a the computer does everything for you".

  46. Then filter them out, fucknard. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "Son of a bitch!"

  47. Eediot complainers. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nothing I can't stand more than a bunch of whiney jerks. Shut up already. If you don't want to see it, don't click. The ironic thing is, I bet these whiners are also the ones that bitch when people bring censorship around. "I should be given freedom of choice!" Well, you got it idiots. You can filter it out, you can not read it, you can just read comments and not check out the trailer if that's what turns your crank. There's articles on /. which I don't give two squeaky farts about. Guess what I do? I don't read them! MY GOD WHAT A CONCEPT! Idiots...

  48. Don't forget about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    ...the idiots who repost their mindless flames after their first posting is moderated out.


    --
    Jason Eric Pierce

  49. Lighten up people! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Do you realize how hard these guys worked on this Star Wars spoof? Over 3 months! And it was all for free. Would you be willing to devote that much time to something when you weren't expecting anything in return, except for maybe a pat on the back or someone telling you a job well done? I think not!
    So lighten up folks... don't be so hard on the parody. It was made with blood, sweat, and tears for the true die-hard Star Wars fans out there.

  50. Don't forget about... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    bahahahaha my kung fu better and faster

  51. Off-topic: SW trailer problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Thank you! Thank you! I am the original A.C. poster of this thread. You guys/gals made my day! May the Force be with you!

  52. Web Site Sux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://sabbeth.com/~menace/specialedition.htm

    1. Web site hoses Netscape on second load
    2. d/l links do not work
    3. Doesn't deserve to be mentioned here

    end of comment(s)

  53. Star Wars is a Rip-off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Star Wars is just a cheap rip-off
    of Spaceballs.

  54. How about a little bit of honest critique? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    It was cute, sorta. It looked a bit too much like a Flash animation, though. Come to think of it, they probably could've cut their development time in about half had they built it in Flash. They especially didn't get the gestures right, with the trademark South Park digital jerkiness missing.

    (Open Source South Park! Make models available for download, beg beg beg!)

  55. southpark is passe by oblom · · Score: 1

    if i wanted to see obnoxious kids who were vulger and had bad language.. i could do it realtime on irc...

    ... or just read <meta name="keywords" content="..."> on your web site.

    BTW, sex and kitten hardly mix well together... unless you are into bestiality. ;-)

  56. I'm sorry... by whoop · · Score: 1

    Well, it was posted on Slashdot with the title, "South Park spoof of Star Wars." So one would presume (at least I did) it was a parody of Star Wars using South Park characters. So then it rolls back to, why watch it if you know it contains South Park?

    Unless you were referred to the site from somewhere else, then one would wonder why comment about it on Slashdot, and not to your friend directly...

  57. anti-star wars wussies by drwiii · · Score: 1
    i, for one, am taking may 19th off from my job at an extremely large chip-manufacturing employer

    Frito-Lay lets you just take days off? Wow.

  58. No you didn't. by torpor · · Score: 1

    You put your whole head up your ass, didn't you?

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  59. s/Quicktime/AVI by Chris+Johnson · · Score: 1

    QED.

  60. The ORIGINAL Star Trek was very good. by Codifex+Maximus · · Score: 1

    And, I'm not talking about the TV Series either. I'm speaking of the original book version; it had epic scope with nearly believable storyline.

    Some thought the original TV Series was a bad rip-off of the books! I thought Star Trek TNG was a poorly done product in comparison to the original TV Series. At least, the original TV Series TRIED to deliver the flavor of the book.

    Now, it's just a bunch of special effects with second rate acting and predictable plots. Special Effects should enhance rather than be the storyline. :(

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  61. Star Wars by Fastolfe · · Score: 1

    I know, right? You'd think these people would have keeled over in agony by now, but nope. They're still out there taking the time to actually go INTO the articles that are causing them so much misery and tell everyone about it.

    Pretty weird if you ask me.

  62. Mirror by ChiefArcher · · Score: 1

    Here's a Mirror of both the star wars movie and parody.. http://ww2.netnitco.net/users/nitco/ray/ ChiefArcher

  63. 5-inch donkey? by ElpDragon · · Score: 1

    Where do you find a donkey that small? Don't tell me they've found a pygmy gene.

    ElpDragon.

  64. anti-star wars wussies by CRiMSON · · Score: 1

    Then you sir, are an idiot, it's a god damn movie.

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  65. southpark is passe by Juliet · · Score: 1

    if i wanted to see obnoxious kids who were vulger and had bad language.. i could do it realtime on irc... and with those people i can yell back..

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    Victoria Palmer - I brake for unix.boys, Windows just breaks. - http://www.escape.com/~juliet
  66. EFNet by Akira1 · · Score: 1

    Might wanna try #movieworld also, I just happen to help run that channel. We usually have good stuff on our dump sites, and things get continually ripped by members.

    try here for info: Movieworld

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    Food: It's whats for dinner
  67. Fuck. by Athos · · Score: 1

    Do we have to?

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  68. SW/ SP video chokey. by pivo · · Score: 1

    They were fine for me, but I had a T1

  69. Yo Bubba! by cody · · Score: 1

    Well said.

  70. southpark is passe -- agreed! by Lx · · Score: 1

    What could be more lizard-brain than sitting around watching cartoons swear?

    Besides, it's been done to death. It's even worse than 'swing-dancing'. gag me.

    -lx

  71. Star Wars by mattc · · Score: 0

    I THOUGHT I had Star Wars filtered out! Argh, I can't escape!

  72. A retraction. by jerodd · · Score: 1
    I hereby retract my comment on the comments on the latest posting by Jon Katz. These one outdoes every other Commentforum I have seen yet.

    I remember reading an article in an in-flight magazine (United Airline's magazine, IIRC) where the author related her experiences upon acquiring an AOL account and heading for their chatrooms. She was immediately accosted by someone bearing the nickname ``DemonBoy'' who claimed to be fourteen years old and proceeded to spout what he thought were obscene comments (but were actually quite uncreative). The author asked the question: ``Have we built this nationwide network simply for this kind of mental masturbation?'' The question is apt indeed.

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  73. I'm sorry... by Artemis · · Score: 1

    If you really don't enjoy the spoofs/parodies, then simply don't watch them. You seem to be rather upset ("It's just pathetic"), and I don't see why you would upset yourself purposly by watching these parodies.

    My site contains 100% GPL'd source code :)

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  74. Eediot complainers. by generic · · Score: 1

    >I don't give two squeaky farts about.

    I needed this laugh today.. Thank you.


    http://vapid.ddns.org

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  75. QuickTime 3/NT4 problem? by Industrial+Disease · · Score: 1

    It worked fine at home on my Win9X box. Craps out after 2 seconds at work on my NT4 box. I don't have any other QT movies handy to test; is it general to QT3/NT4 or specific to the Star Wars trailer?

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  76. VCD of Star Wars Episode I by Anonymous+Shepherd · · Score: 1

    Gee, it must have been expensive to set up an entertainment center good enough to forgo a visit to a theatre to see Star Wars I. I guess it would be more convenient than waiting for a couple hours in line, maybe.

    I'm not sure which will get bigger, VCD or DVD. My bet is on DVD, because the quality I've seen suggests that DVD, or at least properly done DVD, is better quality than VCD.


    AS

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  77. Off-topic: SW trailer problem by Amanset · · Score: 1

    I had the same problem with NT4. Pile a poo it is. I suggest going to www.countingdown.com and downloading one of the MPEG encrypted versions. That way there's a million and one different players you can use.

  78. So, would you call this Trailer Park? by iceaxe · · Score: 1

    ;-)

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  79. Star Wars by Kirby · · Score: 1

    This was posted under the topic 'humor' rather than 'star wars'. Hmm, how long before we get more than one topic for an item? But, anyway, it's not the software that's broken in this case.

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    -- Kate
  80. anti-star wars wussies by nion · · Score: 1

    you guys are obviously too young to enjoy star wars. i, for one, am taking may 19th off from my job at an extremely large chip-manufacturing employer and will watch the new star wars episode at LEAST twice in that day.

    go george lucas, and thank you rob.

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  81. Not... SW/ SP video chokey. by Dan+B. · · Score: 1

    I got an AVI zipped (13Mb) an it was fine. (Love that T1 at work) and every one in the office didn't have a problem. You probably have a crappy old machine that should have been retired years ago.

    Dan.

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  82. I mirrored this too... by richone · · Score: 1

    South Park is played out, but...I have a copy of this video on my site with the new Star Wars trailer.

    Rich
    http://rich.cmcsmart.com

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  83. Starwars apple parody by Binary+Ninja · · Score: 1

    Damn Apple Goober!

    Go back to school and learn to capitalize I.

    BN

  84. Star Wars is a Rip-off; No way G! by Darth+Hubris · · Score: 1

    Hey! I take personal offence at that remark! Star Wars came out it 1977, and Spaceballs came out in 1980 somethin"! Screw that noize!!!

    [sudden tug on the monofiliment line]

    Oh crap!

    [My slippery. fishy, body rockets through the nodes to a suspicious-looking post]

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