Hardware Wars (1978)

Anyone remember this? Because I don't. I was only five. My buddy-without-a-blog clued me in today.

Dude, Chewie is A BROWN COOKIE MONSTER MUPPET. This clip is only three minutes long, but it's a hoot. Real irons as ships. Household appliances as guns. Actual cinnamon buns on Leia's head. Alderaan appears as a basketball. Darth Vader looks like a welder.

Hardware Wars
Consider this clip a tribute to 1978, when disco was king, and Star Wars ruled the box office...yet there was something missing. The world was ready for what would become known as one of the greatest parodies ever made and began the fan film craze that made the Star Wars Fan Film Awards possible. Using normal household appliances, Ernie Fosselius created arguably, the 12 funniest minutes of film in this or any universe.

I'll be purchasing the full-length Hardware Wars DVD: Collector's Edition, no doubt. The Amazon info says it includes "a rare look at a pirated foreign version from 1979" and I can only imagine what that looks like.

watch me while I lose all credibility: SWVI, aka "Jedi," is my favorite. Yep. I rank them: VI, V, IV, II, I with III as-yet-unseen.

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