the crimes of george lucas ('90s on)

disappointed that Lucas is allowing these sacred totems to be exploited by opportunist companies

Pretty sure when I saw this back in 1994 my reaction was "Whoa, a new Star W...wait, what the hell?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxafIhYFOr0

This was around the same time I think I went "Wait...did I fever-dream it or was there some holiday special nobody talks about any more?"

"simulated demonstration"

http://youtu.be/4OnDizZ7UT0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OnDizZ7UT0

another crime: not putting the classic characters in the video games since the SNES days (dancing excepted)

what the

I dunno, I kind of think dancing Han Solo may be the best thing to come from the Star Wars world in a long time.

I can't even deal with that, too much lol

Oh wow i hadn't watched the whole thing. Lando gets his turn in the spotlight too!

another crime: not putting the classic characters in the video games since the SNES days (dancing excepted)

may I remind you of a little thing they call MASTERS OF TERAS KASI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTElGKKnVIY

it was sort of an ill-advised game design

omg i remember that game

The PSX readied the world for 3D character art, albeit in the most painful way possible

that game was p awesome stfu

HOAR

that is cooler than any of the prequels

that's a hella lame lightsaber darth has got.

LOL Masters of Teras Kasi

I think I bought that on my birthday the year it came out...I remember how huge of a letdown it was.

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi is a Lucasarts fighting game released in 1997 and set in the fictional universe of Star Wars. "Teräs Käsi" refers to a martial art used in the game; and, while being in grammatically incorrect form, is Finnish for "steel hand".

the crimes of tuomas ('90s on)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJxj1mou03M

It's like they felt the need to rip off Tekken even in the name...

Very well done! The bodies exploding as they fall into the water was Lol.

Giant squid was super well done.

Wait, is that music at 30 secs in a dance-version of the Cannibal Holocaust theme?

Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi is a Lucasarts fighting game released in 1997 and set in the fictional universe of Star Wars. "Teräs Käsi" refers to a martial art used in the game; and, while being in grammatically incorrect form, is Finnish for "steel hand".

Haha, this is indeed true! When Kingfish posted the Youtube link I thought it was some Finnish parody because of the name, but apparently it's the real thing!

The correct way to write "steel hand" would be "teräskäsi", btw, since it's a compound word in Finnish.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ter%C3%A4s_K%C3%A4si

I wonder where the heck they got the idea to name it in Finnish?

cos it looks like something spoken by aliens

IIRC, there's some old American sci-fi movie where the "alien" tongue spoken by aliens is actually Finnish! They say something like "Sibelius makes excellent music" in Finnish.

Tolkien's Elvish was based on Finnish too wasn't it?

Partly, I think, though it doesn't have any same words or anything.

Finnish Him

Well, Darth and Luke both have steel hands.

Finnish Him

― ledge, Friday, April 13, 2012 9:44 AM Bookmark

haha

lol

can we go back to dancing Han Solo for a second

also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRRTRGehkuM

the songs are fucking incredible, I am dying

Please God, stop words from popping out of their crotches...

Garange80 3 days ago *36 thumbs-up*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXp8T097vjc&feature=related

I want to buy an X-Box solely for this shit, and I think my wife would let me

Lol. Yeah the Han Solo song got stuck in my head yesterday.

I kinda admire George's willingness to troll his own shit.

Aw man, every time I see someone do the "Not a Scratch" it's just the funniest thing in the universe.

is the Dagobah bump supposed to be Vader doing something nasty to Yoda? That ain't nice!

the best part of those videos (han solo, leia) is the player cam with the doughy, awkward dancer in the upper left corner

I love Jabba grooving in the background of Hologram Girl.

this is OT but there's something really great about these:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM58dJ5l9B8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRnjn0wVJgk

second one especially for "Imagine how much fun your kids will have" followed by kids listlessly humming the theme music and waving the tie-in products around in slow, half-hearted arcs.

Also just kind of stunned I've never, ever heard of Burger Chef before, despite Wikipedia's claim that it was at one time the second most popular burger chain in the US.

Wait, is that music at 30 secs in a dance-version of the Cannibal Holocaust theme?

This would have been lost on me otherwise, but you are totally otm

more likely a version of "my heart will go on". the songs are pretty similar tho'.

my first thought was what the hell is/was burger chef?

Apparently, it was "incrediburgible!"

Also they pioneered the whole kids-meal-with-a-toy concept (with the uninspired name of "The Fun Meal"), and a "add your own toppings" bar which sounds potentially cool. It apparently doubled as a salad bar, which would put them out ahead of Wendy's in that category I think. I love the lame, old-school anonymity of their logo figure:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1123/1201215486_16aed540fe.jpg

...although Burger Chef and Jeff had a little more going on:

http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1414/1201215552_15ae185ab4.jpg

Really seems like a different age in fast food then, wish I could take a time machine back and check it out.

possibly the funniest rich asshole move I've heard of in quite some time