Desert Star Wars

I saw "Star Wars Episode MDCCLXXXIV - Sequel to the Prequels that were the Sequel" last night at the Desert Star theatre in Salt Lake. George Lucas, faced with declining revenue at Lucas Films and a poor public image, decides to hold a Star Wars convention in Salt Lake City (that's in Idaho right?) where he will unveil his next trilogy of films. What trilogy you ask? Well, even Mr. Lucas doesn't know... but he'll figure something out before the convention. Just then he stumbles across a screenplay written by one of his interns in the writing department.

The screenplay, written as a class project, fills in the gaps and plotholes between episodes 3 and 4 and, of course, ends with the violent, gory and long anticipated death of Jar Jar Binks. Problem solved! Add in a bunch of over-the-top special effects and ridiculous dialog and there shouldn't be any problem turning this class project screenplay into a new trilogy. The only problem is the timing. The new trilogy occurs between episodes 3 and 4. Episodes 4, 5, and 6 really should have been 7, 8 and 9. Unfortunately, it's too late to change them now. George decides to deem the new trilogy episodes 3 and 1/4, 3 and 5/8 and 3 and 7/16.

The real action of the story unfolds at the Salt Lake Star Wars convention where local Utah Star Wars fanatics (and one accidental trekkie) come to fawn over Mr Lucas and his fantasy world. As you might imagine, the intern is none to happy that Mr. Lucas stole his screenplay. Egged on by the mysterious evil emperor, he decides to take revenge on Mr. Lucas at the Salt Lake Star Wars convention. The intern, dressed as Darth Vader, kidnaps one of the convention attendees dressed as Queen Amidala and threatens to blow up the convention center with his "nu-cu-lar" device.

Will Queen Amidala be rescued by her friends, Luke, Leia and Obe Wan? Will George Lucas save the day or be exposed as a thief? You'll have to see it yourself to find out :) I love Desert Star. Most of their parodies (and this one is no exception) are kind of silly and over-the-top, but they are genuinely funny and just plain good fun.