Star Wars: 10 Fanfilms That Did It Way Better Than Lucas

by Kaki Olsen

1. Pitching LucasPitching Lucas We end with another love story to George Lucas and another winner of the George Lucas Selects award. George Lucas has said that he likes parodies and this short film by Shane Felux makes you want to laugh and facepalm with its irresistible stupidity. Three TV executives come to George, knowing intuitively that he could really use some ideas for the Star Wars TV series. They have, of course, interrupted a productive writing session in which we see his ideas played out around him in his charmingly decorated study. The ideas they come up with are unoriginal and dumb, of course. It's all well and good to make your own Star Wars/Charlie's Angels spoof, but you don't take it to the big guy. That would be like taking the admittedly-hilarious "Mysterious Ticking Noise" from Potter Puppet Pals and telling JK Rowling that it should be the plot of the next Harry Potter book. The best parts of this are the "dismissals" by George. The actor playing him is a dead ringer, so having him turn his movie characters' strategies against the foppish executives is hilarious. And appropriately, it ends with what we were all thinking for him: "And that's why I write it myself."

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That's Kaki pronounced like the pants, thank you very much, my family nickname and writing name. I am a Red Sox-loving, Doctor Who-quoting, Shaara-reading walking string quartet of a Mormon writer from Boston. I currently work 40 hours at a stressful desk job with a salary that lets me pick up and travel to places like Ireland or Philadelphia. I have no husband or kids, but I have five nephews to keep me entertained. When not writing, working or eating too much Indian food, I'm always looking for something new to learn, whether it's French or family history.