So, while I was wallowing in how craptastic my day was yesterday, I happened to stumble on the most hilarious ’spoof’ blog I have had the pleasure to read in quite some time - darthside.blogspot.com.
The Darth Side: Memoirs of a Monster
Journal of Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith and Servant to His Supreme Excellency the Emperor Palpatine.
What makes this particularly amusing, is not just the content (which in itself is brilliant), such as the following…
At any rate, the attack on the hidden rebel base began and I had General Veers mount a ground assault. Once his walkers had destroyed the rebel generator I made planetfall and personally supervised our incursion into the base. I must say that the stormtroopers’ new heavy weather gear makes them look very cool. Hats off to Palpatine. (Most people don’t know this but His Excellency designs all of our outerwear personally; he has a real flair for geometry, and a great sense of line.)
.. it’s the simple pleasures of reading something extremely well written that has amassed quite a following. Not to mention an amazing number of folk who have continued the gentle tongue-in-cheek spoof, by posting comments ‘in character’.
Even if your not a Star Wars fan, or even that fond of the whole genre, it is a brilliant read.
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Brendan Borlase is a Systems and Network Administrator living in Adelaide, Australia, having lived, worked and breathed Information Technology for over 12 years. Learn more.
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