Review of Hardware Wars (1978) by Darryl R — 29 Aug 2007

Let's face it, the Fanboys control the major franchises of Hollywood. The corporations and their Technocratic copyright holders may babble on about "intellectual property" and tinker with them ad nauseum in order to placate their own sepsis-drowned ego (Stand up George Lucas, you revisionist), but without the Hive-Mind of the 19 year-old to digest them into popular myth, they'd just be pretty pieces of plastic and chrome.

Ignored by the aforementioned T'crats, some incredible fan-constructed "spin-offs" of the Star Wars saga have inundated us recently, thanks to the 'Net and cheap DVD-R disribution, but folks, this is the Grandaddy of them all. Filmed by Fosselius back when Episode IV was fresh and on every Ritalin-infested tyke's lunchbox, it was revolutionary, engrossing and, yes, ultimately hilarious (intentionally, as is the case). Never taking it seriously (no one cared about "official canons" back then), this is real treasure to be placed in honour on your mantelpiece, ready to be taken down and admired when your aunties from Canada drop by.

Now, all we need is the much-vaunted kid's remake of "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" to be officially released, and we'd finally accept that it's WE who wear the trousers in the movie-verse (sic). Hope you're listening, Lucasfilm's lawyers... (please don't sue me).