Oh man, I just unlocked this memory from childhood. I haven't thought about this for years. Does anybody else remember this super cheesy short film spoof of Star Wars? I remember they even showed it on the popular subscription TV service ONTV back in the day. The spoof featured extensive use of hardware and appliances in place of all the technology in Star Wars. Toasters and steams irons were used for spaceships, vacuum cleaners for droids, cordless drills for blasters, and so on. The escape pod from the beginning of the film was a cassette being ejected form a cassette player. And, the ultimate, the lightsabers were done using flashlights and a fog machine. The funniest punchline was the end credits line "filmed on location in space."
Characters:
Fluke Starbucker
Augie "Ben" Doggie
Chewchilla the Wookie Monster (oddly resembles the Cookie Monster)
Ham Salad
4-Q-2 (looks like the Tin Man)
Arty Deco (a vacuum cleaner)
Princess Anne Droid (has cinammon rolls on the sides of her head)
Darph Nader (wears a welder's mask and nobody can understand him when he speaks)
Wow. I love it when a memory like this hits me out of nowhere. Fond memories of this cheesefest. Here's a still.
How many of you remember
Hardware Wars?