MAD About Star Wars
by Jonathan Bresman
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Author: Jonathan BresmanBrand: MAD Magazine
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-16
ISBN: 0345501640
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: Laugh-out-loud funny!
Summary: 5 Stars
Over the years, Mad Magazine has pocked fun at the Star Wars movies, and the entire Star Wars phenomenon - from episode 4 to episode 3...er, you know what I mean. This book contains all of their Star Wars bits, including their wonderful parodies of the movies, their goofy one-liners, their hilarious covers, and even their funny fake posters. As an added bonus, this book contains numerous behind-the-scene anecdotes (did you know that George Lucas was a big fan of MAD's Star Wars' parodies?), interesting coincidences and numerous funny pictures.
Overall, I found this to be a great book. I loved seeing the parodies again, not to mention many cartoons and gags I never saw before! It kept me up late reading, trying to keep from busting out loud laughing (and earning the ire of my wife!). My fourteen-year-old son is a huge Star Wars fan, and like me he loved this book. We both give it our highest recommendations. Buy it!
Summary of MAD About Star Wars
A long time ago (thirty years) in a galaxy far, far away (California) . . .It is a period steeped in cinematic lore. Rebel filmmaker George Lucas, striking from a base in Northern California, won a tremendous box office victory against all odds with Star Wars, his sci-fi spectacular.
During the ensuing craze, MAD?s ?Usual Gang of Idiots? managed to steal a few laughs at the movie?s expense, soon discovering that Star Wars was the ultimate pop culture punching bag.
Pursuing each Star Wars film?s release with more mockery, the MAD men spent the next three decades making a farce of the Force and spreading mirth across the galaxy.
Now, in this special edition volume, you?ll chuckle as the Star Wars saga?s greatest moments are mocked by such MAD greats as Dick DeBartolo, Mort Drucker, Don Martin, and Sergio Aragonés; smirk as the striking similarities between the space battles created by Industrial Light & Magic and by the ?Usual Gang of Idiots? are revealed; hum along to the unforgettable Star Wars musical, as penned by MAD?s master lyricist, Frank Jacobs; gasp at the startling insights into R2-D2?s love life; and marvel at the real reason why Lucas?s lawyers never sued MAD.
And that?s just the beginning. . . .
So, pick up this book and see why, when Star Wars gets the MAD treatment . . . Sith happens! It is your destiny.
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