My Daughter, the Jedi

By | January 15, 2007
10 Comments

Note how deftly she dispatches the dread Sith:

How he got in the garage and what his intentions were, we don’t know.

I did point out to my young heroine that proper lightsabre form is all about slicing; to stab one’s opponent in that manner is not the Jedi way. She responded that her boyfriend’s shoestring production company doesn’t have the SFX budget to show limbs being lopped off.

So, you know. Touché.

  • http://www.speculist.com Stephen Gordon

    Most people get…you know…mice or something in their garages.

    As well equipped as she was to deal with this problem, it appears that this isn’t the first Sith your daughter has had to deal with.

    Phil’s garage: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

    Seriously – cool light saber effects. I would love to know how that was done.

  • http://triticale.mu.nu triticale

    Phil’s garage: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

    There was the garage on the alley a block over from where we lived in Chicago where we used to work on cars and then pull the lens from the welding helmet to lay out lines of coke on…

  • blacknail

    I particular enjoyed the way she finished him off, with a “Eat light, you villainous scum! OK, like whatever…”

    Loved the title effects.

  • http://beyondwordsworth.com Kathy

    I knew her when she was throwing spaghetti from her high chair, now she’s a graceful young warrior princess…I pity the young man who underestimates her strength. Does she hear that epic music in her head all the time?

  • Phil Bowermaster

    Stephen –

    Phil’s garage: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.

    Dude, don’t even get me started about my basement…

    Triticale –

    Okay,you win. That garage sounds more dangerous even than mine.

    Blacknail –

    Right. Being kind of cavalier about it is part of the deal. Like that scene in the last one where Yoda walks into the Emperor’s chambers and takes out those two nasty looking guards with this absent-minded swat into the air. If you start taking the whole Jedi thing to seriously, you end like Anakin…whining your way to the dark side.

    Kathy –

    Well, she was the drum major this year, so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if her soundtrack is pretty heroic.

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  • http://www.speculist.com Stephen Gordon

    Let me vouch for the video Geddes just linked to.

    Definitely worth a look.

  • Phil Bowermaster

    Very cool. Still, I’m not a fan of all this stabbing.

  • Michael S. Sargent

    Phil, I think you’d better either brush up on your own lightsaber kata or look for a glow-in-the-dark sledgehammer or this girl is going to be running the show.

    I’d say you might also want to talk to her about the shatter-their-hearts-and-walk-away style she’s adopted. She might cause much suffering mmmph, yes.

  • Phil Bowermaster

    “…going to be running the show?” Um, your concerns are about 17 years too late, I’m afraid.

    As for the suffering she may cause…well, that’s life in the big city, fellas.