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Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back...Sweded watch!

slashfilm.com — Rob Kenyon. Mark Breeze, Paul Nadin, Jamie Broadrick, and Leonora Whitehouse filmed this 60-second short film over the course of two days using a lot of cardboard and gaffers tape. Everything was created from scratch, from the costumes to the puppets, from the Ships to the droids.

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  • rabidmonkey1, on 04/17/2008, -1/+39Sweded films are great, but this basically boils down to the fact that I'll digg something with AT-AT's in it whether I'm fully aware of what I'm doing or not. That being said, I'm particularity impressed by their Chewbacca rendition.
  • bossm4n, on 04/17/2008, -0/+22Yoda looks like a green version of old man Waldorf from The Muppet Show.
    • MoofTheStoof, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1And this one wasn't bad, either...
    • rspeed, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Nah. Waldorf was Jim Henson, not Frank Oz.
  • streetsim, on 04/17/2008, -0/+15Too much time spent on the Wampa.
  • kroftofu, on 04/17/2008, -0/+11I kinda wished they used a bit less of the special effects, that makes it feel too nice to be sweded. But other than that, it was quite awesome.
  • phlezk, on 04/17/2008, -2/+2that was cool
  • HydrogenY, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9Moved a bit too fast for my liking. Didn't have the same comic timing as the original.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qEWhrjYg_o
  • mezzanine224, on 04/17/2008, -0/+18I prefer the sweded versions that actually tell a bit of the story, instead of just cramming fast editing in your face. With that said...this was actually pretty cool.
  • Shambla, on 04/17/2008, -0/+31I think Boba Fett was Borat...
  • Daamien, on 04/17/2008, -6/+0No Lando or Chewey? Sad.
  • klick37, on 04/17/2008, -0/+10Dugg for tinfoil carbonite.
  • 1807, on 04/17/2008, -10/+3I really wasn't a fan. It was very creative...but not original or impressive.
    • wedgemartin, on 04/17/2008, -0/+9You are boring and probably make poor choices in consumer electronics.
  • AlKo, on 04/17/2008, -2/+1The Saga continues...
    ROTJ?
  • bobkingof12vs, on 04/17/2008, -2/+16why is it that i always come onto to digg thinking that 'i am only going to spend ten minutes and look at just the front page and be done with it' and end up spending two hours here?
    god i love digg
  • hammburglar, on 04/17/2008, -0/+12im so glad sweding caught on.
  • Jfox386, on 04/17/2008, -3/+0lea looks too old
  • TheWriteGuy, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I'm impressed that they sweded all the ships as cardboard models. At first I thought they had simply used the Kenner toys.
  • naugrim, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Sweet vid! I'm a huge fan of "T2: Low Budgement Day" myself:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTCgIHpQXE
  • WheresWallE, on 04/17/2008, -1/+0For me the ultimate swede is the Total Recall one, "TWOOOOO WEEEEEEEEKS"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_UJa7gsaxY
    (not a rickroll)
  • TheNerd25, on 04/17/2008, -3/+1some people just have too much time on their hands. I liked it though :)
  • Shakermaker, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Probably one of the best, and most hilarious, I've ever seen.
    /ranks up there with Hardware Wars and Troops, IMO
  • element4l, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1yep, that pretty much sums it up
  • mrbojangles9211, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Watching that was like having a seizure. the best most funny seizure ever ever.
  • RadiatedAnt, on 04/17/2008, -8/+2burried for the ***** word "'sweded"

    edit: and mrbabyman
  • milkmage, on 04/17/2008, -0/+4bew! bew!, bew! bew!
  • sb66, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1that was ok I guess
  • Jennadickes, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1Superior sound effects but it was lacking in stop motion fun =(
  • haqfar, on 04/17/2008, -2/+0Loved it! This is even funnier though:
    The ultimate Snakes On A Plane swede:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOHxm_XIBc

    Here's the website where I found this one (also has TOP GUN and Karate Kid):
    http://www.swededfilm.com
  • haqattaqq, on 04/18/2008, -3/+0Here's the funniest one I've seen (and I've seen a lot):
    TOP GUN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tBSg_DYuK0

    Done by these guys: http://www.swededfilm.com
  • vine, on 04/18/2008, -2/+2i want my 2 minutes back
  • inferno10, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1"He no good to me dead"

    I lol'ed at this line.
  • bytor4232, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1*leans forward* Thats the best thing I ever saw!!!
  • Raptor007, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1This is the first I've heard the term "sweded", but holy crap that was amazing!
    • nmcphee, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1I had to google swede
    • orbitz, on 04/18/2008, -0/+0Glad I'm not the only one, I still haven't seen Be Kind Please Rewind which apparently is where it comes from.
  • neocognitism, on 04/18/2008, -6/+1I saw no tall blonds with big *****. How is this sweded?
  • UtopianComplex, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2They missed the point of sweeding you are not supposed to just do the movie really fast... the scenes are still supposed to be complete.

    That said this was still awesome
  • scottperezfox, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1I don't this works with Empire, that whole movie was about subtlty, about relationships, and about how characters change. Maybe the ANH would work better as a series of events. Phantom Menace too.
  • twiztedambience, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1worst episode ever
  • Peko, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Lando is not white. Buried as inaccurate.
  • abhinavkumar, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1THAT WAS AMAZING! I got the depth of George Lucas's writing without any of the bad parts! Pregors anyone?
  • DocterJ, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1How are you so amazing? I think that pretty much summarizes not only Star Wars but also my friggin life!
  • heavystone, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1Sigh, another featured video from YouTube ripped off and then pasted on a different site for hits.
  • vincrap, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1quick note, i know it won't be seen but I must say it: sweding isn't movies in 30 seconds.. show a bit of the movie
  • crila, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1PSSHHHHHT. that wasnt sweeded. they used after effects or something for the light sabers. call me a purist, but a sweeded version wouldn't use after effects.
  • olliejones, on 04/20/2008, -0/+0Cheers for the comments. Just like say that this film isn't actually Sweeded, It was for a competition on empire online (for their awards show) where you had to remake your favoroite film in 60 seconds...and that it had to be as silly as possible.

    Again thanks for the kind words and taking a peek :)

    Ollie
    betterfeelingfilms
  • dyana1, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1cool
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