Jukebox Friday: Star Wars Edition.

From Japanese television in 1983, here's an orchestra tackling John Williams' famous score. But stick around and you'll get to see some guest stars, too -- as well as some swell retro Japanese TV commercials.

Part 1:


Part 2:


[via TV in Japan.]

Star Wars Week: Backstroke of the West.

Gotta love those Asian bootleggers, who took a perfectly good copy of "Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" and made it better with their poorly translated subtitles:


[via Engrish Funny.]

Star Wars Week: More Dancing.

Work it, Vader! Here are Anakin and his minions getting down with the dark side of funk:

Star Wars Week: Dancetrooper.

Presenting Danny Choo, the Tokyo Dance Trooper, let loose in Shibuya:


And he's got tons of other videos of his work, too. Check it out.

Bollywood Monday: Star Wars Week Begins.

Let's have a "Star Wars" week! Whaddaya say, kids? Won't that be fun?

Let's kick it off with some cheap animation to show what "Star Wars" would've been like if it was made in Bollywood:

Mashup Monday: A Galaxy Far, Far Away.

The variety of "Star Wars" mashups and recontextualizations available online just seems endless. Here are a few of my favorites, although you can easily find many more where these came from.

"Star Wars" done in "Pulp Fiction" style:


Vader vs. Shatner:


Yoda sings Louis Armstrong:


Yoda and Jar Jar try to figure out what's the fella's name on first base: