Monday, November 13, 2006

Chad Vader

I found these clips when I was browsing on Youtube last night. The Chad Vader series are short films made in Madison, Wisconsin. The storyline centers around Chad Vader, the less-famous brother of Darth Vader, who works (at first) as a day-shift manager at a supermarket named Empire Market. It presents Chad's clashes with customers and other employees, especially Clint, the night-shift manager. Chad's infatuation with Clarissa, one of the grocery store's check-out girls, is a plot point as well. Chad makes frequent references to dialogue and concepts from the Star Wars films in the context of a modern-day grocery store. The first episode has been viewed over two million times. As of November 4, 2006, there are four episodes, each between five and six minutes long, written and directed by Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda. Here are the clips:
Episode 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CiW838wNiM
Episode 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI2GGYZhpOs
Episode 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK5RoZm-2Y4&mode=related&search=
Episode 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsiM_JHKIck&mode=related&search=

1 comment:

michael said...

These videos are incredible. The ending of the first episode made me laugh so much it hurt.