'The
One Man Star Wars Trilogy'
We've got a one-man Hamlet, why not a one-man Star Wars? The tale is at least as familiar as the Melancholy Dane's. We all know the story beats, the great lines.
"It'll be just like Beggar's Canyon back home!"
Charlie Ross does the whole Star Wars trilogy in just under 60 minutes. He does the actors and the sound effects. He sings/hums the various themes. He handles the credits. He's quite red in the face by the five-minute mark. But he pulls it off in a Pythonesque bit of theatrical absurdity that calls to mind the comedy of Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters. His Darth Vader sounds like Gregory Peck. His Luke is an annoying goof. And every time Chewbacca or R2-D2 makes a peep, he gets a laugh.
You'll be shocked and amazed, not just by Ross's invention but by how your own memories of the original trilogy serve to make Ross's laughs work.
Roger Moore
Orlando Sentinel
May 19, 2003
