The year is 1998, six months and counting until the premier of “Star Wars Episode I.” Now let’s forget for a moment about the travesty that was the second trilogy of “Star Wars.” We meet our main characters Eric (Sam Huntington), Linus (Chris Marquette), Hutch (Dan Fogler), Windows (Jay Baruchel), and Zoe (Kristen Bell) who are the cream of the crop of fanboydom. In true fanboy fashion, our group of misfits know everything that is possible to know about the “Star Wars” Universe circa 1998. One night at a party they decide to storm Skywalker Ranch in attempts to see the infamous “Episode I” before anyone else does.
If you are a “Star Wars” fan of any dosage, ranging from true fanboy to just seeing and enjoying the movie, you will find this movie a great comedy. With celebrity guest stars such as Billy Dee Williams (who played Lando Calrissian in Episode five), William Shatner, Seth Rogan, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, and Carrie Fisher (who played Princess Leia) there is truly an endless amount of great acting in this movie.
If ever there was a movie that is able to encompass the nature and hilariousness that can ensue for true “Star Wars” geeks, this is the movie to do so. The dialogue just puts the humor right out in front of you. Many times throughout this movie, one or more of our fanboys have to prove their true fandom and spew knowledge of their love for the original saga. The biggest flaw in this movie would have to be if you don’t know anything about the “Star Wars” universe, you’ll be lost from the get go.
The director of this movie is very dependant upon the fact that you’ve probably seen “Star Wars” at some point in your life that it makes sense why this is only a limited release movie. Don’t get me wrong though, even if you have seen the whole saga once you’ll go into this movie being able to catch some of the jokes.
Dan Fogler who plays Hutch has really come a long way since his last movie “Balls of Fury.” He almost seems to be able to accept the geek knowledge that was spat upon him and makes for a great leading role for the first time. While Sam Huntington, who plays Eric, the guy who moved on and started a real life takes a step back and where you feel like he should become a main role, just takes a step back and lets everyone else bring the movie to life.
When push comes to shove though, this was a brilliant movie and even though it took an excess of five years, this movie was well worth the wait.
This movie has laughs and celebrity guest stars that exceed any thought of what you might think will happen, as well as a great cast that has you rooting for them every debacle step of the way.
Adam Korman is a fifth-year student majoring in professional studies. He can be reached at AK587939@wcupa.edu.