Links: Darths & Droids

In the same vein as DM of the Rings, "Darths & Droids" is a webcomic that takes screencaps of "Star Wars: Episode I" and marries them with a roleplaying game narrative. Here's a sample:



It's a neat idea, though I suppose it's only really hilarious to someone who's familiar with both Star Wars lore and RPG tropes (admittedly, there's probably a ton of overlap among those two populations). The addition of Jar Jar Binks (someone brings their little sister over to one of the sessions, and Jar Jar becomes her character) is a bit of inspired lunacy that really helps the whole thing to have an identity of its own, apart from the movie.

I actually think the three original movies would have worked better for this project, though, since the characters usually stayed together as a "party." The prequels' plotlessness (time for a random stop on Tatooine!) ultimately works against any kind of parody, because even a parody has to make sense.