Second Time as Farce, Third as Parody

[danalwyn]

Is it wrong to find this article to be disturbingly hilarious?

CORUSCANT — Obi-Wan Kenobi, the mastermind of some of the most devastating attacks on the Galactic Empire and the most hunted man in the galaxy, was killed in a firefight with Imperial forces near Alderaan, Darth Vader announced on Sunday.

In a late-night appearance in the East Room of the Imperial Palace, Lord Vader declared that “justice has been done” as he disclosed that agents of the Imperial Army and stormtroopers of the 501st Legion had finally cornered Kenobi, one of the leaders of the Jedi rebellion, who had eluded the Empire for nearly two decades. Imperial officials said Kenobi resisted and was cut down by Lord Vader's own lightsaber. He was later dumped out of an airlock.

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The layout is fairly well done.

Comments

[nightdog_barks]

Good lord, that is amazingly well done! The comments are great, and there's even SPAM.

[danalwyn]

They certainly have a good comment stream going - and are pretty rapidly voting down people who don't stay "in universe", although it is disturbingly easy to reference real world events.