Duel of the Hates
Remember how the lightsaber duels were the only decent thing in The Phantom Menace? Well, you remember wrong. They sucked too, as clearly demonstrated from this instructional video about how fight with a lightsaber, i.e., swing the lightsaber near your opponent, just not too near. Warning: Do not watch this if you want to keep any good will for TPM, seriously. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.