The Secret of Han Solo’s Dropped Cargo Revealed
Some of you might have seen this already, but it’s making the rounds again and it’s very much worth your time if you haven’t seen it yet. It’s a fan-made animation — a shockingly well-done one, I might add — which explains the story being Han Solo ditching the cargo that caused Jabba to put a bounty on him (note: it wasn’t exactly his fault). Not only is it a swell story, well-told, but the character designs are actually a great hybrid between the CG Clone Wars cartoon and the Genndy Tartakovsky one, in my opinion. And the guy who does Han Solo’s voice is fucking outstanding — it’s uncanny how much he sounds like young Harrison Ford. The only problem is that the short is in 3-D — which I suppose it great if you have 3-D glasses, but is mildly annoying if you don’t (I don’t). Still, don’t let that stop you from checking it out. (Via io9)
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