Star Wars Kinect Is a Tragedy on Par with Jar Jar
Oh god. I knew Star Wars Kinect was going to be bad, but I didn’t know it was going to be THIS bad. I knew about the shitty podracing game, the shittier lightsaber “duels” and the borderline creepy Slave Leia dancing game — a game where her crotch shoots fireworks to tell you how well you’re doing — and I say this as a man who has leered and ogled many a Slave Leia in my time. If you don’t mind never knowing joy again, please watch the below video right through to the end:
When those two poor child actors go on to horrible drug addictions and careers in low-budget sheep pornography, we’ll be able to trace their problems directly to starring in this commercial. And I thought I felt bad for Jake Lloyd.
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