PA Wars takes everything that normal, civilized, non-geeky people think about and wears it on its sleeve. Hate your job? Hate your boss? Ever have flights of fancy about confronting said boss in a lightsabre duel? Well, even if you haven't, you can easily understand the impulse.

Some background for the uninitiated... "PA" stands for "Production Assistant," which is an inocuous title for slave labor. In other words, in the film world, the PA is at the bottom of the food chain. In this film, that's "Sponikan Sponewalker" who carries around a Yoda cup that he talks to... and it talks back... a lot. Yes, it's that cheesey.

With a film like this the fear is that it would be so self-referential and self-absorbed that the audience would never be let into the film. But because PA Wars keeps it basic and simple, it's fun for everyone. Everyone is welcome at this party and you feel like grabbing your plastic lightsabre and joining in.

The sound editing is what really makes this movie work. Not only the hip sound track, but putting in all of those little sounds that we associate with Star Wars applied to everyday things.

Load it up and keep your plastic lightsabre handy.

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