We're Fans of Fans

There's only one thing better than absorbing nerdy cultural texts, and that's becoming a nerdy cultural text of your own. Voting on the Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge launched today; over the next month, a ton of fan-made Star Wars films will duel to the death to attract the attention of our local birthday-beardo, George Lucas. Winners are announced May 27 on Spike TV (corporate sibling of Atom Films). We adore Chad Vader, of course, having heartily enjoyed his Rifftrax contributions, but there's lots more to choose from. Check the submissions out on Atom Films, and support indie film! Or at least, what would have been indie films if their owners hadn't surrendered them to Viacom.

(Actually, in Viacom's defense, the terms are pretty fair: all fans retain ownership, and some retain license to exhibit. Yes, that's right, we just defended Viacom.)