Awesome The Empire Strikes Back

If retailers can put their Christmas decorations out before Halloween, we can, too. In this silly holiday edit from Auralnauts, Vader pitches the idea of a Life Day (er, Christmas) parade to Palpatine. Set against the snowy backdrop of Hoth, Santa guides his AT-AT reindeer to deliver a load of gifts to the good little Rebels.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Lucasfilm released this wonderful reel of never-before-seen footage and outtakes, along with audio commentary by George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, and Lawrence Kasdan.

In the early moments of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker finds himself in a precarious situation, dangling upside-down in the cave of a deadly wampa. In the original, Luke manages to escape with help of The Force, but in VanBullock’s version, things don’t turn out so well.

Paying tribute to two of our favorite franchises at once, designer Kurt Rauffer (aka KROFL) created this reimagined title sequence for The Empire Strikes Back, done in the style of classic James Bond opening credits. The music is Radiohead’s unused Spectre theme song.

After wooing us with their track Bushes of Love, Bad Lip Reading are back with another Star Wars track – this time expounding on their The Empire Strikes Back reading. Since when were C-3PO and Jabba outsourced to Bangalore?

Like Star Wars Uncut, hundreds of fans created their own scenes from The Empire Strikes Back for them to be edited into a complete scene-for-scene remake of the original. A hilarious and charming mix of animation and live-action schtick.

A short tease for the upcoming sequel to Star Wars: Uncut, a crowdsourced remake of Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. So far, over 1500 participants have contributed. Claim your scene by 05/01/13 and be part of the final film!

From the guys who brought us the fan-made supercut that was Star Wars: Uncut, comes the best of the Star Wars films, using crowdsourced clips like the original. Claim a segment here.