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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost swede Star Wars

Cory Doctorow at 12:43 am Wed, Mar 16, 2011

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Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's sweded reenactment of the droids-on-Tatooine scene from Star Wars is a naked attempt to create a viral ad for their new movie Paul, but that doesn't make it any less funny.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost's Star Wars (Thanks, PoliteRuin, via Submitterator!)

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politeruin

Twas amusing f’sure but it’s a shame the stuff you sub that you think important goes by the wayside. Oh well, i guess we all need light relief in these trying days!
Anonymous

brilliant!!
RedShirt77

Christ the prequels were awful. This is brilliant.
- Anonymous
  
  I’m pretty sure we’re not using the P-word any more.
- Felton / Moderator
  
  I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this rant.
  - RedShirt77
    
    The best rants are the redletter media reviews of star trek and star wars.
    
    http://redlettermedia.com/
    
    the prequel reviews have me laughing until I cry.
    - Felton / Moderator
      
      Yes! I still need to finish watching those.
cholten99

Worth it entirely for the noise Nick Frost makes at the end :-)
whizse

Kinda reminds me of the ESB tribute in Spaced, with Nick Frost making Chewbacca noises…
Anonymous

That was officially funnier than ‘Paul’
Anonymous

wow, that was funny. funny film also… Pegg & Frost are legends, even if they have sold out a bit, and more than likely sold there souls
Anonymous

I’m unfamiliar with this particular use of the word “swede.” Where did it come from? What exactly does it mean?
AirPillo

It’s hard not to love those guys.
jon_anon

Ok, I get the meaning of the verb “to swede” from context and a quick google search, but I’ll bite: why is it called that?
- Jesse M.
  
  Apparently the term “swede” was made up in the movie Be Kind Rewind, where they tried to pass off their homemade movie recreations as being from Sweden.
- Anonymous
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Kind_Rewind
- billstewart
  
  On my first reading of the title, I’d taken “frost” to be the verb, and “swede” to be an inadequately capitalized adjective…