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  • The underlying message here is that letter writing, educational campaigns, civil disobedience, legal action is ineffective. The only thing that was effective was violent destruction. That is his point, no matter how he humourously he dances around it.

  • This is hilarious, but also far too true...Brilliantly exposes the pathetic nature of those in the mainstream "environmental" so-called "movement." Yes, they are well-meaning. But, as anybody who has paid attention during the last 40 years should know, the tactics employed have not even slowed the destruction, let alone saved the planet.

  • This is a creative way of getting a point across using a popular movie with a very well known plot and characters.. People that don't like this probably don't like what they think environmentalism is or are just knee-jerk Fox 'news' right-winger honkies. Fuck 'em if they can't take a god damn joke.

  • @DarkCloud246 I have, in fact. Great film.

  • LOL... Humor is the key to understanding sometimes!

  • There are also some "environmentalists" who do fight directly against those "destroying the planet." You just don't hear about them in the mainstream media for the most part (or, particularly, their victories). They are few, however.

  • He's not making light of environmental destruction. He's pointing out that shitty liberal "non-violent" tactics don't always work, if ever. Complicity in this matter is itself an act of violence.

  • @FightToUnderstand I wouldn't say "never." And I wouldn't say it is complicity, though it can be. I have seen, first hand, non-violent tactics have an effect. Is it enough? Not yet. Will we be able to avert catastrophic with only non-violent tactics?

    That's for each person to answer on their own I suppose.

  • " We have been too kind to those who are destroying [society and] the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind. " -- D.J.

  • People seem to be missing the joke, here.

    Jensen is pointing out that, in Star Wars, people saw some planet-destroying threat to their lives and they immediately set out to fight it - whereas in real life, people see some planet-destroying threat to their lives and set out to lobby for stricter regulations on it, or start up a letter-writing campaign, or hold hands and sing songs.

    He's not making light of environmental destruction, he's saying that others should get a lot more serious.

  • @TheMoonlitKnight It baffles me how people can be confused about this. You got it right on the nose.

  • @TheMoonlitKnight

    Have you watched his film END CIV?

  • Yes, let's ridicule people who don't want the planet turned into a toxic waste dump.

  • BOYCOTT IMPERIAL COFFEE!!! LOL! ROFL!!!

  • Pacifism is just another form of control. The cops fuck you up the ass and you give them flowers. Ya that's smart. Peace is an end not a mean.

  • Awesome.

    This should be required watching for anyone who thinks shopping at Whole Foods and riding bicycles are forms of resistance.

  • root of the POWER relationship is a lack of natural empathy, and that is clearly inculcated in the way the society mediates the treatment of children, from conception onwards, in that it is natural to the human being to be empathetically connected to mother, to father, to community and with that to the habitat and all that dwell there.

  • I get the way Jensen talks about the fall of civilisation as being the fall of power relationships - he has defined this a number of times, in writings and in his presentations. Abuse arises out of power relationships, as abuse is ALWAYS about Power over other.

  • I heard that the civil rights movement worked because the media was there to watch the brutality of the reactionaries.

  • LOL...What a riot!!!

    5*

  • lmao

  • so ... does pacifism work?

  • i dont know how but u managed 2 ruin starwars 4 every 1 so i hope ure happy with ureself u cos no1 else is

  • terrible. didn't make it passed 1:30

  • Is it just me, or does it sound like he's on a meter and can't spew the words out quick enough before the money runs out? If I could understand more than 25% of what he was saying, I might have even got the point..

  • While I don't know if I agree with the point he seems to be ironicly, if not so subtly, hammering upon, I empathise with the authors sence of general exasperation with activist culture.

    I've been an Anarchist for about 10 years now and I've got to say, the left in general has *a lot* of issues with middle class wankerdom and adolescant angst getting in the way of *actually getting something done*.

    Unfortunately, until the real workers get up off the sidelines this isn't going to change.

  • I wholly agree!

  • my carecup is empty this video is shite....

  • Hilarious!!! Environmental activists are just unimportant people trying to feel important.

    Too bad the only thing they accomplish is annoying the rest of us. Great video!

  • you don't find it funny because you don't get it.

  • That was funny!

    Sounds just like the hippy,vegans & other weirdos, out there.

  • Very good work, I enjoyed this

  • The idea is good, but it's not funny...

  • it's not supposed to be funny.

  • You missed his point

  • @undercurrentspaulo successful troll is SUCCESSFUL. trolling hipsters is too easy.

  • @ashburn247 Errrrrr, who's the moron here?!?

  • Not very funny, but at least it's correct: environmentalists are ineffectual idiots

  • right, who cares about the environment, i mean, how could it be of any importance to us...

  • fail

  • Just not funny at all...

  • Screw the politics, I just don't think it's funny OR original. Vastly more talented comedians and writers have been using STAR WARS allegories since 1977. I just don't think it's funny. Mostly because he spends half the time explaining the movie before saying how it was different. My advice to him would be 1) assume that 30-odd years later we are all familiar enough with STAR WARS to be able to follow your jokes, and 2) write better jokes.

  • Hyuk! Hyuk! Hyuk! Envirumnenilists ar stoopid! Haw! Haw! Haw! Cuz all envirumnenilists are dum!!!! Ther all dum guyz whobrake into labz and let ratz out!!!! Ther all lyke that! Haw Haw Haw. Suck it, envirumntilists! Yu ar stoopid!!!!

  • Aah, don't take it so seriously. This was funny, and a fine spoof of the stupidity and foolishness of the leftist activist type. It's also quite true.

    I just hope watching this doesn't give the bad guys ideas about actually doing stuff instead of chaining themselves to Starbucks'.

  • Um, you say "don't take it seriously" and then proceed to insult "leftist activist types". Wow, should I assume you're a dumb, redneck hillbilly (yeah, I know that's redundant) because you say such things? I think, perhaps, it's you that no one should take seriously, there, Billy Bob.

  • Brilliant. Just Brilliant.

  • I consider myself to be an environmentalist of sorts. I like trees, I don't take kindly to the mistreatment of animals (unless they can be Kentucky fried...), and I think that pollution is a real problem that should be taken seriously. In light of all that, most environmentalists are as ridiculous as this video suggests, and therefore makes me laugh. Bravo.

  • Environmentalists should be used for medical experiments.

  • George Lucas endorsed Obama and called Dick Cheney the Emperor. I love it how you conservatives are too lazy and too stupid to come up with your own great movies so instead you try and co-opt liberals and their films. Enjoy life as a regional minority party!

  • haha "I, Darth Vader, hereby declare that blowing up the planet will actually save baby seals, whales and improve overall air quality, stop galactic warming and bring peace to the galaxy, signed...Darth Vader"

    hilarious

  • Enjoyable

  • "Yeah, we got suppressed!"

  • He actually said "Yeah, we got some press!"

  • This was FcuKing retarted. I have an idea, if The U.S.A. is such a deplorable country to live in, guess what?  LEAVE!

    I mean our ancestors were intelligent enough to leave Europe for a better place to live in, why don't you malcontented, ingrateful motherFcuKing bleeding tree huggers shut up already and stop your whinning and GET The Fcuk OUT of here!

    Btw, I hear Canada has a great Medical Program and you don't even have to sail a ship to get there :-/

  • Yes, if we don't like something, instead of trying to change it, we should leave. /sigh. Perhaps you should read up on the founding of this country. The founders didn't leave when the British levied unfair taxes on them. They protested and eventually fought for, gasp, CHANGE.

  • That's not what the founding fathers did

  • If you hate freedom of speech, it is you who should leave.

  • I actually felt the stupidity of this comment emanating through my computer monitor, is that possible?

  • makes me smile lol

  • This is fucking genius. I LOVE it!

  • Fuck all environuts

  • What a waist. I'm sure glad I don't have to live his life.

  • This was rubbish

  • Stupid video....everybody knows that Darth Vader and The Emperor wouldn't give a flying fuck about money.....it's about control......fuck the Ewoks and their coffee.....fuck the Wookies and their hemp bags...... kill them all and show them who's boss......environmentalists are such pussies....it's no wonder they're doomed on this planet too....

  • at about 2 minutes in this just went to shit

  • Hah! That was actually pretty amusing, I thought. But then, I'm not a big fan of evironmentalist extremes... So...

  • GO environmentalists!

    lmao!

  • See - A Moronic Kook - Perform - A Fire Stunt gone BAD --->

  • this was boring

  • The enviromentalists convince Darth Vader not to blow up Alderan. So Darth goes with his first choich which is Tatoonie. Our heroes die since they are on that planet, but the enviromentalists win since Tatoonie is a dry, and sand covered planet. Yeah for the enviromentalists.

  • Don't waste 5 minutes watching this bilge... go and spent it recycling some tins or bottles or something.... you'll thank me for it!

  • retarded, unfunny (lame infact), unoriginal, insulting to everyone, and soooo fucking boring... i give this an epic fail at best.

  • YAWN

  • lol geeky comments

  • Lucas is a creature of Hollywood. Jim Henson and his muppets were a major part of Star Wars. Lucas' mentor, Douglas Trumbull, did special effects on Silent Running, which if it were made today would probably be accused of glorifying eco terrorism. I'd be very surprised to learn that Star Wars was NOT made by environmentalists. The satire's a bit obtuse.

  • In celebration of this video I am going to fill up my V8 SUV and drive around all day drinking soft drinks and throwing the cans and bottles out the window.

  • that fun

  • ... ... ...wow

  • PROGRESS is why the planet is polluted today. We were all fine living on FREE and growing our own food. Then the GREEDY WHITE MAN....yes I said WHITE MAN....that's all people that are not indigenous to this planet. You blue eyed white devils from the sky, as described by the African shaman passed down thru the generations, wanted to progress to something he thought was better than the way indigenous man was living, in harmony with Mother Earth. Now you're called ENVIRONMENTALIST.

  • wow youre racist and a hypocrite.

    if you really want to complain, throw away your computer which pollutes in some way

    and grow your own food and stop using air conditioning

  • wow, your the funniest person ive ever met.

  • Huh?

  • brilliant

  • hilareous

  • Ahaha, too funny. Spot on in stereotyping the environmental whackos!

  • Too long, didn't listen.

    I'm all for non violence in RL, however,

    as a species with reptilian instincts and a hunting background, keep that shit out of my entertainment. We have plenty of problems and entertainment would be low priority if it was even considered a problem at all. And if this was supposed to be a metaphor, then it failed. Sorry, but I am not one to deny the truth.

  • This...is...........ssssssoooo­ooo......boring.......who the fuck cares about you environmentalists all you do is bitch and smoke weed.

  • the DVDs would come in useless cheap cardboard packaging

  • YOU LIE!

  • this was lame

  • BOOOOORRRRRRRRIIIINNNNNNGGG!

  • *crickets chirping*

  • ZZZZZzzzzz

  • lol how would they even know about dvds back then?

  • hollywood people are always stealing ideas

  • Was mildly funny. Had some good moments but overall, just kinda "meh".

  • ive come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass and im all out of bubble gum

  • what are you some bottom feeding scum sucking algae eater? it hurts to be you. -d.n.

  • i really didn't find it funny.

  • ...

    ???

    !!!

  • I remember all the non-violent Jedi actions in Star Wars? Jedi were not evil, but they certainly fought fire with fire.

  • wow, that really dragged on.  I was falling asleep.

  • The funny thing is...Jedi are pacifistic XD

  • Excellent satire of the namby-pamby present day environmentalists and pacifists. Pie Hitler, that will teach him a lesson. Tie yourself to a spray-painted tractor to get press on pg.C17 of the newspaper. Have an organic hemp hacky-sack festival to raise awareness.

    Meeting challenges head-on, what an oppressive idea.

  • yes, it was horribly boring, I agree.

  • What was boring about it?

  • in particular the way he just sounded like he was reading off a monotone, monologue he wasn't interested in.  It lacked drama, was way too long for what it was, made Star Wars seem more like an overview in a course. etc.. Nice effort, but the timing and length don't work some how.

  • This was a video of him reading to an audience. It wasn't meant to be made into a video. The director (there's information about him in the sidebar) just thought it would make a decent video and it turned out relatively well for what he was working with. You gotta give him that. You might have missed the point though.

    The point was that civilization is like the death star and it's destroying the planet, so violent resistance is warranted to defeat it, not passive civil disobedience.

  • If he read like that to the audience they probably had the same reaction. No wonder it failed, lol. But the audience would be polite and clap of course. No offense, but I don't think many people here got it, because they were either dozing off or on to the next video. The #1 rule of youtube is don't make it too long unless it's damn good, and it was just ok. 5 mins needs hills and valleys in excitement that this lacked. Strong tension and release that wasn't there. It just stayed even..

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  • No offense, but if you get bored you're probably not very smart.

    You should concern yourself more with education and less with entertainment. That shit is rotting your brain.

  • "The point was that civilization is like the death star and it's destroying the planet, so violent resistance is warranted to defeat it, not passive civil disobedience."

    Are you actually saying that people should militarize and take down the government? If so, that is probably the most dangerous comment I've ever seen posted on youtube. You environmentalists are fucking insane.

  • That's what the video is saying. That's what the guy in the video "Derrick Jensen" writes books about. See, you people are unconscious. You don't understand very straight-forward concepts like the one put forth in this video.

    Did you know that panda bears are about to go extinct? Did you know there probably won't be any more fish in the ocean in 50 years? Unconscious people like you are causing this.

  • So the solution is to overthrow the government? If that's what you're implying, you, sir, are fucking crazy.

    What proof do you have that global warming is exclusively a man-made disaster and not just nature taking it's course, as it has throughout all time? I will remind you that species have been sent down the road to extinction without the help of man in the past. See: The Dinosaurs.

    This kind of fringe mentality is psychotic at best.

  • No, Steve. No one is saying the solution is to overthrow the government. No one said the word government but you. Anyway, the government isn't doing the damage. The perpetrators of this are the corporations and businesses. What the video is saying is that CIVILIZATION as a cultural and societal model is destroying the world and is exploring the logic of the typical methods of resistance. It's just hypothetical. Environmentalists don't kill. We're peaceniks.

  • BTW, global warming is only ONE environmental problem. There are thousands of others. Urban sprawl, overpopulation, pollution of water, pollution of land, plastics, harmful metals, overfishing... the list goes on and on and on and on....

  • like 217

  • No fair counting your IQ as 009 maijailbreak. That's cheating! lol. Besides, I think it's the opposite. I don't think anyone with a brain would want to sit through that muck unless they like also think working on an assembly line is funny.

  • TBH, i think ur a fag

  • No.....

  • Good job, I thought it was very funny.

    You forgot some things, though. The eco-rebels organized all the service personnel on the Death Star (food service, janitorial, shipping/loading, plumbing, etc.) & called it "DSSEIU."

    Then taught all the unemployed civilians on the planets how to get on Imperial welfare to overwhelm the system.

    Then they tried to organize all the Storm Troopers. They were successful only in the outer rim because they were so few & weren't getting rotated out regularly.

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  • that just wasnt funny i mean it was creative

    but not funny

  • ...

  • Come on people, it's a tongue-in-cheek parody! This isn't supposed to be serious at all!

  • Stupid, lisping, tree hugging fag.

  • what a waste of time.

    Goodbye, I´m going to rest a while

  • fail

  • This is hilarious. Good parody of the environmentalist movement.

    Luke makes a good minor character.

  • "If this video was made by someone funny" it would be worth watching. But it wasn't.

  • Wow, this is sad... trying to make Lucas and Star Wars look like a bunch of earth killers. GTFO.

  • This wasn't very well thought out.

    I seriously rate this at 1/10, the editing wasn't terrible but there was no humor and the entire idea was stupid and written poorly.

  • not funny.

  • This is boring, and the humor isn't exactly spot-on, either. He basically kinda concluded that enviromentalist = anti-war, which wtf there are environmentalist extremists who blow up pipelines. Sorry, just not funny for me, cause 1) The humor is somewhat inaccurate and 2) A movie about Jesus preaching morals to people would be boring too, but that doesn't mean the morals are wrong. Same concept here: just cause enviromentalist actions might not be exciting doesn't mean they're wrong.

  • Wow! Just like Greenpeace celebrating their banner hang at the G20 today making the New York Times. Ha!

  • stupid

  • How come as we move forward in spaceship perspective, we see white dandruff-looking spots floating past us on both sides? What is that stuff supposed to be?

  • not that funny

  • beautiful!!!!!!!

  • I can't wait to see "The plot to pie Hitler" ! xD

  • It was OK...remember...this guy is working on a string budget...all from his

    computer. Not bad...

  • Lololol..... so true to real life..... so true. As Buzz Lightyear once said to Al Gore, "You are a sad, strange, little man."

  • this is pretty boring..

  • funny eco shenanigans

  • Unimpressed.

  • i like how people who try and make an impact/point talk incredibly fast and cannot think from their mind instead of a script

  • funny stuff, dude

  • understanding it doesnt make it any more entertaining...

  • Shit.

  • Obviously went over many people's heads. This is REALLY funny, especially if you've been involved with the environmental movement in some way. Great satire.

  • I concur. I consider myself an enviro-fascist :P, as well as a Star Wars fan, so I found this quite funny!

  • Ok..... so....... um.......

    Anyone who starts their speeches like this deserves a bullet.

  • That was.........fucking Gay!

  • so shitty......

  • Man... you stole 5 minutes of my life that I want back.

  • Idk how many times my eyes glazed over

    *sighs*

    *yawn*

  • This is funny if you're Frank Burns.

  • Stupid environmentalists! We should just destroy the planet, it's not like anyone cares about plants anyway. God you environmentalists make me sick, always going on about living things, breathable air, blah blah blah.

    We have the internet now, who needs the environment!!! GET A BRAIN MORANS!!!

  • I don't have a stupid taste of comedy or short attention span, but this wasn't funny at all.

  • not funny

  • dude..u have to process it first..then u will understand the laughter..or maybe u hv a slow brain...

  • Maybe your're retarded it's still not funny.

  • haha that was really funny