Jul 29 2008Ask Palpatine Contests: Star Wars Prizes
Askpalpatine, a website that encourages watchers to, well, ask a geriatric Palpatine puppet questions, is now holding a couple contests -- and one gives you the chance to win Star Wars related prizes! The first (no-prize) contest involves renaming Emperor Palpsmear.
The contest is called "What's my name?" People've been asking what Palpatine's real name is, but he's so old, he's forgotten, and he's looking for viewer's help: suggest the best new name for Palpatine, and that will become his name. No prizes, but credit and web-show fame.
That's easy -- Ol' Lightning Hands. Piece of cake. The next contest should prove more difficult though. And it involves prizes.
This one's called the "Design a Better Vader" contest. Basically, Vader's armor is getting a little long in the tooth, and could use some sprucing up. Viewers are being encouraged to submit a new design (sketch, painting, 3D model, whatever) of what a new, more bad-ass Darth Vader ought to look like. The winner gets a secret prize, and the winning design gets made into a puppet which will be featured on the show. We're still working out the specific prizes, but they will be awesome, and they will be Star Wars-related. Keep watching the skies! There will be one grand-prize winner, that's for sure. There will also be a number of runner-ups, too. Probably 3.
Hell yeah, I'm on it!
UPDATE: Finished! My sure to be winning entry is posted after the jump.
And in case that one was a little too progressive, I did an oldschool joint:
I hope I win a Death Star!
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Reader Comments
1. And - July 29, 2008 10:48 AM
Not sure whether i should call 'first' or leave it to someone else...
2. Sboy - July 29, 2008 10:48 AM
FIRST!
3. Sboy - July 29, 2008 10:49 AM
There I helped you =P
4. Julian - July 29, 2008 10:58 AM
liking the old school Megatron-Vader the colors don't sink too well but when you have a cannon that friggin big attached to your arm theres no need to match. I'll submit one too. the challenge will be to not give it boobies. I can't tell you how many fantasies of mine have involved getting raped by vader . . . a female version of him
5. Brian Hogg - July 29, 2008 11:03 AM
Wow. That's, um ... wow.
(Although I will confess that I had not considered Vader become a woman. Considering he's hardly got any body left, there's no reason to keep him as a man, visually, and I suppose that having a rack would give him something to do during his commute)
6. matt - July 29, 2008 11:04 AM
lol i thought it said ask palestine
7. suzy blue balls - July 29, 2008 12:41 PM
this might be comparable to me basting myself in blood inside the lions den, but all this star wars business.... if its not visually intense, its not interesting. no sir, i dont like it. (altough the geekologie writer's darth vader costumes did get me semi-giddy)
now throw me to the lions. beat me senseless, you merciless insensitive galactic geekologist bastards. just know that i am one of you.
8. SmokingGirl - July 29, 2008 12:51 PM
*releases lions*
That being done, I must say that I would much rather watch 'Lord of the Rings' over any of the 'Star Wars'.
And the thought of Vader with t*** is just disturbing.
9. Pick your fetish - July 29, 2008 3:04 PM
Let's see, Gay Midget Porn or Brother-Sister Incest... iunno i think i'd still take Star Wars... mostly cuz Midget's little hands and shit remind me of children... and that's just wrong... plus i hate to see fairies surfing down stairs. But whatever floats your boat SmokingGirl.
10. SmokingGirl - July 29, 2008 6:38 PM
*floats in boat* Yea...I like it here.