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This YouTube video<\/a> is spreading like a wildfire, so you\u2019ve probably already seen it. (I discovered it through Peter Chattaway\u2019s blog<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

If not, here it is: the funniest YouTube link in, oh, at least a few weeks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sure to inspire a ton of variations, and that could be a good thing\u2026 it\u2019s such a simple and brilliant idea. Basically, it\u2019s a bunch of footage from Star Wars in which James Earl Jones\u2019s lines as Darth Vader have been replaced by his lines from other films. You\u2019ll never look at Vader quite the same way again.<\/p>\n

But proceed with caution: There\u2019s some harsh language involved.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"