Crazy, Gnarls Barkley, Star Wars Style

I'd love to find the story behind this:

This was at the MTV Movie Awards 2006 June 8, 2006 at the Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California.[3]. They were dressed as characters from the film series Star Wars: Rebel Alliance pilots, Imperial officers, Stormtroopers, Chewbacca, Jango Fett, Obi-Wan, with Cee-Lo singing as an unmasked Darth Vader. (Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnarls_Barkley, Accessed May 9th, 2008)

This isn't the first time that Star Wars has appeared on stage. The band No Doubt is listed as a Friend of the Legion, and Weird Al, of course, has been made an honorary member. I wonder if Gnarls Barkley will be recognized at all. I wonder where they got the armor.

Cover and Original: Imperial March

I just posted this up on my other blog:

I'm going to do this as a sort of teaser for this week's CYA mix. As I've mentioned before, and reiterate: I'm a geek. I'm also a member of the 501st Legion, as a Storm Trooper. I'm doing two events this week, one tomorrow at the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra performance tomorrow, and will also be with my fellow troopers in the Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade.

So, to celebrate, here's a couple versions of the outstanding Imperial March, aka Darth Vader's theme:

Imperial March - John Williams
Imperial March (John Williams) - Metallica
Imperial March (John Williams) - No Doubt
Imperial March (John Williams) - Rage Against The Machine

Interestingly, No Doubt is also a sort of honorary member of the Legion - I guess they're really big fans...

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