Blogs can be put to all kinds of creative uses. Exhibit #1: A blog written in the voice of Darth Vader. Whoever’s behind this is a true Star Wars geek. He (or she; mustn’t discount the possibility) knows the names of Imperial Star Destroyers, minor characters, and obscure planets that are only casually referenced in the movies. The scary thing is that I don’t have to look up any of those references. The blog itself is actually rather funny. Here’s Vader describing his dispatch of an incompetent Imperial officer:
The problem is solved now, however. I crushed his trachea with my mind, and promoted Piett to command the fleet. I have transmitted to following note to Ozzel’s kin:
Dear House of Ozzel,
I regret to inform you that your son has been killed in the line of duty.
He was an incompetent, yammering boob and he will be missed by none. I have allowed the men to pillage his personal belongings, which is why we have enclosed nothing but the sole remaining item: a torn advertisements page from a magazine of midget pornography. May it shock and disturb you, and may you think of it always when you remember your dearly departed son, the ninny.
This is geek humor, so if you’re not a Star Wars fan, you’ll probably just be puzzled by the whole thing. I’d like to see more bloggers do metafiction like this. How about a blog as written by Sauron? Or by Professor Moriarty? I’m not sure it would work as well for “good” characters. A blog by Luke Skywalker or Frodo Baggins would probably come across as a lot of self-righteous sniveling and whining.
