If there’s one person who always seems to be having the time of their life, it’s Jack Black. Whether he’s knocking it out of the park inJumanjiorgiving his own spin onThor: Ragnarok, there’s something truly special about how he always seems to turn goofing off into a high-energy sporting event. OnStar WarsDay 2021, which has come and gone, he brought that energy to the plate once again, this time with the telltale hum of a lightsaber. Or 6.
On both May 4th (Star WarsDay) and May 5th (Revenge of the Fifth),the newly castBorderlandsmovie actorput out a respective Instagram video to commemorate these important days in the world of nerdy stuff. Clad in a bathrobe and some comfy summer wear out by the pool, he began the festivities by acting out a scene fromRevenge of the Siththat has become rather meme-worthy in the years since its original premiere. Of course, since this is Black, he naturally played both parts in the scene, including the 4-armed alien robot general with a smoker’s cough. The things people do for art.
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“Hello there!” he exclaimed as Obi-Wan, jumping down to face thefearsome fan-favorite General Grievousin a lightsaber duel. “General Kenobi!” he responded as Grievous, complete with another version of himself on his own shoulders to properly wield 4 lightsabers (obviously). TIE fighters screamed by overhead as the second Death Star loomed up in the sky in a wonderful little anachronistic stew, framing the scene as the shoulder version of Black happily shouted “May the Force be with you, always!” while continuing to wave his many lightsabers all about. That must be a safety hazard. Grievous would be a nightmare for OSHA.
Then, the next day, he uploaded a wordless video in honor of the slightly less official but more evil-focused May 5th. Sporting a black overcoat and red lightsaber, he yanked the camera closer with a Force pull and slashed it with his blade, cutting the screen in 2 to reveal a repetition of the same footage. It was a rather well-done loop, which could have kept going on forever if it wasn’t an Instagram video. Oh well, somebody is bound to turn it into a gif eventually.
Black isn’t new to viral internet videos, as proven by his own TikTokdance post themed aroundFive Nights At Freddy’slast year. In fact, one could even argue that he’s more of an internet figure nowadays than a movie star. Though that isn’t to say his acting career has slowed down. Aside from the aforementionedBorderlandsmovie, where he signed on in February to play Claptrap, he’s also enjoyed relatively recent success with his roles in theJumanjifilms, proving that he’s rather adept at playing a teenage girl, among other characters.
That’sthe magic ofStar WarsDay. Even as it passes, there will always be something memorable that sticks around. This year, that something is Black, and any day where people get to watch him do something is a good day indeed.
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