This post is a response to the challenge explained by Tim Ford in his Whose Blog Is It Anyway post. I suggest you go and read his post first otherwise this one will probably not make much sense to you.
“I’ve started, so I’ll finish!”
That’s how Sonny would react when anyone tried to interrupt him while he was telling a story. And he said it with the same tone and inflection as the time he corrected his better half by saying “I’m the man, and what I say stands!” And it was our clue that he had no idea what he was talking about. This was certainly true at this time, as Sonny had started to tell a story about the time he was working as an extra on the set of Revenge of the Sith, which we knew meant little more than working for the caterer.
Sonny continued on with his story, “…but as soon as he looks down he’s going to be very sad about the pony”.
“Why would George Lucas be sad about the pony?” I asked, waiting for an insult to be sent my way.
“I don’t know, and it’s not like I can just ask George “Let’s Have Padme Die Of A Broken Heart Instead Of Anakin Crushing Her To Death” Lucas why the hell he cares so much about a damn pony,” Sonny responded. “The guy was busy trying to bury the whole Star Wars franchise by simply using some magical tool, library, or bong. It’s not like I can tell you what the hell he was thinking.”
“OK then,” I replied, “so what was the point of your story again?”
Sonny was clearly annoyed at the interruptions, so he got right to the point. “I was trying to tell you about the time I got drunk with some of the guys at ILM and we inserted some signage into one of the city scenes. If you look close enough you can see a marquee that says “Live Nude Cats”, we knew George wouldn’t be able to spot that because there was too much going on in the scene already.”
“Wow,” was all I could say. And now I need to go watch the movie again. Sonny may be crazy, but so is George Lucas.
