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What was the movie reference with the Wampa at the gas station??


There was a scene where Luke is filling up his X-Wing and the one-armed Wampa is trying to get gas as the next pump. I'm sure that was from some movie but I can't remember which one.

Does anyone know?

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I signed in to find out the same thing. Damn. Hopefully someone will say.

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The slow drive by is from Fargo I think.

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this is what i thought too, but i'm not sure that was their intent

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Lol, I also signed on to find out. It seems so familiar.

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dammit. me too. also the intro reminded me of another movie, can't remember what.

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i thought it was from Crash.

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It was from Empire Strikes Back. A Whompa captures Luke, then Luke cuts off his arm to escape.

The scene in RC is a generic meeting of estranged foes, one of whom completely ruined the other.

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I think it's from Cape Fear.

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The sketch itself doesn't really reference anything in particular. Clearly it's just an awkward situation between Luke and the Wampa he dismembered in Episode V. But yes there are tones of Crash and Fargo and a few other things.


It has to be my favourite sketch. The timing and the acting in the animation of the Wampa is brilliant. It feels genuinely tragic-comic. It could easily stand alone as short film of its own.

The ambient, dark comedy of it reminds me mainly of the tv show Jam (2000) Warning : Some might find the comedy in this show disturbing and hilarious.

"I don't need to believe it's real. I just need to believe it."

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