Princess Leia Apprehended on Subway
Two days ago Improv Everywhere, New York City-based culture jammers founded by Upright Citizens Brigade’s Charlie Todd, released this glorious contribution to subway theater.
Almost 1.7 million views, laughs, knowing nods and appreciative forwards later, it’s still going strong.
Star Wars Subway car is one of Improv Everywhere’s hundred or so “missions,” many of which you can watch over at the group’s blog.
For our latest mission, we staged a reenactment of the first Princess Leia / Darth Vader scene from Star Wars on a New York City subway car. The white walls and sliding doors on the train reminded us of the rebel ship from the movie, and we thought it would be fun to see how people would react to a surprise appearance by the iconic characters. We spread out the actors along the train line, staging it so they would enter the right car at the right time.
Star Wars and Princess Leia aside, the joy in this theater is the focus they give to passenger reactions as the scene unfolds.
Big kudos from this side of the Internets.
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