Is Emperor Palpatine secretly behind Snubster?

To test this theory, I tried some hate searches for tell-tale omissions:

Ten Things Not Currently Hated by Snubster Users:

1. The Galactic Empire
2. Sith Lords
3. Trade Federation
4. The Dark Side of the Force
5. Jar Jar
6. Order 66
7. Exar Kun
8. Darth (with any title: Sidious, Vader, Maul, Andeddu, etc.)
9. Star Wars Galaxies: NGE
10. Palpatine

Draw your own conclusions, but ask yourself: who benefits from your hatred?

It has recently come to my attention that Google searches place an inordinate emphasis on my recent blog post entitled “Do You Speak Bocce?” — so much so that some might come here expecting a full linguistic treatise on the matter.

Alas, not so. I do not speak Bocce. Not Splocce, not Blocce, not Crocce.

However, the baby librarian in me insists on helping you in your quest to learn of all things Bocce. To that end, I offer links to the following:

Star Wars: the Musical has a marvelous musical number entitled “Do You Speak Bocce?,” which is simply not to be missed. Be sure to listen to the rest of musical, as One Season More, Docking Bay ‘94, and Let’s Blow This Thing are likewise destined for inclusion in the Star Wars canon.

Star Park: the Musical has a Flash animation of “Do You Speak Bocce.” I prefer their work on “Lets Blow This Thing,” but who says you have to choose?

According to Wookieepedia, you can read all about Bocce in Ben Burtt’s Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide: Beeps, Bleats, Boskas, and Other Common Intergalactic Verbiage (ISBN: 0345440749).

The Bocce/English dictionary on Star Wars Dot Com includes a number of choice Bocce words and phrases. From these samplings I might suspect that the Swedish Chef has been speaking Bocce all along. Zat x’ratch keezo bopaz ha sheep.

Finally, a Bocce reference can be found in the The Top 10 Things We Want To Hear Samuel L. Jackson’s Character Jedi Master Mace Wendu Say in the Star Wars Prequels:

“What” ain’t no planet I ever heard of! Do they speak Bocce on What?

O, nerd joy! I just found out there exists such a glorious thing as the Internet Broadway Database. I don’t know I could have missed this. Living in a cave? Seduced, perhaps, by the indispensable Internet Movie Database?

No matter. Yay, happiness. When I was a kid I used to pour over cast recording liner notes to try to figure out why a voice sounded familiar. Now I have the miracle of IBDB. Huzzah!

I hesitate to mention how I made this serendipitous discovery, but some of you would appreciate the fruits of this path. I was flipping through blogs for design inspiration, and I happened upon one which featured a clip of Yoda rapping. I thought I’d track down the source and ended up on the Star Wars fan film awards site hosted by AtomFilms. There I learned about the newly released version of the Star Wars Gangsta Rap. It’s certainly prettier than the original version, but there’s something missing, I think. I didn’t laugh nearly as hard when Vader slices off Luke’s hand this time round.

From here I meandered through the 2005 offerings to discover the ever so delightful One Season More. Of course insufferable Luke is a Disney character yearning to break free from his provincial life. Why didn’t I see it before?

I had to know more about Timothy Edward Smith, one of the wits behind this bit, and that Google search led me to discover the IBDB.

And then there’s this:

Star Wars the Musical.

I had heard about this one, but I had no idea the songs were available online. Oh my. Think I’d better fetch Ãron for a proper geek fest.