Vader reacts to Star Wars' biggest failure
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Charlie Hopkinson is a comedic impressionist, impersonator, voice guy, whatever you want to call it who specialises in voices from current television shows and films. His standup is a character act about a retired maths teacher, his standup set includes impressions of Sir David Attenborough, Robin Williams, Morgan Freeman, Liam Neeson, Peaky Blinders, Tommy and Arthur Shelby and Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.
Always looking to update my roster I look to try out subscriber suggested impressions in the impressions challenge series before honing the best ones. Recently I have added Peaky Blinders and Marvel / Avengers characters to my arsenal!
I currently run a number of series including:
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I started learning impressions in 2012, at the age of 20. You can follow my full impressions journey in my new ‘How to do impressions’ tutorial series
After graduating from the University of Warwick in the summer 2013 he took 4 months out to concentrate on CZcams videos full time, including producing his most viewed video to date ‘Morgan Freeman and 40 other impressions’ with just over 12 million views. This foray into being a ‘full time CZcamsr’ was cut short as he went travelling for 3 months before starting a 2 year teaching Graduate scheme with Charity ‘Teach First’.
While teaching he has performed in and narrated the 4 episode series ‘Lookalikes’ as Morgan Freeman. The show and the narration received a positive reception. The show aired on Channel 4 during the prime time slot of Friday 10pm for three weeks. It is now currently available on Netflix. Charlie also performed with other well known impressionists for an unaired pilot.
Charlie has worked for several prominent brands in relation to their products, including google and formula 1.
Since the summer of 2016 Charlie has once again dived into the world of CZcams, for the first time producing content on a weekly basis. He is also focusing on live performance; he has performed in live venues a total of 3 times to date.
His top impressions include:
Morgan Freeman (Red -Shawshank redemption)
Sir Ian McKellen (Gandalf - Lord of the Rings)
Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman - Breaking Bad)
Alan Rickman (Snape - Harry Potter)
Michael Caine (Alfred - Batman)
Jon Snow (Game of Thrones)
Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Carribean)
Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained, Inglorious bastards)
Alec Guiness (Ben Kenobi - Star Wars)
Agent Smith (The Matrix)
Sean Bean (Boromir - Lord of the Rings)
Richard Armitage (Thorin Oakenshield - The Hobbit)
Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister - Game of Thrones)
Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones)
Bryan Cranston (Walter White - Breaking Bad)
Frank Underwood (House of Cards)
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Can’t wait to watch it, You’re a great writer, performer, and you’re great at utilizing cutting edge technology.
Great stuff. Merry Christmas.
But I really like the McGregor Obi-Wan much better.
Stoked to watch the originals. Youre hilarious!
Force bless us everyone!
Superb as usual. How you keep it fresh is pretty great.
"Wherever that parade is held, I want it dead. " I agree with Anakin.
I agree with Anakin on that one too 😂😂😂
Suddenly constructing a planet-destroying war-machine feels relatable.
He is doing everyone a favor with that request
This is the only time when totalitarianism makes perfect sense. Actually Plato's Republic supported killing unknown performers, because they are likely propaganda agents hired by your enemies.
we all do lol
Anakin Vader is hilarious. “Wherever that parade is…I want it dead.” lol.
why is everybody quoting this? the funny part is I just got a second target for a planet to explode to smitherins 😂
That was the best line. Also "Fuckin galin erso!"😂
I actually saw that stupid special when I was a little kid and for like 15 years nobody believed me that it existed.
You dreamed that kid! Sounds like a nightmare
Yep. I was 10 & a big Star Wars fan. I’d also had lots of experience watching variety shows like Donny & Marie, Captain & Tenille & the Sonny & Cher Show.
Even at 10 years old, I knew this was abominably bad within a couple minutes of watching it, lol, though I believe I watched almost all of it. I’m thinking my dad probably came in from his study & wanted to watch Barnaby Jones or Rockford Files, which is why I missed some of it.🤣
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 I remember, whether correctly or not, that my dad also changed the channel. He certainly would have, even though he loved Star Wars.He took us to see Empire and Jedi in the theater.
I watched it until my big brother broke my x-wing and our living room turned into a war zone. Thanks mom for turning off the TV and sending me to my room for socking my brother. You may have saved a lot of my brain cells that night!
I saw it a while back, it was tragic but in a good way, very funny.
Fun Fact: If Fisher and Ford looked like they were high off their asses during the special, they were.
I mean. It’s the only way to get through this terrible thing.
Well, Carrie did enjoy being off on goofballs. And her scenes in this... Movie, well, I would need a hefty doze of LSD to get through that.
I’m pretty sure everyone who was involved with the Holiday Special was high as a kite. Actually, if I remember correctly one of the writers said they were doing a ton of cocaine at the time.
I just realised that Vader was thinking it was a picture of Padmé, but it was a toy Palatine 😂
*breathing full of conflicting emotions and desires intensifies
No wonder Anakin wanted a green lightsaber for his birthday, that damn Grinch
He does get a blue one though (after slashing through his old master with his red lightsaber).
I've just realised... I've sat through The Holiday Special in its entirety, but only managed half of "Rise of Skywalker" 😅
This is the way! 🫠
Cry harder
@@dirt_nWater Skywalker made an hour's viewing feel like a week. At least the Holiday Special had a few laughs here and there. Some unintentional, but still fun.
I watch Last Jedi, then Rise of the Skywalker after
We all have our limits. 😉
Even Charle’s amazing humor can’t save this.
Only a Sith deals in absolute humor! (OK, to be fair, it was really hard to watch.)
The Rifftrax versions is pretty good, I only wanted to slit my wrists few times during the viewing.
@@TK199999 😂
Yeah….as I commented the Holiday Special is truly, truly awful. I had the misfortune of sitting through this special and it’s genuinely horrible, not even as a piece of Star Wars, it’s just bad in general.
I hate it, I hate every second of it. Not even the OG cast could save this, people can say what they want about the prequels or sequels but to me the Holiday Special is just so genuinely awful on every level.
I can see why Lucas hates it so much, he wasn’t involved with CBS on the actual production of the special, he just basically greenlit the production. So once he actually watched it he called CBS and said “This can’t air ever again”.
@@10191927 If I were a time traveler I would have made it my life's goal to destroy every single copy of it.
While these original trilogy era Obi-Wan and Anakin/Vader impressions are great, I miss the Clone Wars/prequel era versions... I love whatever you put out though Charlie! Thanks for the content.
Yeah, I think we've just gotten so used to young Obi-Wan and stoner Anakin these past few videos, it's so jarring seeing old Obi-Wan and Darth Vader in their place.
I think it’s just for this episode.
I think Obi-Wan is going to go back to young Obi in the next one, and Anakin is probably going to stay stoner Anakin, or slowly become Vader, or stay in the Vader outfit.
@@TheRealDickmasterAdam well, there's two Anakins now, so maybe we'll get both
@@musclecat1005 My Guess is that Not Obi Wan will make the Not Anakin's play Rock Paper Scissors, and the loser has to wear the Vader Suit. The winner stays Stoner Canadian Anakin
You just haven't had proper hospitality until Vader has hosted you.
We would be honored if you would join us.
"Wherever that parade is held, I want it killed." Haha. That's why I keep coming back! Comedy gold!
Pocket sized aquarium? Qui? There's always a SMALLER fish...
I think we must all thank Charlie for taking his precious time to provide us with entertainment, even when it meant he had to watch this. 😂
Man the sacrifices this man will do for us 🤣
On the other hand, he's lured me into watching more of the Star Wars Holiday Special than I'd ever seen in my life and I don't know if I can forgive him. Jokes, it was funny and I can't comprehend how much of it he had to watch, on repeat, to create this...
At least HS is not the Kenobi show :)
I can't even watch this short synopsis of the holiday special.
“Whatever planet this parade is happening on…. I want it dead.”😂😂😂😂
I watched the abomination that is "The Holiday Special" on TV the one and only time it aired. Even as a 6 year old, I couldn't believe how much it sucked. The "boys" did a good job roasting it.
Yet 100x better than Disney.
@@cult_of_odin Lol no. This will always be the worst Star Wars thing ever made. Nothing will ever reach the bottom of the pit that is the Star Wars Holiday Specials. Even stories about literal shit are better than this.
I remember running home to see this, watched 15 minutes of it, and went to do my homework!!!! 😮
Scared straight lmao
@@rq4740 Definitely got the wrong word there! 🏳️🌈
15min?hope dies last?
Miss young Obi-Wan
Young Obi-Wan had sass while Old Obi-Wan has class.
young Miss Obi-Wan 👧
This special was soo awful that ewan's obi wan decided to end it all and suicided, thus becoming the alec guinness force ghost.
The fact the Obi burns Vadsrs toast makes laugh. It's a good burn.
The only good thing the holiday special added to the Star Wars universe, is this actually introduced Boba Fett😂
Uh …. No
@@StarlandSeayChewy according to the internet 'first appeared in the star wars holiday special voiced by Don Fancks', if you have any counter information please share
@@stefan_wsl3398 no I meant no introducing Fett didn’t make it the least bit better
I agree it introduced Boba Fett. The 2-D cartoon of Clone Wars (by the Samauri Jack creator) introduced General Grevious, and made him awesome. Then the movies ruined him.
@@-taz-no the movies didnt ruin him it was the 2008 clone wars
Oh no! I can’t believe you pained yourself to react to this. It’s very brave. I can’t wait to watch.
Honestly, it makes a lot of sense that the Star Wars Holiday Special was created by Darth Vader to sap the willpower from the Empire’s citizens.
Man the 1970s were a crazy and trippy time. Glad I got to see this rare security hologram that had most of the copies mysteriously lost in the archives...
I mean, Harrison and Carrie were both drunk and tripped off their asses half the time while filming, lol.
sorry we really tried to destroy all the 1970s stuff to help save humanity a few were save star war but star war holiday special slip thru too we are truly sorry about that!
5:30 Anakin ordering the destruction of an entire planet because a Life Day parade so offends his aesthetics. Classic Darth Vader.
Also, understandable.
29:48 "Even terrorists need Playstations."
I think it would be funny if Darth thought Leia was hot and the other 2 can't tell him why but they are disgusted and they have to pretend it's an age thing and end up saying "she's young enough to be your daughter"
Harrison Ford had that hot ass.
Gross
@@talefey and kissing you brother isn't?
Zenger makes plenty of jokes like that in their AI videos
@@loxem2668 They do yes.
This interrupted the Incredible Hulk during it's original airing? That's amazing.😆
The Holiday Special really ain't that bad, After 14 consecutive beers
Watching Holiday Special hurts me inside, but this made it almost bearable. Almost.
Yes, the Christmas Special is truly a thing that exist.
Definitely one of the things of all time.
Unfortunately.
It features characters from other things and that contributes to making what was certainly a thing of all time
Oh man, your hilarious commentary is the only thing that made watching the Star Wars Life Day Special even remotely tolerable. Also digging the new crib, Charlie. Wishing you the best holiday this season!
This was really funny but I think Vaders lines should include subtitles. It’s sometimes hard to understand him and I don’t want to miss the great jokes.
Great job on Alec Guinness! I was hoping you would give his Obi-wan a go
Brilliant work.Old Kenobi really different
I love how this is them watching the Christmas special when it came out and that anakin is in the Vader Suit
thank you! the nostalgia was so on point, The final song with Carrie Fisher was funny yet respectful to her memory. Thanks for treating this horrible holiday special with love. Life Day!!!!
15:17 the look they give summarizes the entire creation of this special. 😂
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I kinda miss Anakin high on ham NGL
Oh thank the Force this bloody special is finally somewhat watchable. Thanks mate and Happy Holidays
Would wish you a Happy Life Day, but after this special happy and life still just feels wrong together
Fun fact: if you watch the space scenes from the holiday special closely, you'll notice they repeatedly used old stock footage from a
A New Hope to save money.
Nothing new was added to the holiday special
It's hard to imagine the cocktail of drugs they must have been on to create this thing.
The entire budget went into the drugs needed to convince Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher to even show up for this.
More than tony khan's aew coke budget. lol
Carrie Fisher had her coke supply written into the budget of films she was in during this time period. Her and John Belushi had a combined coke budget for "Blues Brothers", no bullshit lol.
What a lovely early Christmas present! Happy Life Day everyone!
After seeing this I was convinced that combining sci-fi and Christmas would never work. It wasn’t until I saw the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is when I thought otherwise.
I feel so bad for Charlie having to have watched this multiple times to edit this
I bet obi made him do it as part of Padawan patience training
The dedication to those cooking scenes in full Vader armor! Amazing 😂
Seeing vader cook for his old masters feels oddly wholesome
I introduced another youngling to the awful goodness that is the Holiday Special with this! Thanks for softening the blow!
Thanks Swisted!
Conflicted emotions.. on one hand I am utterly incapable of NOT watching one of Charlie's videos, they are too good... on the other, he forced me to watch the star wars special again so I could see his delightful work... yet I also had to endure the special itself.... so.... conflicted.... did I love this video? Or did I hate it???? HELP ME
I CAN'T!!!!! IM SORRY!!!
😂😂😂😂😂
I don't give a f about what this three talking, i just listen
Charlie doesnt miss , keep going man these are really good 🔥
Qui-Gon looks kinda younger.
Bacta bro
I'm not digging the old Obi Wan. It's rather bizarre because he sounds like Alec Guinness, yet looks like George Lucas.
*Actually, he looks more like Rich Evans dressed up as George Lucas.
#NotMyObiWan
@maderaartstudios4738 maybe he can change his age like Anakin's force ghost and go back to Kenobi era Obi-Wan
You have to annunciate your words much more for Vader as a lot of phrases were completely slurred together for a first hearing. That and slowing down would help emulate Vader's original cadence to his speech.
Oh joy this is such a great early Christmas present,thanks Charlie I hope you and your family have a wonderful life day and holiday.
I’ve been so excited for obi-wan, qui-gon and anakin to get to the originals this is definitely scratching the itch
I had the misfortune of actually sitting through the entire Star Wars Holiday Special, say what you will about the Prequels and the Sequels, but this is genuinely awful and I hate every second of it. It’s flat boring and awful despite having the OG cast in it there’s literally nothing redeeming about it in any way.
Awesome job as usual Charlie.
The wikis live on kazook, everyone in the empire knows this
Just noticed that they have a TRS-80 in the Chewbacca house hold…
24:19 Han looks like Kylo.
As someone with partial hearing loss, please add subtitles for Vader with helmet on, I barely understood him with high volume. Other than that, hilarious!
Yes! Please do this. There are a lot of people who would benefit from it.
Darth Vader’s voice is a little hard to understand
Other than that, great video as always
Thank you so much for your amazing humor.
You are strong and wise and we’re very proud of you.
ha ha thanks, some teething problems
@@CharlieHopkinson If doing Vader's voice like this again in a future video, subtitles for him would be greatly appreciated! Anyway, thank you for all the hilarious content!
I couldn't understand half of what Vader was saying.
This was the best! I'm on my lunch break at my retail job and watching this has made the day so much better!
Thank the maker a new video. My buddy has been really down this holiday season and your videos make him laugh harder than he's laughed since we saw Team America. Merry Christmas.
Amazing! Ty for more great content!
Merry Christmas Charlie! Thanks for all of the laughs.
How can you get even better every time?
10:08 I love this a lot! Darth Vader being his old self for a while xP
So is this how it shall be for Kenobi and Originals. Also that's a really cool vader suit
Thank you Charlie! I haven’t seen this in ten years since my friend showed it at a bar in NYC and it was still just as traumatic was watching in the 70s with the mean treatment of Lumpy and confusion about why it seemed to be part variety show. Great job❤
Better than the sequels lol looking forward to the original trilogy now top work Charlie
I never imagined that I would ever see this on here. This is awesome! The Holiday Special is something I watch once a year so two birds one stone!
Best holiday special EVER!!!
BTW, love the OT version of Obiwan!
These are great Charlie! You should do one where they watch Spaceballs and critique that. LOL.
wow, this was so much better than I remember the Holiday special to be.
You've somehow made me enjoy the Holiday Special!
Charlie, this is your best one yet! SO GOOD
I like that Anakin doesn't sound so drugged anymore while being there as Vader.
Love seeing Ben call Vader "Darth" just like in A New Hope!
Old Obi Wan impression is spot on!
This is fantastic 😂😂 just joined patroen just so I can see Kenobi
16:28 "I WANT THE HULK😭😭😭"
IM CRYING OF LAUGHTER 🤣
I really like how the nickname ''Palps'' has translated into ''Emps'' 5:20
That's crazy, I just put up a watch through of this insane nonsensical movie with me and my buddy! I love your work by the way.
Obi wan looks... Strange and vader looks like just a png on a darth vader costume
A great one, Charlie! One of the best ones yet. Have a Happy Life Day!
30:49 wow he maybe one of the most clumsiness stormtroopers i ever seen 😂😂
Life day is gonna be very lively this holiday.
Wow, this channel is amazing. I just found and watched the house of the dragon one with tyrian, his legs are so long it’s crazy. Anyways, now a new video about Star Wars. I just thought about this yesterday. I said It’s going to be crazy to see Anikin see his self an Dart Vader. And here we go. Great work and thanks again. Other than pitch meeting and everything wrong with. I use these videos to go to sleep with. I can’t sleep in silence.
oh $hit the Annakin / Darth Vader doing Christopher Walken, "Roger Roger", and then Chewie had me rolling! Charlie is so talented with the writing and acting... but to make this whole video about that horrible "Holiday Special" is just genius.. i forgot about that show from my youth.. thought it was just a bad dream but i guess it really did exist.. haha
22:39- I remember watching this when I was a kid….. I forgot most of it (thank God), but now I’m wondering……. Why did it just out of nowhere turn into a cartoon?!? Like, yeah….. he turned on the TV….. but he is watching what is supposed to be going on!?! Right? Did they run out of money? Or sh!ts to give?!?
Love your impersonations man
The Holiday Special is one piece of media that SHOULD have stayed lost.
lol the They Might be Giants reference... LOL
Saw this when originally aired,..this is brilliant!..X
Man, I really like this version of Anakin
all the scenes of vadar cooking were hilarious
The They Might Be Giants reference was a nice touch
Congratulations Charlie. I have tried many times to watch the entire Holiday Special failed. For 30 years, and then you put this piece of garbage together and it's like watching two trains collide head on one fill with oil cars and the other with gasoline.
Jk - brilliant - still you got me through the whole thing. Never before. Bravo.
And here I thought the only way I could watch that "special" was the Rifftrax version...excellent vid
33:14 that head shake was perfect. 😂
Thanks for pointing it out, I didn't see it the first time 😂
Dude these deep fake videos are absolutely hilarious🤣 good work🍻
For the longest time I didn't even know Holiday Special existed... maybe it was better that way...