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‘Mad Max’ Meets ‘Star Wars’ In This Glorious Mash Up
YouTube user Krishna Shenoi has done something that shouldn’t make sense but ended up being incredible: He mashed the worlds of Mad Max: Fury Road with Star Wars, creating a trailer for a film that I didn’t think could ever possibly work but now lists as something I’d leap at the opportunity to see!
Injecting clips and characters/vehicles/weapons from multiple Star Wars films over the foundation of the Mad Max: Fury Road trailer, the mashup works incredibly well, creating a surprisingly believable world that takes the insanity of the Mad Max universe and simply ramps it up to ’11’.
What’s even better is how much actually works if you stop and think about it. The Star Wars Sarlacc and Tusken Raiders are a perfect compliment to the apocalyptic desert wasteland of Mad Max while the idea of alien looking beings fits right in with the mutations and deformities of the survivors, due to the irradiated water supplies. Perhaps the spaceships and lightsabers are a bit of a stretch, but I’m ready to suspend my disbelief for this one!
Give it a peek below and then tell me that you’re honestly not totally into it!
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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