Ham Solo

Doncha hate it when your nerdish friends quote their favorite bits from the Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the execrable prequels)? You know the scenes... the Mos Eisley cantina, the trash compactor, "I am your father." While such mimicry seems irritating coming from our über-geek pals, it's kickass coming...

By Benjamin Leatherman

November 8, 2007

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Doncha hate it when your nerdish friends quote their favorite bits from the Star Wars trilogy (the original, not the execrable prequels)? You know the scenes... the Mos Eisley cantina, the trash compactor, "I am your father." While such mimicry seems irritating coming from our über-geek pals, it's kickass coming from the craw of Canadian actor Charles Ross when he reenacts the blockbuster space-opera troika for the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy, complete with vocal renditions of sound effects and soundtrack. Ross finishes his Force-filled run on Sunday, November 11.
Wed., Nov. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Thu., Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m.; Fri., Nov. 9, 8 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 10, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 11, 2 p.m., 2007

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music, and nightlife. He began writing for New Times in 2003 and joined the staff full-time in 2005. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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