The Big Picture Before Spaceballs, there was Hardware Wars. The first-ever Star Wars parody film is coming to Blu-ray from the MVD Rewind Collection. Fans can now see the 1978 parody short film in an all-new 2K transfer shot from the original negative, allowing them to see every detail of the cardboard sets and the wires holding the spaceships up.
The brainchild of Fosselius, a former member of The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo alongside Danny Elfman, Hardware Wars fits a full parody of Star Wars into its thirteen-minute running time. It starred Scott Matthews as gormless farmboy Fluke Starbucker, who attempts to master "the Farce" with the aid of the wise sage Augie "Ben" Doggie .