One of the wonderful things about Star Wars was that even though you couldn’t understand some characters, you still understood them. But what if you could plug in Chewbacca’s growls and R2D2′s beepity boops into Google Translate to find out what they’re saying? Nate Smith of Awkward Elevator did just that, and it’s exactly what you expected.
All that groaning from Chewie was just because he needed some tea! Feed the poor sap. And I can totally imagine R2D2 saying this. In fact, that’s what I always assumed he was saying this whole time:

But the real kicker here is translating Star Wars into JJ Abrams. Because that’s what’s going to happen for Episode VII. Everything is just going to be this:

Doesn’t matter, I still can’t wait for the next Star Wars movie. See more Google Translation of Star Wars here. [Awkward Elevator via Laughing Squid]













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Yes! That final screenshot is exactly my fear about JJ Abrams taking directorial control.
Someone needs to do a lens flare count on JJ’s stuff – is it really that bad? I love the stuff he does, and yes I know there are lens flares in them, but come on, I need scientific numbers! Give me a goddammn LFI (lens flare index) comparison table!