Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth: And Other Pop Culture Correspondences

by John Moe

“Dear Luke, We Need to Talk, Darth is proof that a funny book on pop culture doesn't have to be snide and nasty. I loved everything about it.” —Jim Gaffigan
 
We all know how Darth Vader shared his big secret with Luke Skywalker, but what if he had delivered the news in a handwritten note instead? And what if someone found that letter, as well as all of the drafts that landed in the Dark Lord’s trash can? In the riotously funny collection Dear Luke, We Need to Talk. Darth, John Moe finally reveals these lost notes alongside all the imagined letters, e-mails, text messages, and other correspondences your favorite pop culture icons never meant for you to see.
 
From The Walking Dead to The Wizard of Oz, from Billy Joel to Breaking Bad, no reference escapes Moe’s imaginative wit and keen sense of nostalgia. Read Captain James T. Kirk’s lost log entries and Yelp reviews of The Bates Motel and Cheers. Peruse top secret British intelligence files revealing the fates of Agents 001–006, or Don Draper’s cocktail recipe cards. Learn all of Jay-Z’s 99 problems, as well as the complete rules of Fight Club, and then discover an all-points bulletin concerning Bon Jovi, wanted dead or alive—and much more.
 
Like a like a bonus track to a favorite CD or a deleted scene from a cult movie, Dear Luke, We Need to Talk Darth offer a fresh twist on the pop culture classics we thought we knew by heart. You already know part of their story. Now find out the rest.

• ISBN10: 0385349106
• ISBN13: 9780385349109
• Publish Date: 10 June 2014 (first published 1 January 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Three Rivers Press
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 304
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780385349109

Reviews

[Beth C.]

I'm pretty sure I have a sense of humor. I don't think it got lost anywhere, and I appreciate a good sarcastic reply or bit of satire greatly. So it was with high hopes that I got this book. Sadly, they were completely unfulfilled.

While the back of the book describes it as "riotously funny", I would disagree. I smiled a couple of times, and maybe smirked a couple more. Very little actual laughter (if any) actually escaped my lips while reading this collection. While some of the writings were creative, others seemed like they were thrown out to fill pages and others seemed almost borderline hateful.

I almost never give 1-star reviews, simply because I tend to be pretty mild-mannered in my likes/dislikes. But for a "riotously funny collection" to elicit no laughter in the entire book, that alone calls for a lower-than-normal review. Having said that, I am well aware that humor is subjective, so what I found to be somewhat dull might be exactly your cup of tea. I'd head to the library and read a few pages before purchasing though. Just to make sure you're not wasting your money.