"Hey, it's made for fun"
Sure. But not every joke is great, despite good intentions. I might have given this one a half-hearted smile, but no more. I'm picky.
Another thing is if this was a clip made by a fan, who meticulously re-created Yoda and stormies, wasting his/her private time, I'd enjoy it more. Just as with SW-theme played on bagpipes (which I posted before). I hate bagpipes. But this guy worked hard to play it well and it was amusing. And this made me put off my hatred for bagpipes to enjoy this.
If some guy wanted to tell a joke in front of the classmates and failed, I'd, too, say "hey, he meant good, don't be harsh on him". Which doesn't mean I want him to pursuit the career of a professional comedian. In the case of rapping Yoda we have a part of a product made by professionals given a hard-to-get license to work on this subject.
So I can't be so easy on them. I'm spending my $ here, so I have right to be serious. In American language: I pay, so I demand. And I demand quality.
I don't hate CGI. I love CGI - provided it's done well and used well. I've always wanted to work in this field. So I'm not bashing it because I joined "CGI haters team".
I know at least basics of the trade, so I know about the resources needed to create even such a short clip. The time to render it on a "rendering-farm" (swarm of computers linked together). The costly motion capture tech. or time-consuming I.K. animation. Somebody from ILM (probably more than one person) was paid to make this one. And it is me who's paying for this, as I fuel GL empire with $ I spent on numerous music CDs, albums, computer games, model kits, posters and yet-another-release of movies.
And all I want is a product meeting my expectations for which I'd pay more $.
There are various people who call themselves "SW fans":
There are "I like everything that has SW logo on it", easy-to-please people, who accept everything. I can't do that, because my individualism means I have own taste and preferences.
There are "faster, more intense!" people, who'd gladly mix SW with Matrix, StarTrek or whatever else they like. I can't do that, because of my sense of style, which rejects such "mixes" (would you like a pineapple-anchovy pizza?)
And who am I? And what do I want?
I'm one of the people for which SW is a trip to childhood days. As I matured I found new ways of enjoying it, new "tidbits" I couldn't grasp as a child - so I can still enjoy a 30-years-old movie. I like the original "look&feel", which is not necessarily tied to old technology (I don't mind cleaning the matte lines and "boxes" around TIEs etc.).
What I'd like to see being done - where the $ should be spent - is e.g. restoring stuff like Biggs&Luke scene on Tatooine. I saw it on CD-ROM encyclopedia in lousy (quicktime?) quality. I want it transferred on DVD. Instead of wasting time on dancing Yoda, waste that time on cleaning that source video, to present it to us in decent quality, so that we can throw our $ on buying it.
Want to make SE edition of OT? Why not restoring the sequence when the snowspeeders attack AT-ST in ESB? They originally shot the F/X in 1979, but scr*wed up sth, so the sequence is incomplete. They could finish or re-do it with CGI in 1997. Why didn't they? This would have no negative impact on the story or pace of the movie. It would give us "more of the original, but in new package", without messing it up.
But no, the marketing execs know better. "Be sure."
Let me give an example. Let's say you often go to a fav. Chinese/Italian/Polish/whatever restaurant - and this is the only such restaurant in your city. If you want that kind of food (and you love it) you have no other option but dining at that place. They have monopoly on this.
It used to be OK, but the food quality/choice degraded over time. You were always giving them substantial tips, so you feel you have right to complain about it (hey, I'm paying my $ here!). But they show you that big sign "customers have no input on the choice of food served - it's all up to the Chef". And the Chef suddenly changed his mind - he wants to satisfy the tastes of other customers, so your fav. dishes (that go with the original profile of the restaurant) are gone to make up a room to what's trendy elsewhere (but out-of-place here).
Hey, it's only food, don't get too serious about it.
(see my post about LucasArts games if you didn't catch the "no input from the customers" line)