Showing posts with label Star Wars smoking PSA public service announcement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars smoking PSA public service announcement. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Star Wars Smoking PSA is as Amusing as it is Effective


A PSA about not smoking using the well-known characters from Star Wars, C3-P0 and R2-D2. It also has a small 'Wizard of Oz' reference. Using the famous robots is an effective strategy for reaching to adolescents, since they know and love the two. I enjoyed it because C3-P0 always makes me laugh, and R2-D2 is one of the most lovable little robots out there, as well as one of the toughest. There is of course, a slight problem with the video. R2-D2 not only has no lungs or biological heart, but he also has no mouth. But I suppose since C3-P0 is the only one of the two who can talk, they had to give him the speaking part. Either way, the idea is just short of genius.