The first episode of the ultra-media-hyped Tax Wars saga returns to the days when the young Darth Vader (Paul Martin Jr.) is confronted by the phantom menace of a tax revolt confected by the National Post. He struggles to choose between the social program building path of his father and the unholy alliance representing dark side of the force -- Darth Maul (Preston Manning), the Emperor (Jean Chretien), Grand Moff Tarkin (Conrad Black) and the ever-evil economist Jabba the Hut (Michael Walker). Those empire builders are busy slashing taxes for the rich with hi-tech phaser institute sabres; using their Privatization Proton Cannon to liquidate all public services; and activating the Debt Star Battlestation to vaporize the galaxy's social safety net; and unleashing their right-wing tractor beam to suck terrified citizens into following their agenda.

19th Century Force and Unitedright Alternatives present an
Unfettered Capitalism / RobberBaron production of a Gorgedon Lucre film
Tax Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace

Starring * Paul Martin as Darth Vader * Michael Walker as Jabba the Hutt * Jean Chretien as the Emperor * Preston Manning as Darth Maul * Conrad Black as Grand Moff Tarkin * Ralph Klein as pig-faced Gamorrean Guard * AND Michael Skywalker as Luke's evil twin

Screenplay by Morty National and Con Glomerate from the Zero Tax Tolerance fantasy novel based upon a Wall Street journal suggested by the Corporate agenda

Special tax cut hysteria effects designer: Fraser Institute * Tax rage phantom imagineers: National Post * Gratuitous budget slashing effects supervisor: C.D. Howe Institute * Social program leveling effects director: US Heritage Foundation * Puppet master: Business Council on National Issues * Child poverty creation consultant: O.E.C.D. * Tax revolt choreography: Conrad Black's Southam Slaves * Right-wing reflex knee-jerker: National Citizens Coalition * Crowd scene simulations: Canadian Taxpayers Federation * Smokescreen production: Canadian Mainstream Media * Collective amnesia artist: CBC * Debt hysteria whipper-upper: The Globe & Mail * Mass hypnosis orchestration: CTV * Foreign ownership arranged by: Industry Canada * Currency crisis illusions: Bay Street * Greed and fraud consultant: Howe Street * Neoconservative model builder: Reform Party * Gap between rich and poor exploder: Jean Chretien * Alternative more-of-the-same unifier: Preston Manning * Corporate tax loophole architect: Paul Martin Jr. * Pro-business momentum engineer: Brian Mulroney * Safety net dismantling overseer: Lloyd Axworthy * Health care system surgeon: Allan Rock * Poor blaming & welfare bashing expert: Mike Harris * Corporate whim catering service: Liberal Party * Best boy: Ralph Klein

Filmed at Spineless Media studios and on location in Greedyville, Richmore and Poorless

All tax revolts portrayed in this film are fictitious creations of Hollinger Inc. Any similarity to real issues Canadians actually care about is purely coincidental. * No corporate profits were harmed during the production of this film.

ADDITIONAL NON-NP COVERAGE: What's the reality of taxes in Canada?