What would you do if the Death Star and a bunch of other Galactic Empire vehicles showed up in your city? Obviously, you’d just go about your business. Continue jogging, or flying your kite, or protesting against China. Maybe you’d get out your video camera and observe the invasion, as if the spacecraft or AT-ATs were Goodyear blimps or a Cloverfield monster.

I almost feel guilty asking what the point of this video is, because it’s done so well. It looks real enough that I actually kind of fear for my friends in the Bay area. I love this explanation from Topless Robot: “Over the weekend, the Empire invaded San Francisco. I assume that they were looking for the semi-nearby Skywalker Ranch, in order to kill George Lucas after seeing Clone Wars.”

We could make plenty of jokes like this, though it’s worth mentioning that Lucas also has facilities closer to the city of S.F. than Skywalker Ranch, such as the Letterman Digital Arts Center, which houses Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts and other Lucas-owned companies. It could just be me, by the way, but doesn’t it seem like this video’s effects shots are more seamless than ILM’s work on the Star Wars prequels?