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Chad Vader is a series of comedy shorts by Blame Society Productions that has gained popularity on the internet, particularly through viewings on YouTube and MySpace. It was originally created for Channel 101, where it was "cancelled" after two episodes, but the creators continued to develop the story arc and publish the series in other venues. The first episode has been viewed over seven million times on YouTube. A portion of the episode IV video was aired on Good Moring America on October 12, 2006. Though Sloan and Yonda did not create Chad Vader as a "fan film" series, it won the "George Lucas Selects" award at the 2007 "Star Wars Fan Movie Challenge." There are eight episodes in Season 1, each between five and six minutes long, written and directed by Matt Sloan and Aaron Yonda. Season 1.5 (released on DVD in Fall 2008) features the collection of "Chad Vader Training Videos" and other material created after the release of the Season 1 DVD. The first episode of Season 2 was released on the Internet on February 1, 2009 and subsequent episodes are in production. The "Empire Market" scenes were filmed on location at Willy Street Co-op,Madison, Wisconsin. The mayor of Madison,Dave Cieslewicz , appears in two episodes of Season 1 (six and eight). Chad Vader has been translated into at least 5 languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Hebrew and Linqua Franca Nova. The series also has a DVD, which contains all 8 of the first season episodes, and has also spawned a merchandise line.