When I interviewed comedian and actor Dane Cook about his love for Boba Fett and gang for the Star Wars Rocks article series, he happened to be one of the most hardcore celeb fans (aside from Seth Green), I've ever chatted with. Not only did he have extensive theories about Boba Fett's "death" and C-3PO's possible devious nature, but he entertained the cast and crew (including the lovely Jessica Alba) of his next film Good Luck, Chuck, with endless Star Wars trivia facts as you can see from this snippet:

"For the film I shot around 25 moments for a montage that happens between my character and Jessica Alba who I'm courting in the film," Cook says. "In the shots we spend a lot of time talking to each other on the phone in the movie. It's a lot of laughing and us reacting to each other. So you're going to see me for a series of shots talking but you're not going to hear what I'm saying because of the music. Every time they rolled camera, the director Mark Helfrich would be like, 'Okay, Dane I need you to just laugh a little bit and be touched by what she's saying but just be talking about something.'"

"So whether I was making pancakes or brushing my teeth in the montage shot, you won't know it watching in the audience, but I'm totally just saying fun facts about Star Wars," Cook laughs. "I'm driving and smiling and it looks like I'm flirting with Jessica, but I'm really talking about Jawas and how they live on Tatooine. In every single shot I'm going on and on about Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, or R2-D2 or Luke. Hopefully on the DVD release of the film, for the extras we'll pull the montage music off and play in order all the montage moments when I was talking about Star Wars. It'll be funny to see me fixing my hair in the mirror as I'm getting ready for my date with Jessica's character and I'm telling the mirror, 'Force is strong with this one.' And no one has any clue I'm completely geeking out."

Playing Six Degrees of Separation between Jessica Alba and Darth Vader isn't too difficult for Cook, considering that his co-star had recently finished shooting another film called Awake with Star Wars actor Hayden Christensen. "When you're shooting those montage scenes, you're not physically there together, so I called her later and let her know that I was talking about Star Wars for nine hours in those scenes and she got a real kick out of it," Cook smiles.

During our phone conversation we started getting on a few tangents that had to be left out of the article, so I figured I'd include them here in case you'd like to read them.

Are you excited about the upcoming Star Wars TV show?
DANE COOK: Extremely! You know, I've been offered a lot of cameo stuff for TV shows, and there are only two shows I would ever do -- Star Wars or "Lost."

Which kind of character would you prefer to be on "Lost" -- one of the fuselage survivors or one of the Others?
DANE COOK: I wouldn't want to be either of those. I would rather be a character that was stranded from a previous plane, or maybe I was in the front of the plane but left instead of hanging back with the survivors. I love "Lost,'"so if I were to do any television shows it would be a must that I call my agent and ask to be put in there. And I look forward to seeing where the live-action Star Wars TV show goes. If its ends up being what all the fans hope it will be, I'd do that in a minute. Where do I send headshots?

Any rants or unresolved fandom issues?
DANE COOK: Here's my only major gripe with the Star Wars universe. The entire midi-chlorians/Force explanation in the prequels made my heart sink. It took away the mystery and religious element and made it too C.S.I. By making the midi-chlorians so specific as opposed to spiritual, made it lose its coolness. That's my dark side of fandom.

Any plans for Halloween costumes this year?
DANE COOK: I never dressed up as Han or Boba for Halloween as a kid because at the time the costume choices weren't that great. But they are really well-done now, so one of these Halloweens I may just have to suit up as Boba Fett and go somewhere. If I'm going to dress up, I'm going to do it to the hilt.

For more about Dane Cook and his love for the saga, check out the full interview here:
Dane Cook: Fett Lives