There’s still a month left in the year, but Adweek jumped the gun on releasing the 10 Best Commercials of 2011, wisely reasoning that Christmas commercials and whatever the car companies debut during the useless San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl or the Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl (actual name) will not be worthy of such a list. If you own a DVR, the existence of commercials in your life is probably as prevalent as music videos on MTV, so with a list like this, sometimes you’re seeing the best adverts of the year for the first time, except for those that debuted during the Super Bowl. They left out the brilliant DNB Nor George Clooney Ad and it could use some more Skittles (“Taste the Rainbow, b*tch”) but it is an otherwise solid list of spots.

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This may be the cutest car commercial of all time. It may also serve as a more sensible, emotionally gripping prequel to the Star Wars franchise than at least Attack of the Clones.

Vader: “Oh no you dih-int”

What with all the Blake Lively- and Christina Hendricks-related sexiness going on at the Emmys on Sunday, I missed this: Kristen Wiig wore a gown inspired by Darth Vader’s costume from Star Wars. Or maybe it’s just a coincidence that it looks similar, I don’t know. But I prefer to believe that Kristen Wiig, although very attractive in her own right, was just like, “You know what? I’m not Blake Lively, so let’s go straight for winning over the geek demographic.” And it works.

Of course, as a dress, it looks terrible. It might have a chance to look good if she ripped those sleeves off. But as an homage to Star Wars, I give her an A-plus. Now someone get me January Jones chained up in a metal bikini!

[via @ToplessRobot]