Thanks for the second comment! I am nailing this whole "start your own thread" thing.
For me, the idea of comedy being misplaced during rising tension, and a timer mechanism being such an easy/natural way to generate tension at the climax really hit home (had no idea the whole "death star is about to destroy the rebel base" thing was completely manufactured/added in the edit). I actually stole that second idea in my review of Mizal's game. :")