Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Robot Chicken: Star Wars is a Star Wars-themed special of the show Robot Chicken that aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on June 17, 2007. It features the voices of George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Ahmed Best, Tom Kane, Joey Fatone and Bob Bergen.

In addition to new material, the special also features several Star Wars-themed sketches from previous episodes.

Sketches

 * The title sequence features a thematically altered version of the shows standard opening, in which a mad scientist turns a dead fowl into the titular "Robot Chicken"; the special parodies Anakin Skywalker's injuries on Mustafar in Revenge of the Sith, with the scientist wearing Emperor Palpatine robes and transforming the chicken into a Darth Vader-like being.
 * Luke Skywalker destroys an AT-AT by grappling onto it as in The Empire Strikes Back, but throws the bomb into a bathroom stall occupied by an unsuspecting AT-AT Driver.
 * Emperor Palpatine, portrayed as a corporate executive, receives a call from a distressed Darth Vader 2 weeks after the destruction of the first Death Star.
 * A Jawa orders a drink at the Mos Eisley cantina by shouting "Martini!" in a high voice.
 * A janitor must clean up far more falling corpses than he would like: first on Naboo (Darth Maul), then on Coruscant (Mace Windu), and finally on the second Death Star (Palpatine).
 * [[Image:AckbarCereal.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Admiral Ackbar cereal.]]A commercial for "Admiral Ackbar cereal" has Admiral Ackbar saying "Your taste buds can't repel flavor of that magnitude!" and dancing.
 * Industrial designer Ponda Baba's conflict with Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley Cantina is shown to be the result of a failure to communicate excacerbated by a drunken Evazan.
 * C-3PO and R2-D2 encounter problems at the airport screening line.
 * Qui-Gon Jinn drops his ignited lightsaber through every floor of the Trade Federation ship.
 * New officer recruits receive orientation on board the Death Star explaining that Vader's Force Choke is all in his head and instructing the recruits in proper (and ultimately life-saving) behaviour.
 * After destroying the first Death Star, Luke realizes the futility in calling his loved ones back on Tatooine.
 * George Lucas visits a Star Wars convention, and is rescued from a mob of fans by a nerd dressed like a Tauntaun. [[Image:Boba Fett Fan.JPG|thumb|left|150px|Obssesive fans see George Lucas.]]
 * Ben instructs Luke in the ways of the Force by kicking him while his helmet's blast shield is down.
 * Two British-accented space slugs order Chinese take-out for dinner after losing the Millennium Falcon.
 * President George W. Bush fantasizes about having Jedi powers, including dueling Abraham Lincoln (voiced by Hulk Hogan).
 * Bespin Cloud City weather updates.
 * A vagrant has already taken up residence in the tauntaun Han Solo intended for Luke.
 * Luke and the Emperor engage in a "Yo Momma" fight.
 * Han's radio conversation about reactors in the detention level becomes even more complicated when it necessitates a call to Vader's office and an examination of the schematics.
 * Darth Vader has less patience for Jar Jar Binks than he used to, but throwing him out of an airlock only turns him into an annoying Force Ghost.
 * Boba Fett celebrates the capture of Han in an increasingly creepy way and calling him a "dirty little smuggler".
 * Luke Skywalker lays out money for an adult dancers group called the Power Converters at the gentlemen's club called Toshi Station.
 * Chewbacca re-enact's Fonz's hair-combing gag from the intro to Happy Days.
 * Darth Vader tries to win Luke over to the Dark Side by revealing some rather ... unbelievable news.
 * The Emperor's taunting of Luke is interrupted by ongoing construction of the second Death Star.
 * Lobot is a talented dancer on his off time.
 * Max Rebo's greatest hits, which reiterate that neither he nor Joey Fatone is an elephant, among some facts about his memory.
 * Mid-Nite with Zuckuss (voiced by Conan O'Brien)
 * An intimate moment between Luke and Princess Leia.
 * Star Wars: Empire on Ice!.
 * After the end credits, there is an extra scene with Jar Jar Binks and Darth Vader.

Trivia

 * In the segment where a ghostly Jar Jar Binks haunts Darth Vader while he sleeps, four Star Wars Miniatures (a stormtrooper commander, a scout trooper, a stormtrooper and an R2-D2) can be seen on Vader's nightstand. Vader is also sleeping under "Star Wars" sheets and the bed frame is probably based on his Meditation chamber.
 * The Power Converters seem to be the dancers in the Max Rebo Band.
 * Tosche is incorrectly spelled "Toshi" on a neon sign.
 * Over its four airings, the special received 5.7 million viewers ages 12+. It helped Adult Swim regain the status as the #1 cable network for total day delivery of young adults ages 18-34 and 18-24.
 * In the sketch with Ponda Baba, a few objects are what seems to be IG-88's head: the water cooler in Ponda's office and some machines in the cantina seen behind the counter. These are in reference to the pieces used in A New Hope from which IG-88's head was later made.
 * During the sketch with Mid-Nite with Zuckuss, a mug in the shape of Boushh's helmet is visible on the desk as a reference to Conan O' Brian's Eisenhower mug.
 * In the very beginning when the Doctor picks up the chicken from Mustafar, the fully constructed Death Star is in the upper left corner.
 * Oddly, there is no skit based on Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, although Kamino is mentioned.
 * The AT-AT driver is reading a magazine entitled "Naboobies".
 * This is one of the few times that Anthony Daniels didn't voice Threepio.
 * During the conference George Lucas quotes Han Solo's Tauntaun remark from Episode V.
 * The show contains at least half a dozen censorings of the word F**k most of them from the second sketch.
 * The second sketch "Vader Calls the Emperor" was featured in a regular episode of Robot Chicken, which had the voice of Darth Vader with an uncharacteristically deep voice. It has been redone in the Star Wars special so the voice of Vader sounds to the liking of James Earl Jones.

DVD release
On July 22, 2008, Warner Home Video released Robot Chicken: Star Wars on DVD. The single-disc release includes the special itself plus many special features:


 * Seven different audio commentaries, including actors, writers, production crew and Jett and Katie Lucas.
 * "Chicken Nuggets" sketch by sketch video commentary - previously available on adultswim.com
 * Animation Meeting
 * On-Air Bumps
 * Trailers
 * Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
 * Deleted Scenes
 * Alternate Audio
 * Time Lapse Sequences
 * Photo Gallery
 * STAR WARS Celebration IV Convention Panel Presentation
 * Production Design Featurette

Notes and references

 * Star Wars Insider 94