Robot Chicken Star Wars

[Cat Whisperer]

View trailer and read story. Coming June 17 to Adult Swim! I am so pumped! Except we don't get Adult Swim! So coming to us some time after that, I guess!

Okay, done now.

[KneadToKnow]

Originally Posted by featherlou

June 17

Bu-but ... isn't that the same day Bill Engvall's new show debuts?

Alack!

[Autolycus]

"What the hell's an Aluminum Falcon?" Mwahahahaah!

[Hal Briston]

Originally Posted by Autolycus

"What the hell's an Aluminum Falcon?" Mwahahahaah!

Under no circumstances should any Star Wars fan miss the complete version of The Emperor's Phone Call.

[leafrog]

Awesome! (said in the Robot Chicken drunk sorority chick voice)

Any idea how long this will be? Standard 10-15 minute Robot Chicken, or perhaps longer? My hubby and I are now officially psyched!

Hal, thank you for posting that link. One of my all time favorite RC bits, although Jesus looking up from the cross and saying "Boo!" to the children may be a skosh funnier.

[MovieMogul]

This is the other notable SW/RC skit.

It should be pretty funny; looking forward to it.

And to the OP--don't worry: YouTube will have it within hours.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by ArchiveGuy

<snip>And to the OP--don't worry: YouTube will have it within hours.

Of course - I keep forgetting about that.

(Spent an enjoyable half hour or so looking at Robot Chicken on YouTube last night. Heh. Seth Green is one strange little man.)

[Tuckerfan]

Originally Posted by leafrog

Awesome! (said in the Robot Chicken drunk sorority chick voice)

Any idea how long this will be? Standard 10-15 minute Robot Chicken, or perhaps longer? My hubby and I are now officially psyched!

Hal, thank you for posting that link. One of my all time favorite RC bits, although Jesus looking up from the cross and saying "Boo!" to the children may be a skosh funnier.

I dunno, I like the Jesus in Kill Bill bit, and the one with the nerd going to unicorn land.

[Shoeless]

What's with that wookiee on the Star Wars site? He looks like a porn star....

[mobo85]

Originally Posted by leafrog

Any idea how long this will be? Standard 10-15 minute Robot Chicken, or perhaps longer? My hubby and I are now officially psyched!

This is going to be either 30 minutes or one hour- I forget which. This is an official production authorized by Lucasfilm- for the past few years, Lucasfilm has okayed fan-made parodies of Star Wars and even has an annual awards show for them with the winner picked by George Lucas himself. He apparently loves them, and enjoyed the Robot Chicken spoofs of Star Wars, hence this special.

[Maus Magill]

One thing I'd love to see as one of those little two second bits is Han and Greedo arguing over who shot first.

"I shot first!"
"No, I shot first!"

[KneadToKnow]

Originally Posted by mobo85

for the past few years, Lucasfilm has okayed fan-made parodies of Star Wars

Oh yeah, like The Phantom Menace!

[MovieMogul]

So, anyone catch it?

Overall, pretty good (though reprising a couple previous bits was a bummer; the Palpatine bit's a riot but the Bush/Jedi skit remains lame).

The recurring janitor gag, the ATAT toilet, Late night with Zuckuss, Empire on Ice--all fun, though my favorite was a day in the life of "Walrusman".

[Hal Briston]

What ArchiveGuy said, with two exceptions.

--I thought Empire On Ice was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show.

--"Toshi Station and the Power Converters" forced me to pause the DVR, I was laughing so damn hard. I love obscure jokes.

[Maus Magill]

Originally Posted by ArchiveGuy

So, anyone catch it?

Overall, pretty good (though reprising a couple previous bits was a bummer; the Palpatine bit's a riot but the Bush/Jedi skit remains lame).

The recurring janitor gag, the ATAT toilet, Late night with Zuckuss, Empire on Ice--all fun, though my favorite was a day in the life of "Walrusman".

It's on the DVR for tonight's viewing pleasure.

[mobo85]

My personal favorite was the Jar Jar sketch, followed by the Yo Momma fight (especially Palpatine's lame attempt to explain "light saber") and Admiral Ackbar Cereal. It's a trap!

Originally Posted by Hal Briston

I thought Empire On Ice was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show.

I can't stop singing some of those little songs. I'm the Wampa, I'm the snowman, and I'm not taking any from no man! Luke, he hasn't arrived yet! I fear that he may be done! His chances of surviving here are ten million and five to one!

[Evil Captor]

I liked the scene where Vader and Skywalker are having their fight and Vader starts off with "I'm your father!" and Luke protests, "That's impossible," and Vader keeps giving away more plot points while Luke protests, "That makes no sense!" "That's highly unlikely" until finally Luke walks away, saying, 'If you won't take this seriously, then I won't either."

[MovieMogul]

Originally Posted by Hal Briston

--I thought Empire On Ice was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show.

I thought it started bad, and then the sheer parody badness hooked me (especially the end song, sung to Vader's theme):

"Here we are--the Empire on Ice!
All those rebels will pay a big price.
Vader's not nice,
and the tauntaun gets sliced
and Chewbacca has lice.
The Empire on Ice!"

I thought the worst skit was the fan convention/tauntaun bit.

[MovieMogul]

Originally Posted by Evil Captor

I liked the scene where Vader and Skywalker are having their fight and Vader starts off with "I'm your father!" and Luke protests, "That's impossible," and Vader keeps giving away more plot points while Luke protests, "That makes no sense!" "That's highly unlikely" until finally Luke walks away, saying, 'If you won't take this seriously, then I won't either."

That was the 3rd skit that was a repeat from previous RC eps (the other two being the ones I previously mentioned).

[Sean Factotum]

Originally Posted by Hal Briston

--I thought Empire On Ice was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show.

I immediately thought it was them making fun of the Star Wars Christmas Special.

My favorite, though, was Leia to Luke:
"That was so wrong."

[mobo85]

There was one brief bit I didn't get: Chewbacca with a comb looking at himself in the mirror. Was this supposed to be a play on a '50s greaser-type, like the Fonz? 'Cause that's what I figured it was.

Looking at the YouTube clip of the original phone call sketch, it appears they redid Darth Vader's voice so it sounds more like the real thing.

"Hey, get your own tauntaun!"

[Omniscient]

I enjoyed the bit with the Empire's Officers having orientation and explaining that they fake it so that Vader believes he can "choke" people. The best part was when the guy who's been choked like 30 times reappeared to take an order from Vader in a later sketch.

[Kokopilau]

Originally Posted by mobo85

My personal favorite was the Jar Jar sketch

Did you see the end credits? That was actually Ahmed Best in that sketch, which made it even funnier!

[vibrotronica]

I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me.

[Chimera]

Admiral Akhbar Cereal

"Your taste buds cannot repel flavor of this magnitude!"


I can see Doritos trying to borrow that one.


"Mr. Saltine, I don't try to tell you how to torture your little blonde boy, you don't tell me how to build a Deathstar."

[Apos]

No need to download illegally from youtube: it's officially on adultswim.com

http://www.adultswim.com/video/?epis...13259bc3e6001d

[msmith537]

We're almost through! Here...hold this...



What the heck are they doing up there all the time?

[muldoonthief]

Originally Posted by mobo85

There was one brief bit I didn't get: Chewbacca with a comb looking at himself in the mirror. Was this supposed to be a play on a '50s greaser-type, like the Fonz? 'Cause that's what I figured it was.

You're exactly right - during the intro to "Happy Days", one of the brief clips was the Fonz standing in front of a mirror about to comb his hair, then taking a step back due to his own awesomeness. It's been parodied quite a few times, including by Henry Winkler himself on Arrested Development.

I felt bad for Walrus guy. Nothing worse than a drunk friend in a bar getting you into trouble.

Was I seeing things, or was Lucas himself listed as a voice in the credits?

[MovieMogul]

Originally Posted by muldoonthief

Was I seeing things, or was Lucas himself listed as a voice in the credits?

Yeah, that was him playing "himself".

I also forgot to mention the very funny Boba monologue (w/Han in carbonite in attendance).

[simster]

Originally Posted by muldoonthief

You're exactly right - during the intro to "Happy Days", one of the brief clips was the Fonz standing in front of a mirror about to comb his hair, then taking a step back due to his own awesomeness. It's been parodied quite a few times, including by Henry Winkler himself on Arrested Development.

I felt bad for Walrus guy. Nothing worse than a drunk friend in a bar getting you into trouble.

Was I seeing things, or was Lucas himself listed as a voice in the credits?

Yep, he's credited...

as is Hulk Hogan!

[cbawlmer]

My favorites were Admiral Ackbar cereal ("Now with brine shrimp!") and the one where Qui Gon's lightsaber drops through multiple levels of the spaceship, finally setting off a car alarm on the lowest level.

[mobo85]

Originally Posted by simster

as is Hulk Hogan!

That'll teach you, George Washington!

[I'm No Saint]

The Admiral Ackbar sketch killed me. So did the opening sketch with the AT-AT driver on the toilet.

[Ferret Herder]

Goddammit, I missed it. Anyone know if/when it'll be repeated?

[bouv]

"Oh, just rebuild it? And who's going to give me a loan, you? You got an ATM on that seven-foot torso of yours, lite-brite?"

Classic!

I loved the Admiral Ackbar sketch most of all, even if it was really short. Probably because me and my friends used to yell "It's a trap!" all the time for no reason.

And the Tonton sketch wasn't great, but the last line was great.
"And that was the greatest day of my life."
"What about when i was born?"
"Not even close."

[Darryl Lict]

Originally Posted by Ferret Herder

Goddammit, I missed it. Anyone know if/when it'll be repeated?

Check post #26.

I liked the Admiral Ackbar bit best also.

[Ferret Herder]

Originally Posted by Darryl Lict

Check post #26.

I saw that, but I'd really like to see it on my big widescreen TV in a decent resolution without any lag/skipping, which is what happens on my crappy little laptop when I play videos.

[Maus Magill]

Originally Posted by Maus Magill

It's on the DVR for tonight's viewing pleasure.

I liked Toschi Station and the Cantina sketch.

"This is going to be a great day! I can feel it!"