# From the Robot Chicken guys: Star Wars: Detours

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 25, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602 "2012-08-25T13:58:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rubixcube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Rubixcube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubixcube)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602/21 "2012-08-27T17:21:37Z")

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The problem with _Star Wars_ parodies is that the prime material has been covered several times over. So while I didn’t find this trailer as horrible as most did, in fact I found it somewhat funny; I do get the sensation that I’ve seen this all before, because quite frankly I have. Many of those jokes have been made before in various forms, if not in the official specials then at least in the countless webcomics, fan videos, and parody skits over the years. There’s simply no need for this to become a series.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602/22 "2012-08-27T18:01:31Z")

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> [@Dr\_Doom](#):
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> > [@GuanoLad](#):
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> > _Robot Chicken_ is Adult Swim. _Star Wars Detours_ is regular Cartoon Network. It’s intended for a general audience, so the humour will be less.
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> fixed.

**Dr\_Doom** , please don’t change text inside the quote boxes. If you’d quoted **GuanoLad** and not added the period, that would be OK. Adding the period makes it look like he was trying to say something different.

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**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602/23 "2012-08-27T22:41:13Z")

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Are the Robot Chicken guys doing the writing or just the voices? Because it definitely seemed like the latter.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602/24 "2012-08-27T22:51:03Z")

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I’m looking forward to the _Robot Chicken_ parody of _Star Wars Detours_.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-the-robot-chicken-guys-star-wars-detours/632602/25 "2012-08-27T23:44:38Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Fred Rodgers acting normally was great (the man was a genius). Richard Pryor trying to behave himself so he could host a network show was wrong.

I do not know these references.

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