# Robot Chicken Star Wars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815 "2007-05-12T06:03:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/1 "2007-05-12T06:03:53Z")
[View trailer and read story.](http://www.starwars.com/community/news/media/chickentrailer.html) 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. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/2 "2007-05-12T11:09:56Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] June 17 [/QUOTE] Bu-but … isn’t that the same day Bill Engvall’s new show debuts? Alack! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/3 "2007-05-12T19:18:04Z")
“What the hell’s an Aluminum Falcon?” Mwahahahaah! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/4 "2007-05-12T20:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] “What the hell’s an Aluminum Falcon?” Mwahahahaah! [/QUOTE] Under no circumstances should any Star Wars fan miss the complete version of [The Emperor’s Phone Call](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKz06vFWjsc). ---
**Author:** ![leafrog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@leafrog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leafrog)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2007, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/5 "2007-05-12T20:39:54Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/6 "2007-05-13T17:13:54Z")
[This](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVFI_Ra68F0) 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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/7 "2007-05-13T19:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] \And to the OP–don’t worry: YouTube will have it within hours. 🙂 [/QUOTE] 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.) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/8 "2007-05-13T20:53:29Z")
[QUOTE=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. [/QUOTE] I dunno, I like the Jesus in Kill Bill bit, and the one with the nerd going to unicorn land. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/9 "2007-05-13T22:34:40Z")
What’s with that wookiee on the Star Wars site? He looks like a porn star… ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/10 "2007-05-13T23:04:00Z")
[QUOTE=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! [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/11 "2007-05-14T12:31:28Z")
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!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/12 "2007-05-14T12:43:14Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] for the past few years, Lucasfilm has okayed fan-made parodies of _Star Wars_ [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, like _The Phantom Menace_! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/13 "2007-06-18T17:02:43Z")
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”. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/14 "2007-06-18T17:10:28Z")
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. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/15 "2007-06-18T17:10:45Z")
[QUOTE=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”. [/QUOTE] It’s on the DVR for tonight’s viewing pleasure. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/16 "2007-06-18T17:19:42Z")
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! > [@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! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/17 "2007-06-18T17:27:42Z")
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." ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/18 "2007-06-18T17:28:50Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] –I thought _Empire On Ice_ was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show. [/QUOTE] 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. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/19 "2007-06-18T17:30:24Z")
[QUOTE=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." [/QUOTE] That was the 3rd skit that was a repeat from previous _RC_ eps (the other two being the ones I previously mentioned). ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815/20 "2007-06-18T17:30:54Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] –I thought _Empire On Ice_ was pretty bad, and was a horrible way to end the show. [/QUOTE] 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.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/robot-chicken-star-wars/403815.md?page=2)