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"We have obvious parodies with Luke and Darth Vader, but it's the bizarre little ones that fans will really have to know their trivia. We did our research. After all, we're fans making a special for fans." ―Corey Campodonico, co-producer of the special

Robot Chicken: Star Wars is a Star Wars-themed double-length special of the show Robot Chicken that first aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It features the voices of George Lucas, Mark Hamill, Ahmed Best, Tom Kane, Joey Fatone and Bob Bergen. It proved to be highly popular and spawned a sequel, which aired on November 16, 2008.

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

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Sketches Edit

Between each sketch section, static flares across the screen to signify the change.

Notes Edit

In the segment with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the creators inserted their names in the place of some of the veterans, including Seth Green (quite clearly) and Matthew Senreich (partially obstructed). Senreich is also seen in a portrait hanging over the fireplace in the Oval Office, replacing the portrait of George Washington.

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 resembles his meditation chamber.

During the sketch featuring then-president Bush and former president Clinton, the restaurant is denoted by a single yellow arch on a red bar. This is an obvious reference to the double arches of McDonald's. As well, former president Clinton wanted a Big Mac, a main dish of the restaurant.

The Power Converters seem to be the dancers in the Max Rebo Band.

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. Also, in Ponda's bedroom there is a picture of Ponda on his left wall. Ponda's address is 1138.

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'Brien's Eisenhower mug.

There is no skit based on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, although Kamino is mentioned.

The show contains at least half a dozen censored uses of the word "fuck," most of them from the second sketch.

The second sketch, "Vader Calls the Emperor," was featured in a regular episode of Robot Chicken, in which Darth Vader had an uncharacteristically deep voice. This voice has been redone in the Star Wars special so it sounds more like James Earl Jones.

In the space slugs sketch, the Millennium Falcon's cockpit is on the left side, instead of right.

Release Edit

Over its four airings, the special received 5.7 million viewers ages 12 and up. 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.[2]

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: [3][4]

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

a hidden Easter Egg in the language selection which features a short film about the crew's trouble in composing proper musical scores for the Empire On Ice sketch

This special was alluded to at the end of the Family Guy Star Wars special "Blue Harvest" as an in-joke as Seth Green, one of the creators of Robot Chicken, also plays Chris Griffin on Family Guy. Chris breaks the fourth wall by saying, "But didn't Robot Chicken do this a few months ago?" His father, Peter, then starts saying how bad Robot Chicken is and that no one knows about the show. Angered by this, Chris runs from the room, although not before angrily calling out Peter as being "a really big jerk". The sequel specials Something, Something, Something, Dark Side and to a lesser extent Family Guy: It's A Trap! featured similar references to Robot Chicken, the former where Peter tries to dare Robot Chicken to "top" his story only for Chris to state it already did and was determined not to let Peter get to him, but ultimately stormed out of the room when Peter off-handedly mentioned that Chris could tell Without a Paddle (an allusion to Seth Green's role in the failed film of the same name).

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