Robot Chicken: Star Wars | 
 enlarge | Director: Seth Green
Actors: Mark Hamill, George Lucas
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Category: DVD
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Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 107
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 23 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 0.5 x 0.5
MPN: 1000037448
UPC: 883929012466
EAN: 0883929012466
ASIN: B0012Q3T6S
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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System Requirements:Running Time: 23 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: NR UPC: 883929012466 Manufacturer No: 1000037448
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Robot Chicken's finest half hour is more savvy than Spaceballs, more inside than Family Guy: Blue Harvest, and funnier, even, than The Star Wars Holiday Special. This Very Special Episode of Comedy Central's stop-motion animated series parodies and goofs on all things Star Wars, from a disgruntled Empire janitor to an ad for Admiral Ackbar Cereal ("Your tongues can't repel flavor of that magnitude"). Twenty three minutes goes by like the jump to hyperspace with such priceless bits as the collect phone call to Emperor Palpatine from Darth Vadar to inform him of the Death Star's destruction, awkward morning-after pillow talk between Luke and Leia ("That was so wrong"), and George Bush's newfound Jedi powers. Co-creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich and company immerse viewers in the Robot Chicken universe with generous bonus features, including storyboarded deleted scenes (with self-deprecating commentary), behind the scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. Good sport George Lucas, who gave his blessing to this episode, boldly goes where William Shatner went before by voicing himself in a Star Wars convention sketch that concludes with a Lucas-worshiping geek telling his son that meeting his idol was the best day of his life. What about his son's birth? "Not even close," dad replies. But you don't have to have that kind of devotion to Star Wars to be amused by this weather forecast for Cloud City: "Cloudy, followed by clouds." --Donald Liebenson.
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fun August 29, 2008
R A (Texas)
I really would like to be able to enjoy robot Chicken on a regular basis. Unfortunately they tend to go political and also make fun of Jesus a little too much for me. But that's a personal opinion and I know not everyone will agree with it. Suffice it to say I don't watch it very often any more.
That being said, Robot Chicken Star Wars is hilarious. I saw the Family Guy Blue Harvest special and just wasn't impressed. Robot Chicken's romp in the Star Wars universe, though, was fairly imaginative and clever. I really just couldn't stop laughing.
Seth Green and Co. are real Star Wars fans and it shows throughout this video. The only complaint were two sequences that were just less funny than the rest. One being the George Bush scene where he believes he's a Jedi. The main reason for it being not as funny is because it just went on for too long. I found myself wishing they'd just go back to the Star Wars figures. The other scene was the Boba Fett talking to the Han Solo in carbonite. While funny and portraying Fett as creepy it still just went on too long after getting it's point across.
The rest of it was even funnier than those scenes. But again, much too short. I know how hard and time consuming stunt motion capture is, so I'm just grateful we got what we did.
I'd buy it if I were you.
 what else do I have to say August 27, 2008
JJ (Philadelphia,PA)
Between Blue Harvest and this - I don't know what makes me laugh harder as a spoof on Star Wars -that isn't a full length movie :)
Robot Chicken Star Wars.... Awsome August 25, 2008
J. Garner (Chillicothe, OH)
My title pretty much sums up my opinion. Absolutly hilarious, poking fun at the decades-old movie(s), and the fan boys who live and die by the words of George Lucas. Senator Palpatine sketch is an instant classic and should be seen by anyone who claims to be a fan of either Robot Chicken or Star Wars.
 "It may look like a lot of wasted material"--co-creator Matthew Senreich August 24, 2008
mwreview (Northern California, USA)
Well, there is a lot of extras on this disc which is good because the 22-minute show isn't much. The bad thing, though, is the extras aren't much either. They mostly consist of the creators and writers goofing around. The deleted scenes are just drawings with audio. This DVD was my first look at Robot Chicken. It was mentioned at the end of the Family Guy "Blue Harvest" episode, so I thought I'd give it a try. The format was not what I expected. It consists of unrelated clips hooked together that span all three of the early Star Wars films. It is not a straight parody like Family Guy. Some of the sketches are clever like the prequel to that creature who got his arm cut off by Obi-Wan Kenobi's light sabre in that bar, how Darth Vader strangles people without touching them, and GW Bush as a jedi. I like that "your mama's so fat, Jabba the Hut..." joke when Luke took on the emperor. There are also Star Wars-related commercials. Other sketches just were not funny to me and the extras, as I mentioned, aren't really worth it. The re-watchability of this show is very low.
For all the Star Wars Geeks August 24, 2008
D. Breese (Chase City, VA United States)
A wonderful program for the Star Wars fan. It reminded me of the times I would sit with my friends in high school and college, joking about all of our favorite films. This program took those goof-off sessions and made them a reality. There were several commentaries to enjoy as well from all sorts of different participants. My only complaints with this DVD are that the show was too short and that the menus were a bit more to manage than I like. Lots of clicking before I get to the show. Even though it is short, I have to give it five stars though for content and entertainment value.
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